# Transcript of Record — Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. v. Oklahoma > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/brief%3Amicro_IA40386005_0008%3A1 ## Record - **Collection:** Supreme Court brief - **Document type:** Transcript of Record - **Published:** January 1, 1922 - **Citation:** 258 U.S. 234 ## Text TRANSCRIPT OF RECORD. SUPREME COURT OF THE OCTOBER TERM. a 192] No. MRS'7 v8. THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA ET AL. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. (27,634) SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. OCTOBER TERM, 1920. No. 312. OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAS COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA ET AL. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA INDEX. Original. Print. 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GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. 1 a Return to Writ. In obedience to the commands of the within writ, T herewith trans- mit to the Supreme Court of the United States a duly certified tran- script of the complete record and proceedings in the within entitled case, With all things concerning the same. In witness whereof. | hereunto subseribe my name, and affix the seal of said Supreme Court of Oklahoma, in the City of Oklahoma City. Oklahoma, this the 1%th day of April, A. D. 1920. [Seal Supreme Court, State of Oklahoma. | WM. M. FRANKLIN, Clerk Supreme Court of Oklahoma, $y - —~, Deputy. l [Stamped:| Filed in Supreme Court of Oklahoma Apr. 14, 1920. William M. Franklin, Clerk. In the Sapreme Court of the United States. No. 9854. OKLAHOMA Narurar Gas Company, a Corporation, Appellant, vs. THe Stark oF OKLAHOMA, CHARLES H. Rutru, Tl. F. Trip, T. F. Donnell, Charles Bo Selby, and George M. Callihan, Ap- lees. Citation. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, sx: To the State of Oklahoma and S. P. Freeling, Attorney General, its attorney of record, and to Charles TH. Rath, HW. FL Tripp, T. PF. Donnell, Charles B. Selby, and George M. Callihan, Greeting: You, and each of vou, are hereby cited and admonished to ap- vear in the Supreme Court of the United States at Washington in the District of Columbia within thirty days from the date hereof pur- suant to a writ of error filed in the office of the Clerk of the Su- preme Court of the State of Oklahoma, wherein Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, a corporation, is appellant, and you and each of vou are appellees, to show cause, if any there be, why the judgment ren- dered against the said appellant as in the said writ of error men- tioned should not be corrected, and why speedy justice should not be done to the parties in that behalf. cree erat ret Ont 5 RRL LG TLE 2 OKLA. NAT. GAS Cu. Vs. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. Witness the Honorable Edward Douglass White, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States this the 10” day of April, in the Year of our Lord 120. EDWARD DOUGLASS WHITE, of the Nupreime Court of the United States, By PHOS. TH. OWEN, Chit Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. Chief dusties Attest: [Seal Supreme Court, State of Oklahoma. | WM. M. FRANKLIN, Clerk of the Nupre wee Court of the Ntate of Oklahoma, By POS. HILLMAN. Deputy Copy oof the within citation is acknowledged by each of us to have beem reeenved om this the loth day of April, L820, and each of the said appellees in the foregoing citation now and hereby eliters its anid this Lede ral Up pearance i the sitid cause in the Supreme Court of the United States THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. By SPO FREELING, Atty. General, By B. 6. FULIOX. Asst, Atty. Genl. CHAS. Bb. SELBY. GhORGH Mo CALLITLAN, T. F. DONNELL. CHARLES H. RUTH. m. ©. Tmire. 3 ‘Stamped: | Filed in Supreme Court of Oklahoma Apr. 10. | cn ] e | 1920. Wilham M. Franklin, Clerk. In the Supreme Court of the United States. In the Supretie Court of the State of Oklahoma. No. 9854. OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAs Company, a Corporation, Appellant, vo: Tue State or OKLAHOMA, Coartes H. Rerun, HW. F. Tripr. T. F Donnell, Charles Bo Selby. and George TL. Callihan, Ap- pellees. iL, tition for Worst | Error. Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, appellant in the above entitled and numbered cause. feeling itself aggrieved by the decision and judg: OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. 3 ment of this court rendered in said cause on January 20, 1920, and by this court's denial on Mareh 30, 1920, of this appellant's petition for rehearing therein, comes now by Ames, Chambers, Lowe & Richardson, its attorneys of record herein, and petitions the court for an order allowing this appellant to prosecute a writ of error to the Honorable Supreme Court of the United States under and ae- cording to the Constitution and laws of the United States and the rules of said court in that behalf made and provided, and for an order that all further proceedings herein be suspended and stayed until the determination of said writ of error by the Supreme Court of the United States. and vour petitioner will ever pray. AMEs, CHAMBERS, LOWE & RICHARDSON, Attorneys for Appellant. 4 [Stamped:] Filed in Supreme Court of Oklahoma Apr. 10, 1920. William M. Franklin, Clerk. In the Supreme Court of the United States. No. YS54. OKLAHOMA NaturAL Gas Company, a Corporation, Appellant, Vs. THE Sravre oF OKLAHOMA, CHARLES H. Rurn, H. F. Tripp, T. FP. Donnell, Charles B. Selby, and George H. Callihan, Ap- pellees. Assignments of Error, Now comes Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, a corporation, ap- pellant in the cause above entitled, and savs that in the record and proceedings in said cause there is manifest error in this, to-wit: iL. The Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma erred in affirming the order of the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma appealed from, » The Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma erred in holding that the order of the Corporation Commission of the State of Okla- homa appealed from docs not deprive appellant of its property with- out due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. ee ee ee ee ee ee ee cons ———————————————— 4 OKLA. NAT. GAS Co. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. 2 oo. The order of the Corporation Cornission of the State of Okla- bron appoattod from denied te this appellant due process of ” law and operated to deprive this appellant of: its property Without que process of Taw in Violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution aft the United States, in this, to-wit: (a) The pleading: tiled before the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma did not ask for a disesunt or rebate upon the bills of consumers, and the process served upon the appellant did not dis. close that any discounts or re hates Nyon -uid billy were contemplated by the Corporation Commission: and the appellant had no notice or knowledge of the eomtenyplited order requiring the discounting or rebating of the bills of those patrons for low pressure until the order requiring the discounting or rebating of said bills was actually made, and the appellant therefore had neo opportunity to defend against said order. or to produce either evidence or argument agallist its propriety. pustice or legality, Oh) The evidence am ay 22 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. Vs, THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. 39 Before the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma. Cause No. 3188. Cuarcies H. Rurn et al. V8. OkraAnomMA Gas & Evectric Co. and OKLAnoMA NATURAL Gas Co. Ne parate Answer of Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company. : : f The Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company. one of the defendants in said cause, herewith files its separate answer to the above com plaint, and answering, says: First, that it admits that Charles H. Rath and PL HE Tripp. whe signed the complaint, are residents of Oklahoma City and are users and consumers of natural gas. but it denies that the said) eonmplain- ants are dependent upon natural gas for domestic and business pur- poses. but says that they have the same opportunity. and the same right as eitizens of any city which is not supplied with natural gas, to procure fuel of other kinds, and that their reason for desiring to use Matural gas is because it is a cheaper and more convenient fuel, (1) Defendant demies that all of the names made a part of this petition as complainants, by amendment. are residents of Oklahoma Citv, or users of natural gas. second. This defendant admits that it is mew, and was at all times mentioned in this complaint, a publie service corporation. duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Oklahoma and as such corporation is now and at all times mentioned in said complaint, the owner of a certain franchise granted by the muniei- pality of Oklahoma City for the purpose of supplying and 40 selling to said municipality and the inhabitants thereof, nat- ural gas for light. heat and power purposes, but denies that as such public service corporation it exercises the right of eminent domain fer the purpose of transporting and supplying by means of pipe Lines Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and the inhabitants thereof with all of the natural gas used by the said city and inhabitants thereof for light. heat and power purposes, and denies that as public service corporation it owns and possesses a monopoly in the business of supplying Oklahoma City and the inhabitants thereof with natural gas for the purposes atoresaid. and denies each and every other allegation contained ino the second paragraph of said) com- plaint, Third. This defendant admits that its co-defendant. the Okla- homa Natural Gas Company, is engaged in the business of trans- porting gas by means of pipe lines to Oklahoma City, and admits that the said Oklahoma Natural Gas Company is under contraet with | OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. 25 the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company, and avers that a copy of this contract is on file with this Comission. Fourth. This defendant, in answering paragraph four of com- plainants’ petition, states that the co-defendant. the Oklahoma Natural Gas Company. maintains two main lines inte the City of Oklahoma City, one of them reaching the Morrison field im north central Oklahoma, and the other extending into the gas fields of northeastern Oklahoma. Fifth. Answering the fifth paragraph of complainants’ petition, this defendant denies each and every allegation therein contained. Sixth. Answering the sixth paragraph of conplainants’ petition, this defendant states that on the 7th. Sth, {th and 10th of Decem- ber, [N17 there was a shortage of gas in Oklahoma City, but denies each and every other allegation contained in said paragraph. 4] Seventh. Answering the seventh paragraph of complain- ants’ petition, this defendant states that aside from the re- serve Which may be created by being connected with numerous wells through the lines of its co-defendant, the Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, this defendant has not maintained any reserve supply, and states that itis net at all practical to maintain tanks and. re- serves for storage of natural gas in such quantities as will reason- ably supply the needs of the citizens of Oklahoma City during a shortage such as occurred on the said 7th. Sth, Sth and 10th of De- eemmber, L917, This defendant states that while the storage of natural gas from a physical standpoint is practical, from a business standpoint such a storage capacity is entirely impractical. This defendant further states that to supply a storage capacity suflicient to take care of a shortage such as existed on the days mentioned would call for not less than seven 15,000,000 cubic feet holders, which would cost, ex- clusive of real estate on which to place such holders. met Jess than $10,500,000,00. and that the depreciation and interest on this in- vestment alone, not to say anything of operating costs ner return upon the investment made, would equal the sum of $1.260,000,00 per year, or not less than $300,000.00 more than the total sum re- ceived by this defendant and its co-defendant from the sale of gas in Oklahoma City. This defendant further states that for the year 1916 there was sold in Oklahoma City, $926,000.00 of natural gas, and that ef this sam this defendant received less than $300,000.00 as its share under the contract existing between it and its co-defendant. the Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, and that if storage capacity adequate to take care of the shortage of natural gas during the period covered 42 by the complaint herein were ordered in at the expense of the defendant. it would be subjected to a less of not less than $900,000.00 per vear, and if such storage capacity were ordered in at the expense of this defendant and its co-defendant, the said defend- ants would be subjected to an outlay of at least $300,000.00 per vear — - 5 Stent ape See ew ele + FON EEE LLP IS 24 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. TILE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. more than they would receive from the sale of natural gas in Okly homa City. Wherefore, having fully answered, this defendant prays that th relief sought by the complainants be denied. (Signed) PAUL REISS, A ttorney for Okfahoma Gas & Electric Co. Copy served January &, 1918. RUTH & TRIPP. By CL H. RUTH. Endorsed: 3188. Before the Corporation Commission of Oks. homa. Chas. TH. Ruth et al. Complainants, vs. Oklahoma Gas ¢ Electric Company, Defendants. Separate Answer of Oklahoma Ga & Electric Company. Filed Jan. 9) 1978, 43 Thereafter. on the — day of _19--, Complainants filed their reply to the separate answer of the Oklahoma Cas ¢ Electric Company, which is in words and figures following. to-wit 44 Before the Corporation Comission of the State of Oklahoma No. SESS. CHas. H. Rern et al: Vs, OKLAHOMA Gas & Evectrm Compasy and OKLANOMA NATUR CrAx COMPANY, Complainants Reply to Se parate Naswer of Oklahoma Gas and Klectric Company. Come new the complainants and for their reply to the separate answer fo the respondent, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company, state 1. That the tirst lettered paragraph of the said respondent does not set up facts sufficient to constitute a defense to this complaint: that the same is frivelous: based on assumption and opinion, and should be stricken from the record, 2. Replying to the first figured paragraph of the said respondent: answer, complainants state that these complainants are not advised that all the names appearing on the said petition or complaint an bona fide residents of Oklahoma City and users of natural gas: that the said petitions were placed on street corners and given to divers and sundry persons to cireulate. and these complamants did not read the names on the said petitions or investigate, personally, the faet as to whether the said signers used natural gas or not. but these corm: plainants allege and state that there are eleven (11) Jack Johnsons resident of Oklahoma City. S white and 3 colored: two (2) *. Rose- OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. Vs. THE STATE OF OKLA, ET AL, 25 velts; two (2) Billie Burkes, and two (2) Woodrow Wilsons, and all living Within the zone furnished with natural gas by the answering — As 3. These complainants deny each and every material allegation contained in paragraph four (4) of the respondents’ answer. 