The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-04
Railroad Extension in OIL
District Areas Again
Prominent

|
out this section OF oklahoma and
| numerous proJects are now under
consideration. with some OF them
| already reaching the construction
stage. The fact that this district II
| becoming one OF tho big oil pro-
| ducers Of the entire Mld-Contlnent
| field. with n daily production now of
100000 barrels, is drawing tho at
| tcntioD OF railroads and railroad
| builders. Indications are that the
district will see several projects
| completed within tho, next ~
| months.
or special interest AZ the present
| limo iA the proposition 60 take over
| through lease or purchase the Mid
land Valley railroad through Osage
county and electrify II In connection
with the Arkansas Valley Tntorur-
| ban interests Of Sodgwick and Cow
| ley counties. Kansas. Tho report IL
that such "a plan would include the
Midland valley southeast from Ar
kansas city. Tho same report in
Cludes the statement that an cxtcn-
sion OF tho interurban would be
made from Winfield across west to
oxford. Recently tho proposition has
! been renewed also OF building the
Arkansas valley interurban south
into Oklahoma to connect with the
state. This project was pushed about
two years ago 20 include a line west
ward from this city TO Enid.
l. Buiiding the santa Fc.
Ponca city wants "A llne eastward
across the OsHgo TO a connection
with Pawhuska and Bartlesville or
Tulsa, ana II is understood that tho
Santa ZEE has been requested to build
ita Cancy-Pawhuska-Fairfox line on
westward into ponca City instead OF
stopping at Fairfax ms has been the
original intention. This would make
noco@ary the construction OF an ad-
dltlonal 80 miles OF railway but II Is
maintained that the business would
more than make up for the cost.
There has been some talk OF the line
being changed between Pawhuska
ana Fairfax so as to connect instead
witty the spur being built east from
burbank to DC Noya In the western
Usage oil pool.
The Santa Fe IL now building that
part OF the extension between Caney,
Kan. and Pawhuska, having n large
force OF men employed on the work
at the present time. The spur from
Burbank to DE Noya has been practi-
| cally completed as has also the Mid
! land Valley extension from Foraker
| TO Shidler In the western Usage oil
area. The western Usage is becoming
"A territory that railroads are very
anxious to reach.
Now Running n Survey.
Another important railway propo-
sltion, now about to he realized. ls
the line between Ponca city and
| Billings, 80 mileB southwest, to
which point the Rock Island has a
spur from Enid. a survey of this
connection II how being made by
| Ponca City business men who are
forming a company TO build the line
In case II II not built In the near fu-
| ture by some one else. Local parties
state that what they wantis the rail-
road opening new territory for this
| city and they do not care who builds
| II. In the meantime they are get
ting a survey that they can make
use of ir necessary. This connection
has been talked of for the past 10
| years. but this In the first active
movement toward getting such a
line.
Ono OF the features OF this oil dis
trictS interest to railroads is the
amount-of casInghead gasoline tina,
In being manufactured. The number
of plants IL being gradually in
creased. and this is true right now
In the western Usage in particular.
| No plant has been attempted thus
far In the Bliss-Tonxawa field. al
| though the Morland company has
one 1t Ponca City, one at Nervine
and another building In the Usage,
The Phillips Petroleum company has
the biggest plant OF this kind In the
Mid-Continent field. now nearing
completion, I'm the western Usage
sixteen units are being added at the
present time, aud these will increase
the capacity to $4,000. 900 cubic feet
OF gas daily. The MoCaskey-Went7
people have n 5,000-barrel capacity
plant In the northwestern Kay
county field, between Peckham and
Dilworth.
Important .Marland Announcement
An important announcement by
tho Marland OIL company today is tc
the effect that the company's hold
ings have advanced In value durins
the past so days to the extent OF
81 100000. The company placed to.
tai value on it's holdings on April al
s25, 100000 and today at $4,000
600. Ii bases the increase prin
cipally on the fact that the Marlanc
company OF Mexico got n 5.000-bar
rel VOL a few weeks ago on Its ex
tensive concession along the Panuc,
river and west of the Tampico field
n strictly wildcat territory,
. iTtScnt ltNlCHlloUs are tflut tner'
will be no further development 90
oil and gas on the Chilocco Indiai
school reservation under the leas
to the Mid-Co company. one test wa
completed to depth OF 4,02S fee
which was water all THE wa,
down" according to ono intereste,
party. This was toward the western
edge OF the reserve and no otht
work has been attempted. In tn
meantime tho Mid-Co has gone int,
the hands of n receiver.
A lease covering the entire reserv
alton was taken by the Mid-Co abou
two years ago, paying 81 per acr
bonus. Ii was sold at public auc
tion at Chllocco and there was bu
the one bidder, The company con
tracted to maze three deep tests
AZ the time there was considerable
: announcement because OF the wild
,, cat school land well brought In b.
tthe Marland oil company two mile
east OF Chilocco. Aisa, the geologi
cal report on tho Chilocco reserv,
, was considered excellent. being tn,
work OF government official. A
the time indian department official
wondered why there was but the on
bidder ana some OF them openly ex
pressed themselves In such man
ner.
william G., Lackey finance direc
, ltor OF tho board OF tho Marland Oi
: ! compnnV will lpayp for Europ