The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-26
NE " PRODUCTION
WILL HELP SOLVE
HEATING PROBLEM
Consumers Light Company
Should Tie on to 4O,OOO,O
Foot Well Before Jack
Frost Comes
DON'T OVERLOOK BET
REMEMBER CORD WOOD SOLD
FOR S2j WHILE ARDMORE
SHIVERED WITHOUT
GAS LAST YEAR

GAS LAST YEAR
"The gas situation looks better
than il has for a number of weeks
said II. NJ. Saubert, manager Of the
Sonsumers Light and Power Com
pany, today.
The Writ Franklin we'll in sec
tion 27, of the Fox district, reached
the top Of gas sand at 1870 feet.
at the last report on the well and
the sanad had been penetrated "A
depth Of four feet and the produc-
] ton was ten million feet. With
deeper drilling this well is very likely
to reach a production Of from thirty
to forty million feet
Franklin in the East
The matter of purchasing the gas
from this well has been taken up with
the Chicago office. Mr.. Franklin is
now in the east and will probably
not return home for a week or ten
days. BY that time the production
Of the swell will be known and nego-.
tiations can be started with him to
determine the matter Of the pur-
chase of the production.
Local Company Should Buy
The sentiment Of the people of this
city as we hear 1t expressed in that
the local company should not pass
up any opportunities to get gas.
While other wells are drilling in that
area and while the local gas COM
pany has priority rights covering
n large acreage yet the Fox ristrict
is hazardous. One we'll may be
big gasser and its offset may pro-
duce oil or II may produce salt water.
The sands are not uniform and for
that reason wells that are merely
drilling should not he depended upon
when real gas wells have been
brought In.
Fortunate Deal Closed
The Consumers Company has re-
Gently closed deal that will be of
intense interest to the people of this
city. The Empire big gas well. IN
section "a. Of the Fox district. will
be connected with the mains Of this
city and the company will have the
privilege of taking one-fourth Of its
production, The well has capacity
OF forty million feet
The deal by which one-fourth Of
the gas produced by this well will be
conveyed 10 Ardmore Is fortunate
for this city and II was not made
without effort for the reason that the
/. Empire gives purchase preference to
, the Lone Star Gas Company. The
gas company and its attorneys, w
n. Potter Of this city, and George
A. Henshaw Of Oklahoma City. be-
, came busy with the matter, and also
Art J.. Walker Of the state corpora
tiou commission. conceived this iden
/ for Ardmore when he first learned
} that the well had been brought in and
he worked intelligently for the Ard
, more people in this matter.
. Building New Line
! Tho local gas company has one
line into the Fox area from its com
t pressor station. In section IL, in
l township south and range west,
: and second line is being built into
the same area. One Of these lines
3 will be connected with the low pres
t sure wells an dthe other line will be
:. connected with the high pressure
] wells
e II Is stated that during the winter
}. Ardmore will need five million feet OF
, gas day. Counting the waste NJ
a the very maximum Of 80 Ia per
4 cent II will require that the mains
! get seven and a half million feet
In order to deliver as much as five
million feet into the city.
!, Drilling Expense Higher
5 Drilling expenses are much higher
e than formerly and the owners of gas
d wells nre entitled to more money
|. for their product. II Is the opinion
< Of Tho Ardmoreite that the people
= OF this city will be willing to stand
d such price as viii warrant the
local company to go TO these gas
o producers and buy their gas. This
: city is interested more IN n bountifui
:. supply of fuel for cold weather than
: Il Is interested in the price. The
4 coal supply is short and coal Ia high.
The people win remember last year
d when they paid from $40 to as high
e as s25 for single load OF wood and
d they will be extremely anxious that
y the gas compeny he alert this fall
{ and consummate contracts 10 protect
this people from such an emergency
J. this year.
8 Now Time 10 DO Things
The time to make such prepare
tions IL now and the matter should
be deferred until the cold weather
s upon US then 10 find that tho
:. Lone Star has all the big gas wells
. tied up with contracts.
y = Tho Lone Star has It's own field
:, In township south mad wcsi.
y which has been discovered during The
= year and It will also have the Gas
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