San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01

MIRANDA CITY, Tex, Oct. 81
Never before in the history Of gas
field has the product been so much
sought after as the present desire TO
get into Webb county for holdings
and production in the Carolina-Texas
and the Cole gas fields.
Two big companies of Houston, the
Houston Oil company and the Moody
Seagrayes interests, are making things
interesting and have bought almost
every lease in sight that money can
command. The Southern Natural
Gas company of San Antonio is also
in the game and they have secured n
mammoth share Of the production in
their interlocking combination with
.. W. Killam and others.
1t is now established that Webb
county gas fields are to supply fuel
to many Texas points and that it is
the Webb county gas which the most
sought after on account of its superior
quantity and quality TO most gas
producing areas.
BUILD PIPE LINE.
One pipe line is now under con-
struction for the Southern Natural
Gas company to supply San Antonio
and intermediate points. 1t will be
connected with the terminus near
Three Rivers in the shortest time pos
sible as the Hope Engineering COM
pany is laying three miles Of line per
day. There are three big ditching
machines being used.
The cities Of Houston and Calves
ton and intermediate points in the
Texas Coastal region will also get
their gas from Webb county. A pipe
line will be started sometime soon by
Houston Pipeline company to connect
with their main line which now has
its terminus on the Cartwright ranch
in Live Oak County, Texas. 1t is
likely that another line will be built
by rival interests into the Bayou City
at an early date.
Forfeits have been posted by the
Houston Pipeline company for their
line to be completed within Is months
and additional penalties are being paid
which will tend to causing a much
earlier completion Of the line.
ACTIVITY RENEWED.
There is h renewed activity in drill
ing operations in the Carolina-Texas
and the Cole Gas Fields and the num-
Der of rigs ut work are continually
increasing with the result that the big
gas structure is being widened almost
daily. There are now about ten strings
of tools at work in the two fields and
there are several new wells under con-
temptation and locations have been
made.
Many oil men are now coming into
q h. A,ta h1 Nf
the building of the two pipelines and
there is promised n great play along
the route of the two lines. Gas has
suddenly become of great value and
many thousands of dollars are being
handed out daily by these men from
the outside.
The gas wells of the Carolina-T Texas
area have lacked n market for the past
three years and suddenly the big Cole
Gas Fields were brought in and atten.
ton was conferred on the situation in
Webb county. Another fact was also
apparent that the big cities of South
Texas could not depend upon other gas
fields nearby and it became apparent
that Webb county would have to be
reckoned with for fuel.
FIELDS HISTORY.
A little more than year ago. Lloyd
Booth of Youngstown, Ohio, became
interested in Webb county through E.
I. Burton and d. n. Chadwick. Be-
ing n man of much wealth and n big
vision he tied up certain gas interests
and went TO work looking for an out
let.
About the same time Cole Petroleum
Company brought in their first big