New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-23

flow ~ gas Of high heating powers free from sulphur,
and costing nothing hut The pipe mat asHrs
were making rolled iron plate usns enareoa , %
c Goe o" nom s a a. The producf Of me ncy ana
Isabella furnaces costing enls so per ton ond sll tcr
sheet iron for s2J per more than before. Wilde her
prodnc has from 60 tons per week 70 or
So They ud great advantages In n'ng gas for ne pro
ccsses oil making plate; putting coil Of pipe IN Tue
stack and heating the blast ~ that there - les oxidation
Of te metal tha usual Ine pui o, We gI ana ' or
course the great question H. how long WIZ INC now OF
ges M # sbod not Keep M the now l. ist A. much
n cnnundTm why IL hOws 40 all III mas pressure Oh
a. pounds na SS %I i made by .d,Ss Of The
engineers showed HOw Of not hess than iOOOOo feet Of
Gas p.r hour Throughout the olbearing portions OF
Butler Comfy there IL c,s-bearug stratum above the
sandsion blow which the oil Is found At depths oi LOO
40 1SYo tsc e tube a' IN the Oh we s used
az of ne wells as the sne fuel 10 drive the pumps;
and some OF the gas wells produce ~ large supply that
Il s carried BY pipes 70 wells at are deficient ana 10
the pumping engines of the pipe lines.
THF OIL REGION AND THE PIPE CONVERSATIONS.
The whole region is covered with network of pipes,
living ON the surface They chiefly fer the convey
ance Of oil, and there are great many more OF them
than are needed But after long competition all the
ripe companies have combined ~ they phras. it, for
Their own protection" monopoly Is OF co'ir'e.
the Consequence; aud also, OF co1rse, gfrai
ouery from those who do not rors,e ~ l,d pI9 pr, h.
discussed The pine sysien has entirely taken INC
Is Nr n ,,Ty Varloy. representative man anon pc
men. vol said, in speeeh aIter o hSlniIfn collation.
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"ius cad OF tin rs 81 the tcas.cr with the cak o.
hie ,rhi We have now the click ~ The oil pump. when
says ~ us 30 cents n mnntei 30 cents 70 minnteG
same uofl1n of tho extent Of this pipe system may he
gathered from the statement that the Associated lines
arc now TAI ne from than 1000 wells SO th OF
on CITY; they have pipe enough now on the ground 10
Curry ali the oil from This region for the next 30 years,
The present GoSS being 10000 barrels da. thon ne
Inns have threo Zines that capacity The oLr u IN
vested about - 100000 what are tlcfrO!itsf RunOf
seis them at Il high Il sure -,
A full opportunity given to the en9ineers 10 eN-
amino the whole system Of oil conveyance the DpwnS
woll which needs machinery. tao staple cOnriyhnces
OF the pumping well, an the powerful f1c,uns ~ tue
c,Ilccting Az relax stations which prop the oil thrOugh
across intervals of eight miles, m of the three
RAILWAYS is reached TIE shipper ot The oil ~ the
choice of the NeW-YOrk Central. the Erie AMI the Penn
svIyouio Railroads. AMI has only 10 mention his choice 90
fhe nine comp1nV whose certificate Of deposit uf OIL ne
l~ods This certificate been issued % the wcloWnrr
who sells to tine shipper 4le PIPE lines mus become
bank, whose fuads alo oil.
pany was still further extended. and rie1 The en-
einecrs through oil City, Titusve. aud Corr, 10 May
Vile I'm New-York, ard provided steamers 10 ife the
/ party down Lake ChautauIua 10 JamcsiO"n Ihe pro
,rnrue WIS carried to The letter in particular
gnd The participants had very enjoyable excursion
Among tie localities visited was tao caDl-iner ihS
ground where an elaborate work OF construction l. gol X
on for The purpose OF reproducing in miniature the top0
rphiraI lilrr Of stn,, inClu ling tc noted inoh
tains the river Jordan AMI the Dead 5'a Inc suSgs
ton fha; mosuuitOeS might 0e product OF these mn
movements wis indignantly secuted by hc proprietor
TO tell here OF all the pleasures OF thor excursion ID hi
make the reader en-, OGs OF the engineers Sdhr u YIN
their Seventh Animal Convention was ID rounJeu am
complete slccess.