The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-28
START PROBE ON
PLAN BRING Gas
FOR CHEAP FUEL
Committee Named by Mayor Holds
First Meeting at City Hall; Ex-
pert to be Employed TO
Direct Program.
MUNICIPAL SYSTEM ONE
OF VIEWS FAVORED
Main Idea Is 10 Get oas Cheap
Enough for industrial Purposes,
Says Mayor; VIII Continue
Investigation.

Thorough Investigations into the
possibility of chickasha gcttins nat
ural gas for both domestic and In
dnstrlal use will be made by the
city, Mayor o. coffman declared this
morning.
In an endeavor 10 reach an I'M
mediate and proper" solution OF the
natural gas question. Mayor coff.
man has appointed committee con.
slsting OF % representative men of
the city to assist the city admins
tration In solving the problem.
The first session of the commit
tee was held last night in the coun-
Gil chamber Of the city hall. At
this session. It was voted to pursue
the course recommended by the XII
wants club and the mayor was in
structed TO appoint committee of
five men interested In the develop
ment and growth of Chickasha to
"go to the bottom" on the proposi-
tion and make its report as soon as
possible. An expert engineer will
be employed to assist the commit
tee.
Mayor Coffman had not selected
this committee of five this morning.
He stated. however, that the names
would be announced this afternoon
or some time tomorrow.
"Want Municipal System" :
Il believe great majority OF the
citizens of Chickasha want a munic-
ipal owned and operated natural gas
system which would provide gas for
domestic use at reasonable rate
and which would also provide for
gas for industrial USE" the mayor
declared this morning. While he
admitted that some opposition to
municipal system was expressed at
the meeting last night, he declared
that the opinion of the majority
favored a municipal proposition.
Commenting on the possibilities
of municipality operated plant, the
mayor said "Chickasha will gain
nothing materially from natural gas
furnished by corporation demand
ing prices which would make it pro-
hibitive for use for industrial pur-
poses What we want is cheap gas
for domestic use and gas which
could be furnished industries at
rate cheaper than coal The result
would be that many factories and
industrial plants would move to
Chickasha where they could get
plenty of natural gas and where
ample railroad and water facilities
are available Chickasha would
grow rapidly"
o. NJ. Makes Proposition.
It is known here that the Okla
homa Natural Gas company is max
ing arrangements to permit the
Chickasha Gas and Electric com
pany to tap the former corporations
pipe line southwest of this city.
: A representative of the Oklahoma
Natural it was reported, was in the
city several days ago making ar
rangements for the necessary equip
ment at the point where the CON
nection is to be made.
Mayor Coffman intimated this.
morning that he would continue the !
investigation into the feasibility of
establishing a municipality owned
distributing system regardless Of
the outcome of the Oklahoma Nat
ural Gas companys appeal to the
supreme court from the order Of the
corporation commission instructing
them to furnish Chickasha with nat
ural gas.
'If the people want natural gns
for both domestic and industrial
use at rates cheaper than any cor
poration will furnish it 4 will do
everything in my power to satify
the demand he declared.
Members of the committee select
ed by the mayor to assist him in
reaching the immediate and prop
er" solution of the natural gas
problem here are: NJ F. Courtney.
P. G. Stacy, F. T. Chandler, L. C.
IHutson, John A. Hyndman, Claude
Erwin, Myron Humphrey, George H. /
Evans, r. L. Jones, f. M. Bailey,
John T. Owsley, Ben Morgan, G. w.
Austin, "A. L. Herr. A. B. Leeds, A.
B. Cochran, A. B. Thompson, W.
Leroy Bonnell j. w. Kayser, Harry
Stephenson, Moman H. Shepard, w.
C. Bullard, Harry Hammerly and
members of the city council.