This is [Dean McLaughlin][1]'s ["The Permanent Implosion"][2], first published in _Analog_ in 1964.  The "hole" is termed a _congruency_; and the story is the tale of successive attempts by the hero, one Mick Candido a well capper, and his team to plug the leak.

He does not arrive on the scene, he is called by the government.  The wind does not stop; it is merely reduced to a light breeze because the hemispheres do not quite fit perfectly, although it is implied that this is a manageable problem that can be dealt with.  And he is not asked why he wants the deed and then points to the spigot; someone else points to the spigot and asks what it is and he explains his plan to sell "the emptiest vacuums anywhere in the world" and lay a pipeline "maybe all of the way to the East coast".

# Further reading
* Steven H Silver (2018-07-22). _[Birthday Reviews: Dean McLaughlin’s “The Permanent Implosion”][3]_.  Black Gate reviews.


  [1]: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1415
  [2]: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?55384
  [3]: https://blackgate.com/2018/07/22/birthday-reviews-dean-mclaughlins-the-permanent-implosion/