The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-29
some RALEIGH HOUSES.
THE RECORDER DEvoTEs
CONSIDERABLE SPACE 4
TO THEM.
A Newspaper Reporters Views
or PEOPLE AND ENTERPRISES As HE
FINDS THEM FROM DAY TO DAY.
TIE BALTIMORE UNITED
OIL co,

Though we have written the name
Of a great Baltimore concern as the
caption to this article upon a Raleigh |
industry, it is especially to the Raj
eigh representative Of the Baltimore
enterprise that we wish to refer. AS
a matter Of course we must allude to
the parent house, and at the very out
set we take pleasure in repeating the
substance ofwhat many North Caro-
lima merchants have said to us, and
that is, that by the action Of the Uni-.
ted Oil Company in establishing d.
branch house in Raleigh the trade
interest Of every dealer in illumina-
ting and lubricating oils throughout
the State has been advanced.
The Baltimore United Oil Compa-
ny was organized as a joint stock
company many years ago in the city
Of Bait imore, and the Monumental
City has been its headquarters ever
since, That the Company has been
successful "goes without saying" and
under the management Of such gen
tlemen as now control its affairs there
can be no apprehension that its sphere
Of usefulness will diminish in the
least ON the contrary it will be ex-
lpansive. The officers are: w. ii.
Tilford, President H. M. Tilford,
| Vice President and General Manager
George N. Moale, Secretary and
Treasurer. Gen. L. A. Dodd has
charge Of the "Lubricating Oil" de-
partment, while the Richmond, Va.
! and Raleigh, N. G., agencies are un'
der-the supervision, respectively, Of
Especial Agent VIM. McBain al
Richmond, and Special Agent W. v
Creighton, at Raleigh. 1t is with the
business that comes directly undel
the last named gentleman's manage
ment that we have particularly Il
: deal in this connection. 7
The Raleigh agency of the Balti
, more United Oil Company was estab
! lished ON the LIST day of last April
7 That day, as we all know, is the on
of all others upon which practice
b Jokes are admissible il certainly wa
I avery practical joke which the Bait
! more United Oil Co. played upon RAJ
$ leigh and the people Of the State; sue
= "jokes" as the establishing Of branc
d houses or agencies of wealthy an
+ representative concerns will be I'D
= missable and thoroughly appreciate
$ at any time in the year. The agenc
y in question was established here til
3 better to serve the trade interests ,
i thousands Of merchants, and IL is q,
70 complishei iu this way. The oil
handled are shipped from Baltimoi
in bulk in regular oil cars. Arrivin
here the oil from the cars is dischart
ed into storage tanks, each havin
q capacity Of one hundred and fifi
d barrels. BY pursuing this methc
70 the oil is placed in Raleigh at u
!, least possible cost, and at no apprec
u able loss for shrinkage. While sto
= ed here in the tanks prepared by Il
= Company, the shrinkage loss is all
:, at the minimum, and such as Il
y falls upon the Company rather tina
!, upon the purchaser.
: It is the special province of u
! Raleigh agency Of the Baltimo
= United Oil Company to supply u
jobbing trade Of the State Of Nor
Carolina (and we presume of 9TH
4. States South with Illuminating oil
,s lubricating oils and axle grease. !
= this end il Of course becomes necess
:. ry 10 barrel the oils here. We wou
A. be afraid our veracity would be que
- toned were we to tell how many ba
= rels of this oleaginous substance wi
W daily sold, barreled and shipped fro
Q, here. and that, too at prices whit
n the trade cannot possibly duplicate
= points north Of Raleigh. II L. suf
a cient to say that the quantity Is vel
1t large, and though the enterprise b
E. been established only so short q tia
y !. Il has established itself firmly. So,
4 corporations as the one we refer
y, do not attempt anything blindly. tt
lie officers Of the Company careful
Y studied the advantages and disadya
- tages from business standpoint, or
,r having determined upon action.
having put their hands TO the pillow
" not turn back.
Z Mr.. w. v. Creighton, The speci
4 agent here, is man in every wa
10 adapted 10 make q brilliant succel
g Of the enterprise entrusted 20 h
:. charge. A letter we received from
i correspondent who evidently speal
n "by The card" says: Creighton an
o Dodd are two Of the Oleyerest me
Iyou ever met" That IL the EXPIRE
= sion ola business man and we ar
( not disposed to modify il. We kno
8 that Mr.. Creighton, by his businel
] like methods, his urbanity.his promp
ness in filing orders, in fact, by Ii
exhibit Of those qualities which di