4. These complainants deny that not less than seven gas holders of 15,000,000 feet capacity each would be necessary to maintain an adequate reserve supply of gas. but these complainants allege that ive (5) gas holders of a capacity of LO.000,000 feet each would be sufficient: and complainants further deny that a gas holder of 15,- H00,000 feet capacity would cost the sume of SE o00.000) One Million five hundred thousand dollars. Wherefore, complainants pray that the said respondent, Oklahoma Gas & Fleetric Company be ordered and required by this commission to immediately ereet and constrivet or cause to be erected and con- structed not less than five gas holders of 10,000,000 feet capacity each fora reserve supply for the users of natural gas in Oklahoma City, and for such other and general relief as te this Conmounission may wem Just and reasonable. (Sed. ) CW. RUTITA H.R. TREPP, ( ‘in placnants, and Atterine ys for all Complainants. Endorsed: SESS. Corporation Commission of the State of Okla- homa. Chas. H. Ruth, et als.. Complumants. vs. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. and Oklahoma Natural Gas Company. respondents. Reply to Separate Answer of the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. Filed on the — of ———,. 1% 4 Thereafter, on the — day of ——. 1%. Cemplainants in said causes filed their supplemental complatnt whieh is in words and figures following to wit: fi Before the Honorable Corporation Commission of the State of Oklalwomia, In re CONSOLIDATED CoMPpLArINts AGAINST THE ORLATOMA Gas & Erectric CoMPANY AND THE OK EATOMA NATURAL Gas COMPANY, Supplementad Complaint, Comes now the complainants im the feregeing consolidated com- plaints against the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company and the Okla- homa Natural Gas Company, for shortage of gas in Oklahoma City. and files this additional and supplemental complaint, Complainants allege that since the date of the filing of the original emplaints ino this preceeding. and specifically on the dates in- duding the 10th te the 16th days of January, 1918, the said defend- ant corporations, the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company and the Awe Stale BATS A A PEE SEES NR MORELIA Or Nae ROS 26 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA, ET AL. Oklahoma Natural Gas Company. have heen guilty of contempt of this Honorable Coninisstotm, atid are naw cuilty of content in this. to wit Vhat during inte tatane and tthe prese rit tide the said defend tyits have been guilty of the vielation of the order of this Tomorab' Commission, Number 10Qs8. requiring the Gas Companies to furnish an arbeqtiats supply of gas fer dlotiestie Cotistinptron: that during seul tune thee defendant corporatiatis, and each oof them. were en gaged in the business ef supplying matural gas te the itahiabatarits of the Civ of Oklaheria City for pas and that during all of sard period of time. aforesard, the defendant ED lave utterly fsriled te frarnaisti cate celery eacate ~aypyp ty of gas for domestic tise of the 1s citizens of Oklahoma Crtv. on vielation of said) order of this Commission and in vielation of their charter and tranehiss and the duty owed te the puble ane ther customers Conyphumant ribores sprcegtne ally lle ure? threat charming thie peried ateore- said that me prertion of the Citv of Ook valvornsa Cats received an ade- quate supply ef gas and that ay large pertions of the @itw there wer Trtree- itt whoeh theme Wars treet at eritliebenit qquantitn et gas furnished tr enable the roaintersatice of tires That regardless of the Morrison myth that there i tiet tre cite: Porn shed te the ert zem- of Okla- homa City an adequate sapply ter detnestic tse ame that neither of said corporations boise tow aelediiat factlities for the furnishing te the imbabitants ot Ok balers (itv an cudeqg isnt ~ipply of vas mn moderately extreme winter weather Complainants further allege that drring the times herembeter mentioned the weather while cold was tet mnusually cold: aad that the temperatures were not below the temperatures whieh could be reasonably expected im thas cliate at this time of vear That hy reason of thre breach of drat satiel viodat on oof lan aforesatd ther has been great sufferimmeg. meenvenrenier sed charace te the ent of Oklahoma City. That there has heen cduaving thie Vitne =~ aferesa | and is new a oreat shortage of coal. wood and other fucl-. and of stoves and other heat Ing deviees for the vse of fuel other than cas unt Oldahema Citw. and that end conditions has been breed tateauit Vers laarue ly ba thre know. ingly false representations of the defendant corporations ond attieers thereof that there would be ie Shortage of gas in Oklahoma City during the winter af W17-1s ined espoet ally that there would he an adequate ~uipepel of gas atte thy completion of the mains te thy Morrison tield, 49 Complainant= allege and events show, that the tapping of the Morrison field till leaves the defendant corporatlon without an adequate supply of gas for the people of Oklahoma City, and allege that the sid de fendant corperatrons have at all times known, or would have known with the exercise of any eare, that thev did not have an adequate supply of gas, Complainants further allege that the said) defendants have de- posits from their customers in Oklahoma City for gas. and have rules authorizing the shutting off of ga- if meonthiy bills are not paid, and have a rule requiring the payment of $1.00 for establish- __ ” / 2 WA SN GAD EAI ARE MOEA AS WTR TERE IN ATL NLS ESR Saieeiiieeeia | OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA, ET AL. Ze rt ees: ing a re-connection when gas is shut off. Complainant- allege that these rules considered in connection with the deposits held by said companies are unreasonable and void. Complainants further allege that the said defendant corporations well knowing that the meter readings are false and untrue and that the supply of gas which the meters indicate are been furnished to the various customers of said company has not been in faet fur- nished, are now, and have been at the time of the filing of the origi- nal complaints before this Tlonorable Comunission, threatening to cut off service of all persons who do not promptly pay their bills and by means of said threats have been wrongfully extorting large sums of money from their customers in Oklahoma Citv. That said de- fendant corporations have been cutting off the service of their eus- tomers for the refusal to pay extortionate and unearned bills awd will continue to so ent off the service to their said customers until precluded by the order of this Honorable Conmaiission. Complainants further allege that practically all of the consumers of natural gas in the City of Oklahoma Citw have legal and legiti- mate defenses against the bills rendered by the said defend- w ant corporations for natural gas and that when said claims are presented to the officers of the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company. Which Company is purporting to act as agent for the (Alahomea Natural Gas Company, the persons presenting said claims are treated with the utmost inselence and contempt. are advised te lny coal, are informed that the said corporations have nothing to | do with said claims. and are informed that the service of said cus- | tomers will be cut off if the gas bills are net paid regardless of anv question of counter claim or legal set-off. Complainants further allege that unless relief is furnished the aid corporations will absolutely refuse te hear or even consider anv legitimate claims which may exist against said corporations or either of them and that the gas supply of said customers will be ruthlessly ent off regardless of anv contention of right. charity er lumanity. Wherefore vour complainants ask that the said corporations and both of the- be adjudged guilty of contempt for the further viola- fon of the order of this Commission committed during the time herembefore mentioned and that this Tlonorable Commission, in the exercise of its Jurisdiction over said corporations, enjoin and restrain the said defendant corporations from: cutting off the service of the various customers of said corporations who claim: off-sets or defense against bills rendered for gas services, Complainants further allege that there is ne adequate remedy a law, and further pray that this Tlonorable Commission issue a tem- porary restraining order, restraining the said defendant corpora- tions, their emploves and agents from the cutting off of service to customers claiming defences against bills rendered. until the final hearing of this complaint. and complainants further pray | that on final hearing that the said) rules corporations he held te be unreasonable and void. and that this Honorable Commission issue an erder prohibiting said corporations or either of them or their agents or emploves from cutting off the service of any WRB eteeaenrrneterene 0 5 LOR SAR aS, BOG NORE ARLE NEE REE IN IRS ao . oe vant ese . Ay 28 OKLA. XAT. GAS CO, VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. customer who claims counter-elain: or defense against a bill rendere: to the end that such disputes may be determined in due and regulor course in the courts which have brea designated in the State « Oklahoma for the determination of disputed questions of privat right. Affeorne is for f om plarnauts, Endorsed: 2318S. Before the Honorable Corporation Coniuiuissie: : of the State of Oklahoma. Tn ore Consolidated complaints agains the Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company and the Okbahoria Ne. ural Gas Conmipany. Supplemental Conapolarnet, Filed on the dar O19 oD Be it remembered. that on the Lith dav of December. 1917 TOF. Donnell. and others. commenced an action against The Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company by the tiling ef a complain which is in words and figures as follows. to-wit ao To the Honorable Corporation: Comiuntsston of the State of Oklahorns 1. the undersigned. a resident. entizen and tax paver of Oklahome City, county and state. and a patron of the Oklahoma Gas & blectri Company. and a consumer of gas fer dotiestic purposes, for mivsef and fer and on behalf ef all other citizens and tax pavers and con sumers of gas in Oklahoma City, County and State. from the Okle homa Gas & Eleetrie Company. do hereby represent to this fe fhe Commission that covering the period of December Sth. th. 10h and 11th. 1917. the temperature in Oklahoma City averaged belay freezing: that continuously during said period of tie the said Oke homa Gas & Electrie Company wholly failed to furnish to mivsed and the remainder of the consurers of gas in Oklahoma City. ges in sufficient quantities to tieet domestic purposes and whelly unsuth cient to enable the resident- to remain in their homes Without ex- treme suffering ocensioned hy the cold weather, and said persons have been at all of said times without gas te prepare meals for their family and to prevent the freezing of water pipes and tanks, That as a result of the said failure of said Gas Company te pre vide gas, members of the family of this complamant and of hun dreds of other families in Oklahoma City contracted severe colds hy reason of not being provided with gas to heat the houses and many of said persons have contracted pneumonia, bronchitis and sever colds and have in other wavs had their health impaired by reason of said conditions: that in addition thereto great niunibers of fam: lies were required to purchase stoves and fuel for the purpose of warming their houses and of preparing their meals, and in maan instances being unable to procure stoves and fuel have heen A4 compelled to resort to hotels and te live im hotels at great expense and inconverence to themselves, and in addition have had to employ the services and pay doctor bills and purchase OKLA, NAT. GAS CO, Vs. THE STATE OF OKLA, ET AL, 29 medicine, to the great damage of such persons, all of whom are yatrons of said company. That ih addition thay business comeerhs that have heen wholly jepeudent lipon gas have heen compelled to suspend: their business jurine the said period of trae. any of which are suspended at this cme by renson oof the fathare of the satd Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company to furnish gas to be used ta them business, all of suid busi- ass being so stispended at great loss. datmiage, detriment and imneon- ehience to the proprietors thereof and te therm patrons. That the Gnderstonmed and all patrons of satd Gas Company have gid hurge sans of tnomey di months and vears previous, in pavinent f vues purchased abd coustumed bw each thereof, and dive during aid period of time depended amd relied upon satd Company to hich an adeg tate supply of gas to paced their needs anid Hecessi- es and the satd Gas Company has at all times had fall knowledge hat the utiderstgned: and tts patrons generally have depended Upon nd }ysave relied thpron the “itt COTEEP ATEN solely to furnish Lis for the ious Uses ated needs: that tn addition the said Gas Company has tall times duurime the stummmer aud tall of this wear dn various wavs sired the tudersigned and all patrons of said Company and users f(ias dn Okla City that they liad arranged aid provided for an equate supply of gas to the constiners forall purposes and under conditions that qaight be reasonably comtetiplated and antier ated, and that the undersigned and all consumer. of gas have fully lied tiprot sald) assurance ana deponded tiprona said COMA to vake good and te fualtill wt- said) assupanecs. This conmplainant would further show that under the rales os of the said Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company heretofore promititvated and cuforeed agatust the consumers of gas, that