Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-06


IN bondD -"-.---.-.
Gallons Benzole.--....... 5,231
Revenue tax paid.~-...~.......$ 20,SS5 so
OCTOBER.
Gallons burning nuid....~~-~..- 91,21S
0allons Benzele..""-"-"."".. l,7l94
Revenue tax Paid.----"..--S Is,467 50
Gallons burning fuid.-..-~.-.-.. los, 7O71
Gallons Benzole.--.--.--..."...- 1905
Revenue tax paid-~~."~~"~..S S4,l6O so
The above may be regarded as a fair
average of their monthly manufactures for
the past year.
The works of this establishment are To-
Gated on Pittsburgh street, near the cross
ing of the Atlantic & Great Western Rail
road, Of which a side-tracif furnishes the
means of close transportation, obviating the
necessity of moving barrels by wagon
either IN receiving or shipping.
The warehouse for crude, forty-iYe by
eighty-four feet, has doors for the unload
ing of eight cars now, and will be made to
accommodate fifteen or sixteen when the
switch is extended. There are two bonded
warehouses on the premises-capable of
holding 5000 barrels-each about fifty by
one hundred feet. The tankage for refined
oil holds 1900 barrels, for benzole $50 bar
rels, for crude oil 600 barrels. In the still
house there are ten boilers of various sizes,
the daily capacity of which is us barrels.
There is M agitator, holding from 1870 to
14O barrels
This Refinery was established in 1868,
and employs thirty-seven hands at wages
ranging from s45 to SIS per month. The
capital invested in the business is in the
neighborhood of $500, zoo.
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER &c co.
Directly on the other side, opposite of the
Railroad track, is the new Refinery of the
above firm, which is made up in part from
the firm of Rockefeller d Andrews-Wm.
Rockefeller, Esq, being of the late firm of
Hughes, Davis & Rockefeller. These works
commenced running on the LIST of Deem
Der last and are now running only on hall
time, in consequence of the difficulty, at this
season of the year, in procuring a sufficient
and steady supply of crude oil. The es-
adjustment is not entirely completed
Tanks and a bonded warehouse VIII be built
in the spring. az At4EL
The stills are ten in number, and thirty
barrels each, all new. The agitator holds
l34 barrels. Capacity of the Refinery $50
barrels. HEFrr-
B. PELTON d co.
The refinery of this firm is situated cor
ner of Ohio and Canal street, and was es-
tablished in the spring of 1860 by Mr.. Pei
ton. Its present capital is 5000 The
amount of manufactures, and taxes paid
revenue department for September, Octo-
Der and November, 1865, we state as fol-
lows:
Gallons burning auid. 49,4O5
Naptha 4I5A
Revenue tax paid-..."..~........$5,977 80
Sales are made principally in the West
ern market.
The works of the refinery consist of three
25-barrel stills, running 90 barrels efrefned
oil per day; one 4O-barrel agitator 500 feet
OF ~condensing pipe; two tanks, 800 bbls.
each, for refined and crude oil. Six hands
are employed, at 81 90 per day each.
COMMERCIAL OIL WORKS.
The refinery of Messrs. Reynolds, Bishop
d Co., known by the above name, is located
on Walworth Run, corner of Wiley street.
near the track of the c., C. & c. and the c.
4 t, Roads, with a long platform on the
rack. The capacity of the refinery is 100
barrels a day. There are two so barrel
stills and 400 feet of worm with 4-ineh ont
cts. The boilers are differently constructed
rom those of other refneries : instead of
''lng cylindrical in form they are oblong.
de, } feet higL and Is feet long,
ieei " -ners-an improvement which
square co.. ise fuel by presenting
i 1ia,mI bes y psor surface, The new agftatOr,
,naeitv loo barrels, is NV being put up
bnr hovo wooden tankace tct 1900 barrels
-ude and l,OOO barrels refnoo
-ude is received from the r~ailroaa
and poured into troughs leo.
to tanks lower han the Railroad track. s
The following figures show the extent of !
manufactures, &e., for the three closing :
Save Dec.) of1S65: {
allons refined oiL...-..--."..--. 1888 I
paid.-"~""".~."-'"'' Szs''lo'oo /
The refinery has been running only since s
lie first of July last, since which time the :
lies nave footed up to about S2OO,Ooe. The
lpital employed is $4,000, and the build 1
= 40 an
lgs, machinery &C., are worth $4,000.
hands are employed, 1T from $40 I
/, SIS per month. .