Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-25

Il has been said that Glove makes tn,
| world go round" Possibly. But this glObt
| would revolye with deal Of friction were
| form of petroleum, from the rocks Of Penn
| sylVania Figuratiyely speaking the earth
| would have a mighty "hot box"
Last week was by no means specially
busy week In the trade. aud yet our reports
| wifi show that quarter Of n million gallons
| Of lubricating oil left this port for foreign
| countries, aud that Its destination included
Melbourne, Australia. and English, German
and South Americani French, aud many
this frictionannihilating product 10 every
country save Russia, where the Baku oils,
rich In lubrieatlng qualities and protected
by the Cars government, rule supreme.
A special Providence seems to have had
charge OF this industry Less than gener-
alton ago. lard and sperm oil met all the re-
qulrements Of the demand for lubricants.
When the heavy oils Of Pennsylvania and
of West Virginia were discovered by search
crs for petroleum, n small trade In these, us
lubricators, was developed. with the close
Of the war and the subsequent growth of
railroads and Of industries which called
into being machinery Of every conceivable
kind, came also the demand for cheap,
efficient Lubricants. A demand which sperm
oil-growing cdrcernnd dearer yearly-4and
lard oil could never have met. But mt this
critical juncturc the producers wells and
the refincrs still solved the problem, and
to-day American lubricating oil Is as indis-
pensable In the Antipodes, In the tropics.
and in every corner OF both heInispheres AS II
is In the mills Of New England or Pittsburgh
or the railroads of the great West. lhat qull-
ity Of mineral lubricant which units II for
mn Ingredient of paint, renders II invaluable
az n reducer of friction. II will not dry up,
nor take fire. nor solidify In extreme cold.
In the olden time the engineer who know
but lard oil, must needs call for ehisel and
laboriously chip away the gum" which
clogged bearings and journals. To-day an
oil which gums cannot be sold, and hand.
ful Of waste serves to remove what the chisel
was taxed to cut away twenty years ago.
The skill necessary to carry On II first las
factory of lubrlcatlng oil In the present age
Of advancement, can only be realized By
those who can visit such nm establishment.
consulting chemist is the necessary nd.
jnnct of such u concern, and the range oil
products Is almost illimitable. The con
sumner of lubriclting oil In 1884 is hard Ia
please, but gets what he seeks. The locOlno
tive must have mn oil that will stand fire
test OF 600 degrees, and a cold test Of 30 de,
grees. Fahrenheit, without impairing Its
valuable qualities. The mill owner Is a
man Of varied wants, and were II not for the
legacy which Pennsylvania's oil wells have
given the lubricant consuming world. his
wants would be unsupplied. But from
list of scores of lubricating oils
he can select Just what the machine de
mnnds, whether II L. the spindle OF cotton
loom, the eogs of great gear wheels or The
bearings Oh lOufnnls exposed 10 tnc coiu "
january or the heat of August. Mineral OF
rules the world In this respect, and in only 4
few cases Is the presence Of Il vegetable ol
an animal oil tolerated In u lubricant. And
the business of making these oils, mud thu
| production of the numerous stock oil
used in compounding lubricants. has grown
| to magnitude and importance which is re
markable, calling forth in its continuahc,
vast capital, the highest skill and the mos
notable enterprise. -independem Record.
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