Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-18
Show Us Gas-We Will Buy,
Usage Company Official Says

tNhu9 W kiNt M wv lNhAf w Any Aslll-
ms or committee. We have
nothing b conceal, nothing Ia cover
w, We are shoit OF gap ana we
frankly admit it What are We goinE
to do about ~ Wcll there must be
general readJustnent OF the gas
situation thruout the state, and the
people The gas company aud the Ras
producers and the corporation com
mission must come together In "A
sp.r,t uf o.. danip and cooperation
and solye g % thy beht Interests OF
all concerned.
conc would set the impression
from readng Jujse Wilkins article
In Thp, World Wednesday, that We
have plenty ~ GAS ana are dvliber-
ateiy withh hOtdinH l. and permitting
the people OF Tulsa 70 sutier from
blizzards aud zero weather Tor some
mysterious reason Of our own,
81 sympathiae with Judge wilkins
and all those who have suffered from
the Ras shortage. Know how they
feel Hut II s IA condition We can't
cure al once, much AZ We would Ike
to do no.
T,,lsa ticld Eyaaust,d.
THE Tulsa gas field is- exhausted
and the Usage field IN virtually dead
Many Of the other fields are playing
out. when we completed our pipe
that, would provide us with plenty of
gas liut by tho time We got that
supply added ON 10 oui mains the eN-
haustion OF 50 many wells on our
old lines has nerntiNed the Increase
the Morrison field gave us and We
find opcFelves now no better off than
before last year We laid eight-iuch
pipe lines thru the Okmulgee field
and lust as soon hS tn" weather per
Inn - lpN In
a good part OF the gus In this field
goes to Oklahoma city In the Has
kell field much OF the supply goes 70
| Muskoeee. Part OF the !iSby field
also goes To Muskogee.
/ I'VE cannot shut these cities off
and divert all the gas to Tulsa We
have b36 miles of pipe line In okla
homa, supplying 81 other cities and
towns besides Tulsa They are en-
titled to their share or the supply
they are entitled to the Same consid
GRAFTON we owe the people of Tulsa.
| And that tulsa IL not suffering
any more than Others is shown In the
cry OF gas shortage In the other cities
Demand Exceeds supply.
The whole trouble ia that the OK
lahoma gas fields are not rt~ing forth
enough gas for the demands Of the
rapidly growing cities and towns Pro-
! duction is mot at top speed because
the producers are demanding more
u money for their gas ana can't get IL
because we can't afford To pay 1t 20
them at the price Ut which we are
forced to sell IT, The producers say
the heavy increase In cost OF tools and
drilling operations makes IT impossible
for them to keep,np the development
as heretofore unless they get more
money for their production.
This In true and they are entitled
to better prices. But who is TO pay II
to them2
I'VE cannot. for our expenses have
Increased In the same proportion. Tar
only solution IL for getting together
OF all Interested and taking hold OF the
gas troubles In broad, business-likg
i way. without prejudice or suspicion
lagainst any interest involved The
Interests of all are bound up together
with the gas IN the Tulsa field
gone, Tulsa IL now dependent upon
'thc source OF supply that belongs as
imuch to other cities as TO Tulsa.
ut looks to me az II the public viii
have TO agree 20 Il lift In the price OF
the gas rate II 1t expects to get more
gas. OF course, this will raise n how
from some. But with the supply les
-
cause the producers will not agree to
continue development at top speed
unless they get better prices. it's the
only logical thing In sight.
Making improvements
Meantime we are making improve
ments so as To enable the people oi
Tulsa to get the benefit Of what supply
we are able to get for them. Within
the past year We laid three miles dl
leight inch pipe east Of town into
Tenth street. and to the corner OF
Main and Eleventh and down Main
to Fourth We also have laid an
eight inch connection at the river
south of West Tulsa ind have laid q
six-inch line to Flatrock And last
Saturday we decided to put In larges
mains in the business district from
First TO Twelfth ana from boutder Ia
Frisco.
"But we have been severely handi-
capped In getting pipe. We were de-
layed several months In getting pipe
for our new line TO Morrison
1--WE have found thatAn many Of tho
homes In Tulsa the pipes are to-
small and | suspect this is tho troubl.
with Judge wilkins residence. These
pipes were put In years ago when
Tulsa was not half as large ms ntA
and was consuming only half as much
-tgas. and when the Tulsa gas field
was giving at It's maximum Now this
is all changed.
The people are hearing lot of