Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-12
VIEWS OF PRODUCERS.
They Do Not Expect to Be Affected by
the Change in the Trust.
M'MURRAY WELL Is GUSHING.
Statements of the Various Pipe Line Com
panies for February.
THE WEATHER STOPPING FIELD WORK

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solicitor, S. C. T. Dodd, that the Standard
Oil Trust might be dissolved as result OF
the decision of the Supreme Court of Ohio.
| The full text of his explanation was pub
lished in The DISPATCH yesterday morn
| ing.
Most of the producers seen believe that
the Standard officials were preparing for a
move that would be eventually inevitable.
The Standard prides itself on the fact that
| it always obeys the laws and since the Su-
preme Court of Ohio has decided that the
trust is illegal, the officials of the trust are
| simply making preparations to comply with
| the orders of the court.
There were few who believed the move
| of the Standard people to be only bluff,
and that they would yet find means to
evade the laws of Ohio.
1T is hard matter to guess what they
really do mean, was the comment of Henry
Stewart. ''The men at the head of the
Standard Oil Company are not in the habit
of laying their business before the public.
When they hold meeting it is not dis
cussed previously, or afterward, with out
siders This may be an exception, however,
and they may mean to do as they say"
Were Not Surprised by the Court.
Vice President W. M. McKelvey, of the
Standard Oil Company, said:
'There is great misapprehension pre-
vailing in regard to the recent edict of the
Supreme Court of Ohio. We are not at all
surprised at that decision, and it is simply
an absurdity to even think of the Standard
Oil Company going out of business on the
strength OF that decision. Our company
was controlled by that trust, and, while
oil e
plishing this end, the actual fact is it was
desired by us I agree with Mr. Dodd, the
Standard Oil solicitor, that the principal
effort OF the companies in the trust, and
the trust as whole, has been to cheaper
oil production and the marketing of that
commodity. There were no considerations
for this move outside of business convictions
that the time had come for this action. It
is not precisely in line with the decision of
other legal bodies in regard to the Sugar
and Lead trusts, for the reason that the
owners or holders of majority of the stock
OF the companies composing those trusts de-
posted their stock with trustees chosen by
themselves. We are perfectly satisfied to-
day that things are precisely as they are,
and the Standard Oil Company will not be
affected in the slightest, as lar as their
general conduct of business is concerned"
S. j. Fisher thought that they were
getting ready to submit to the ruling of the
Ohio Supreme Court, and will anticipate a
move which would be sure to come event
ually. He did not believe that it would
make an difference in the condition of the
producers, OF that it would prove much of
an injury to the Standard.
j. NJ. Lambing, Mayor of Cory, said he
took the statement of Attorney Dodd for
its face value, and would not venture a
guess as to whether there was any scheme
back of it.
C. H. Jennings believed that the Standard
would in all probability do as Mr.. Dodd
had stated, dissolve the trust, as a trust, but
that it would make no difference to out
siders.
The work in the field for the last two
days has been greatly retarded by the
storm. The production of Mcdonald was
unchanged yesterday morning, and is still
"a, 500 barrels. There was very little change
in the wells whose production is given in
the gauges at the foot of this column.
The greatest surprise was Brown Bros,
Robinson & Co.'S on the McMurray prop
ertv, east of Noblestowp. It was agitated
yesterday and its output went up from % to
80 barrels an hour. This well has turned
out to be fully as good as its most san
guine admirers predicted when it first
tapped the fifth sand and started off at
nearly 80 barrels an hour. Its action for
a short time after it first came in was
somewhat cratic and led to the belief that
it was simply scratch. 1t stopped flowing
and produced less than 100 barrels day,
but after being pumped and shot it went to
30 barrels an hour, and for the last two
weeks has not fallen below % barrels an
hour.
Was Shot and Improved.
J. NJ Guffey & Co.'S No. 1, on the
Mankedick farm at Willow Grove, was shot
yesterday, and it responded nicely. 1t will
be cleaned out to-day.
Borchert & Co.'S well on the McVickars
lot. also at Willow Grove, is in the 100
foot.
j. NJ. Guffey s. CO.. Nos. 2 and on the
j ohm NJ. Glenn farm will be in the Gordon
sand early next week.
Guckert & Steele's No 2 on the Burch-
inal property at Willow Grove is through
the 10O-foot, and should reach the Gordon
Tuesday or Wednesday. Their No on
this property is down several hundred feet.
Gufey, Jennings & Campbell's well on
the Mrs. E. A. McMasters farm was on top
of the sand last night and will be drilled in
this afternoon.
The Devonian Oil Company's No 4 on
the Boyce farm in southwest McCurdy was
in the top of the sand last night and show |
ing for a well.
The Oakdale Oil Company's Nos and 8 |
Baldwin were agitated yesterday, and their !
combined production was increased five
barrels an hour.
The Carnegie we'll on the William Crum- :
rine farm, near Dnnn's station, has been |
abandoned at $500 feet. 1t was dry in all |
sands.
Nearly every well in the Sisterville field |
is now producing 100 barrels day, and |
several are doing even better than that.
The Oil Well Supply Company located an
,ther store in the field this week. 1t is on
,he Ohio side Of the river.
Pipe Line Statements.
The National Transit Company has pre-
;ented its employees in the Mcdonald field
With an extra months pay. Owing to the
apidity with which the production was in
.reased and wells drilled last fall the men
we're kept busy night and day in all sorts of
weather. They worked harder than any set
# men ever worked in the oil country be-
ore, and as result succeeded in saving all
,ut few thousands of the millions of bar
els which were produced.
The pipe line statements for February
rave Just been completed There is not
much difference between the figures for
January and February. The runs for the
- days in February were $3.50, 273 barrels,
" only SO, 1896 barrels less than 81 days in
January. The average daily runs tor Feb