cid company tpot reftisal of consumers to pay their gas rentals re- candles. of the enuse therefor have discontinued the gas service from seh constimers abi biave: ref tise dite furnish further Gits Lo ste h per- ens and that the sated company now threatens all consamers of gas ho maa Ve tise or decline to pon the approved vias hills and who wy have a just and legal defense and good clams thereto, and who ave suffered the detriment. damage and imeonvenience heretofore entioned: that such company will immediately, wholly and romptly cliscontinue the said gas services to persons so declining and fusing to make payinent of their gas bills and that unless this Com- ussioh diakes an order restraining, prohibiting and forbidding sald nds COMP TETEN from Carrying dnte execution the said threatened dis- tintianees of said gas services of all persons so situated, they will rely occasion suel persons mach suffering and discomfortare. and seat tinanetal toss and damage, Wherefore, this comp lanntnt, for hhinnself’, and on behalf of all ther of said patrons of the said gas company and consumers of gas, sspectfully asks this commission to seta day for hearing this cause ad that notices be given said Gas & Electric Company of such hear wand that durine the pendeney of the hearing herein, this Com- sion inake an order restraining the said Oklahoma Gas & Electric Supany from in any miamner cutting off impairing or discontinu- PUNE WE ASI PIN ie PLEA Rl IO FORO oe iy 30 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO, VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. iny the said gas serviee te this complainant and all other patrons of the suid Gas & Electre Company, and consumers of gas, who may have a just and legal defense or counter claim: to the elaim: of sue (as Company agarist such persons: and that Upon oa further fea. Ine herem the said order may be nade permanent until sue ti persons ane the sid Gas Compatiy may adjust their dithient or their legal rights be determined not court of Coltpeten jurisdiction. and for sueh other, further amd proper relief as tay ts Warranted, and that in aedldlitions such penalty hae enjoined Upon, and against sid Gas Company as ander the law and faets in this eas tay be warranted. and for such other and general relief as the Con: Mission may deem: proper. (Sed. ) T. F. DONNELL. A. T:-BOY¥S. Issistant Mun werpal Coun velar CHARLES SELBY, County Attorney, PORTER Th. MORGAN, | Assistant County Attorne 7 idarsed To the TTanoratel- Corporation Coimilssion of the Stat of Oklahoma. In re Gas & Electric Company. Complaint. — Filed December 12. 1917. De Thereafter. and on January & TOTS. the Oklahoma Gas ¢ Electric Conupans filed) its answer an cause No, 3192. which said answer is in words and figures. following to-wit: as Before the Corporation Comiunission of the State of Oklahoma Cause No, 3192. T. PL Doxsenr, Complainant, +o, THe OKLAHOMA GaAa~ & Enrerrie Company, Defendant. Answer, The defendant, the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company, answer ing the above complaint. adtmits that the complainant is a resident, citizen and tax-paver of OkKlahoria City, County and State, and « patron of the Oklahoma Gaz & Electric Company, and a consumer oi gus for dotiestic purposes. The defendant states that it is a corporation, organized and op erating under the laws of the State of Oklahorin. and among other activities is engaged in distributing uatural gas in the City of Okla homa City as agent for the Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, whieh last named company is Likewise a corporation existing and operating under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, re ee an . Pr NR A AA ae Sib Ae TNL REE IRR LFA TYAN EMAL IS ec OKLA. NAT. GAs CO. V8. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. 31 The defendant further states that it is the owner of a franchise fom the City of Oklahoma City. permitting it to distribute in said (itv nattiral gas to the said City and the citizens thereof, The defendant further states that aside from the contract “4 eNistine Letween i! and the Ok lihvorae Natural (ras Company, there is no relationship between it and the Oklahoma Natural ris Company, aid states that there are Hho Colmtiion stockholders, di- tors or otlicers as between this defendant and the said Ok dahon \atural Cas Conipaniy, The defendant acluaits threat covering the period of December Sth, ch. 10th and Tdth 10d. the letaperature in Op dabionnea City uver- ved below freezing. and that under the extreme weather conditions hich did prevail ith Oklahoma City during thie sald period mien- soned. there was a vis shortive andl sdiaits that there Were Instances hen sid shortage did Cultise ~ulleriny, but denies thrat during said eriod of thine the said Oklahoma Gas & Eleetric Company wholly sled to furnish the complainant und the reminder of Colstners 1 gas in Ook Tethvonnace City. vas in suflicrent quantities to lnecet domestic irposes, and wholly tsutiicient to enable the residents to remain in weir hotties Without eNTretue on additton te thraat we have here alate lis of the stock bolders NY: Ie ss brats thee list . aT stock a itself qs i the rial TiGWoaony thre Witt dren those ite public records, krvewn + evervbods whe are posted, Commissioner Humphrey Mr WeKay. do vou reeall whether, hat these COMP AT TOs have reported sabitecuaddy Mr. MeKav: Tam not sure whether the Oklahoma Natural Qos Co. have reported every vear or not: T think the Ok advo Gas ¢ Electric Company have Mr. Reiss: I will UTa DP peti tres that thr stock Wile Tratisterred Chicago: didn't bring the “took hook hayt havea }ist vinieley thats at December 31st. Tf necessary con ean examine that Jit, Commissioner Humphrey: Mr. Ruth and Mr. Selby ean» cain the records. Mr. Selby: T would like to join in the demurrer te SOTO Parts «! the answer. whielh in its nature ie confisine taken asa whole. and that is the inability of the eas company te vippely thee adeqnat supply of gas as the daw requires. The duty is clear as to a publ utility: its mnabilite te comedy weth the requirements of the pauabh m meeting the conditions. that is in He respect a defense: the las In this state requires awsuiffierent sone side ey tbeate sripply of eas. and th mere faet that ther bisave net been able tole soos ne defens SH Commissioner Hinphrey We have an order te that effee and af they are net dotne it, we will finn therm: let the de murrer be over-ruled and proceed with the evidenes. Mr. Selby Exeepted te. by Mr Selby, Hexry M. Gravy. being duly miles away up the main ql lines, | 2 Q. You are able to state positively that there is ne air ; mixed with the gas? \. Yes sir, 4 Q. You state that the pressure is 30 pounds at the eity Innits, ven : mtmean that pressure is carried into the city” i \. No sir, We have a helt svstem entirely around the sVstem inte i ich that 30 pound pressure goes, we have 20 regulators around pat system which regulates the pressure to the city: each reanlater scare of a limited territory. reducing the pressure down te from w 6 ounces. . You deliver it at 4 to 6 ounces pressure? \. Yes sir. Q With reference to the meters. [ will ask vou to state if the Hers are adjusted to measure gas at a certain pre=sure: would you ameter in Mr, Selby’s house of the same kind that veu would ~on the main line of 100 pound pressure? A. No sir. Q What is the principal invelved in the construction of one of € meters? A. Essentially it consists of a bellows mechanism. and a clock ‘kof chain or fear wheels, which when the pressure forces to the Ath en ene 70 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. point of its capacity the expansion releases the valves which s over to the house side: it is an alternating movement: it is spoken as a diaphragm: in the meter. Q. It is regulated to measure the number of feet of gas go through regardless of the variation of pressure? A. Yes sir. Q. When vou speak of the difference in quantity and volume wv}. de vou mean? A. To tried te find out what Mr. Ruth meant by quantiny: 1 meter measures volume. Q. That is it measures the number of cule feet of gas’ 125 A. Yes sir. Q. Take the case of Mr, Ruths a certain: receptacle fo square and put in 6 ounces of pressure, the volume of gas would 4 a cubie foot, it woulda’t make any difference whether i was 6 onne er five pounds, if but one ounce it would be greater under high pr sure? A. Yes sir. Q. The measurement of that gas through a meter with six oun pressure would be no more than with 4d onnce pressure’ A. Yes sir, Q. What does the meter do? A. Tt measures volume only. Q. Regardless of the pressure the meter only determines the \ tine of gas passing through? A. Yes sir. (). How many gages are there on a house meter: Mr. Ruth v talking about their gaze showing two movements ¢ A. The ordinary hense meter has four dials) they Thave a tl Cial in one corner. and some have two tally dials: those four di’ ore merely multiples of one another: it reads from thousand. tom hens. (), What is the object of having four dials? A. So as to pick up the accumulated amount of volume, whater the meter may be, and won't have te go back to zere so te speak an hegin over: Just a question of subtracting to get the difference, Q. Do vou make the meters? \. No sir. Q). Where are they made” \. They are made by Helme & MeFlvaney of Philadelphia. Q. How long have they been in the business” A. Limagine about 75 vears, as long as the gas business has he here and go as far back as the making of artificial gas started: the are a standard meter. b24 Q). What efforts do von make to keep your meters accurat \. We test them periodically by putting through what "4 call a prover which checks the volume recorded by the meter itselt these provers contain so many cubic feet of air or gas, whatever yer choose to test with. and the meter is connected to that known volun and all of its contents ure foree- out of the original contamer throu! ‘he meter which shows the difference that regulates the amount cal’ brated, the meter is passed on as correct. — SNES EEL PRT PEE REEL, BO CARRE IE NAS SE LS PY ES RT RL DS ASE LET RO OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. 71 Q. What are the rales of the company with reference to testing {meters for consumers? \, We usually test the meter for the consumer without any harge. We invite them to be present, and see for the meselves the vat that we make, Q. I suppose they do sometimes get out of order? \. Yes sir. They are more apt to get out of order and run slow han fast: it is the nature of things to drag through use. and that wards the mechanism. Q. You would be willing to test Mr. Ruth's meter for hime at any ‘ime? QW. Yes sir: we would be glad te, and let anybody else see the test nade that wants to see it. | Mr. Reiss: Q. When vou say vou made no effort to keep up the pressure to pounds, vou meant to say you had no way vourself of keeping jat pressure up, but that vou had ta depend on the Oklahoma Nat- ral Gas Company for that pressure? \. Pmeant we had no mechanical means: we keep in close touch oth the station or with the field: and advise them as far as possible advance of conditions: if we notice a sudden drop in the line we wmediately get on the phone and if possible find out what can be je to correct it; T didn’t mean that we didi’t make any effort to wp it up to that pressure, but meant that we had no mechanical weans by which to do so. 25 Mr. Selbv: ; Q. Speaking of those meters correctly recording the volume of gas, ; nacase covering a period of six or seven days that the record of that ; yeter showing a volume of gas substantially as would cover the sane vriod at another time under normal conditions, do vou mean to say hat that meter would record correctly for those seven days when the us Was not burning” \. In the first place that was not the case: assuming as witness “tified in this case. that the showing by those meters was the same shen there was no heat as the showing was the same so far as vol- me of gas passing through, and other times when there was a nor- val pressure, T mean the meter measure- volume irrespective of pres are, Q If the same volume was going through at two different per ods ftme would not vou get the same volume of flame? A. The volume going through the meter under & ounce pressure spractically the same as under 2 ounce pressure, Q. If there was a low pressure and there was no flame, no heat, wt the meter was recording at about the same rate as it does under ermal conditions, what would you say about that? \. With the same number of burners at the same distance. the mount recorded by the meter would be the same. ——————————eeeeereeeeeerereeeeeereeereeee REID A, SRLS PST AE LIT EEOC LO PRE IIE I I EAN BBL 72 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. Vs. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. Q. In one case vou would have heat and in the other vou won! net. how de vou account for that’ \. The meter measures velume at different pressures. Q). Where no flame results there would be ne volume would ther A. The volume would be the same. Q. And every customer would pay for the same volume at the th different periods? A. Yes sir ). You sav those meters operate only by gas volume. is it a fae that vou can take these meters and operate theme wath a baeye air pump? 126 A. Yes sir. air is gas; the mechanism ean be operated hy any gaseous pressure going into it. Put 1 16th of an oune against it and it would not move at all. Q. You sav the Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. is your only soure of supply? A. Yes sir. Q. Will they sell gas outright? A. I don't know. Q. You have never tried to buy gas directly from them? A. No sir, Q. When did the Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. commence making its conneetions with the Morrison field: when did they begin laving#f pipe? A. It was in the summer. Q). When were the connections made by your company wit! Yukon and El Reno? A. The Oklahoma Natural Gas Co, ran their pipe to EL Reno and in going by connected with Yukon. Q. Didn't connect with vou? A. No sir. (). When was the connection made? A. January a vear ago. Q. In vour judgment if the connection between El Reno and Yukon had not been made, would it be possible to furnish Okla- homa City with the quantity considered adequate and diflicient? \. Do vou refer to the gas shortage recently? (). Generally, whenever it occurs? \. IT should not think taking that off the line would appreciably affect a town of this size: we have a population of approximately 100.000 and there is not ever 10,000 in EL Reno, and figuring on @ household consumption it would not be ever 1 10th added te wha we are not getting, not over—lL 10th added to what we are not ge- ting. or 10°, something like 2.2 ounces. 