Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-08-15
OFFICE OF THE SOUTHERN On COMPaNY
New Orleans. June 25. 1861


II your Issue Of the Zlst inst, yCu cal attention
to the prospect Of scarcity Of oil fer railroad ms
az an early date, and accompany your remarks vi.I
| certain suggesnoss by which partial supply NAV
/ be temporarily secured.
here with hand yCu g c7-y of q letter addressed
to each President and SuTctiEteudsntO OF every rail
road throughout Virginia acd every other Slave
/ State, during The n.ouths Of JlEuTy and Fe5rrsrr
last. also sgn1 you 4 cirCgisr winch accompanied
each letter. Duplicates Of The latter were MALE !
/ to some parties il April.
By the e. You vii see shat if the Southern ri ia
run short Of c1rboE OIL il viii only be because Of
their lHJLiT in thl merit of Southern maavfaer
ed Grtice Is clsrOt be from ignorance OF the ex-
is1eEce Of SgU hem cji for rs you VIII perceive
the greatest sEs have been taken by the Board Of
Directors thraGgh their late az ut to inform The
officers OF all Sailfoa located on slave Territory of
the fact tha an oil eqzI u sDy in the orI for c,r
journals can be had ou oJsH SOL N fnul1tured
from S0silberH 8dterai. in a Sciah1H Srie (Ala.
5ama) the stock Ooaed and the whole bus ness ia
der thesestsirs contFol'of permanent residents Of
the S1',hsrH C0afedarry (New Of-eeus) acd al one
halt the GCsTdgs cost Of LTd OIL
Now, as some parties may coucielti5usiy sttts
and believe that te t=Tn oil Is OF inferior quail
ltv, that they 1sve ff it and is BID not come uD
90 scPresen,ati0H. retHiit me 70 anticipate zJIch
conclusions and meet the issEe in advance o. a!
those who honestly Prcclaim szch opinions.
i1 the first place. cUr oil via aot urn IN any Dr.
5lrgrv lsrp. Therefore ffa-y Of lie e.ap'0r aez
with burning oil from the Railroad Compant's
stGTe-r0om &C Is 70 TER interest 20, and they t5H
oppose the Introduction mo Of an oil whic, tsH
no, jHy9. Gts IS D0WsTf al influence to sCrm1uit.
Again: Heretofore the Southern Coulrrv hbs
sTsrn-d with travelling agents Of Oi-deGl lers a. rth
ard West. and who can tell but what employees can
ngct5d with the roads have in some manner BEEN
cGrCilIa-Cd ID behalf VI tLese travelling agents and
in other ctses, actually bought up? It Is wen
known that in most instances the Superintendent rr
r- Il --s. ,. u -. H.
the natter 20 OF them. have all o say As to tie
description of os % be used in tie various 2zuart-
ents Of Iheirr T. sTectlv6 roads: while tlev f. list
instances rely entirely on Cd rCp9Tt0 the qC5t
and tie greassrs. IN turn, governed by the ae,
ports Of th0Ss JIFda Lt1. So II C8H be readily nh,
derstood. by all who give the matter consideration.
how easily IN oil Of intrinsic merit may be con
demu5d-hc-est'g. too, in nest CSses-bF those In
high auth Iity.tACugh as " Il be sceHsOeiy through
the Dreiulc interest or ign GRANGE (0T all Coubinad)
of the su5ordinsyos on the roads upon whom their
officers rely for an impartial and truthful report
OH GERS CT capacity ami intelligence. Of well known
integrity and worth thus often risk their wn pro
fessiOusI reputation and DO Injustice 60 an enter
prise Ct magnitude and importance 10 the South ty
UIlSpllce3 confidence II those under them. X may
be asked w,v lot meet the Northern and Western
des 'ers ard c9uDete with them sId fight them vth
their own weapons: Ay answer Is, that az d char
tered corporation. We could not DO SO nor would
The Board Of Directors sanction any course at vaIi
Then the question arises, how can these evils be
TemzGi-d: / T5p'y easily. L-t the President or
Superintendent have tie oil tested under ms iuale
d.ats pGs uel supervision. Then. if satisfied order
its continued use on the road If complaints ste
made. discharge tie gICaser and procure another,
and so On until one is secured who lrU make the al
work
It Is c singular fact. ard susceptible Of procf
that II 10 Instance. srce the organizations of this
company, has the oi! failed TO answer oxpCctati0s
wIICn its trial was superntend5d by sOme one rep
rssenti~g tie Interests Of the company. But, On
tie contrary vitheu. single rceDi0n, it has proved
Its superiority over every oil against which 1t ht5
been tested. Tie conclusion 70 be dedUCed from
these facts are simple
II ,laTe Is disposition 70 use The SJabsn OF
Company oil It cEl be 1,SFd. But if determin3-
ticn eXists.fr from arg cause whatever, to condemn
this or snv otEeT OIL 1t Is well known to every
prag;ica, man that the bcxes can he 50 packed hs
10 cause tham to heat even if packed with TIE Jes
SpaH OIL
The company w.u furnish railroads with car bee
Oh at ffiy cents per gallon, at Mobile, asd take in
pay meat Cslf-ls,Q.s Bonds or Treasury N0ies al
par. SEIEoN TOBY JR President