The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-21
ADJUSTMENTS IN
Gas Distribution
ARE BEING MADE
Meters Being Read and Adjusted for
New Rate; Change Made With.
out Single Hitch; No Com
plants. Says shaffer.
WARNING is ISSUED
BY CITY FIRE CHIEF
Connections Must Be Of Metal Sub
stance. Says oattIs; inspection
VIII Be Made; Hear Nothing
Further Ferris interests.

Conditions arising from the change
from artificial 10 natural gas distri'
button here are being adjusted TO.
day. r. d. Safer. manager OF the
chickasha Gas and Electric com.
pany, announced this morning.
Early this morning a force OF me.
ter readers set out to read every
gas meter In the city, in order that
the new gas rate may 80 into effect
at once. At the same time force
~ meter and Gas go adJusters
began the task OF visiting the 1000
homes in the city being served by
the Chickasha Gas and Electric cor
pany to adjust the gas stoves and
the quarter meters.
Mr.. Shaffer declared this morning
that the change was made without
n single hitch: that the distribut-
ing system was proving adequate and
that no complaints had been re-
ceived. 'Chickasha already has adapt
ed itself to the use of natural gas
ne Sdlu, smlllnB.
Work on the making Of improve
ments and extensions In the system
will be started soon after Jan. /, Mr..
Shaffer said. The company expects
to spend approximately $4,000 In
this project. Two regulator houses
will be constructed, one in the alley
between Fifth and Sixth streets near
Nd af
ner of Third street and Georgia ave-
nue.. The houses will be brick struc-
lures, 12 feet by 16 feet, and will
contain important regulator devices
connected with the system.
The company's artificial plant was
shut down yesterday afternoon after
Mayor Coffman had turned the valve
which sent natural gas blowing into
the mains of the company's distrib-
uting system here.
Fire Chief Issues Warning.
Pointing to ordinance No. 4S1, pre-
scribing how gas connections shall
be made in the city of Chickasha
and prescribing a penalty for the
violation of the provisions of same,
George Gattis. city fire chief, this
morning warned natural gas consum-
ers to comply with this ordinance.
Section of the ordinance provides
that all gas pipe connections in the
city of Chickasha shall be made
with some metal substance"
Section 2 prescribes the penalty
as follows THAT any person, firm
or corporation who shall own or oc-
cupy any building in said city where
in there is a gas pipe connection
other than metal shall be deemed |
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall,
upon conviction thereof, be fined
not less than SIS nor more than
$100, provided that each day any
such person, firm or corporation |
shall occupy or own any such build
ing contrary to the provisions of this
ordinance shall constitute separate
offense.'
Inspection to Be Made.
Chief Gattis announced that the
fire department soon will make an
inspection of all gas connections in |
the city and those made in violation
of ordinance No. 481 will be dis
connected and charges filed against
the guilty person or persons.
"We want to give everyone a fair |
chance, but it is very essential to
the protection of property from pos
sible fire loss that this ordinance
be enforced" the chief said.
"All gas stoves should be station
ary," Chief Gattis continued.
Chamber of Commerce officials
have heard nothing further from the
Ferris interests which proposed to
install system for the distribution
of natural gas for industrial use only
Mr.. Ferris and two of his associ-
ates were in the city last week gath
ering additional data they desired
before submitting definite proposal
to Chickasha When they left, Mr.
Ferris announced that the definite
proposal would be made by mail
some time this week. At II o'clock
today Secretary Conner of the Cham
ber of Commerce had not received
the letter.