127 Q. You think the quantity used by EL Reno and Yuken added to the supply to Oklahoma City would not have had anv material appreciable effect? A. No, | think not. Q. Under that theory a population the size of Oklahoma City taking enough gas to furnish towns of that size would have ne mi terial effect: like El Reno and Yukon? A. It wouldn't make much difference. _ PROBA NE OLR ERS BST IER TC OME IS LER PEL LIE EPI NGS Fe ed OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. Vs. THE STATE OF OKLA, ET AL. 73 From what connection does Norman receive its supply? They don't have any connection. Where does Guthrie receive its supply? _ From the Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. Edmond? _ From the same course. Where does Sapulpa get their supply? I don't know who supplies Sapulpa. _ Where is Edmond connected? The Oklahoma Natural has a line east and west at Edmond, ie line that comes into this city runs north and south and passes + Edmond at a point opposite the line is taken off; it is entirely utside the jurisdiction of this line. HOPOL-oProre Mr. Ruth: Q. You have stated in one instance that certain gas contained «0 BT. U. heat units? \. 1 quoted that as one sample of 7 or 8 tests taken by the gov- mment in the State of Oklahoma. Q. Suppose that there was 960 B. TL U. in a eubie foot of natural gs under a 30 pound pressure, and the 30: pound pressure was re- ined to a half ounce pressure. as the paper quoted, would it be re- ined to 1 960th of 30 pounds? A. The 960 B. T. U. was taken under atmospheric pressure, Q. Assuming there was that many heat units under a 30 pound vessure, and it was reduced to a half ounce pressure you would have | 1 960th of it, but vou would have the same volume? 28 A. A eubie foot is a cubic foot, no matter under what pressure, Q. So vou would have the volume, but not the heat units? A. Yes sir. @. You sav the meter would register volume the same” Commissioner Humphrey: We have a case with the Kansas Nat- ml. invelving the same proposition at this time. Mr. Ruth: [ tried to get a report of that whole affair, and also a qort from the State Chemist at Lawrence, Kansas. Judge Ames: Q. You say those B. T. U. were taken at atmospheric pressure? A. Yes sir. Q. How much gas did vou deliver to the people of Oklahoma (ty during that cold spell? A. Prior to the connection with the Morrison Pool? 0. Yes. A. We estimated between 12 to 15 million feet: we delivered servthing that came to us. Q. You make it a rule to give preference to domestic consumers? A. Yes sir. Q. During that cold spell vou cut off all commercial users? A. Yes sir, RL OTR ta ui DARL AAPL Ie MNO IN Ow Private 74 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO, VS. THE STATE OF OKLA, ET AL. ( 2. You burn fuel oil? . Yes sir. | Q. What is the relative cost of fuel oil and gas? | A. Fuel oil at present market cost between four and five times. what gas does. | Q. What is the ordinary pressure on the pipe line at the ep gates? A. From 200 te 250 pounds. Q. What was it vesterday morning? A, 220 pounds at 5 A.M, 129 Mr. Ruth Q. What was it vesterday noon? AL % pounds. Mr. Selby: Q). You stated as to the average quantity of gas delivered to thy constuiners during these particular days, what is the normal quantity of gas delivered to consumers. the average? Under Lomi peratur sav LO above? A, We have no means of knowing of lew much we deliver in one dav; we read the meters every month, Q. You testified as to the amount vou did) furnish during thos particular days? A. That was because we knew the pressure. the ly-pass was open and nothing was held back. Q. Can vou get the same data as te normal conditions in the same manner? A. We might by digging into our records: do vou mean to go back two or three vears? Q. When the population was about the same as it is new? A. The consumption is increasing every day, Q. T mean as te about the amount of gas that vou deliver to th consumers of this city under normal conditions? A. Twill have to ask vou to define normal conditions: during thr month of November the daily average for domestic purposes for th month was 5.452.200, Q. Do vou mean the daily average was about 1 3rd of the amount that vou delivered during the cold days? A. Yes sir, That is an average over 30 davs, Q. What Tam trving to vet at) vou delivered from 12 te 15 mil- hon feet a day during those cold days now under consideration; | would like the court to know about what has heen the average amount delivered on days or time where the temperature was. the same? 130 A, Tam not prepared te answer that question, ee Judge Ames: Q. Suppose von take the month of Jannary—— OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA, ET AL. 10 Mr. Selby: Q. What I want to know is how you can give this information as 10 those partic ular davs and can't give it for similar days at a differ- ent time? Because T haven't the data before me. Commissioner Humphrey: During 115 and 1916, Mr. Molinard that is an estimate capacity of that size line at that pressure? A. Yes sir, On ~ cold days we were not using the capacity af the regulators, the by-pass was not open: and there was from 50 0 7) pounds hack of that: vou can’t compare a whole month to a few days and get an inte Higent comparison. Mr. Selby: Q. Did vou ever call attention of the Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. wo that condition ? A. Yes. night and day, morning, noon and night, Q. During this time have vou continued to add new subseribers and take on more new customers? A. Yes sir. Q. What is the policy of your company and the Oklahoma Nat- ural Gas Co, with reference to shutting off a customer for refusing pay their bills on account of being charged for gas they have not used ? A. We maintain we can legally ask the customer to pay for what has been measured through the meter. Q. Assuming a meter should show so much, and a party. sets around a gas stove with no fire they would not have to pay for some- thing they didn’t get, would they? A. If the meter was recording, they were getting gas, Mr. Ruth: 131 Q. Volume but not quantity. Mr. Selby: Q. So vou trust your meter in preference to the word of a person dtting before a steve and sees that he has no tire, and knows that he is net getting gas? A. Yes sir. Q. That would be true if it were in vour own home? A. Yes sir. Judge Ames: What part of vour average daily delivery went to the domestic consumers during the month of Jannarv, 1917? A. 11,851,500, Q. Go back to November, P17, and state the total average daily delivery for all purposes? A. 17.468 thousand. Q. During the cold weather in December, that we have been talk- ing about, you testified that vou cut off all boiler gas? RD ence ce pia 9 EHTEL 00 RI BIE! IN ALL BTA AMON MAF OT» 76 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. A. Yes sir. Q. Take such consumers a= the office buildings, what do vou do with them? A. They are classified as domestic users. Q. In other words are not classified as manufacturers? A A. No sir, Q. Did vou ent them off? \. No sir. Q. You served all the restaurants in the business district’ A. Yes sir, C.H. Ruth: As to complamants, we rest, R.H. Barrier, berg duly sworn, testified as follows : Judge Ames: (). State your name? A. RH. Bartlett. Q. You are an officer of the Oklahoma Natural Gas Co,” A. Yes sir. 132 Q). What office do vou hold’? A. Viee Prestdent and Preasurer, Q. How long have vou been connected with the Oklahoma: Nati ral Gas Co,’ A, Since its organization. Q. That was in 1906” A. The charter was taken out in T9006. started business in 1907, Q). Is that company supplying gas in Oklahoma’ A. Yes sir. Q. What cities does it supply? A. At the present time we are supplying. Muskogee, Claremore, and several towns in that distrret. “Pulsal Sapulpa, Chandler, Bris. tow, Guthrie, BE) Reno. and uiterurban towns on right of wa be tween Tulsa and Oklahoma Citw. Tulsa, and Oklahoma City. Q. From what source do vou secure gas? Or rather from what fields” A. At the present time we are not getting any large amount of gas from north of “Pulsas we have a tield in the Osage Nation. but it Is pretty well depleted, eet gas from the Bixby field one west of Okmulgee and in the Cushing district: Stroud and the mew Morri- son field: we have a supply in the Blackwell field not connected with this line supplying this town, Q. What was the general situation with reference to supplying gas in the state two vears ago”? A. The supply two vears ago was in very good shape as to the amount of open flow volume in the wells, particularly ino the Cush- ing field. Mr, Selby: Objected to as not definite and certain, OKLA. NAT. GAS CO, VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL, Vi Judge Ames: —Q. What was the approximate open flow volume of the Cushing field at that time? \. Something like 700 million feet per day. Q. What is it now” A. Available for use in our pipe lines it is less than 100 million feet per day, Q. When did you build into the Cushing field? 133 A. In 1912. | think in the suminer, Q. What part of the gas from the Western and of the present system has been taken from the Cushing field” A. Practically all the gas developed and transported in our line had gone west. Most of it at this end of the line is secured from the Cushing field in the last two years. Q. When did you first begin to consider that the supply of gas Was going down, and necessitate vour locating in new fields? A. Two years ago in December we realized that it was necessary wmake some Very extensive enlargement ino our facilities, Q. What did vou do in December, 115% A. We ordered a large amount of pipe. Q. 1 would like to get vou to state the various things vou have Jone about securing a further supply of gas than that whieh was then in reach of your pipe line system, A. Two years ago this fall we realized that our pipe line system w Oklahoma City was inadequate: that is our trunk tine: we hadn't wally been short of gas up to that tine, but it had been taking the apacity of our pipe tine: there was a large volume of gas in’ the Cushing district and we decided to double our carrying capacity ; the Direetors on December Lith, 1915. passed a resolution to pur- chase BO miles of 16-inel pipe. and to lay them from Oklahoma City and back on our present right of way, with the idea after we had wmpleted the 30 tiles of 16-inch pipe we would take up the 12- inch pape line and relay that back, giving us double capacity for 60 wiles, or particularly to the Cushing District. Q. You mean the carrying capacity of the 16-inch line equalled the capacity of two 12-inch lines? A. Yes sir: on January Ist, 1916, Watchorn drilled in a large vs well. in what is now known as the Morrison field; Mr. Crockett af the Fortuna Oil Co., had some interest in that well, and business vlations with Mr. Watehorn closely adjoining this well; we opened uevotiations with Mr, Crockett for purchasing the gas from this field early in the spring of 1916; shortly after they drilled 134 in this Watehorn well Mr. Crockett seemed to be willing to do business with our company, and it looked favorable for waking a contract with him; at that time negotiations were carried out for several weeks over the telephone and 1 think two or three versonal conferences between Mr. Croekett and Mr. Braden, President four company ; our order was on the books of the National Supply of Pittsburg for 30 miles of 16-ineh pipe line gave us the option ff changing the same umount of tonnage to diameter of pipe; 78 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. negotiations with Mr, Crockett reached the point where we thought he was about re ady to close the deal: we even started a survey from Guthrie to the Morrison ticld to the Watchorn well; about that time Mr. Watchorn started a well on his own acreage; when we started our survey we changed our order with the National to 40 miles ¢ 12-inch pipe in the place of 30 miles of 16-inch pipe with the ide of laying pipe from Guthrie; about this time negotiations with Mr Crockett were broken off, he having decided that he would first de. velop his acreage: T believe he mentioned that he would rather de. velop his tield and sell it as a whole rather than sell the gas; thes negotiations were carried on from time to time between Mr. Bradep and Mr. Crockett, but failed to make a deal, and we re-shipped what pipe had already come into Guthrie and Stillwater, and two or three other little towns on our old right of way, our original pipe line to Oklahoma City. and decided to use the 40 miles of 12-inch pipe to double back and increase our pipe line capacity ; we laid that 12-inch line in the late summer and fall of 1916; in faet it ran pretty well into the winter before nce vot to Wellston, a distance of about 300 miles; around the first of January, 1917, before we com- pleted that 30 miles of 12-inch line: about that time when we com- pleted the line. In the meantime, additional wells, at least two more wells were drilled in this Morrison field; at the same time there were two dry holes drilled north of the original Watchom 135 ~~ well; the producing wells were south; along about the same time there was a well drilled in what we call Engles, a small town near Stillwater, and another favorable showing at Perkins, south of Engles, it gave the ear marks of two new pools on a direct line between Wellston and the Morrison field; practically a direet line, owing to this additional development, particularly the well at Engles which Mr. Crockett has some interest in, in some manner we opened negotiations with him for the purchase of that gas at Engles; that well was quite a large well; we actually made a con. tract with Mr. Crockett at that time for the purchase of that gas; we made a survey to that well, and purchased an additional 10 miles of 12-inch line. At that time the idea was to take that gas from Engle over into our Cushing line so that later when the pressure went down we could put it in our Compresssor station in the Cush- ing District; before that pipe arrived, in fact we purchased that pi from the Kansas Natural Gas Co., as a sort of a loan, so we could get the pipe quickly; that pipe was shipped from some point in Kansas to Yale; at the same time a 6-inch line was laid to the town of Stillwater from this well. | Q. Was that laid by you” A. No sir. The well had only been in use for a short time when it began to go down very rapidly to a point where we did not feel like investing the cost of 10 miles of 12 inch line on the strength of one well going down so low. Q. You were advised that it would not be advisable to do that” A. Yes sir, Then we opened negotiations with Mr. Crockett the 2nd time for the Morrison tield. That was in the spring of 1917. We had our 30 miles of parallel line, double line up to Wellston; it OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. re iad given us considerable increase in capacity ; we were still using the (ushing vas: the negotiations opened with Mr. Crockett the 2nd time wked favorable: the war conditions coming on, our Board met in April, 1917, and passed a resolution to order enough pipe 6 with what we had in stock to reach the Morrison field. Q. That was before vou had contracted for the Morrison ’ as: 4. Yes sir, We open- negotiations with the largest Tubular Mills athe Pitt!burgh district for quotations and possible delivery ; it was namored at that time that the govermment was going to require a lge amount of pipe: the Ul S. Steel Corporation, through their wents refused to quote us, or promise delivery under one year; the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.. the largest independent Tube Co. atside of the U.S. Steel Corporation, seemed to consider our quota- sons favorable and we tinally closed a deal with them on the 7th day if May for 25 nnoles of 13 inch pipe: we had in stock then something tke 25 miles of pipe: some we had left over from the 40 mile order ad bought from the Kansas Natural Gas Co., which we did not use wgo to Engle, and a few miles of surplus stock: we then made a aurvey. Q. That pipe was purchased on May 7th’ A. Yes sir, Up to that time we had been unable to agree on a watract With Mr. Crockett. Q. What promise of delivery did you have on that pipe” A. The Youngstown people promised to make and deliver the pipe from time to time as they could get an idle furnace, they at ast would make no definite promise as to a complete delivery after vehad urged them repeatedly. Q. What was the reason for delay ’ A. They had already had requests from the Government for re- wrts as to their capacity for making various sizes of pipes, and ad- vsed to hold themselves in readiness to fill government requirements na very short time; the goverment was not very specific in their myuests at that time, but enough so that the mills were under warantee, in fact they told them that they would allow them to fill mers already Looked, but not to make any definite promise for future deliveries until the government requirements were taken care of. ae 1} was in daily communication with the factory and we felt that it might be a year before we could get a mile of pipe; we id not Know what was going to happen; we were advised in the ammer that they would probably be able to deliver 5 miles in May ‘June, so that we would get 25 miles of pipe by the first of October ; hey actually delivered 2?) miles in May and 31. miles in June, and pto the middle of August we had received about 10 miles of the mer; I will go back now to the spring of 1916, in April there was slarge gas well drilled in what is called the Fox field and Healdton by the Gypsy Oil Co.. owned by the Gulf interests: we had been wing gas in the Cushing. and Bristow of the Gulf or Gypsy Oil Co. then the second well was drilled in the Fox pool we opened negotia- wns with the Gulf prople; IT believe we sent a man down there to x Bs. : et a i Far ees kOe 2 te eee) e 80 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. Vs. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. test the wells and get a report in that district; we intended to m a contract with the Gypsy people for gas; they were to drill addition, wells and develop enough gas to warrant the building of additions pipe lines a distance of about 75 miles; we had both of these negotiz tions under consideration at the same time; we took up with th Youngstown people the matter of buying additional pipe, and it we rather uncertain as to what we could do; the Gypsy people in onde to make a contract with us, wanted to know something detinite as when we could put in a pipe line into the tield; we couldn't give they any detinite date: The Lone Star Co.. of Texas had also opens negotiations with the Gypsy people for their gas; thev had a line i that district, | don’t know how far: although the Gypsy people wer very friendly as to our business relations, they of course looked at th matter from the uncertain standpoint of pipe line from that tield y Oklahoma City, and the certainty of the Lone Star propositio swung them in line with them. and they made a contract with th Lone Star people, but as | understand, there was a verbal agreemen with some of their officials, it was contingent upon certain conditions if there is sufficient: gas developed We Ty still be able to get i there. 138 Q. Did you finally make a contract with the Morrisor interest, and if so on what date” A. After talking with the Youngstown people, our definite orde for 25 miles of pipe on June 4th, we ordered 45 miles additional 1: inch pipe, and the best promise we could get from then: was deliver on or before April Ist, IES: the order is still on their books; afte we surveved our right of way from Wellston to the Morrison field we found that we were three miles short of 12 inch pipe: in July w notitied the Youngstown people we would require three miles addi tional 12 inch pipe. whieh they agreed to furnish as soon as they could get to it. Going back. up to the middle of August we ha about 35 miles of 12 inch pipe either in stock or on the way: we mad a contract with the Braden Company to construct 53 miles of lin to the Morrison tield: our negotiations with Mr. Crockett were finall consummated on July 8rd about: 1 am not certain as to the date: } was several weeks after the pipe was ordered; with 35 miles of pip on hand we were able to make a contract for the laving of the lin even with 1S miles of indetinite delivery: we did not know when w would get the balance of the 1S miles; we again took the matter y with the Youngstown people: Mr. Braden was on a coriittee, or: sub-committee connected with the Council of National Defense at : convention the latter part of August, he met Mr. Campbell and talke with him in regard to this IS miles of pipe. and Mr, Campbell sug gested that we take it up with Washington officials, and promised t do everything in his power to get that pipe for us, and said he woul? report to us as soon as he got back, whieh he did: they then made: detinite promise of delivery of 10 miles in September, and the othe 8 miles in October. That was the first time that we had a definit promise of what they would do: we assumed that we would get tha pipe and went to work on the line a little after the middle of Augus OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA, ET AT. S] sith equipment capable of laying one mile a day as long as they had pipe. 139 Q. How many miles were to be laid”? A. 5&8. QY. When did you start” 4. 25th day of August; and figuring on that basis we would have jnished before November Ist; we did lay a mile a day for some time ; shen our Contractor notified us of labor troubles and that he had been weived by other contractors looking for laborers: from his own gatement he had to raise his wages to his men twice in a short time norder to hold them and then he was unable to hold them all; the as company to the north were rushing a large line to the Blackwelt sed who were hiring all the men they could get; there was also nother large line under construction to St. Louis; that comipeny hired men regardless of price; from hearsay we understand they vere paying from $3.50 to $4.00 per day; the contractor began to verry for fear he was going to run out of pipe: Mr, Molinard aw yell as ourselves were doing considerable worrying; | came to ‘Tulsa fom Pittsburgh on the 27th or 28th day of September, and investi- sated the condition of the line myself at that time, and about the Ist { October we had some 21 or 22 miles laid complete; the deliveries a September were cut in t-o; they only shipped 6 miles instead of 10: ve took the matter up with the Youngstown people again by wire ; wr officials at Pittsburgh took it up in person with them: they said hey absolutely could not fulfill their promises, not only on account if government contracts, but they were only running half time due wa shortage of coal, in fact they did not have enough coal at that ‘ime for domestic purposes; along in the middle of October we real- wd that we were going to fail to complete our line; at that time we tad moved up the date to complete the line to December Ist; that vas When we hoped to complete it; we had hoped to complete it by Yovemmber Ist; we thought we could complete the line by December ist. and several of our officials made a special tour of inspection over the field in October, a little past the middle of the month; they made certain tests on the pipe line system, that is we had a duplicate pipe line from Depew Junction to the Cush- ing field to our compressor station, one 10 inch and one 12 inch line: the 10 inch line had been laid the year previous in our scheme f parallelling the trank Jne to Oklahoma City, inthis inspection tip they shut off the gas on the 10 inch line, and found that the re- luction of pressure was very slack; the 12 inch pipe line able to take are of all gas in that field they decided to lift the 10 inch Tine and hip it to the Morrison field to complete that line; we took it up with the contractor, and he said he couldn't get the men to lift this line, ind advised me to look elsewhere, which we did; after negotiations sith two or three different firms in Tulsa we made a contract with Williams Bros., of Ft. Smith, to take up this 10 inch line at an ex- tremely high price and ship to the Morrison field; I believe they got «ganized and started to work about the 25th day of October, and in ix davs the first pipe was pretty well on the road to the Morrison dd; they had a congestion in the West Tulsa yards which delayed 6—312 82 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. the movement of that pipe; we took the matter up with the Fris officials to sce if we couldn’t get this 10 inch pipe delivered ; they ; sured us they were doing everything possible to move those cars pipes we were still after the Youngstown people, and about Dec 54 had word from them that they hyped to ran 5 miles of pipe: ina meantime they had not made a foot of pipe since the middle of Sy tember: | think there was one stray ear load of 12 inch pipe th: reached us during the month of Qetober. When we received wor from the Youngstown people that they would make another 5 mul, of pipe te he shipped out November Sth, TP teok the matter up witht “Jenks es commonly called Sprott rs, who have a large sVstem tnen in all large congestions of frerght over the U.S, to spot cars ap try to keep them: moving. and entered into a contract with them: keeps these pipe tmroviie from Youngstown to the Morris 111 field: anv time one of those cars were thrown on a siding the were to have aman there to tind out the reason why it wasp on the stding amd see that it owas putoon the next train going oy “ hich thes lid: thier spootte al those cars over S00 ditferent hiovelueng as TP remeniber it. uo eost us somewherearound S500 00 for that servie at the same time we tried to borrow pipe from: a company in Wiehitg eh from: the Kansas Natural Gas Co. we found sone pl «in Kans that we could have purchased. 2nd hand pipe which had been in ¢ vround eightor ten vears, but would not be able to get it any quick than the pipe we were lifting: our pipe began to arrive at Morris ohoor about the 10th day of November, We hauled it out and strun italong the myht of wav and the men watching for every truck load in the meantime we were receiving daily reports from the Jeni Trathic Bureau letters and telegrams from the spotters from: Youngs town clear down inte Oklahoma giving the number of the cars an| the ports they passed at such and such a time of the ~y or night I don’t remember the date the first car load was received, but it was little under 30 days from the time it left Youngstown. They mad ubout four miles of that five miles of pipe and shipped out something over 212 or pony ily 3 miles, when the government put an embarg on ears, and the balance was left standing on the switch vards } the Youngstown mills: some of that pipe reached Morrison in tim to go into that line before we used all of that 10 inch pipe. [ty lieve there is about S miles of that 10 inch pipe, and the balance i iZ inch. Q. Have they ever completed that shipment? A, No sir. Q. You had not been able to lift this 10 inch pipe and put ito the Morrison line? A. No sir. Q. Was the work in laying this pipe delaved caused by thy 142 er eR. and this suffering in Oklahoma City? The work was delaved by a heavy rain storm: in Oklis homa © iy November 30th, our ditch was open all the way to the wells and it froze and the walls of the ditch caved in: we really had to reditch them, the workmen had to pick that ice and frozen dir out which had caved in three or four feet back; all of this caused delay. REP ABEL, MED NAS OME LIN GA S a OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. 83 Q An adjustment had to make for the extra labor? A. Yes sit. Q Then the cold weather followed which delayed the work an- her two or three days” 4. Yes sir; to my certain knowledge the men refused to go out all; but they delayed us more or less. Q When did vou tinally get the connection made” A. l think it Was Saturday Hood, December loth. gy. When was gas turned into the line’ 4. December TSth. Q. You are now getting gas from that tield in addition to the other .urces Of supply? A. Yes sir. Q Was there any way by which you could have secured an extra Mow of gas during that time? A. No sir. Q. Were you delivering all the gas available either by your own struction, or by purchasing it? A. Yes sir. Q Was there any discrimination during that blizzard in deliv- pies ” \. No sir, we delivered no more to one town than to another, Mr. Selby: Q. You discovered two vears ago that it would be neces-arv for wi to add to vour facilities, and to make further provision for gas” A. It was verv apparent at that time. 43 Q. You did discover it at that time? A. Not all at once, in the fall of 1915, we knew our line vould not be adequate to take care of service all over the system. Q. What towns were you supplying? At that time” . Everything except El Reno and Yukon. When did you add E] Reno? A. After we decided to parallel our system, Q. I want to know the month? A. T will tell you as near as T can remember; Mr, Molinard has dread y said—— Q. Tell the court when you made your arrangements to supply ws to El Reno and Yukon? 