Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-05
Begin Laying More Pipes to Feed Reserve Line From
 Gas Fields.
WILL INSURE FULL
 DOMESTIC SUPPLY
TnnsuaI Weather Conditions Will Still Affect ndustrials-Separate Pipe line Impracticable-W to
 Serve Consumers.

Shreveport La, Jan. 1.-The laying of several miles of six and sixteen inch pipelines from their fields in De- Soto parish to the reserve pipeline has been begun by the Arkansas Vat u1al Gas company, and the completion of these will mean a greater amount of gas for towns in Arkansas. accord ing to officials of the company. I2e building of the lines, held up for sev- eral weeks on account Of shipping and labor troubles, will be finished in at least month, they say.
 After that time,'' said John R. Munce, general manager of the com pany, eve can safely say that enough gas will be sent out from the pump ing plant at Lewis. La, to take care of domestic users all along the line. say this, ot course, with the condition that We do not promise to have a plentiful supply of gas when some un- foresecn trouble occurs. Conditions will be better, however,
 fan't Supply IndustrialS.
 Under no condition would it be possible to supply industrial consum- CTS during such cold spells. The do- nestle use during such times is much greater than both industrial and do nestle consumption normally"
 In conference here today both Mir Munce and Alr. Palmer, the latter gen. eral superintendent of the company. said they found it impossible to supply the demand during the cold spell be- fore Christmas and they saw that the 0n1V fhipC f0 ho the pressure into the reserve line.
 This action we took at once. Then there was a strike in the fields and that held up the work We found it almost impossible to get pipe because M shipping troubles For that reason the new pipelines are still unfin- shed.'
 The Texas and Southwestern gas companies. also using the reserve pipe me from the fields south of Shreve- port, have started the building of new lines to the reserve line with an eye to increasing their supply. These companies also have had trouble at certain points, but not nearly as bad as those in Arkansas.
 oppose Separate Pipeline.
 Ihe building of pipelines separate rom the reserve by the Arkansas com panv was suggested
 lt would cost more than half mil non to build such line and it is ridic- ulous to think of such thing" said MT. Munce.
 lie added that the construction of ,Ae new lines from the fields proper W the reserve line is costing the com pany many thousands of dollars. But gas company is just like coal uealer in winter or an iceman in mid summer. Conditions make his busi- ness better. So you see the more sas we send into our lines the more .hohey we make, and we are not in 'uiS business for our health.
 It IS absurd to even think that we aren't making any efforts to better ..ohultlons, that is, throw more gas ,a'o our main in Arkansas, and I am s.aa that We have at last gotten to "oik on these new lines in DeSoto parlsh. The increased supply of gas ,,esuitlng will be noticeable These .;.' ;.es VIII be finished about the same sA.,e. a'ne as several new wells we are uaililng Whether you believe this or ', u cont know, but it is the truth" h.n' ' falmer said that his company t% au ceased to depend on others to help eaem e get by" and that the Arkansas svlnpany had come to the conclusion it "ouid spare no expense to better it's
 AS for Little Rock" said Mir. Pal aes, s, T believe their troubles will be Nah Ha end when this work is finished m,, me offlcials were asked if 16-lnch an, saa the kind used through Arkan- naoa ss, was large enough to carry gas fecent one. O' e~~' "
 p.,!es'' said General Superintendent psa a''i'er, :, when once we throw enough hss hs .n iato the main, assure you it will
 M Msuiilclent for Arkansas needs"
 us. MT. Palmer came here from Wes ana elnla gas fields, where Louisville snu,' nu olher Kentucky cities get theil ppiy was y He said the main in Kentucky k.s. sas lour inches smaller than the Ar statsa isas me. Investigation proved thi: