Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-03
The Producers Declaration OF
Independence.

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the opportunity so to do, resolve to do 1t.
We charge him with crushing all competi-
| ton in the business Of transporting and re
fining crude petroleum, and thereby forcing
us to sell our production to him at a frac-
ton of its real value, and we charge him
with attempting to obtain control Of the
producing territory with the intention oi
| forcing us out of the business of producing z
oil, and therefore as matter Of self pro
| lection, and to save for ourselves and our
| families a means of obtaining livelihood,
we have resolved,
| l. To build pipe line to shipping
point on the Ohio river whence the
crude petroleum can be sent to New
Orleans by water. and thence to the mar
kets of the world for crude petroleum.
2 To build a refinery at Butler, or
some other central point in the oil and gas
producing territory, having competing lail
oil with that cheapest of fuels-natural gas
and for the purpose of supplying the home
market with the best of refined oil at rea-
sonable prices.
And to accomplish these ends we pledge
the necessary funds and our sacred obliga
tions of honor and good will to each other.
(Signed BY all the oil producers of Butler
county.)
BUTLER, PA, October /, 1890.
THE MEETING.
The meeting of oil producers in Reiber's
Hall last Friday evening was well at
tended One hundred producers, or about
half those of the county were in atten
dance The business of transporting and
refining oil was thoroughly ventilated aud
all agree that the profit in it is immense.
The scheme of building pipe line from
Butler county to the Ohio river, for the
purpose of supplying the foreign market
for crude petroleum, was. also pretty well
agreed upon, as was also that of building
a refnery-but the producers seemed to
think that the refinery also should be To-
Gated along the Ohio, whereas, with lis
competing railroads ;and natural gas, the
town of Butler would, we think, be the
most available location. The pipe line
will have to be built by corporation hav
ing the power of eminent domain, and it is
proposed to build the refinery under the
Limited Partnership Act, and by small
subscriptions. The shares were fixed at
so EACH and no person is to be allowed to
own more than 200 shares, and it is to be
non-transferable.
Messrs. W A. Clark, Asa Say, Thos.
Alexander, Jno. Jennings and Charles
Haslett were appointed to solicit subscrip-
tions, and Messrs H. H. Wing, c. d.
Greenlee and W. A. Clark were appointed
to ascertain the cost of pipe lines and re-
fineries.
OIL FIELD NOTES.
The well on the Ross Clendenning, in
Bakerstown field, started off at $50 barrels
an hour, and was yet doing from % to so
an hour NJ onday. 1t is on a direct line
from the old Gould field to Wildwood and
opens up new territory. Wells are drilling
on the Bell, Mahan, Flick Jack, Monks,
Canning and Garrow farms. The well Oh
Clendenning is owned by a company of
Pittsburg butchers who have had bad luck
till the sinking of this well and who have
1000 acres leased.
A dry hole was finished last Saturday
on the Harper Hazlett.
Goehring d McMulty's Irwin lot well at
Gallery came in Friday last, started of at
100 barrels and is good for So This well
has no salt water.
Johnston & Co. have rig up on the Ben
Douthett near Mars; Forst is drilling
on the Anderson, and Snee intends drilling
on the Belford.
At Zelienople, the Mckinney Oil Co.
have rig up on the Tanker farm, mile
northwest of Harmony.
Strohecker & Co. IS well on the Wilson
is doing rs barrels and the Harmony Oil
Co. IS, ON the Allen, 30; the Centennial, on
the Reep, 10; the Enterprise 2, on the
Wilson, %.
Brandon & Colestock's well ON the j. w.
Brandon was shot last week and started off
at so an hour, and was doing Is an hour
next day.
McJunkin d Coz well on the Brunemer
started off at 10 barrels an hour.
Bells & Co.'S well on the Thos Graham
is rated at rs barrels.
At Glade Run Klingensmith & Co.'S well
on the Waldron is now rated at 70 barrels
Temont Co.'S on the Allen as reported
Wednesday doing 200 barrels
Pring & Co. s well at Gallery is rated at
Is barrels
Lockwood & Patterson's well on. the
Barnhart is rated at 75 barrels. McJunkin
j. Co. have abandoned their well on the
Rose.
The well on the c. Gelbach, owned by
Stewart, Miller & Co. and drilled by W. j.
Miller, started off at 100 barrels and is do
ing 3d.
Abrams, Wick g. Co., on the Hero, is
rated at 25 day, and Markham d Co., on
the Kirkei, at s.
johnson e. Pusey have rig up ON the
D outhett, and Forst on the Anderson.
Babbitt & Co. are drilling a wildcat on
the Mcmillan, three miles east of the 4th
| sand pool, east of Millerstown
Titley q Coz . on the Kamerer made
400 barrels in the first 36 hours, and is do
| ng 125 day. The ir well on the Miller,
| Sngar Creek district, was duster.
Reep & Co. on the Reep is doing l2J
| barrels.
| Miles & Kamerer's l, on the Reep, is
rated at so barrels, and the Hunter q Cum
mings, on same farm, at 100.
Phillips well on the Baumgartner, in
Jefferson township, is in and is doing Is
barrels His we'll on the Sweeney is dry.
McCafierty g. Morrison's well on the Jas.
Hindman, near Fairview, is reported dry.
Murrin Bros. got a duster on the Murrin
farm near Murrinsville The Nesbitt well
| on the Mcbride heirs is rated at 90 barrels,
and McKinney's and on the yanderlin
are small.
The Jas. Martin well on the Martin is re-
ported light.
Brown Bros. have G rig up at Troutman
Several test wells will be drilled near Mid
dleton. Nichols d Imam have rebuilt theil
rig on the Holman well. A rig is up OF
the Widow Pisor farm, near Concord
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