4. I don’t remember just when. Q Was it before January of last year, 1916” \. Our Board passed a resolution the 15th of December to double pipe line capacity from the Cushing district, | think we started athe spring, April, 1916, and finished September 16th. Q At that time, and prior to that time, you had discovered that twould be necessary to make additional arrangements and supply wre gas by reason of the increase of population” A. Yes sir. Q After having discovered that you made these additional con- tions, El Reno and Yukon” A. Yes sir. oe IAIN EO AIT REESE NE PONE I A ig, RB EEA A To ORR DAG? ’ —s Sy, Pr 53 S4 UKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. Q What A. Usually. | By Mr. Walker j Q. Have vou ever known of an explosion te result from the cole | lection of gasoline in these pipe lines? A. IT do not know as T ever heard of an explosion, just from gaso- ) i line alone. ' ik i Pe a ‘ rare ee ee SES HE RABIN RENE Tia A Fe OMe OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. 93 Q. Is there any relation between the topography of the land over which the Tine is laid and the frequeney in whieh Vou put in these alsorption plants’ Do vou umederstand ? A. No. T don't quite Q. What TP omeanm is this: Hf vour line is over rough territory, or territory going: up and down Tilly, does. it require more of these absorption plants to take eare of your gas than in at level country ? A. A proper plant should remove. the gasoline, and you put it us bear the wells as vou can that is. where the vas is received, Q. And if vou have vour absorption plants at the source of vour vas then vou do tot teed any others vlong the line to take care of it? A. You don't providing the first pleut Is efhicient. Q Now do we understand that these absorption plants which tuke out the gasoline also take out the moisture” A. Thev do, Q. Tf the first plant. or the plant which is installed at the source of the gas. is eflicient will that prevent moisture from collecting in vour pipe anywhere along the line? AL Tt will take out the doisture whieh comes from—the first moisture Which is in the gas. QQ. And moisture will Collect in the pipe? as A. Under certain conditions Q. Regardless of whether there bas been a plant at the source of the gas” A. Not nearly as miuel. Q. What is vour practice? To install only the one absorption plant at the source, or do vou install them along the line generally ? A. We have on two or three of these different plants and the rea- son for same lias been that high pressure vas has gone in ahead of the wells along the line—ahead of the Compressors in some instances. In other words we found we eould put up another plant with benefit. (Witness excused.) 159 Dr. Epwix Dr Barr. being called as, a witness on behalf of defendants. after being first duly sworn. testifies as follows: By Judge Ames: Q. State your name, A. Edwin De Barr, Q. What is vour business” A. Chemist at the State University for the last more than 25 vears and Director of the School of Chemical Engineering, Q. Have vou had occasion to study the natural gas as a chemical product: also as a natural gas industry of this state” A. Yes, Q. Are you familiar with the type of plants, known as the ab- sorption plant. that is used on natural gas pipe lines? A. Yes. G4 OKLA. NAT. GAS CU. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. Q. Will vou explun the effect on the pipe line itself of having gasoline tn the natural gas. AL The etfeet on the dry natural gas has no appreciable loss, buy When tuoisture is present and the gasoline goes into the pipe it tends to corrode the Pipe oth aeeaund of the qioisture and to eat out or dis solve the rubber in the connections on the pipe, ats gvatsoline is ap espeentlly good dissolvent for rubber. Q. Considering the subject of extracting this gasoline and water from the natural gas, Powill ask vou te state whether, in vour opin. loW, Mois advantageous or Aisadvantageous to the plivsieal Property of the line itself to extract it? A. For the pliysieal property itis a great advantage to extract ex. cess vasolime in the tatural gas. Q. Now will vou explain to the Conunission just what the ad. Vatitages are from the plivsteal standpoint? Al The taain potnt— first. we might say. one of the miaun points is thee Protection to the Property of the COUP controlling the Hite in Keeping itn better shape and in preventing blowout low of the gas at the jounts that form: the commeections that are tostthe ate the toodern vas line and: the vdvantage plivsteally is to deliver at the terminus of ita unifern product, Which cabinet he done if the vasoline atid hiaisture Is left retain in the plpe ur In the gas im its way oor conduet from: the well to the consumer And at also obstruct. the passage of the pipe. because wherever there is an elevation or pressure put upon it this gasoline will collect and wherever there is a dip in the Line it will obstruet the passage of the gas in the pipe line. Q. And the removal of it: removes that obstruction” AL Yes. Q. What etfeet on the transportation of the matural gas does cold Weather have where the gasoline content is mot extracted ? A. Tt cotdetises the gasoline gases. or the gases that forms it con- denses ther inte a liquid amd it runs back to the lowest point of the pipe to whieh it has access and af that access is at the bottom: of the grade. tills up the pipe and obstructs the passage of gas. Q. Viewing the industry as a comanercial business. what would £ you say as te whether or not itis a disadvantage to the general publi to have this gasoline saved for commercial use as against having it remain in the matural gas” A. Well, it is a great advantage to the commercial interests, and besides, vou could not get your gas through if vou did not remove it: vou would obstruct and till up vour pipes, but to have it removed. besides the plivsical benefit: to the plant, in the great saving in the consumption of fuel of gasoline that is needed for particular pur- poses to a Vast amount, Q. Now from the standpoint of the consumer in Oklahoma City. for instance, would you sav that the extraction of the liquid con- tained is an advantage or disadvantage to the consumer” A. Ttis an advantage to the consumer in that it furnishes a uni- form gas to him and then requires ne particular attention to the vovernment of the thime at the pot of burning. If you take the _— bile: i — Tl he Ri a a ee eR oe Re Coeee eee 2 ROMER, RPE EAGER OKLA. NAT. GAS CU. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. 95 vas and let it come through the pipe ina uniform Way, 16] stripped of this gasoline and moisture content, you can then ore easily revulate his thane to get what he wants for heat purposes, Q. Does the extraction of the gasoline content and the Water that mav be dn the natural gas make titan inferior fuel” A. Practically no reduction — possible there might be a reduction of from Lote 2oe, amit. Bo CPL Unit value. that is. its burning unit value. My authority for stating that is Bulletin No. 120 published by the Fuel Adiotmistrator of the United States. Mr. Burrull. “Q Do vou know Mr. Burrail’ Ao T know Linn personally. Q. What do vou Know of his standing, experience and reputation ? AL Ttis of the Vers highest us he is appotnted by the United States Government by aocertarn department of the Division or bureau of Mines to take charge of the fuel and Pils. and aman of the very high- estof selentitic attainments, (). Frome ia cheniueal hand port, Whit as the COMpOsition ot hat- ural gas” A. Mainly Whit We call Methane or Marsh vas with sole of the highest paeratlin brcotnaeodeoge ties or Mien bers of the retined parattin series of heat carbons. Q. Does the absorption process extract from: the gas any of the Methane” AL None whatever. There is a little ditference of opinion but if itis, ib is exceptionally small if vou will keep it under repression and compression of sutheient Pitensity bat under ordinary clreum- stances in the administration of the absorption, no Methane is re- tained. at least tn the gasoline. TP mean. but all delivered as pas that passes through Q. And the Methane contained in the natural gas is the portion of it that is desirable to serve to the consumer? A. Yes, it constitutes from 70 to 95°, the most natural gas of the dry variety. Q. In the manufacture of artificial gas is anything done there to extract these same ingredients before it is put into com- 162. mereial use” A. Always emploved in the extracting certain of these highest homologues T have spoken of. of the parattin as well as benzol, or what we commonly call benzine—— Q. In your opinion then as a whole, it is advantageous from the standpoint of the plivsical property, from: the standpoint of economy and for the consumer likewise ’ é Q. Yes, for both. By Mr. Walker: Q. You have described the advantage from the standpoint of practicability. for transporting gas of extracting the gasoline, is there any advantage from: the standpoint of safety to the pipe line? A. Yes, to the pipe line in that it protects its joints but if you 96 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO, VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. mean safety to person and life, why Ves, because it would blow Ou! at these jowmts and come tn contaet with the air whieh, if a thane would be burning anywhere would make it damperous to pass along the line. Q. Would there be any danger of explosion? A. Yes. if it comes in contact with the air, Q. With these Viipors and oils or gasoline collecting in at depres. sion of the pape somewhere, would this eause an explosion? A. Now a real explosion but what vou might call a bursting ow by compression of the line — blowout by compression, It woul blow out at the jount: q. Then from the standpouit of the consumer in the Various cities Which would be supplied with gas from the pipe line. it woul: be an advantage to have this vasoline extracted so that the pipe coule be kept clear’ A. Yes sir Q. You have given some of the advantages to the consumer from the extraction of gas. for the use of this gas in the stove does th taking out of gasoline reduce the possibility of smoking and things of that sort” A. Yes, vou take the gas that is rieh in these higher hes Los carbons itis stokes Methane is the lowest. it burns with blue thame and verv intense. Ethane, which is the mext heat earbon higher than that. burns with a slightly smokey thane ani the next a more smokey flame and so on up above that, it burns with a more smokey thame and hence requires more oxygen to caus it to burn with a blue tlame. By Judge Ames Q. Do you know what the standard meter for consumers in a city like Oklahoma Citv-—-do vou Know Whit pressure it is constructed t operate at’ A. The standard pressure is doz. pressure meter constructed to de liver pas per thousand cubie feet on the basis of 4 02. pressure. That mean: additional pressure above atmospheric pressure, Q. That is the standard meter, is it’ A. That is my understanding of it, Q. Now suppose the gas is being delivered at a pressure even yreater or less than 4 oz, what is the result in heat units’ A. The greater the pressure on the gas the greater the nunaber of heat units in the gus delivered per cubic foot: the less the pressul on the meter the less the number of B.'T. U. in the gas delivered pet cabie foot. For instance, now vou deliver it at sav 1 oz, that meats you have 14.4 pounds plus the 1oz. on it and vou should deliver a 14.4 pounds plus 402 Say. if you take 14 plus 1 oz. which vour numerator and divide by 14.4 plus 402. which is vour denom- nator, that compound fraction of L0G will give you your percent age of pressure or the number of B.T. U. it would deliver at that particular pressure. When vou deliver it at 6 02. pressure you Ure the same relation. You are delivering more heat units per cubic — 3 APTOS TEE RES LOST ORNS Ree APR OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. 97 et than Vour imeter registers delivered under your ordinary con- ruction of 4 02, pressure, Q. ‘Then if the pressure is greater than 4 oz. a greater number of eat units is being delivered to the consumer than he pavs for’? A. Yes. id Q. What would be the difference in heat units between gas delivered at 4 0z. and 2 oz.” A. T would have to figure that out. The average pressure thot is erally stated, it is generally accepted at about 144 pounds. Now ya add to that 2.02, vou have 's of a pound and 144 plus 's would » your numerator and that divided by 1440 plus 40 0z.. which is yur denominator, and that fraction of L006 would be the amount. swould be away above 95¢¢ would be my opinion, or even above at. Q. And at a 6 oz. pressure the same formula would apply? A. For your 6 02. pressure vou add vour 6 oz to T44. whieh ould be your numerator, and divide that by 44 plus 4 oz. whieh ould be vour denominator, and i that vour numerator is larger an vour denominator and vou would be delivering more than the andard meter require ~ ail it: | 7. Pressure, Q. The 144 Is found ut atimospherte pressure? AL Yes. and the amount put on your meter pressure, Q. The variation would be approximately 1? A. Well. in the one case TP suppose a littl: more and the other a the less. Mv tiapresstom would be. at Gooz. vou would have right at (100 to & LO and at 2 02. vou would have a loss somewhere of ‘oto Td oof the B. TU. of what it ought to deliver at the 4 oz. pres- re on the gas meter, ( Witness excused. ) rf) Mr. R. HW. Locker, being called as a witness on behalf if defendants, after Leing first duly sworn, testifies as follows By Judge Ames: . You may state your name. RK. H. Locke. . You live in Oklahoma City? Yes sir. . What is vour business” . Chemical engineer. . How long have vou been a chemical engineer? . Since I left the University of Missouri in 1904, » Have vou had oceasion to study the natural gas industry par- cularly with reference to the compression and absorption plants on pe lines” A. Yes sir, Q. Are vou connected with any business concerns that burn nat- ral pas” (-=o19 CerOroreorve _ : : Ph SR BREEN: ST OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. 