The herald., 1894-12-25

This is one of the most productive and best
equipped groups in the district
Beyer d Lasts group is about second In i'm
portance. They have wells, with daily CO.
pacity of about IT'S barre S. Two OF their wells
are good for so barrels each per day.
The Metropolitan pany has several very
good wells. one of them being rated at 100 bar
Iels day, and probably being the best pro-
uucer In the district.
Van Slyke & Perkins have a very good prop
erty at the corner OF Toiuca and State streets.
Their No. 3 is down 90 fee 3, only three feet in
the first oil sand, and hows about rs barrels q
day. In 10 hours the pIoprietors bailed out
$50 barrels of oil in order to put dowr casinos
to cut of the flow and enable them to resume
boring to strike the next oil sand at about 114O
feet, which they think viii increase the flow
to at least 100 barrels day.
Chiet CLERK Henderson of the Santa Fe, and
brothers, have three wells on Court street.
which are producing from so to go barrels per
day They have market for he product
The 5usskind gusher ut the junction of First
and Second streets, which was reported TO yield
100 barrels or more at the start, is not being
pumped at present, on account of lack OF
storage room and inability to sell the product,
which is said to be very heavy.
ANALYSIS OF THE OIL
One of the chief producers says an analysis OF
Los Angeles petroleum shows that it contains
from 20 to 73 per cent lubricating oil. about
per cent coal oil and benzine and about IL per
cent asphaltum. of the lubricating oil. about
80 per cent Is neutral-that is, devoid OF smell,
taste or color Neutral oil, extracted, ls said to
sell in the open market at $I75 per 42-gallon
BARREL
EFFECT OF OIL ON PROPERTY.
To show the effect of the oil development on
property values, Mr.. Perkins of Van slyke &
Perkins states that he offered for sale the two
lots on which are located the three wells Of the
firm for ave years for $400, and could get no
purchaser. That was previous to the discovery
OF oil. Now unimproyed lots, 4Oxl4O, all over
the district are selling at $1,000 to $1500. OF
course the property has been rendered practi-
cally worthless for residence purposes. A
goodly number of the more fastidious resi-
dan nfu Of fIx- Gfxht TfNot
sions of the oil developers, sold out-some at q
sacrihce-and moved elsewhere. Some sold
their lots at five times the price paid for them
and moved their houses to new locations.
Others caught the oil fever and remained
where they were, preferring TO sink wells them
selves in their back yards and reaping the prof
its instead of selling out or leasing their land
to syndicates, even if their surroundings are q
little more oleaginous than is pleasant to the
sense of smell aud touch. Still others are yet
fighting the oil men and making q firm stand
to protect their homes; vide the injunction suit
now pending.
ehinery, the smoke from the engines and the
oil-impregnated ground makes the locality un-
desirable for homes, but the increased value Of
the land the employment that the industry
gives to hundreds of men, and the money the
business puts in circulation are compensatinE
features of no inconsderable value As for
the smoke nuisance, which has caused 80
much kicking, THE HERALD representative
who was on the grounds for an hour, when
nearly all the engines were running, admits
that he neither saw nor smelled any smoke,
and he thinks his olfactory and optic nerves
are in good working order. He admits, how
ever, that a householder who has an oil weAl
located within stones throw of his comici1e
has grounds for kick, if his tastes run in the
least degree toward thesesthetic.
If the oil industry continues to grow ttSfs
bound to destroy a considerable portion OF tile
hill section for residence purposes, bnt forto-
nately Los Angeles has room to expand in 9th er
directions, so perhaps the growth of the city
will not be hampered after all by the coal oil
business. In fact the population OF the City
tod hQ nil fa
as extensive as is claimed and its Development
is permitted. The greater the supply, the
been the crying need of the manufacturing in
terests of Los Angeles for 10, these many years,
it would seem that the hour OF delivarsnc was
at hand.
EXTENT OF THE TERRITORY.
Just how large the Los Angeles oil territory il
has not been determined. AS yet only COM
paratively small area has been prospeoked. It
is pretty certain that the oil sand extends from
Second street to a point at least mile AnAge
to tot the junction OF Temple street and me IdSs-
ware road. The Wade-Maginnis company sunk
O well to the depth of 1540 feet, mile and q
cable road. They passed three strata OF oil
bearing sand, giving total yield OF about 20
barrels day Somea & Co. bored hole $50
feet deep on the Fudiekar property. north OF
Westlake park. and encountered no oil, but
considerable water. Tho probability is: had
they gone deeper, they would have struck Oh.
One of the coming uses of crude petroleum ds
the firing OF locomotives. Experiments cpn.
Quoted by the Santa Fe company have met with
the most gratifying results. Engine No. 10, an
S5-ton freight locomotive, one OF the largestion
the road, has been making Its regular trips fQt
four weeks, using oil instead of coal, everg-
thing working with absolute perfection. 6cy.
eral additional locomotives, one OF them q. pae-
senger engine, are now undergoing changes to
use oil instead of coal as fuel. 1t has been
stated that should the California Southern sub
stitute oil for coal on all Its engines, from
Barstow to San Diego, it would effect saving
OF about $265, 900 year. 1t is not pretended
that this estimate is official; the RAILROAD edt.
cials are not yet prepared to talk about the 70.
sult of the experiments, but 1t Is certain that
the saving would be enormous. 1t Is we'll
known that General Manager Wade has been
taking a deep personal interest In those ex-
periments, which, in itself, is guarSnty OF
success. Indeed 1T will not be surprising II tho
crowning effort of General Mrnager Wade's
successful career as a railway manager, WILL be
the general substitution OF oil Tor coal ou loco
motives.
The Union Oil company gives assurance that
it has an agreement to furnish 5000 barrels ct
oil per month at 81. SO per barrel to the Santa
Fe company, on the condition that the expert
ments now pending terminate as satisfactorily
ss has been anticipated.
Should the most sanguine expectations In
this direction be realized there will be no
further trouble about finding market for
Santa Fe resort to the use of oil az fuel exclu.
siyely, it would not be long till the Southern
Pacific would follow suit. In fact, all the rail-
roads in California would do the same.
More news on this subject will be forthooms
ing shortly.