The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-04
ANOTHER NEW ENTERPRISE.
nov OIL ~ TO NE CONvEYED UNDER
OUR STREETS And RIVERS.
Laying Pipes Across the city TO Hunters
Point-Money Saved and Danger Les-ened
An Immense Revenue TO be Cut on


An Immense Revenue TO be Cut on
7 AT Sixty-nfth street and tho North river
md at Sixty-third street and the East river
gangs OF men are LAYING n nvc-inch iron pipe
about two feet under ground. Although this
work has been going on quietly. 1t is destined
10 exercise an important influence commercial
ly. Permission to lay the pipe was got from tho
Common Council by Mr.. Toucey. Superin-
tondent OF the Hudson River Railroad Com
'pany and II Ia being laid under his supervision.
at the instance Of the leading exporters OF pc
troeum. 1t IL to stretch from the New York
Central Railroad Companys oil depot Mt Sixty
fifth street and North River to the refinery OF
the Standard Oil Company at Hunters Point.
on Long Island. Its course will be through
Sixty-nfth street to Eighth avenue. up Eighth
avenue to the transverse sunken street in
the park commencing at Sxty-sixth street. and
striking Fifth avenue on the east side Of the park
Mt Sixty-hfth street; down Sixty-nfth street to
Second avenue along Second avenue to Sixty
third street. and down which it proceeds to the
East River. All the oil brought in on the New
York Central Railroad will be pumped from the
oil depot at Sixty-nrst street. North River. to
Hunters Point, n distance Of about three miles
and quarter. The pipe Is exactly the same IA
that used in the oil region. where probably n
thousand miles Of 1t are laid. II is made extra
heavy, with sleeve joints screwed together, and
ia capable Of withstanding n pressure Of 2 1000
pounds to the square inch. The ordinary pres
sure to which they will bc subjected is estimated
ut from $50 to 400 pounds to tho square inch.
and the utmost strain at $50 pounds.
Mr.. Bostwck. oftho firm Of J. A. Bostwick K
Co.. Ill Pearl street oil merchants. said ycster-
day: "Of the $50 boiler cars run from the
oil regions on the Central. we own $50 and the
standard on Company, OF which | am Iii
oil traffic on the Central The object of having
the pipe is TO save the cost of the lghtcragc and
T. lessen the danger to life and properly from
tho combustlblc character of tho oil All these
boiler cars are now run on To- barges. not put
IN packages at all and. OF course. they have To
the East river to the different rcfncries around
New York. Hunters Point. Grncnpoini. Sc. Tho
receipts at the depot ut SiNty-ilnh street are all
the way from 2 500 To- 10000 barrels day. This
oil used to be carried in harges. carrying about
$50 barrels. and the customary charge for
ighteragc was ten cents a barrel. Now. how
over, we have put on bargcs carrying 800 bar
rels. ut n cost Of from two an, "A half to three
cents n barrel. At thrc' cents the cost H. about
S75 trip: so that YOU will see the lightrrage IL
considerable item of expense But this labor
SAVING cohiriNanr1 y aHo important III, saw ng
trouble and detention and preventing collisions
that often occur ON the East river where tho
boats are sometimes stove in. Then the danger
OF fire Is materially lcsscncd from mon smoking
on the boats and su ON. \ year or two ago We
had fire at Hunters Point which burned M
by this system of Transporting the oil We do
away with this DANCE. entirely.
" The pipes are different from ordinary gas
pines. which are put down with n common lead
joint and are easily broken. These are of
heavy iron. solidy screwed together, the same
as are used for trans porting oil all over the
country and never yet heard Of an accident
occurring from thor use. although we arr in
terestcd in Pipe lines in the oil regions that
have 200 miles q pip" running in all direc,
tons II l. true that this pip" line Will give oil
tage over others. II will also bee AN advantage
u the trade OF New York. Several years ago
some Boston people ggt up stock company
nnI built large oil refinery at Bayonn". The
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company enve the land.
they laid railroad tracks. and thu Empire Line,
pipes down to the works. The cnd'Iyor Of the
ness away from New York il possible But the
enterprise failed and tn" concern is now owned
by The standard OH Company
No doubt the laying If these pipes to Hunt
er's Point Is stimulated somewhat by this at
tempt of the rennsy lyania Railroad and lis
Emprs Line 70 control thr hu-in' -. The NV
York Central to retain IL trade. il Providing ~
good ihnllltirs ns other railroads haNr 1he
Erie Railway officials are talhing Of following
sult ana laying Iip.9 alSo. Anyn.,dy VINO I'M
tAnt benefit this matter will BE- tothr harbor and
commerce of New York Petroleum now stands
third upon the list IN Importance among our
exports. Inst year the - ports NJ petroleum in
H. sly months rndn- jun 80 from u" port Of
from Jan. to June 20. il has reached 81 .9l7.9OD
OF New YORK dealers II gradnaily drawing
Ss,tler. In Tie first six, motifs. of last year
philadelphia exported 2o.21u jpj gallons; in
tho spending slN months Of this ycnr her
exports fell Of 10 l5.ssl.j2p gallons In the
same period Of last Year Baltimore ship
pod 16,sj24s9 gallons, IA against 49,
9O3.25O hi, year. Thi. i lnrty owing Ia
tho fact that a few of a.. IN New York do "A large
part Of the business throughout the country;
but II Is lar. u.s. owing - To- tho conduct Oi tho
Pennsylvania Railroad Company and is En-
pire Line. Probably the Empiro Linz has h"re:
toiore don" three-ionrth5 II The business of
transp porting III" crude oil But thcy wore not
content with that. They have eon" into the re-
lping business, and built Il large refinery in
Philadelphia Now. we hold that rs common
carriers the Empire Line or Penn9y yania Rail,
road Company had no right Ia 70 into the oil
refining business, and that II they came into
competition with us as manufacturers we would
not ship our oil by their line. The conse-
guence is that fully threc-iourths Of the re-
finers throughout tho country have stopped
shipping 10y the Empire Line or the Pennsyl-
vania kalrOad Company. and have been largely
shipping to New York instead Of Philadelphia
or Baltimore. Even what is shipped TO Phila-
delphin still Is sent generally by the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, The Pcnnsyvania Railroad
last year received a net revenue u not less than
s2.0OO,Oo from III" oil trade This year their
revenue from that source Will be almost
nuthiun -