Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-13
CRESCENT PIPE LINE
Expects to Be Piping Oil to Marcus
Hook Within Three Weeks.
LOCATIONS OF PUMP STATIONS.
One Good Well Was developed yesterday
East of 0akdale.
DRY WELLS IN AROUND MILLT0WN

The Crescent Pipe Line is rapidly near
ing completion. w. L. Mellon is the
financial backer of the enterprise, and by
the 1st of November he expects to be pump
inp oil from the Mcdonald field to Marcus
Hook. on the Delaware river, Is miles De-
low Philadelphia
Fer some time they have been engaged
in loading vessels at Marcus Hook bound
for foreign ports.
As they are at present situated they are
pumping oil to Hays Grove, on the Phila-
deIphia and Reading Railroad, 80 miles
south of Harrisburg, from whence it is
shipped in tank cars, of which the Crescent
line owns $50, to Marcus Hook. To-day
thev expect to have their line LAID across
the Susquehanna river at Marietta.
This is about 40 miles from Harrisburg, and at
this point the river is over IA meters wide
and very deep. A great deal of trouble has
been experienced at this point, as the par
lies living in that vicinity who first took the
contract were unable to fulfill it. The
Crescent line managers then called upon
the Hulings Bros, of Pittsburg, who have at
last succeeded in getting the pipe line laid
across the river.
From this point to Marcus Hook is about
IS miles and over half of that distance the
pipe has been screwed together.
Unless they have exceptionally bad luck
the managers are confident OF being Die to
jump to the seaboard by November1.
Location of the Pump stations.
There will be four pump stations on the
line. They will average A. miles apart.
The first is at Hays station. on the Panhandle
Railroad, in the Mcdonald field.
After that the next one will be at Ligonier.
Then one has been placed at Ingleside, near
Johnstown.
The last one west of the Susquehanna
river is at Hays Grove, near Shippensburg,
winch is flom so to 40 miles below Harris
burg.
The only one between the Susquehanna
and Marcus Hook will be at Florinal, which
is situated in the environs of Lancaster.
At each of these stations the company has
constructed two tanks, each of 5000 barrels
capacity Down at Marcus Hook they have
four tanks each of IS, ,000 barrels capacity,
one of TO- 900 barrels. one of 20 600 barrels, and
they are now building couple of tanks
each of which will hold 5000 barrels of
petroleum.
Yesterday they loaded the Spanish steamer
kasbeck at Marcus Hook and to-day they
are loading the French steamer Tancaryille.
Each OF these has a capacity of 1,2OOO0 gall
Ions, about IS, so barrels of oil.
The Crescent Pipe Line Company has
bought l60 acres on the water front at
Marcus Hook. and has built piers out into
the river where they have "a feet of water
at low tide. They have facilities Tor loading
e5 0o0 barrels an hour onto the ships which
are ut the docks.
This month they will load the Allegheny,
the Wildfower, the E1nar and one other
steamer with cargo of oil for foreign ports.
Their combined cargoes Will aggregate
about 10000 barrels.
They Will Not Cut Prices.
A gentleman who is conversant with the
plans of W. /. Mellon & Co., when asked
yesterday if they would reduce the storage
rates to Is or 10 cents per thousand barrels
said: you can rest assured that Mr.. Mellon
will never go below 25 cents a thousand
for storage rates. He is not in the business
to cut anyone's throat, and is simply going
to make as much out of his investment as
he possibly can by every honorable means.
HE is not going to cut prices unnecessarily
for any one. He considers it good bust
ness investment and one in which there is a
wide field for all comers-"
Ex-State senator j. w Lee said last even |
ing that the Producers and Refners' Com |
Iany had from 35 to 10 miles of its line laid |
from tine Mcdonald 1ieid to Titusville, and |
had started to construct its line. They have
been delayed recently by the difficulty in
getting pipe delivered, but they hope to
have the line completed early next spring
Big Well East of Oakdale.
The most important development in the
Mcdonald field yesterday was the Forest Oil
Company's No. 4 on the McCIelland heirs
property, east of Oakdale. 1t was making
80 barrels an hour last tvening.
This well only confirms the results brought
out by the Forest Oil Company's No. on the
Gregg farm, and leads to the belief that there
is nice little pool along the Pauha ndle east |
OF Oaldale- |
The No. 6 Marshall, of Greenlee & Forst, |
was shot and is doing So barrels an hour. |
,1aa & Ha,t ,-,,tc No fo1l H.
low 20 barrels an hour and was dropped |
from the list of big ones.
J. NJ. Gutfey S Co.'S No. Shane is added |
TO the list at 90 barrels an hour from the |
Gordon sand.
The Philadelphia Company recently
brought in three wells in the Milltown dis
trlct. Their we'll in the suburbs of MiIltown |
is a eig -lSser, while their No. on the Kerr
and No. on the McKeivey farms, were bar.
rcn OF oil or gas.
Personal.
John NJ. Arters, OF Parkers, was in Pitts
burg yesterday. He is here on business re-
lating to an Erie county gas pool, and he be-
lieves that he has struck the right place to
develop some good gas wells, and open up a |
big 10. of territory.
Ex-senator J. *. Lee. of franklin, was at
the Hotel DuQuesnc last evening lie is
interested in the Producers and Refners' |
and in the United States Pipe Line Company.
The Gauges.
The production of Mcdonald was 2IOoO
yesterday, 800 more than the day before. |
The hourly gauges of the largest wells at
Mcdonald yesterday were as follows: |
Forst & Greenlee's No. 9 Noble, 20: No. 6 |
Marshall, 55; j. NJ. Guffey's No. Shauer, 20: |
Forest Oil Companys No. 4 McClelland, So 1
The estimated production was 2l,0O0; stock !
in field, 1901.
Runs and Shipments Tuesday.
The Tuesday runs of the National Transit |
Company were 32,9ll; shipments, 1920. |
Southwest rups from McDon aid we're 1857 |
outside of Mcdonald, 7,l30: total, 24,5Ss; |
Buckeye Pipe Line runs from the Macks- |
burg field, 1885,; shipments. none. Buckeye |
runs of Lima oil, "A ISIS shipments, none; |
Eureka Pipe Line runs, l6, ls6; shipments, |
l,s0o; southern Pipe Line shipments, not in: !
New \ ork Transit shipments, not in.
The Western and Atlantic Lines run 23S5 /
barrels Tuesday; shipments, 1922
The runs Of the W. L. Mellon lines on |
Tuesday were 6,4l2; shipments, 5,926.
The Oil Market
Range OF the November option: Opening,
5lc; highest sec; lowest, 5l5sc; closing,