The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-11-27
CAS- USERS HERE
TALK SITUATION
OVER WITH BOSS
Citizens Meet F. D. Shaffer, Mana
ger; Register Complaints and
Hear Explanation of Poor
Gas Service.
DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM
is TO BLAME is VIEW
Some Mistakes Made, But Small
Lines Responsible Says Shatfer;
Plant Losing Money; May
Ask Rate Increase.

The gas situation was informally
discussed last night by f. ID. Shat
fer. manager of the Chickasha Gas
and Electric company, who met us
ers of gas and members Of the
Chamber of Commerce at the offices
of the G c., second floor of the
First National bank building.
A number of the users told CT the
experiences they were having with
the gas at the present time. The
majority of the statements were to
the effect that the gas was poor and
that at times, great difficulty was
experienced in cooking a meal by
the use of this fuel. One man stat
ed that his gas stove was useless
because of the fact that only at
times could any heat be gotten from
the stove and that frequently there
was not enough gas to ligh. one of
the burners.
One man stated that on Thanks
giving morning, his wife had prepar-
ed the turkey and had put it on to
cook by 5 O'Clock and that at that
time the gas was good. of sufficient
quantity and quality that the turkey
was cooked in the usual time. He
stated, however that by $50 that
morning there was hardly sufficient
gas to boil water.
A few of the gas users stated that
ordinarily their gas supply was good
and one man declared that he had
never had any trouble with his gas.
Shaffer Makes Statement.
F. D. Shaffer, manager Of the gas
company, stated that in his opinion
the majority of the trouble was in
the distribution system and that as
a general rule, the gas manufactur
ed at the plant was of good quality |
and in sufficient quantity to supply |
every gas user in the city, if the dis
tributing systems were adequate.
Mr.. Shaffer stated that ne had
been in correspondence with compa
ny officials and that an expert gas
engineer would be in Chickasha as
soon as possible to make a thorough !
survey of the local plant with the
idea of finding the trouble here and |
making recommendation for its re-
moval. 1t may be that this man
will be here next week and two
weeks may elapse before he reports
for an investigation Of this plant,
Mr. Shaffer said.
Keep Appliances Clean.
81 believe that 20 per cent of the
trouble is in the customers not keep
ing their appliances Clean" said Mr.
'The burners on the stoves
should be kept clean. If the holes
in the burners become stopped up
no gas can come through the holes
and your supply will be short. Pipes
often become clogged We ask that
the customers do all they can to help
us, as we are doing all we can to
help them.
"Also, there is much trouble in the
service lines to the houses, Mr.. Shat
fer continued. Some extensions on
the mains are too small For in
stance, a man builds a house a block |
away from the end of a gas main.
He wants gas and he runs a pipe. |
It his own expense, from the main
to his house. Others along his
street take advantage and add their
pipes to this line, extending it.
Pretty soon, there will be too many
people using gas off that line. They
will be demanding more gas than
can possibly go through that line.
When one family or two families, are
using gas off that or similar line,
they have good gas and sufficient,
but when half a dozen or a dozen
stoves are started, the supply in that
gas line is not sufficient to meet
the demand, and all stoves are fur
nishing far below their normal heat.
Poor Gas Sometimes.
Sometimes we have poor gas. l
suppose there never was a man who
didn't make mistakes sometimes. Oc-
casionally the men who make the
gas for Chickasha make mistakes
and a poor grade of gas is the result.
] think, however, that the plant is
in such shape that it will manufac-