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the heart of the Sugar Grove field, but the territory adjacent to the canal 
had in the main seen several years use before the Federal company was 
organized. 
The company desired Columbus as a market for its fuel, but naturally 
the Central Ohio Natural Gas and Fuel Company opposed this. The 
result was a strong fight in the council at Columbus over a proposition 
giving the Federal Gas and Fuel Company the right to pipe the streets. 
However the company won, but only on the condition that it supply fuel 
at not more than 15 cents per thousand cubic feet. A twelve inch line was 
laid to the city, and consequently many citizens were supplied who before 
had been unable to secure natural gas. The company supplies Canal 
Winchester and Logan also, the rate being 20 cents per thousand. 
By November, 1902, this company had drilled over 30 wells. Of 
these 20 were producing at that time, and a half dozen had been aband- 
doned. The others were failures. Fifteen of the 20 producers just re- 
ferred to were located in the old canal bed. The others were in Good 
Hope and Berne townships where the company had secured leases. Addi- 
tional wells were being drilled, and doubtless the number of producers 
is now correspondingly larger. Since the wells of this company have been 
drilled in territory from which a large part of the gas had previously 
been taken, it follows that the life of the wells will be brief. No pumping 
station has yet been erected. In April, 1903, the property of this company 
passed into the hands of the Ohio Fuel Supply Company. 
The Cole Glass Factory and Other Companies Using Gas.—The first 
named organization located at Lancaster has drilled ten wells, six of which 
are producers. The average daily consumption of gas by this factory 
when running, as reported by Mr. C. P. Cole, is 1,000,000 cubic feet. All 
wells are located in Berne township. | 
The Ohio Flint Glass Factory, also situated in Lancaster, has drilled 
six wells, all in Berne township. Five of the number were producers, 
but one of these has been abandoned. The superintendent of the plant, 
Mr. L. P. Martin, reports that it consumes when in operation about 
1,000,000 cubic feet of gas per 24 hours. Besides the two factories just 
named there are two or three others which have in part an independent 
supply. 
THE HOMER FIELD. 
The first well in the Homer field was drilled in July, 1900, and is 
reported to have begun producing 1,000,000 cubic feet of gas per day. 
Other wells were soon drilled with similar results. Later, better pro- 
ducers were secured, and in 1902 development was very active. Few dry 
holes were drilled, and the production started ordinarily at from 1,000,000 
to 4,000,000 cubic feet per well; the closed or rock pressure varying from 
700 to 800 pounds per square inch. 
