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                                                                      Exhibit 24

                                      
                         THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.
                                      
                              POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                      
                                      
          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned
individuals, in their capacity as a director or officer, or both, as
hereinafter set forth below their signature, of THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC., a
Delaware corporation ("Williams"), does hereby constitute and appoint J. FURMAN
LEWIS, BOBBY E. POTTS and DAVID M. HIGBEE their true and lawful attorneys and
each of them (with full power to act without the others) their true and lawful
attorneys for them and in their name and in their capacity as a director or
officer, or both, of Williams, as hereinafter set forth below their signature,
to sign Williams' Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and any and all
amendments thereto or all instruments necessary or incidental in connection
therewith; and

          THAT the undersigned Williams does hereby constitute and appoint J.
FURMAN LEWIS, BOBBY E. POTTS and DAVID M. HIGBEE its true and lawful attorneys
and each of them (with full power to act without the others) its true and
lawful attorney for it and in its name and on its behalf to sign said Form 10-K
and any and all amendments thereto and any and all instruments necessary or
incidental in connection therewith.

          Each of said attorneys shall have full power of substitution and
resubstitution, and said attorneys or any of them or any substitute appointed
by any of them hereunder shall have full power and authority to do and perform
in the name and on behalf of each of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to be done in the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of the undersigned might
or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts
of said attorneys or any of them or of any such substitute pursuant hereto.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument,
all as of the 22nd day of January, 1995.




  /s/ Keith E. Bailey                       /s/ Jack D. McCarthy        
      Keith E. Bailey                           Jack D. McCarthy        
  Chairman of the Board,                     Senior Vice President      
      President and                      (Principal Financial Officer) 
  Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)


                            /s/ Gary R. Belitz              
                                Gary R. Belitz              
                                 Controller                
                          (Chief Accounting Officer)       
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 /s/ Harold W. Andersen                     __________________________
     Harold W. Andersen                           Ralph E. Bailey
          Director                                    Director

   /s/ Glenn A. Cox                         /s/ Thomas H. Cruikshank
       Glenn A. Cox                             Thomas H. Cruikshank
          Director                                   Director
                           
   /s/ Ervin S. Duggan                      /s/ Robert J. LaFortune
       Ervin S. Duggan                          Robert J. LaFortune
          Director                                  Director
                           
                           
   /s/ James C. Lewis                       /s/ Jack A. MacAllister
       James C. Lewis                           Jack A. MacAllister
          Director                                  Director
                           
                           
   /s/ James A. McClure                     /s/ Peter C. Meinig
       James A. McClure                         Peter C. Meinig
          Director                                  Director
                           
                           
    /s/ Kay A. Orr                         /s/ Gordon R. Parker
        Kay A. Orr                             Gordon R. Parker
         Director                                  Director
                           


                    /s/ Joseph H. Williams
                        Joseph H. Williams
                             Director

                           
                                              THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.



                                              By  /s/ J. Furman Lewis
                                                      J. Furman Lewis
ATTEST:                                            Senior Vice President


/s/ David M. Higbee
    David M. Higbee
       Secretary
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                     [THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. LOGO]


Exhibit 24


          I, the undersigned, DAVID M. HIGBEE, Secretary of THE WILLIAMS
COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware company (hereinafter called the "Company") , do
hereby certify that at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company, duly
convened and held on January 22, 1995, at which a quorum of said Board was
present and acting throughout, the following resolution was duly adopted:

               RESOLVED that the Chairman of the Board, the President or any 
          Vice President of the Company be, and each of them hereby is, 
          authorized and empowered to execute a Power of Attorney for use in
          connection with the execution and filing, for and on behalf of the
          Company, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, of the Company's
          Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
          1994.

          I further certify that the foregoing resolution has not been
modified, revoked or rescinded and is in full force and effect.   

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC., this 27th day of February, 1995.


                                                  /s/ David M. Higbee
                                                      David M. Higbee
                                                         Secretary

(CORPORATE SEAL)









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