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TO AND FROM THE GAS FIELDS
EFFECTS OF THE “COMPRESSORS”
[Welland Tribune, 2 February 1894]
Mr. Leonard McGlashan returned on Saturday night from the gas fields of Ohio and Indiana, his pockets stuffed with evidence that the gas compressors in that part of the world were nothing more nor less than suction pumps-and he says no person pretends to deny that fact. Among the affidavits secured by him are those of the officers of some of the leading gas companies and their statements are right to the point and unmistakable in their meaning. Mr. McGlashan was driven to a point on the line four and one-half miles from the gas pump, and when the plug was removed it required force to lift it from the hole, the suction forming quite a resistance. One dare not place their hand over the hole in the pipe. Wells in the vicinity that formerly had a pressure of 80lbs. had lost all their pressure and now shewed a vacuum of 11 lbs. And these wells were not on the pipe line at all, but had the gas drawn from the deposits in the sand. Mr. McGlashan said he found a vacuum from 1 to 15 lbs. on the wells in the neighborhood where the pumps were working. We presume the evidence will be held before the government with the view of obtaining legislation to stop the compressors from working in Canada. The residents of the Buckeye State treated Mr. McGlashan to the best their land could produce, and no possible courtesy was wanting. He can scarcely find words to express his gratitude to these gentlemen. Although a stranger, without credentials, they used him like a king, and if ever the opportunity ever occurs the Americans will find Mac’s latch string on the outside to one and all of those whom he met on his tour of inspection.
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