Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-07-15

persevering, however, the owners kept
pumping and to-day they have one Of
the best producing wells in the field.
10 speaking about fortunes being
made in very short time in this field |
only made mention OF several OF the na-
tives Of the village who had made a
nice thing out OF the oil, but of course
there were also plenty of strangers who
come here and made stake then went
some where else TO enjoy it. Promi-
nent among these were Ludwig and
Mooney aud Z. A. aud K. G. Gillespie,
who recently sold their interest in this
territory TO John j. Carter & Co., which
] virtually means to the Standard Oil Co.
and received for their interests here
$500, 600 and $780, 900 respectively.
| When Ludwig of the first named firm
came here he had about $4,000 which
he Immediately put in leases, and when
Mooney, OF the same firm, struck
town it is said he come in on a
hog train" but however that
may be be got here and he
and Lud wig went into a partnership
that inside OF two years netted them
$500, 900. Not so bad for two years
work, either. The Gillespie Bros. were
better of financially when they came TO
this territory than either Of the men
mentioned above, but they too, were
ahead many thousands OF dollars when
they left. Among the many new bust
ness houses which began business here
when the oil craze struck the town
were the Oil Well Supply Company, who
have a big store on Charles street, near
the railroad, where they deal in all
kinds of supplies used in an oil field; the
Jarecki Manufacturing Company,
also located on Charles street,
and managed by the genial Bert
Wright, who handle the same line Of
goods. In the clothing business there
is Ike Simon, of Bradford fame. In
furniture and hardware, Boyer 81 Pol
lock. There are also many other bust
ness places Of lesser importance which
have all contributed TO make Sisters.
vile the busy, bustling place 1t is at
present.
There are two pipe line companies
here-The Eureka and The Mellon
the former under the SUPPLEMENTARY
of Mr. Clint Moore and the latter Mr.. r.
s. Saunders, both gentlemen in the
highest and strictest sense Of the word.
The Eureka Pipe Line Company, sit
mated just below town, is the principal
oil carrier from this field.
There are three tanks belonging to
this company. situated near the railroad
below town, two OF which have a ca
pacity Of IS. 600 barrels and the other
10, 600 barrels. In their plant they have
two sixty-ton Worthington Duplex
pumps, each with pumping capacity
of 1000 barrels an hour. In the boiler
house there are nine 35-horse power
boilers which furnish the steam 10 run
the plant. 10 the boiler house also they
have an Edison 40.light, latest style,
dynamo, which furnishes the light, as
no other light but electricity can be
used about the pump house on account
OF the gas which eliminates from the oil.
In what is called the pit, cavity 80
feet deep by q feet square, just
back of the boiler house there are seven
small pumps. Three Of these are sue
ton pumps used 10 pump the oil from
the field into the tanks. One a l2x5x12
Duplex pump, is used for pumping the
water 10 supp! the OOll0is On OdA tel ;
leases. There is one condenser pump,
and two small pumps which are used
to supply the boilers Of the plant with
water. The oil from this station is
pumped about twenty-five miles TO
what is called Braden's Station, from
there to Downs, q station on the B. &
O. railroad about two and half miles
from Warrington, from there to Nor
gantown, aud from there to the sea-
board. We are indebted TO the obliging
engineers, Messrs. Matthew Campbell
and Fred J.. Neill for the above descrip.
ton OF the Thistle station.
The pump station OF the Mellon Pipe
Line Company is situated about one aud
one-hslf miles below the city on the
river bank. Here the company have
three large tanks with a capacity OF
30. 600 barrels, and their boiler and
pump house. In the pump house there
are two large pumps, one a Hall duplex
and the other Hall compound, which
each have a capacity of about 500 bar
rels an hour. In the "pit" there are
two suction pumps for the purpose Of
pump ping the oil from the field, and one