Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-04-19
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

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cias Coast Oil Rsdnsry-Big Lumber Ship
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DEAR HERALD: 1t is hardly nee.
essary that l should send you en-
couraging agricultural notes of
your own county dated at San
Francisco, and yet I don't see why
they should not be relished even
though emanating from the Gold
en- Gate. The San Fernando VAL
ley and the country around New.
hall give promise of superb yield
in wheat. They look better than
any equal extent OF land between
Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The branch to meet the Atlantic
and Pacific Railway has been
pushed out from Mojsve towards
the "Needlesn some seven miles
and a large force of laborers are bus
lily at work grading. Just now, at
Delano, several hundred thousand
sheep are being sheared and an i'm
mense force are engaged at the
work, who probably receive $4,000
. week in wages. AS result the
gay aud festive gambler and the
other adjuncts of frontier civiliza-
ton are on hand in great numbers,
to relieve the shearer Of his hard.
earned sheckels. The crack OF the
revolver and the fash OF the bowie
knife are occasional incidents of
the process.
THE PACIFIC COAST OIL WORKS.
Last week, in company with Mr..
II. G. MacP herson. formerly of Los
Angeles and the Pico oil region, I
went over to Alameda to take
look at the refinery of the Pacific
Oil Company. AS this mammoth
establishm ent is run almost entire
ly on the crude oil yielded by the
Pico oil region of Los Angeles
county your people are interested
In knowing something about it.
When we arrived seven carloads
Of the refined staple were being
shipped to meet the demands of a
market which includes Mexico.
The works are most advantageous
ly located on tract of forty or
fifty acres near the wateI's edge,
on both the Central Pacific and
Marrow Gauge roads, Mr.. Ballard,
the Superintendent Of the compa-
ny, being the station agent OF both
these railways, and the agent OF
the Western Union Telegraph
Company as well. In addition, a
telephone Is attached to the Office.
This refinery is built on the most
approved modern methods, and is
capable of handling, with its pres.
ent facilities, all the oil which will
be produced in this State for some
years to come. It is run by fuel
derived from the residuum OF the
crude oil manipulated, and the
furnaces are 30 arranged as to burn
their own smoke. The article Of
petroleum turned out is OF special
excellence, surprising in quality
the bests products OF the Eastern
refinerles. The several processes
of manufacturing while complex
are exceedingly interesting. At
tached to the works are cooper and
tinshops, every particle of the
work needed on the premises being
done by the company's own en-
ployes. In its details it is q mar.
vel Of economy, the man who
makes the cans filling them also,
and the skilled mechanic, when
work is slack, taking his turn ct
making cakes OF petroleum which,
by the way, when thoroughly de.
odorized, is now made the basis OF
chewing gums, many kinds of coz
fectionery, &C., etc. Verify the
world moves! When "Coal Oil
Johnny" first inhaled the sinking
fumes of his ten thousand barrel
well he little thought that, first
frozen and then pressed, the moi
some compound as wax skillfully
manipulated would be crushed by
the pearIy teeth of beauty.
The Pacific OIL Refinery shows
in every detail the administrative
ability of the firm of Scofisld &
Tevis, it's owners.
OUR OIL INTERESTS.
Every one remembers the splen-
did fight made by Mr.. MacPher-
con to develop the Pico oil dis
trict. He never for q moment
lost faith in the future although,
at times, he was reduced to the
brink OF despair. After sinking
all his own money, one act OF tools
after another being stuck In his
we'll. and surmounting difficulties
that would have daunted any one
less resolute, "Bob" at last sue
decided in interesting abundant cap
itai, backed by the spirit Of enter
prise which is willing to take risks
for great return. To-day he has
the satisfaction Of seeing the Los
Angeles oil region magnificent
success. One we'll alone, in the
Pico district, has produced 1900