The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-10
GAS LEAKS CAUSE
IMMENSE LOSSES

CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE
to nay more for gas because OF the .
high cost of building line TO their
city and the loss sustained In long
Ines from leakage.
Wycrs asserted that the zone Ys-
TEN, while advocated by him where
eyer possible. is not practicable In
oklahoma. because the oklahoma
Natural compuny's lines are fed from
various fields and wells at both
ends and In the middle. For Nhis
reason, ne said. 1t would be difficult
to determine which source OF supply
| Is greatest.
"But wouldn't the fact that n city
| IL close to the gas fields tend to
| mako "A difference In the price that
should be charged" Keenan, asked
| Indignantly. "Yon cannot consider
that because the field cannot be al
located" Wyers relied.
Leakage Works a 2t-IIour Day.
The Oklahoma Natural is, In
Tulsas case, the producer and the
distributor." Duncan said, In resuIn-
ing his examination of Wyers. "If
1.-The one-third loss now suffered by
the gas company were saved, would
not that mean one-third more gas
for the citizens OF Tulsa" he asked.
Wyers replied that 1t would for
perhaps n period OF one year and
that 1t might supply the domestic
needs OF the city during that time.
except In cold weather. The leakage,
however small, goes on "a hours out
OF the day. he explained, increasing
as time passes, unless given regular
attention.
No More Gas Available.
Even ~ all, the industrial users
In the state were sUt off during win
ter, under present. conditions. there
,,would not be sufficient gas to supply
domestic consumers during that per-
iod" Wyers declared.
Gould II be done II more gas
pressure were put into the lines2"
Duncan asked.
Yes" wycrs replied. "if more gas
} were available-but 1t isn't avail
able"
Wyers said the Ohio Fuel and Sup
7 ply company upon his recommen-
dalton, installed meters and brought
! its annual loss from 43 per cent TO
10 per cent.
Duncan's contention is that there
should be a sliding scale upward for
!, gas used over n specified minimum
, instead Of downward. Wyers con-
Cured with him in this opinion, de-
claring that the sliding scale upward
! would tend to discourage instead of
) encourage consumers to use more
, gas, and that II It Is possible to put
I II into execution he would recon-
r mend this plan to the corporation
? commission. R>Vyers -believes 5000
, feet would he the basA for this plan.
, as he deems that amount sufficient
, for lights and cooking and for heat
! ing purposes In normal weather.
How about a flat rate?" Duncan
asked, What do you know about
/, the Oklahoma Natural selling gas
to drilers7 How would the COM
, pany make an accounting for tho
number OF cubic feet used by these
drillers when there is no meter to
, measure It with"
II didn't know the gas company
{ did that, hut IL It doeA the practice
4 Tulsa Needs Education.
. II believe the greatest thing need
I cd I'm Tulsa right now is a campaign
Q OF education; ! have put II up to
! the chamber OF commerce and II will
D I'm turn put Il up to the heads OF the
= local school system" said Wyers,
! This primer, copy OF which
v hold In my hand, should he in every
!, home. II should be studied carefully
: for II explains how to adjust stoves
= 10 every kind OF weather so the
, gas supply viii be the most efficient
. II shows how to regulate the com,
y hustion."
Concerning the condition OF the
To- oklahoma Naturals distributing sys-
n TEN I'm Tulsa. WyCrs deClafed there
n "a more than the ordinary amount
of oloctrolysis in this city, with q
q single trolley street railway system
!. electricity seeps into the ground ant
Is grounded on the various gas lines
and at the point Of running off, n
ca uses decomposition, Leaky Joint,
are also rarity responsible for the
" 'oaks, he said. The cost of tearinl
" up paving ana the restrictions i'm,
- I'osed upon this work by the citN
> might discourage the gas company
from making repairs because OF tn,
'" excessive cost, he alsn said.
p Saws Air Wont Work Meters
!" S~urneys representing the cit,
vii ltry to prove that the gas com,