The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-06
THE OIL MONOPOLY.
Visit to the Owner CT Fifty
three Wells.
PiPELAYlNG IN THE REGION.
How Oil Is Refined and the Rail-
road Feeders.


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I have jasi returned from nine nile ras ssiofs
breakfast. ana ths 10 rider zee ssariag % %
the wells on me Ryaas Farm nsysna Reosssa's 90
Oh Greek. These wells punrsa tsrss tines
day BY whst are csnsd '-pe~ds" sua Ntnorgh theF
products arc small stnt wbsn mAs hks Jstn a.
lace owns nisy.thrss them tbe seas ihs srHFs-
gate Of hm product.on rs4chss 40 msan hsurs %
d.en I founa gohn wsAcs yesmam. "a hs psaAn
white cottage. und be repiisa withesa h%ss
talon 90 al ausasioss b1t IA
for the ini0rnation Of ne hrnAts reseera hs
said:.I am. pernsPr inc oeiy mssraDa"ns pips iins
owner IN ths region. ! hevs A'1 i~ssas-.svsa @i'ss
Of pipe 10 run my ava proaue1iou " KRns CIV, ~hsfs
ship East via me stAac.Fa sse UsNsd flPs Ice
companies 4 have p0tbng cOas,aln % o
the way OF not eslIing cara : ssl ~ tns wAnss
portation want, that ~ bscaass have rot feaght
lns Standard oa Company ! hsas muFmugs al
around about price cruas o ana the tySAnny
Of the pipe nnss, Dat sn yea esn make esiter
business out Of NY the prosont ~ Co thss tns
merchants are making Sew York"
SaE tisns
Very few persons have aa SHAT ths poe lees
are how they laid In shat mAnner tbs oii " eon-
veyed 10 the cars loaded transporsa 40 ths
board For general information the hAMALD eeffs-
.pondent will Try 10 euc,aals these mAsasr- ne
pipes laid all airectoas about the ~sia tFans
versely, obbquely. horizontally. sveu perpsn
dicularly, and only sunk sOfneienty beis~ ths
surface of the roads 20 prevent Damage IRON enh-
tao, with heavy wagons and tracks. Geaeraiy ne
pipes are about inches diameier made OF foo,
but the main lines oil The Unitsd Company are ieer
inches In diameter and made OF heavy east iTou "a
every receiving district there are small pumps-rsr.
baps connected with twenty barrel weis--shich
takes the oil from the tanks when fuli ana lorcss
to larger receiving stations and tanks Al certain
whoro tha atQ In lei on
reservoirs preparatory to shipment The tank cara
THE PETROLEUM CARS
Now, these taak look very much like huge
eolumbiad trucks; they are bull OF boiler non
ana u my sterous looking sort OF eupoia on sop
OF them which scarcely anybody knows the use Of.
There is u man-hoe-or trap door--on top OF these
tanks alongside OF the cupoa, which is placed there
TO permit the gas from tho crude OIL to escape and
into this man-hole Is placed pipe what
called the oil racks alongside tho railroad traeKs,
steam is turned from OF the large pumps, AID
In a few moments after another OF the tank ears
are loaded. Each holds from eighty TO 100 barrels
Then the in1am mable stuff goes thundering down 70
the seaboard over the Erie or the New York or The
Pennsylvania Central railroads
REFINED OH.
Now, most OF the trouble In the region at this time
ia between the Standard Oh Company reclining
company-and tho producers. 1t may be we'll 20
give the HERALD readers general idea OF what re-
ming is An old rehner said to the writer :-"Why,
refining oil is the cleanest business In the world;
there positively no waste In IT, Even the coke that
lott the last resduum Is burned over again In
the next still; there Is positively no loss--"-
! s'wel, will you describs the process"
Eyes, It IS simple enough. sim Is charged. no
matter how great the quantity OF crude OIL, say from
Que thousand TO fifteen hundred barrels. fire 10
r1ndlcd below and tho dtstillation ally taxes
place the volatile oils passing OF In the shape OF
vapors into various chambers. These condensed
vapors make liquids OF different degrees OF gravty
drst papnthas r benZtne, OF different Of
gravity; then comes petroleum, OF different degrees
Of gravity then the different degrees OF refined Pc
,roleum which mxed make tho redned
petroleum OF the required fire test. The resauum Is
worked over iubricating OIL and the coke lett
bottom OF the still taken out and again used as lueL
After is taken from the still II Is pumped up
10 bleaching house. and there, by the action OF the
chemical professor, u IS made OF white and
hmpid color Ii takes u still about eight hours 10
,ooi ait or the oil has refined IN IT, Al the
inery on the Allegheny River (he Imperia belonging
10 the Standard OIL Company, cars run below the
works ana are ready i've the oil Tor market
soon as the refining Is completed. AT this establish
ment there Is also parafne works nnected and the
making OF wax Is quite an important branch OF the
industry.
With considerable troub 10 have been able to CON-
pile the following table, with the assistance OF OF
The absst statIstcians OF the oil territory, tho
relative values OF crude and refined oil, with the
OF both and the expense OF refining
CRUDE.
Que barrel In region, AZ gallons, say....... 81 90
Railroad freight unknown, put say 49,. 90
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $40
Cost in New York per gallon, say. ......--.
Price ID New York per gallon, ........ 6H
Profit in New York per gallon, ........ Ia
Percentage OF prohi, 80 per cent.
las5 barrels Of crude oil sl...........s 1876 90
ZOO barrels new, ll21a say. .......... 1,l25 %
Refining As gallons, At 11-6c.............. 500 90
Brokerage n per cent. 70 SO
Interest, u per cent OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 25 SO
Marketing .....,................... so o.
Insurance, IA per cent .................... IL 30