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The Farmers And The Gas

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
July
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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Muncie, Ind., July 5. - The farmers In the northern and eastern portions of Delaware county are considerably aroused over the alleged action of the Indiana and Ohio Pipeline company. It is said by those on whose farms thls company has put down wells that the company has demanded that they consent to a reduction from $100 a year to sums ranging between $25 and $50 for each well or the casing will be pulled. The farmers asserst that this Is in vio' lation of their contract with the company, and declare their intention not to submit to it. The company gives aa its reason that, whereas the wells showed a gauge pressure of six and eight pounds a year ago, now they show a pressure of but two and one-half pounds. The farmers allege that the diminuItion is not so great, and that what apparent loss there is is caused by the increased number of subscribers on the Unes of the company. It is said that in many instances where two wells are only flve rods apart one well shows a pressure as great as when first put down, while the other will be completely worthless. The gas men affirm that the natural gas supply in this and neighboring counties is rapidly giving out, and that the pressure has been going down steadily for several years.

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Subjects
Ann Arbor Argus
Old News