Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-16
ARKANSAS MAY LOOK FOR GAS
Meeting of Mayors Last Monday at Little Rock Start Something Which May Relieve Situation.

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 Little Rock, Jan. 15.--The inves- tigation started by the Arkansas Gas ! Users organization at it's meetings in Little Rock Monday has resulted in a movement to try to secure gas from other sources in addition to the supply from the wells Of the Arkan sas Natural Gas company in Louis- i iana .'t
 Two new fields for operations , were suggested at the meeting of :, the mayors and other representa- tives of the cities, members of the Arkansas Gas Users organization. The three proposed fields are To- cat9d as follows:
 l Spencer, La, where it is stated a well is already cperatin gwith ca pacity Of 25,O0O,0O0 feet of gas per day.
 The territory nearby Little ~Rock, I which is supposed to have natural gas, but which has not been worked The territory around Devalls Bluff, which is also said to have na- tural gas.
 l The first two fields mentioned were brought to the attention of the Arkansas Gas Users organization at it's meetings Monday. The third field was brought to the attention of the Arkansas Democrat several days ago through letter written January 6 by Eugene Lankford Of DeVall's Bluff to friend in Little | Rock
 In his address at the luncheon meeting of the Arkansas Gas Users l organization Monday Mayor Charles E. Taylor of Little Rock, called at tention to the fact that this city has | no exclusion franchise has not grant ed an exclusive franchise to the Lit tie Rock Gas and Fuel company that l the Little Rock field is open to any gas company which will bring natur- al gas into the city.
 Has No Exclusive Franchise. Little Rock is not dependent on the Arkansas Natural Gas company ! or on any individual corporation,' said Mayor Taylor in his informal talk. All we. need is the money to do our own prosecuting
 "I believe we have natural gas field within 25 miles of Little Rock. l hope that the members of the I.it- liC IsOCh Ol \LOIllH!CICO d1l0 others will take that suggestion and put it through. Why depend on Okla homa or Louisiana for our supply? Why not get it from Arkansas?"
 The Spencer Ua.) Field. 1 The Spencer, La. field was brought to the attention of the Ar kansas Gas Users organization through letter written to Mayor l vi h,r l 1ol, roI. Camden. MT. Felsenthals letter is as follows:
 May l be allowed to suggest to your meeting of mayors on Monday that a possible remedy to gas short ages in these towns might be found by the construction of Q branch line by your gas supplying company from Prescott or Gurdon, southeasterly to the recently bored gas well in Spencer, La, distance of approxi- mately 100 miles.
 "This we'll is not yet in active commercial use. Its capacity is 25,- 000,00O feet daily This is my infor- nation from persons living near it. l have no personal financial inter- est in the ownership of the we'll. It is only a few miles west of the nu- merous wells in the Monroe Bastrop field, which could be easily tapped
 in addition, if this single we'll was mot sufficient in capacity to supply all wants. The Ouachita river in
 between the two fields does not suf-
 fer from disastrous overflow condi- tions as do the Red and many other
 southern rivers; the same trouble
 would not develop here.
 "A reserve branch line las thus
 suggested would supply Huttig, Eel
 santhal Stron, Fl Dorado and Cam
 den, all towns that would eagerly
 avail themselves of gas benefits. I am hoping that the revenues from
 these towns would give sufficient
 return to justify the construction and operating expense.
 ''Or the line could be diverted
 from Camden nOrthward to Pine
 Bluff. connecting with the present
 Little ock line there now: thus giv? ing additional towns, not now sup piled with gas. to be benefited.
 The present gas-supplying com 1 pany. it seems to me. would have several advantages over competi- tors by building into this new ter ritory. It would, in a sense. create its own monopoly; shut out com petition that may be disastrous se- cure another field of suppl ythat is newer and perhaps longer lved than | the Shreveport field is currently supposed to be; it largely increases 1 it's reserve supply of sas for such ! emergencies as have just existed; it l thus removes a very great amount of complaint that is sure to be cost ly in the long run. from adverse public opinion.
 "In addition to gladly offering ai suggestion that I am hoping may be of general good is solving trou- ble that has made for great distress and loss. I have the personal mo tive of a wish to bring gas to my home town as well as to the oth- 1