The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-09

lpreSSorS is cooled.
More improvements
Present improvements at the sta
, ton include installation of a fourtl
big compressor, construction of
new gas cooling tower and othe
WORK. similar expansion is beini
carried out at the company's com,
pressor plant nea Fort Peck, wher,
the gas is given another big nudge
after 1t passes Glasgow. The For
Peck station is near the Nashua.
Fort Peck highway north of Parl
Grove.
AT the station near Beaverton we
also met Lloyd Pewonka, one of five
men who are proving that old
fashioned horse power is reliable
Before Pearl Harbor the company
utilized men with trucks to patrol
the field-blow the drips, take meter
readings on production and like jobs,
All are essential to continued and
uninterrupted gas supply.
Now, the shift has been made to
horses for these jobs. Homes for
riders and their families are pro-
vided at three points in the field.
Riders make 20-mile patrol circuits
every day, fair weather or blizzard.
AS someone said. "HayburnerS keep
your gas burning"
Station Supervisor johnson has
been with the company for II years,
part of that time in similar work in
the Glendive-Baker field. He and
his crews are on 24-hour duty.
New Line Finished
Construction has just been com"
pleted on the new ten-inch pipeline
from the compressor station east
22.5 miles to a point west of Glas-
gov. The old SiX-inch line has been
taken up and the pipe will be used
to build more gathering lines in the
field.
The construction and expansion
program primarily is being carried
out to permit larger gas production
from the Bowdoin field, so that adj
ditional gas demands can be met.
For this reason, the program re-
ceived approval of the war produc-
ton board in April. With completion
of the program, Bowdoin gas is be-
ing marketed throughout the large
area mentioned. The Glendive-Baker
field, which has furnished this gas
since its early development in 1926,
will be relieved of part of its load.
In charge of all the work in this
area is Otto H. Bundy, manager of
the company's Bowdoin division.
The division also includes the town
distributing systems in Malta, Saco,
Hinsdale, Glasgow, Nashua and Fra
ger. Gas is supplied to Fort Peck,
where the corps of engineers oper-
ateS its own town utilities system.
Expanded Since 1924
The program in the Bowdoin field
reflects the rapid expansion of the
company since it was formed in
1924. It then owned a small electric
property in northern Minnesota and
others at Glendive and in Okla
homa. Later those in northern Min
nesota and Oklahoma were sold.
Between 1924 and 1926 the Mon
tana-Dakota grew rapidly, acquiring
electric properties in the Sidney,
Wolf Point, Scobey and Plentywood
communities in Montana and near
Williston, Crosby and Kenmare in
North Dakota. Electric transmission
lines we're built, connecting many of
the smaller towns with generating
plants in the larger cities.
The city electric plant at Miles
City was purchased in 1927 and
modern electric power plants were
built at Miles City, Glendive and
Williston and Kincaid, N. D. With
construction of these plants, inter
connecting transmission lines were
built and all smaller cities were con-
nected to the lines. AS a result, it
was possible gradually to reduce
and provide 24-hour service.
Gas Needed for Power
Steam turbine generation of pow
brought a critical fuel problem.
1t was necessary either to ship in
high priced coal or use locally mined
Generation costs were high.
So, in 1926, the company began de-
of the Baker-Glendive
natural gas field and built a pipe
line to Glendive. This was the be-
of natural gas pipeline de-
in eastern Montana.
From this point, expansion of the
natural gas business was rapid. A
continuous program was carried out
the Glendive-Baker field. Lines
we're built to Miles City and Terry
Marmarth, N. D., in 1927. In
928, a 12-inch line was laid to the
Black Hills region of South Dakota.
The company moved westward and,
n 1929, built a 6-inch line from the
levin- SunburSt field to serve Con-
ad, Chouteau and Waller. Late the
anne year, lines were started from
he Bowdoin field to serve Malta,
IinSdale and Glasgow.
AT the same time, gas distribution
in Havre and Chinook were
cquired. In 1880 a 12-inch pipeline
TaS built east from Glendive to
bismarck, N. D., serving towns
long the Northern Pacific. A 12-
lch line also was built from Glen
i've to WilliSton, serving towns on
he route, while a 6-inch line was
ut in operation between Marmarth
nd Bowman, N. D. A new 8-inch
from the Billy Creek field in
'yoming was operated to serve
uffalo and Sheridan in that state.
ines from the Kevin-Sunburst field
Great Falls and the Ana
)nda Copper Mining company's re-
there were purchased.
Build to Fort Peck
Development was delayed in the
owdoin field until 1884. Then, army
lgineers building the new town of
ort Peck, authorized a contract to
uild an 8-inch line from near
laSgow to the Fort Peck townsite.
new line and business resulted
adding to the production in the
owdoin field.
The company, after agreeing on
lie unit plan with other large lease
olders in the Bowdoin, began its
resent large drilling campaign in
40.
At the same time, it began con-
ruction of an. 8-inch pressure line
tending from the existing line
EAR Fort Peck to connect with the
e -Glendive gas system near
lendive. 1t was foreseen that the
ker-Glendiye field. which had