The herald., 1894-01-01
CHEAP FUEL FOR CALIFORNIA,
The Only Drawback OF the
State Overcome.
No More High Prices for Wood
and Coal.
A Home Product which Fully Meets
All the Requir emsnts of the
Oonsumer-ssfe and
Cheap.

Cheap.
For general review of this prosper
ous part OF California, in the many I'M
dertakings and enterprises which have
marked the progress of Southern Cali
fornia, many obstacles have arisen and
were promptly done away with. All. with
the exception Of one, which continually
fastened itself to the heels OF enterprise
and materially impeded it's progress
while it eifeetuslly lamed the main stays
of commerce, manufacture; that one
unconquersble obstacle was high-priced
fuel. A new enterprise in the midst of
Southern California, turned out to be
the David who conquered this gigantic
barrier to local enterprise and msnufac-
ture, and successfully demonstrated that
crude petroleum solved the question as
to cheap fuel most satIs actorily. This
new enterprise has bseen launched by
the Union Oil 90. of Los Angeles, who
Southern California.
In November, 1890. the Union Oil
company succeeded to the business and
properties OF Hardieon q Stewart, the
Sespe and the Terry Oil companies and
the Mission company.
The Union Oil company owns in the
neighborhood OF so, 600 acres of oil lands
in Southern California, which have
yielded $4,000, 900 gallons of ola con-
siderable quantity for the small amount
of development that has been done on
the tract. So far only the edges have
been touched.
This company invested 81, 250, 900 in q
plant, which consists OF 100 miles OF
pipe lines, So oil cars, oil storage tanks
with capacity of 100000 gallons, an
oil refinery, machine and boiler shops,
etc.
Crude petroleum 10 rapidly crowding
its expensive rival, coal, from the field.
and the company, in order to protect its
many consumers, constantly carry q
stock of from 10000 to 5000, 600 gal
Ions Of crude petroleum on hand, thus
guarding against the possibility OF q
scarcity Of fuel.
The demand for oil for fuel purposes is
rapidly increasing and especially since
the introduction of the aerated system
is growing very popular, being by far
more economical than coal or wood,
much safer. cleaner and convenient. No
laborious Juggling of coal, no splitting OF
wood, no dirt, no eoot. After oil has
once been tried, none other will take its
place.
Crude petroleum will open up the long
locked gates OF manufacture and other
industries which heretofore were unable
to enter competition with outside man.
ufactories and add the advantage that
the otherwise unavoidable smoke and
SCOT, which has proven great evil to
the vicirities OF factories, is entirely
done away with by the use of liquid fuel,
especially when burned with compressed
air.
Besides the large and daily growing
business in fuel oil, the Union Oil COM
pany also manufactures complete line
OF fuel oils. issses oil, lubricating oils,
compounds, greaBss and paint oils.
Pure asphalts, of which it ia the only
CO mp1ny on the entire Pacific coast
Shi9h manufactures really refined as
phalt. which is extensively used for
dipping iron and steel pipe, for coating
corrugated iron, for roofing purposes and
making varnishes, etc.
Petro carbon, oxy-petro carbon and
fbro-petro carbon, which promise to
prove very valuable for electric pur-
poses.
Linolith varnish, for printing inks,
lamp-black, etc.
Their fuel oils are richer in carbon
than any other oils, and 4 per cent more
evaporating power than eastern oils /;
when used with the aerated fuel process
they are not only more economical, but
safer than any other fuel.
Their tibro-petro carbon is new pro-
duct, which can be used as a substitute
for hard rubber in electrical appliances.
The last months production of crude
oil was something over million gallons.
The same crude oil produced by this
company has 10 per cent more heat
units than eastern oil, and it is from
this TACT that they are able to melt cop
per and use 1t in every place where
high grade OF heat is required for weld
ing, smelling, glass making, etc.
Southern California in general. and
Los Angeles city and county in part;eu.
lar, fully recognize the fact that the
Union Oil company is q strictly homo
company and aid this laudable enter
prise IN all it's branches to the fullest
extent.
In using oil for fuel purposes all the
moneys expended for the same remain
in the immediate vicinity OF it's produc-
tlon, while the purchasing price of coal
goes out from our midst never to return.
The California ink, though being a
separate concern from the company, the
two are handled in connection. The
California Ink company manufactures
an entirely new product, called the limo.
leth printing ink, which has proven it.
self far superior to all other similar pro-
ducts and 10 rapidly taking their places.
Linoleth printing ink has been in use
for some months past in the pressroom
of the San Francisco Examiner and
Chronicle, the Los Angelica DAILY HER
AID and all other local paper, printing
and job Offices.
The following is an acknowledgements
made by the San Francisco Examiner
OF the superior quality OF linoleth print
ing ink.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23d, 1898.
California Ink Co., Santa Paula, Cal.
GENTLEMEN The ink which you have
been supplying us for the past 60 days
has given SO much satisfaction that
write you this note to thank you. Your
promises to make q good color, etc.,
have all been lived up to, and for so
days Mr.. Hearst who is the most severe
critic possible OF the mechanical ap-
pearance OF his paper, made no COM
plant, but on the contrary he has been