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ing station, and since that time powerful compressors have assisted in 
keeping the line well filled. The power is furnished by two engines, each 
of 500 horse power. A pressure of from 150 to 180 pounds per square 
inch is kept on the line. 
The Logan Natural Gas and Fuel Company.—This company was 
organized with a capital stock of $40,000 in 1894. The first line was laid 
to Logan, and in fact the original object of the company was to supply 
that town only. Finding the supply of fuel larger than the demand a line 
was laid to the Boys Industrial School, and later this was extended to 
Laurelville, Adelphi and Chillicothe. The corporation’s business has 
grown rapidly, and by 1903 it was supplying the following places in addi- 
tion to ‘those already mentioned; Nelsonville, Athens, Newark, Mt. 
Vernon, Utica, Granville, Thornville, Millersport, Westerville, Carding- 
ton, Delaware, Ashland, Bucyrus, Upper Sandusky, Carey, Fostoria, 
Tiffin, Mt. Gilead, Marion, Galion, Crestline, Mansfield, Shelby, Chicago 
Junction, Norwalk, Bellevue and Clyde. Quite recently it has secured 
some sort of control over the Buckeye Company. which supplies Circle- 
ville. In addition to all this territory the company is endeavoring to ex- 
tend its lines, and by the time this article is in type the list of cities will 
in all probability be extended. 
The first well drilled by the Logan Natural Gas and Fuel Company 
was completed in June, 1894. Four years later the property passed into 
the hands of an organization headed by T. N. Barnsdale. At that time 
the company had only six producing wells. In September, I902, the 
number had grown to 80, exclusive of those in the Homer field. The 
estimated average open flow of these was 500,000 cubic feet per day. The 
Buckeye Company, which, as has already been stated, is under the control 
of the Logan, has drilled 16 wells, all of which were still producing in 
September 1902. With the decrease in the rock pressure the company 
has found it necessary to resort to artificial pressure, and accordingly 
in 1902 erected a pumping station. The power consists of one 600 horse- 
power Westinghouse engine and one 450 horse-power Kline engine. Each 
engine operates two compressors, one set having dimensions of 1114 x 36 
inches, and the other 14x 36. The cost of the plant was estimated at 
about $125,000. The company is making every effort to maintain its — 
supply of fuel and for this purpose keeps several strings of tools at work. 
When gas was discovered in the Homer field, attention was directed that 
way, with the result that by September, 1902, the company had 20 wells 
completed and nine drilling. 
The Ohio Transportation Company.—This is a popular name for an 
organization whose title is the Central Contract and Finance Company. It 
is also frequently called the Springfield Company. The corporation en- 
tered the Sugar Grove field in 1897, laying a 10 inch line to Springfield, 
a distance of over 80 miles. During some years previous to the date 