99 happen to rota joint and cause the blowout just at that time h7 it would cause a loss of thousands of dollars in order to get that all thawed out, so to speak: and that is one very great vantage to an industrial operator that would come from having e gasoline removed and therefore the lialality of diave) such an oc rence as this taking place: and another advantage i that ot «bs versa dry gas, that is. a gas free from moisture and also a umidtern oduct. To omean by that, a gas that more nearly approaches the aint of pure Methane. Tf pure Methane was delivered to us at all mes our burners would require ne adjustment, that is. ne continual jiustment and we could control the flow of heat te our boilers and sible in aomuch more uniform manner and get more heat units tof the gas. than if we were continually adjusting the burners vd the same way with a consumer, he would get more heat units tof the gas if it was delivered to hin tna uniform manner, Q Does he know anvthing about adjusting burners? A. You are speaking of industries or wholesale consumers? Q. Yes. Tomean the domestic consumer? A. Practically nothing at all. "Phe heat units that are delivered the ordinary housewife in the forme of gasoline are practically lost rthe simple reason that. while our stoves are all made in such a w that the burners can be adjusted. if it is mot fixed in such a way at the daniper can be turned In the maids or help working about e stoves they are occasionally not closed and they get a vellow me and that shows we are not getting all the best heat units out the gas. Tf we should have delivered to our cooking stoves a form product, sueh as pure Methane. we would have ne adjust- ent to take care of at all, but on the other hand. if we have a gas jivered that would be high im gasoline content one day and pos- Hy arednetion of temperature in the pipe whieh would cause the sling to be taken out and we would get a pure Methane delivered ther day or two. and up and down, the heat units would be such at the housewife would net get any material benefit out of the increased heat value of the gas containing gasoline. Tn other Swords, these exeess heat units are practically lost to the house- wife consumer, due to the facet that the steves are not ad- sted to take care of this excess units. This is evidenced lw the ming of a vellow flame. Q. Does the absorption plant take from the natural gas any of e Methane? A. No sir, it does not Q. IT beheve vou sav that pure Methane is the tdeal fuel m= the tural gas? A. Yes sir. Q. The higher heat carbons then that are extracted byw the ab- tion process leave a natural gas which for domestic purposes is terthan it would be with these high heat carbons for the ordinary nsumer ? A. Yes sir. Q. Now looking at the business frem the standpoint of its economy v8 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. A. Yes sir. Q. Have vou rade at study of it from the standpoint of consuy of natural gas? A. Yes sir, T have ). You ure faniuhiar with the so-called absorption process thar used on pipe lines, are vou”? A. Yes sir. Qo oT will ask you whether, in your opinion, this absorption pf cess from a physical standpoint. is an advantage or lisady antaye 4 the pape line” Al Ttas a distinet advantage to the yelper line. Qo In what partieular”? AL Well. the principal wdvantage is that it takes the gasoline x mnoisture from the gas. The gasoline being a very good dissoly; for the rubber which is used in the patent joints on those pope lit if prevents the eating out of this rubber aud therefore reduces: liability of the blowouts oecurring at jomts. “The moist, 16s has a tendeney to eause corresion of the pipe line and. pecially if any of the gas wells should happen to blow a fir salt water. The salt water get- inte the pipe line which) catises: corrosion of the amie til Q. The removal then of this liquid content facilitates the tray portation of the dry gas, does 1” Al Yes sir. Q. What is the effect of cold on the transportation of gas aft liquid content is net removed % A. The gas being under certain pressure ine the pipe Tine at times, af the tetiperature ts redticed tha gasoline content will cong on the sides of the pape and will. of course, flow dowi tite the! places of the pape and: there set pean absorbing action of ot gas that comes along. In other words, it: net only —the reduc of the temperature not only causes a condensation of a portion the gasoline contained but this condensed portion also sets up ane sorbing netion on other portions of the onsoline contained which 4 creases the amount of gasoline produced ina pipe line. This fa line, of course, dwells in the low places. in the joints and along sides of the pipe which makes an obstruction to the pussage Ort of the gas, and tiles. itis removed: from the low places it will» formn sufficient obstruction te prevent gas from: being transported the point of delivery, Q). Looking at the subject frome the standpoint of the consum would it be an advantage or disadvantage to the constumer’ A. Tt ois a very distinet advantage. The advantage. first, ist the gasoline condensing im the pipe line causes the rubbers in! joints to rot and therefore jereases the possibility of blowouts, wh increases the possibility of their ~upply heim cut olf at anv th Take mv own particular inicustries operating a chenmiueat plant Sand Springs, Oklahoma, it would be very disastrous to tie if ata time we should have one of these blowouts in the pipe line just at’ time when we were fusing a pot of caustic: if the gasoline she aa i ata 8 es OR RE RE “~ we - » , » = one 10U OKLA. NAT. GAS CU. Vs. THi STATE OF OKLA, ET AL. value, would you say that the absorption plants are an advantage or disadvantage commercially ? A. They are a distinet advantage for the reason that. as | have just stated, the greater per cent of the heat units contained In the gasoline delivered for domestic consumption are lost. “The taking out of these portions of the gas and delivering it for domestic coy. sumiption is a very distinet element of conservation and | should Sal that it at least should be a compulsory act ly the government tu remove this gasoline content from the gas for the purpose of using tin very high class engines such as aeroplanes and motors for war Purposes. ) By Mr. Walker: Q. How much does the extraction of the gasoline reduce the heat units of the gas delivered to the consumer? A. T should say that the ordinary absorption plant. taking not mere than three-fourths of a pint to a pint and a quarter. would hot reduce the heat value to exeeed 2 or Zhe per cent, Q. Do you believe it would be an advantage to use some other method that would get a preater quantity of gasoline out of 16% this gas than an absorption plant. if that could be done? A. Yes, the more nearly you approach the pure Methan content the more nearly vou get an ideal duel, Q. How much would the heat units be reduced if von could get, ) process which would take out all of the gasoline and leave a prac- tically pure Methane? A. That depends on the degree of gasoline contained in the orig): nal gas. If you take gasoline that will vield four gallons to the thousand ecubie feet. which is a very high grade gas, it would reduce the content of the cas at the well, the BOTLU. at the well considerably possibly 15 or 207. but the gas delivered under these conditions wonld still havea BOT. of arenne 1.000 or 1100 and that isa ven satisfactory gasoline for all purposes. ) Q. Gas for all purposes”? A. Yes. gas for all purposes. Q. And a much more satisfactory gas for domestic purposes ? A. Oh far more. Tf vou should permit gasoline that wet to ge mte our domestic — for domestic constimption, vou would have an awful rear because there would not be a housewife in the town that conld Keep her aluminum kettles looking anvthing like decent, 1 remember when the Cushing gas was turned into the mains thi Dinks Parish Laundry thought the gas wasn’t any good beeause 1! smoked. and as a matter of fact he was losing all of the gasoline that was being delivered to him in the form: of carbon monoxide in the form of unburned fuel. and To will venture to say, if vou will look ar 60%, —-P will say 15°, of the smoke staeks of industrial plants in this town vou will see them smoking. In other words, they are not properly adjusted from the burners and the gas they are getting at this time —and if the gas should be delivered to them: in a wet eon dition, why their smoke would be very greatly increased. 1 have — -— a" OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. 101 wen the smoke stack of the Lee Huckins Hotel smoke so much T thought they were burning coal and as a matter of fact they were burning: gas. 170 = By Judge Ames: Q. What is the difference approximately, between the heat value of gas delivered through a meter which is set to deliver 4 oz, and the delivery of gas through that same meter say of a 2 02. pressure? A. The per cent of gas delivered at 2 02. if the meter is adjusted to doz. is only about Plot. less. that is to sav. if our standard meters are Working at 4 oz. pressure and 2 oz. pressure is maintained the amount of gas will be about 11.7 less than if delivered at 4 0z. pres- ere. and therefore the B.'T. U. would be deereased in proportion. Q. The formula which was stated hy Dr. De Barr is the correct formula as vou understand ? A. Yes sir. Those faetors are all worked out and apphed to in- dustrial consumers at all times. We have quite a bit of that to contend with in the plant at Tulsa. They have a long line of scales worked out for all pressures, our pressure there is 8 oz, and for every pound there is a different factor applied. ‘This is known as the ap- plication of Boyle's law. Dr. De Barr has fully stated the matter. Commissioner Humphrey : Q. That is Wescott’s Hand Book vou have there? A. Yes, sir. Commissioner Humphrey: We have that here in the office. haven't we, Mr. Mitehell? Mr. Mitchell: Yes sir. ( Witness exensed. ) 171 CHartes K. Frances. being called as a witness on hehalf of defendants, after being tirst duly sworn, testifies as follows: Ry Judge Ames: State vour name. _ Charles Ik. Frances. What is vour business? Chief chemist for Cosden & Company at Tulsa. _ How long have you been with Cosden & Company? A. Since last June. Q. What was vour business prior te that time? A. Professor of Petroleum ‘Technology at the A. & M. College. at Stillwater, Oklahoma. Q. How long have vou been a chemist? A. About twenty vears. Q. Are vou familiar with the natural gas industry from a chami- cal standpoint ? i o+ore -_ eeerteteeeserereas comes DECIDE I wer Ke on . _ . a 102 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. A. T am. Q. You are familiar With the absorption plants that are used on natural pas pipe lines. are ven? A. Yes sir. Q. Looking at the subject from the standpoint of pipe lines physi. cal property. state whether. im Your opinion, these absorption plants are an advantage or disadvantave to the property, A. Why, the removal of the gasoline and moisture from ths gas Is really a necessity, that is. If ois not removed the Pipe will he corroded on #Heecount of tmroisture and the waskets will decompose through the action of the gasoline, and the gasoline will Conese and flow to the low places on the line Interrupting the serviees Owing to the prevention of the Passage of the gas. and whether the gusoline has any Value or net it is really a Necessity that it should be removed Q. Tt should be removed whether i is saved or not i A. Yes sir 172 Q. From the standpoint of the ordinary COTSUMEN IT eities. would Vou say that the ve moval of this Heyuid content of the gas is an advantage or disadvantave to the consumer? A. Tt is an advantage to the constiner. Tt makes it a uniform product delivered at the Ueform rate and amueh more satisfactory fuel, Q. Tn the case of the ordinary domestic constimer, if the gasoline content Was not extracted from the eas. Would he get the benetit of the additional heat units in thet higher lvdrate carbon content” A. The average consumer Would tot, beets thev have no know! edge of how the burners should be adjusted ane it would burn with asmoky flame and when the gas flame is burning with a smoky flame it indicates part of it is not bemng consumed by the flame ani Will be deposited upon cooking un nails. and in the case of aluminum whieh is being used it werk by anomyury te the vessel as well as not getting the heat units And gam. there would bes af the gasoline would get throweh the dine. as the Pipes go throughout the louse there would be low Places there and the gasoline and Heistiure would condense causing a Hekering of the Mame and in Many Cases it would go out, and where a maid thonelt she wes cooking dinner she would find out the flame was fone outs and in same cases it would he Very dangerous, Q. What is the natural gas content that is desirable to retain for ordinary domestic purposes? A. Methane. Q. Do the absorption plant- take any of the Methane out of the gas? A: Be sir. (). They merely vet the highest hvdro carbons? A. Yes sir. Q. And the extraction of those is an advantage to the gas asa commercial product? A. A distinet advantage. OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. 193 Q. Do vou know whether there is a demand for this high 173 grade gasoline that is extracted from natural gas? A. The position whieh TP now eecupy puts me in a place that | know What the Loverninent Wants, and there is a preat de- mand for the high vrade vausoline, and the absorption gasoline js higher grade than is usually put out hy the large refinery, Q. That demand is by the government” A. Yes sir. Q. What is that used for? A. Principally for aeroplane motors. Q. Tn the testimony at the former hearing in this case, a witness stated that during the blizzard in Dee mber when the gas shortage existed he deft all the burners in his house voing and had a flame approximately a half ineh high: that he did that several times, and later, When the Morrison gus came in and the supply increased, he had a thame something like 3 inehes high, but his flame varied at Various time. but that each time he watehed his meter, the two foot guage on his meter. and at all these times the sine amount of gas was beine shown by the meter, What would Vou sav as to that be- Ing possthle. and if it is possible, what explanation is there for it? A. T think the gentleman was mistaken. Tt would not be pos- sible fora flame to vary to any great extent. that ix. in height. The eter Is adjusted to deliver the gas under a doz. pressure. All the stoves are arranged to burn the gas at their pressure. Now if the pressure is low, the tlame will not be high. owing to the fact that the meter is Moving slowly, Meters that are used almost exclusively in the pas industries are dry meters arranged on the two bellows—as one bellows fills the other eniptics and so as the cubic foot of gas has to be delivered before the meter will register it must necessarily, in delivering that one cube foot, HOVE slow when the pressure is low as compared when the pressure is high the meter will move faster. So if the gentleman's wateh was correct. Why T have no explanation to make. bat it is absolutely impossible for that condition to exist if the apparatus is all in proper working order. 