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just mentioned The Miami Valley Gas and Fuel Company had supplied 
Dayton, Springfield and other places with fuel from the Mercer county 
field. When this territory failed the company connected its lines with that 
of the Ohio Fuel Supply Company. In this manner the latter organization 
has been able to dispose of its gas by simply laying a line to Springfield. 
The cities and towns in this part of the State supplied with gas from the 
Sugar Grove field are the following; Dayton, Springfield, Urbana, Piqua, 
Troy, Sidney, Mt. Sterling, and several small intermediate places. By 
the spring of 1900 the closed pressure of the wells had so decreased that 
it was necessary to resort to artificial pressure, and accordingly a pumping 
station was constructed. The power is furnished by five engines, each of 
250 horse power. In 1902 a second pumping station was constructed 
at Mt. Sterling nearly midway between Sugar Grove and Springfield. 
The average pressure reported on the line is 250 pounds per square inch. 
On September I, 1902, the company had 52 producing wells. The average 
open flow of these on March Ist preceding was 1,087,000 cubic feet in 24 
hours, and an estimated average daily production of 850,000 cubic feet 
six months later. Of the latter it was thought that only 250,000 cubic 
feet were available. During the summer of 1902 about 15,000,000 cubic 
feet of gas were pumped daily from the territory by this company, and 
it was thought that the quantity would not change materially during the 
ensuing winter. In cold weather the principal use made of the gas is for 
domestic purposes, but in summer months a number of factories are 
supplied. In this manner the shipment of fuel is kept fairly constant. 
The supply is maintained only by drilling new wells and using powerful 
compressors. On September I, 1902, the company had drilled all told 
about 90 wells, of these perhaps 20 had bee abandoned, and approximately 
13 were dry when drilled. 
The Northwestern Ohio Gas Company,—This corporation is unique 
in that it operates no wells, purchasing its gas directly from another 
company or companies. It has a ten inch line running directly to Toledo, 
a distance of 161 miles. In September, 1901, the company began con- 
structing and soon had in operation two gas engines each of 1,000 horse 
power, and a year later erected a third engine of similar character and 
strength. These suffice to keep a pressure ranging from 125 to 200 
pounds on the line. This company is said to be the property of The 
Standard Oil Company, and that the line will be connected with the great 
16 inch one now being laid from West Virginia to Sugar Grove. In the 
fall of 1902 the company was pumping an average ; Os perhaps 8,000,000 
cubic feet of gas per day. 
The Federal Gas and Fuel Company.—This company was incor- 
porated in 1898. Through action of the legislature, it secured control 
for gas purposes, of the canal between Lancaster and a point about two 
miles south of Rock Bridge, Hocking county. This extended through 
