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Show 8,000 8000 18,000 18000 a,000 a000 , , Barrels of Oil Flow FlowThrough FlowThrough FlowThrough Through Rangely Lin Line 80,000 80000 , , Barrels Required Requfrod Required.To RequiredTo . . To fill F'iU FiU ' Tanks Ta.nks . and and1.40.Mile and140-Mik and140 Mik 140.MiIe 140MiIe 1.40.Mile 140.Mile 140Mile . . - now Flow Uno Line Line011 Linefrom UnoOil - - Oil -011 011 from bulging 6tora storage " tanks tanksand tanksand tanksand and 26 20 producing wells atRangely atRangely at Rangely began flowing through throughthe throughthe the newly completed 10 Inchline Inchline inch line Thursday on Its 1ts its 140 mile- mile mileJourney mIlejourney - journey to Wamsutter , 'Wyo Wyo ' Wyo It ItIs ItIs Is estlmaterd esttmaterd that tt It would taketen taketen take ten days for tor the oil 011 to reach rench its itsdestination itsdestlnaUon destination destlnaUon and begin filling tilling fillingstora tillingstorae finingstorage stora storae e tanks at the terminal or orcontinuing orcontinuing orcontinuing continuing on to Salt Lake orChicago or orChicago Chicago The first day's days ' flowwas flow ow owwas was 8 000 barrels but the peakflow peakflow peak peakflow flow is expected to total 32 to tog g 35 thousand barrelsThe barrelsThe barrels barrelsThe The million and a half hall dollarpipe dollarpipe dollar pipe line was constructed consjructed consrueted in inthree Inthree three sections Anderson Andedon Broth Broth- Brothers Brothers - . ers era built the gathering system systemin In the field and about 40 mUes mIles mUesof mIlesof milesof of the line Une , R H Fulton company corn- corn com- com cornpany - pany another 50 miles and the theAssociated theAssociated theAssociated Associated Contractors and Engineers En En- En Eneineers - . eineers gineers gineera the remaining 60 50 mlles miles mllesThe milesThe milesThe The line Une , . owned by the UtahOil UtahOil Utah Oil Refining company , . was com com- coin- coin comImenced coinmened commenced - menced Imenced mened in July I JulyI During JulyDuring the week ending Sept .15 15 . 15 the Rangely Bangely field produced producedan producedI an average of 2 488 barrels of ofoil ofoil ofoil I oil per day It was Impossible to totake totake totake take care of the oil 011 by trucking truckingto to refineries so many of the thewells thewells thewells wells were "shut shut " in " because ofthe ofthe of the la lack & k of storage storQge spaceTo spaceTo space spaceTo To care for lor the more than a athousand athousand athousand thousand persons now employedat employed at the oil oil field the housingfacilities housing housingIfaCilitieS facilities of Vernal , , Rangely , IfaCilitieS Meeker and Cralg Craig have beentaxed beentaxed been taxed to capacity W Wcrkmnnhave Workman Wcrkmnn qrkman qrkmanhave have driven long distances totheif tothet to their theif thet work and many of themaverage them themaverage laverage themlaverage average two and three hours hours.traveUng hourstraveling hourstraveling .traveUng traveUng traveling . time each day to worktheir worktheir work their eight hour shift Eatinghouses Eatinghouses Eating houses have been jammed with withhungry withtiungry manytimes hungry tiungry workers , who many man mantimes , times have gone to their wee weewithout work : without meals or a lunchThe lunchThe lunch lunchThe S.40 S40 The town of Artesia Artesla on U . , S . 40 to , 32 miles rniles east of Vemal Vernal Verna1.ancl Verna1ancl Vernaland Verna1.ancl.about -and and . - andabout andabout .about about 18 miles from Rangel Rangely ) " , , Is IsIgrowlng Isgrowing Isgrowing Igrowlng growing like a mushroom mushroomAlready mushroomAlready mushroomAlready Already n nearly arly fitt fittf tiftt dweJl- dweJl dwell- dwell dweJlings dwellngs dwell'ings dwellings ' - ings ngs have bee b been e e n ii completed completedat completedit at it Artesia Artesla and Wiley's Wileys ' Here Hereiit Heret Hereit iit t is expected to house a greater greaterportion greaterortion greaterportion portion ) ortion of the workers from the thefield theield thefield field ield Other housing projects are arespringing areipringing arespringing springing ipringing up at Rangely andnear and andnear andnear near by to relieve the accute accutehousing accuteiousing accutehousing housing iousing shortage before winter whiter whiterThere winterThere winterThere There are now five oil oU camp camplocations camplocations camplocations locations scattered over the thefield therield thefield field rield Field tanks have been beenarected beenerected beenlerected arected at each producing well welland , lerected and they are now being connect- connect connected connectd connected - * - ed d with the 10 inch pipe UneI UneThe lineThe line Une I The Newton Oil company hasjrought has hasbrought hasIbrought brought jrought in a good producer to tothe tohe tothe the he south of the White river riverwhich , . which further extends the theRangely theEtangely theRangely Rangely Etangely field it is reported The Thenew Theiew Thenew new iew well is known as No 2 2Gentry , Gentry entry and is just to the south southfrom southrom southfrom from rom the river on the Gentry Gentryfarm Gentryarm Gentryfarm GentryfarmOil farm farmon arm armOil Oil on was struck in the Weber Webersands Weberuands Webersands sands uands at a depth of 5700 S 700 feet feetThe feetrhe feetThe The rhe new well welf gives the field a aproven airoven aproven proven iroven length of about 17 miles milesto milesto to 0 seven in width widlh . , |