174 Q. Now the variation between the yas delivered at 1 oz. Pressure sav. and at 6 02, pressure would not execed upward of 3° would it? A. No sir, | deo net think it would be that much. Q. And the variation in the flame could not he more than two or three per cent? Al A very sinall per cent. 175 R. H. Locke being recalled. testifies as follows: By Judge Ames: Q. Did vou hear the question T have just put to Dr. Frances? A. Yes sir. Q. Would in your opinion, such a situation like that. be physi- cally impossible, and if so. what your explanation of it is, CNR HO BE IA LOL HRI tae OO mosye STAR SIE 104 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. Vs. THE STATE OF OKLA, ET AL. A. 1 think it would be physically impossible; however, if such a conditions as thatextsted and if the meu who gave the testimony wa hotest in tis conv ietions. Pthink his observations were insuttieient op ineorreet. AS Dr Pranees exphtimed. these meters are made on th, tilling of two bellows andoat a low pressure it will fill slowly and discharge slowly, therefore the two foot indicator will move slowly and if the thane is a half inch high during that operation and they he comes along with the flame 6 inches high the indicator is bound to move ata faster rate to deliver enough gas to produce that 6 ine) blaze. There can be no other explanation of the proposition at all— as the bellows fill faster more gas is being delivered, Q. You would say then either he was incorrect or that the meter was out of order” A. Yes sir, providing the apparatus was in working order. (Witness excused. ) Dr. Eywix Dre Bark beine reenlled, testities us follows: By Judge Ames Q. Doctor, did vou hear the question aus I stated to Dr. Frances’ A. Yes sir. Q. State with reference to that, do you think that situation would be possible, and if so, how would it be possible. A. Tn my judgment, the man is mistaken in his observation. It would not be possible to have the thame very low with the meter moving. As meters are constructed such flames could not exist with the time conditions as specified. [ think the observer was mistaken, That is my judgment in it, because the meter was either out of order of observations were incorrect, ( Witness excused. ) 176 W. R. Mouixarp being called as a witness on behalf of defendants, ufter being duly sworn. testifies as follows: By Judge Ames: Q. State vour name. A. W. R. Molinard. Q. In your testimony at the previous hearing in this case you refer to your Gas Customers’ Hand Book at page 5. but as T recall, that was not offered in evidence. | wish now to have that marked as an exhibit and offered in evidence. (Which is accordingly done.) T will ask vou to state whether or not this Gas Customers’ Tland Book has been distributed in Oklahoma City? A. Yes sir, it has been very generally. Our records show that out of 20,000 delivered to us in the summer of 1916 over 15,000 of them have been distributed. The principal method followed was to have our meter readers supplied daily with as many copies as they could conveniently carry and they were distributed to each individual house as they went to the house for the purpose of reading the meter, ee Pe A PME ie ETE AT DO ANNI Or ER WIRD SD ne CeO RR AMA S- RS OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA, ET AL. 105 and in, T would said, 950% of the eases the book was delivered into the hands of some one presumably at the head of the house or closely gociated with the family. Q. In addition to that do you keep a supply in the office on the eunter available to customers? A. Yes, we have a long counter beside the cashier's window where writing material is provided, also blank check forms, calendar, ete., wd on that long counter we keep at least two and usually three sacks of these books and as well as 1 can judge they disappear at the rate of about 75 a week, evidently being picked up by interested wstomers and the public generally who see them on this counter which is in the front part of our office and past which practically wervone that comes into the office has access—to these books. Q. With reference to your meters, at what pressure are they ad- ysted to measure the gas? A. Normal 4 02, pressure. Q. That is the standard meter, is it? A. Yes sir. 177 Q. Do you have anything to do with the manufacture of those meters? A. No, they are made—I believe 95° of the meters which we use n domestic service are made by the firm of Helm & McElhiney of Philadelphia. Q. In there a meter on the market which is constructed so as to ary its (I don’t know how to put my question)—so as to vary its measurement so when the pressure varies—in other words, is there ameter that adjusts itself to the pressure between 1 oz. and 6 oz. pressure ? A. No, there is no meter of that kind commercially made, if there sany it would be made for lab-ratory purposes but I do not know fany. Q. The standard meter is the one you use here? A. Yes sir. Q. Is that the same meter that is in use at other places in the State? A. Yes, and practically all over the United States. Q. When the line presdure then varies from 4 o0z., either up or jown, there is inaccuracy in that measurement increase with the wiation is there’ A. Yes. Q. And that inaccuracy varies in proportion to the amount of wwiation in the pressure? A. Yes sir. Q And a difference of 3 oz. in the pressure one way or the other, wuld produce approximately what per cent of variation? A. The variation from 4 oz, to 1 oz, shows a percentage or 144 wrcent and 3 oz. the other way would be approximately the same yereentage above standard. Q. Taking the business the vear around, is the pressure greater itless than 4 oz. 8—312 RRR ew Fe RO MR VRE RE ORT ARLENE ROI | Cty TY 106 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. A. T can safely say that for 350 days out of the 365 the pressur: is greater than 4 oz, Q. Is it physically possible to maintain that pressure , 17s exactly 4 oz, all the time? A. No, it is not. By Mr. Reiss Q. You have given some thought to the subject of storage ¢. pacity of natural gas? A, Yes. Q. How many holders and of what capacity, in your opinion would be required to meet the shortage that occurred here early in December last vear? : A. That shortage, as mv memory serves me, was December &¢ Mth, lth, Pith. l2th and Tth. and 1 think 14th: in other words 7 days. We estimate that in order to properly supply this city with sufficient gas for domestic purposes to adequately heat the dwelling and residences together with the needs for cooking In those dwell. Ings that ZO million feet is consumed on a cold dav, that is. a dai approaching zero Weather q. I mean a Storage Capacity such as to take care of what vou had there in addition to what would be coming through the pipes? A. T think we should tigure on 15 million storage a day to ade quately tide over, Q. In other words, to take care of that shortage, you would hav had to have seven 15 million foot holders? A. Yes sir. Q. Have vou an idea what the approximate cost of such holder would he’ A. Well, about one and a half million dollars each. Q. Assuming that holder capacity would be safe, how many days in the vear would vou have oceasion to use it? A. Well, this experience we have just gone through in December 1917, is the longest period we have experienced in the history of the supply of natural gas by the Oklahoma Gas & Eleetrie Co. Q. Asa matter of fact. some vears you would not have occasion to use them at all? A. No, we have gone entirely through winters without any need Q. What was the total receipts from the sale of gas for the vear Ie? 17yY A. S978 408.55 Q. That included the share of the Oklahoma Gas & Elee- tric Co. and the Oklahoma Natural’? A. Yes. Q. What did the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company receive” A. S643,361.68., Q. Is that the Oklahoma Gas & Electric or the Oklahoma Natural? A. Oklahoma Natural. Q. And the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. received how much? A. The difference between those figures—$275,041.87, (Witness excused. ) OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. 107 Commissioner Humphrey: Let the records show that Mr. Ruth ad Mr. Henry Gray appeared for the Complainants. The case will be continued to January 17, 1918. hl) At said hearing the following exhibit was filed: sl EXHIBIT, Gas Customers’ Hand Book. Telephone PBX-14. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co., Oklahoma City. gas Customers” Hand Book With Rates for Natural Gas Service for Oklahoma City and Britton, Okla, as Filed with the Corpora- tion Commission of Oklahoma. Published by Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company, H. M. Byllesby Company, Engineers and Managers. Copyright 1916. Contents. Subject. Page. I ec NS ee Oh ele Caria rem ao Wk SATE OK Wie i ] ey CRON OE EOOOE WE. ok ceca ces vacnewasaves 3 rn i ee ro a uray Gk Gin mike ao Cate aera 4 ila Le ai ka ay wee haa A ae SA SK ot) Notiee to Proper Owners and Gas Fitters Regarding Location of Service Taps CUE AE TC RRL UU EEE 6 i PON nt neck cath Rake RR eK CRRA 7 a an, SOs ae era ae a me RE s aN eg te che ce wg Sh wien yin Gg W 5k v ferice Trouble and Adjustmetits.... 2... 0. ec eee 10 How to Shut OFF Gas Supply Prom Premises in Emergencies.... 12 ns kn bk CRE NRA A AKA eS 13 ND Oe do afl written ON Aiwa do ok W aha x et 8 ew 14 Siggestions Concerning the Use of Natural Gas. .......0...... 1) MUDONI@CRIONS DIME MOOVINIE. ... cic ec teens 19 et eA aw EN 4d bed WON KOK WA KR ORS 20 RN I MURMUR SN NS bbe Cie g w Aia's so FA O's ARM ews 21 Natural Gas Service. The Oklahoma Gas & Eleetrie Company owns and operates the vs distributing system in Oklahoma City and Britton. It distributes atural gas to customers as the agent of the Oklahoma Natural Gas “ompany. The Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company does not own uny interest 108 OKLA. NAY. GAS CO. VS. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET a. Whatever in the supply of natural gas. nor in the pipe lines convey. mie thre gas te this enty ; Natural Gas is “Upplied to customers under contracts between th Customer arid thre Crk balvonta Natoral Chas Company, the Ok lhoms (ras & Electric Company signing the contraets as agents for th, forties COTHD RITA The Pe is Tho Copitipeons ownership of these Wo corporations Personal Attention to beve ry Customer We wish our service to be so utihzed in gas burning appliances that vou obtain full measure of Value without waste The advice and suggestions of o ir customers are valued less of the purpose for whieh vou eal] Vou are ottics You have its i neh pay your bill) We prefer that vou come direct: te us colieerning all thiatters of routed trpteare stand cones rn. This is businesslike and In the spiritof partners! ip Which we scck te cultivate. The ottieers and etoploves are at vour serviee Thev are working for you. The officers endeavor to receive personally all whe wish t, see them. ‘To meet the requirements of the public in the quickest and nest etlielent Prttditier Proper departine Hits are maintained. Regard. always welcome at our right to Colne to criticise as Vou have te Personal Attention to Ev rv Customer Nature s Ch ahest and Best Fuel, Oklahoma City’s “upply of natural gas is excelled by few other Cities, This fuel has hearly twice factured gas. Grime and smoke hurt cities Ok balvonas City, like other pro- “ressive Communities, knows the commercial value of keeping itself clean and sighth Smoke, sot, Coal dist and ashes ute costly They tuke Hioney out of vour pocket by destroving fabries, furniture, decorations. grow: Ing plants and innumerable articles of common use. They make beantiful buildings unsightly, Smoke and soot from a chimney do not stay home. These nutsanees are distributed te neighborhood, The expense of keeping clean in a smoky city runs into big totals Organizations all over the world ure fighting for less smoke and more sunshine—for cleanliness and healthfulness. Natura! “as makes no smoke It distributes he dirt, leaves no ashes. Tt does all important work with a minimum: of human etfort Redueing the smoke Hsanee means a monetary saving to citizens—helps to luprove and brighten the citv—tends to increase the value of property. Besides your own convenience, eomfort the heating eflicieney of manu. thre displeasure and expense of the and economy, vou con OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. Vs. THE STATE OF OXLA. ET AL. 109 tribute to the general welfare if you burn gas for house warming, coking. heating water, ete. Personal Attention to Every Customer We Concentrate on Service. The Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company earns its wages. It wants no revenue Which does net rightfully belong to it fer service per- formed We concentrate on serviee. We leave the merehandizing of ap- planees, and gas piping and installations on private premises to the merchant> and mechanics of this city whe make their living from these oecupations. We maintain a department with natural gas experts devoting ther energy to studving the requirements of customers, large and mall, and for the purpose of satisfving every gas demand in the most economical way, These experts are at your disposal all the time. They will render dvice and assistance: plan installations and tell vou of the firms nhieh will give vou proper attention. Personal Attention to very Customer Kmergeney Heating. Natural gas is one of Oklahoma City’s greatest assets—one of the biggest contributors to the comfort and convenience of its citizens nda source of cheap fuel for industrial purposes. Periods of extreme cold weather sometimes cause a brief demand for gas which no practicable and financially possible transmission vetem can fully supply. Because of this fact. and the further faet that any long distance pipe line is liable to damage from floods and other unavoidable raises, We advise our customers to maintain some kind of auxiliary eating apparatus for use in possible cmergencies, Personal Attention to Every Customer, Notice to Property Owners and Gas Fitters Regarding Location of Service Taps. When about to lay service pipes for the supply of gas to any prop- ty, it is necessary to obtain from the Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company the location of the service tap for the particular property. Where mains are laid in paved streets, service taps were provided for wach lot before the pavement was put in place. Your co-operation in this matter will aid us in *rvice as well as preventing possible addition r0U. giving prompt al work and expense to Personal Aitention to Every Customer. REE IA I PIELER BEAD, INEGI GALORE LIE OIE tn Se MING SP NIP ANE Ant PST APP SOOT STAR 110 OKLA. NAT. GAS CO. V8. THE STATE OF OKLA. ET AL. How to Obtain Service. Office, 112 N. Broadway. Telephone, P. B. X. 14—All Departments. A constant effort is made to eliminate “red tape and to mee [Text truncated at 120,000 characters. The full text is on the page linked above.] --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/brief%3Amicro_IA40386005_0008%3A1. Public record. Not legal advice.