Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-12-31
Ii nLAnk rnWN oF nAKn.

S4& BLACK TOWN or BAKu.
r,vs Ia fhe itussian OH city.
laarles Mnreln 10 his "Region ol the
I74il Fire thus describes We Russian Oh
bfBskui
of lita most sfffslae portions Of faku
-. & disiilm lying on The bay 70 rho north
ttff eaiisa lie Hlaat ln6u lclYrfi faHnd).
i here Pro-. the crude petroleum, sucked
allowed v spout from the bowels ufthe
fb 1t nhskhani, and pumped thence
reservoirs tfuugh b pipes % Che shore
fft Ray. 10 distilled into burning oil aud
hsr products ier ihe maftet yi Eufape
SETTER thofa are ne4ily 200 tehnefies 10
black Town and smuat all 0i iheni, ex
. NUhies Works aIuit faH volumes x Oil
-c Lilo 10 ine' locality = q h41 as
flaiaenent IA ehlmnag-p0t Abday long
ils Di amnFa porsessiue HE Weil known
Iil uutNs u niiauinka. fse from hundreds
= aUrees iu the iusek Town. aud either
if ilAea pail overhead, i0ning the tlf
SD ar drift laaliy wlththo bfooas back wards
"a IlrWsfdl inland or out 10 Hea. 3 more
nme town thai be tiack Town lt would
tliioult 70 Ind. fhe factories cover
sflM aauarn miles qi ground. For lhe
rsrt thoy eonslst " low stcue build
~ ihe heavy frrdihn style Of arc Infect
enclosed 0l connected one with She
,r ~ sflm stone walls. The buildlngs
{ hlaek and afeaty he WallH ore hlank
tai greasy fha fna1a tffHeen consist OF
I nf rock aud drifting sana iniofsp8rsed
e huge pools gi 0ii'fQfusG ard forming
hafsss OF mud ard on Ia wet Westhef
si-i 10 tho aGg eat eahGfa 10 tHp rnnuUflps
- af natives may DO sara at work. hHif
a ~, thHir badins and their fHgged cidthr8
fitad Wifh OIL Not tree. u0i a shrub
5ai tower nr blade n grass, uot q single
ct ia rnisc af rQiinu man Is 70 hr found
pis argIohea hole. where Russitna aud
segtdes. ArnenlAus and RersiHus, dlstlli she
thH. burns "a tue lamps ni huaaiH
s. iic taa shore lnr % mile or taU are a line
70 lttiesi stretching far ont Into the bay. M
head 1r II fhg sides 81 which huge
rf. uafs may ba aeen receiving TIE oil 10
e4uCf e 90 the Nplga. Here the pier and
iieamorf are tiifiy aad steasy the SEES Is
tslureJ Hiib 0ilaeum, tIo strand contains
re pools Of 9ll ihan pi water and airetgi,
4iHaG u afe huge embarked reservoirs
slHiiuE HiiltaUa VI FstiGna of OH iHfUitfso
Nr taNui, who penetrated 20 this iE.
Ia' region. A. A change io tho fnuuotong
bugiug beautiful feraian carpets IN the
= ir, ii u nee nfd practical lesson Ia
Hia,starhy i0 observe IA the HaApian Sea
upefa ilnin his own native river and as
rgallza1 r. ! enunet help Wishing had
ii nis niHco Tie Duke 81 argyll and athoF
HabeheFera tu huaaiaa growing power h
ia. 80 press home shcm tile con idliun
o. a country which 70 few years eau
patch score ar t9a ~ HdEu.aTs--i6o io
iGci Ieng, from The fynH md from stock
iin % the Caspian Sea, rs means oi IS
m isniaeeut caaal system, II 4 not likely 60
Ha mitch hnma aored IN traiirporflne Tho
foel army aeross that sea FOR "a attnck
Hpen India fof Ar enxen, es atcpresent'
aliru gi Newcastle there Is also auother
eii Csrfy back "a his follow tnwusiurn.
iir steamers ul the Caspian once burnt
HH0d OF coal They burn pDW nothing but
'ii, aud aore are ATS OF them aeusiaaliy
iulns uetWneu Nnku ana he NniFa IL
.t flaek Sea. The steamers Ht pfdHeut hurii
ipilY English G0ni hut tire .inlr n not
- distant when Use nl lions Of tons 0i
fudt petroleum and petroleum. fciuse,
NaunF uselcssty Hmitgl She rocks aud
aids % haEH and HalHkhani viii hu
eheaply conveyed 90 pnh and Reiouia Hnd
tve English epal ont 81 the Ehyine The
lrk SEA sieamers std towns aud factories
el get their incl from Nnku Instead M
HVWle, aud another niarkti VIII b.
oset g Che coal fade Of England.
40 the backaess and smoke, and Ca ihe
'gl nnd uiserior q ihu hisea Town. therd
ane gery notable exception. This Il the
l'ef fehnqrias are hHfiod la smakb The
nusphpfp fhAYe Nnhelg ia mss railutad hY
single whiu Tile s4aaior a. lhr 1eais az.
iuus-Nnhal. aeiasils1ment o Kept ai
ln ami o. ertgAt, considering She nature
Hl tiit bnstntaa, Hs ANY huHlish bRrFHck &.
fpt Nobel brothers fefue moro kerosene
in all She qthei firms pnt tDgother, and
q now iurn'sh a uucieut supply q equir
2 TIE year round half tire lamps ia Russia
t difference Is simply due 10 good applt
ilce and good discipline badly son
fifuciea lamp Or good lamp turned up toe
ffgh VIII Inevitably smoke but when an
alpatratns Is used ike that OF Nobel Broth
ere nt HAIKU, not a particle 81 smoke need
ue from petroleum iHal, and as n matter
TACT, does not Hence, while ali the
iigcs F0wu fusslly petsplres and smokes
fsphels place at She uttnfmpst extremity X
calm and as bright As auF part Of Old
iaka ltseli aud, uilslei by the absence Of
sro.y cieids stranger might travel past
thunt bsiue tWare that lnside the stuno
hius baud 81 swCdos WerD 4Uleny 'tIrn.
joy out q largar quantity oi hlr0sene ihan
lg refinery ~ The world
The present consumption of refined pciro-
lnnm. ef kerosene ia knesia Is about $500
us yeqr. The drst refinery Waa esiah-
shed in 1863 Atthe time OF the abolition
rf tue mouapoly in is72 there were ffly at
work Sow there are about z0b, the unmhcf
constantly changing with the opening, clos.
fAF. OF amalgamAtiou 1l esi1hlishmehts Il
tllght be statgd thai this HAIKU region Is
5tikiaEiy aunlisr % the oil region above
Afthela, " hieh shows q great supply af ras
std aplialtiW aud u similar quality of oil
~ aimi n depths il Rey be that Los Aut
elcs county Will soau rltal HAIKU IA the
rodne.iou 81 petroleum Deep wells win
1ou solve the problem, probably iu favor
ui LIS ANGELES