Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-04
Investigation Shows Three Cornere0 Arrangement
 With Other Companies.
GAS CO.'S WELLS
 MOST PROLIFIC
Ru: Must Help Wake Ip Shortage o' Southwestern ;nsi Texas E@ia- panieS Under Pipeline Agree
 n4ant-0 0tsiti,Is Meet.

Little Rock, Jan. 3.-Thet large rortion of the gas supply O. the ArE- ansas Natural Gas company is soing to make Up shortage in honjsian,t and Texas thru q throe-aid q ;,ere..- ment between the conpaN!e&, and that in consequence Arkansas cOnsu- mers are suffering from me pc T gas supply, is said to have ecen q closed by staff invcsti 5atC" Of te Arkansas Democrat, according to an article published in that baue! tn. afternoon.
 The articles charge that the ATi. ansas company has agreement ".th the Texas and Southwest li1 gas con- Qsn.es by which the gas sGpol,' oi the three companies ij a#Fe,ti5re.1 amcng them in regular quotas. with cut reGard to the oatpllt Of the Weii2- According to the invest gatOr. i wells of the Arl.anSas coG1&nE a.e producing enough Sas to make up shortage ia the supply ot t1e other two companies, who continue 2ettln2 their regular quota despite th fact thaj their wells are low in reduction.
 Inc article follows:
 The Arkansas company is producing enough gas to take care of do0cstio consumption in Little Rock Pine Puff, IIot Springs and a dozen smaller Arkane2S cities and towns. But the' are giving it away for the use of oth- CTS. Giving it away is an unusual statement, but the company. in plead iptr not thing only thoie statements. are couched in more floWery terms.
 The Arkansas Natural Gas company became g big corporation when the gas fields at CadGo. 20 miles north of Shreveport, were opened. So much gas came from this field that they were willing to take one dollar from mar and give him all the gas he could use. A gas field, like stick of candy. lasts but time when once op- erations become intense, so the CadGo gas field has ceased to be the great producing center of several years ago. From that point the gas used i'll Little Rock and other Arkansas cities come When the CadGo pressure ebbed a new field was looked to by The Arkansas Natural Gas company. They opened wells in DeSoto Paris, 10 miles south of Shreveport, or 70 miles further away from Little Rock. Wells also were opened in this field by the southwestern and Texas gas com- panles The Southw eStern supplies shreveport and nearby places. The leXas company supplies several Texas towns.
 The Three- C0rnered Agreement.
 The rirlng of this gas to a cOncen- uaton point near the places in which ue companies held contracts and fran chlses would have been an enormous expense if done separately. so they entered into a three-cornered agree menl with pipeline company to bring me gas from the fielGs south of Shreveport.
 ms line is called reserve pipeline, ailu according to the terms of the con uact each company was to get cer- ,alh quota of the gas piped. This quota was 10 be drawn from the re- serve line at different points.
 ne Arkansas company's concentra .'on point is at Lewis, La., short dis tahce from Caddo. Here the company !ilaihtanS a magnificent pumping sta uoi' and the small amount Of gas still so''en from Caddo, together with that rem fAe reserve pipeline, is pumped 'i,o l6-incn main for Arkansas con- Snmers.
 NOW, the Arkansas company ex- pilalhs, the whole cause of the trouble Arkansas is this "three-cornered' sontract with old dame nature getting p'r, or the blame thrust upon her.
 me pressure at the Arkansas com pa.s wells in DeSoto paris is stil asiy m&h, ano they are supplying 2 snLea'er amount of gas than ever t: ts t'e reserve pipeline, but the wells O ,ae leXas and Southwestern com tent. '' ''i
 notwithstanding this fact the Texas Sna .u southwestern companies ar' uulawlng their usual quota from tn; no;s nossfVe line, and the concentration ful.t f,t of the Arkansas company, beinG Ga.her north. is forced to take the re .aainer and be satisfied. The Ire
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