The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-02-17
GAS IS COMING
SAYS MANAGER
W. W. COMPANY
uenry d. James Tells of Big
Things Which Will Follow
the Pipe Line
n, PROSPECTS BRIGHTER
p..~.tion in Two Wells Indicate that
Bottom of Basalt is Close
at Hand r.

II am not at liberty to make any
MIRO suecific statement than that the
80 from the wells of Walla Walla
oil Gas & Pipe line company, is to
be piped to Kennewick and Pasco,"
said Henry D. James, general manager
Of the company, who returned the first
Of the week from Seattle.
Mr.. James said that for several
months his company had been carry
iur on negotiations with several COM
uanies who have been energetically
bidding for the purchase of the gas.
A number Of very satisfactory offers
had been received and refused for the
reason that the purchasers did not
contemplate utilizing the gas for do
mestic purposes. One company wished
the gas for the manufacture of cas-
ing-head gasoline, another for the
manufacture Of lamp-black. Either
Of these processes would mean that
plants would be Installed in the field
near the wells and the district as a
whole would not benefit largely there
by. Another reason why Mr.. James
has not been eager to enter into
contract for piping the gas is that it
has been impossible to purchase pipe
in sufficient quantities to construct
the pipe line. Now, however, pipe
is available in sufficient quantities
and no delay need be occasioned on
this account.
I'VE want the public to know that
our company is determined that this
section Of the country shall get the
maximum benefits from this gas"
said Mr.. James. "The extraction of
gasoline or the manufacture of lamp
black might make few men wealthy
and mean big money to the stockhold-
ers Of our company, but it would not
contribute to the communities which
have right to reap the benefit from
this wonderful gas discovery.
In negotiating for the sale of our
as We have insisted that none of the
hs possibilities be overlooked. Nor
ne they being overlooked. A very
ueful survey Of the territory to be
sved by the pipe line has been made
md estimates alike of the present
ad future of business prepared"
Vne phase of development which
noe interested have been carefully
nHHigating is that of furnishing
uap power for irrigation. Estimates
0npiled on accurate data show that
ue gas can be converted into cleo
ncal energy and delivered for power
Mposes at two-fifths of the present
"ss OF hydro-electric power. When
ns fact is considered in connection
with the further fact that there are in
@e Columbia valley, tributary to the
gas wells, 100000 acres of high class
lands that can be irrigated by pump
as' one cannot but be impressed that
'ae gas wells are a great potential in
ssrumentality for further agricultural
development in this section of the
country.
1t is impossible to go into the de-
salisN of the possibilities for manu-
.acture which will be opened up by
sne piping of the gas. There are along
'ne Columbia great bluffs of clay, re-
cent experiments with which show
. saa1 there is here an almost inexhaus-
Ioie supply for the manufacture of
aii Kinds of clay products from COM
Iioh prick to high grade pottery. The
same thing is true of raw material
-of grass manufacture and not one but
several OF the largest glass manu-
-"'turers IN the United States have
% .a. THEIR representatives into this
e'u =, Within recent months. One of
ieSe representatives was. here only
,., ,n,S week. They are ready to estab-
AZ Sn themselves here just as soon as
'hey can get the gas.
lhese are only some of the many
ways, IN which the gas will be utilized
D'Ier =. ehan for domestic heating and
n'ing purposes. If properly har-
n.Sse0 ard conserved those gas wells
VIII prove to Kennewick and surround.
ing country heritage the full worth