Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-20
GIGANTIC PROJECT.
Cudahy Brothers Propose a Great
Pipe Line From the Indiana OIL
Fields.

Cuuany fSrOtncFb Froposo " SSo"s
Pipe Line From the Indiana OIL
Fields.
project, hat OF building a second pipe
line from the Indiana oil fields to whit
Ing. Ind, has just been made public by
the filing in the Office OF the county re-
corder Of articles OF Incorporation to
which are attached the names of John
and Michael Cudahy, the pork packers
OF Chicago and the most extensive In
dividual oil operators of the country. to-
gether with that OF J. A. Graves, their
Indiana representative. The company
Is to be known az the Indiana Pipe Line
and Refining company. The Cudahys
nre at the head OF the Northern 1ndi-
ana Oil company. with a monthly pro-
ductlon of $4,000 barrels, and their leas-
rs " all parts of the Indiana field.
The new line will be 100 miles in length,
beginning in the fields Of Wells. Black
ford, Jay, Adams and Grant counties
and extending northwest through Hun
tlngton, Wabash, Miami. Kosciusko,
Fulton, Cass. Marshall, White, Pulaski,
Starke. Laporte. Jasper. Porter, New
ton and Lake counties TO Whiting,
where immense refnerles are TO be err
ected at an outlay of several millions.
The principal offices and headquarters
are to be located in this city.
Work has been under way quietly for
n month, and a part OF the right OF way
secured in Lake county. where the first
pipe will be laid In a short time. The
work OF securing the right OF way along
the stretch of pipe has been placed In
the hands OF w. A. Kunkel, also of the
Indiana Oil company. AS the Standard
Oil company controls the entire output
of the Indiana field at the present time.
the movement In being fought bitterly.
Its opposition was first felt before the
board of commissioners of Lake county
Friday. where a petition had been filed
for a franchise to cross highways with
the pipe line. The petition was granted
after due consideration on the part OF
the board. and the greatest obstacle to
the project was overcome. Work on the
right OF way Is being pushed rapidly In
all h counties through which the line
will pass.
Much interest is being manifested in
the line by Indiana independent oil pro-
ducers for numerous reasons. 1t Is a
practical confirmation OF their judg-
ment that the Indiana oil field Is stllf
In Its infancy and that its scope is lin
lied thus far only by present operations.
They regard the building OF the pipe line
as a manifestation of the same belief
on the part of the Cudahys, who are
large operators. Since the first well was
drilled In Indiana the Standard has
been without a rival In the field. IL
owns a line similar to that In contem-
platlon running to Whiting. and every
drop OF oil produced in the state is re-
fined at that point and is brought here
at a price made entirely at the pleasure
Of the Standard. Fol- a long time Indi.
ana oil, though proved by test to be
equal to that OF north and south Lima,
vas held at a price 10 and Is cents a bar
rel below the Ohio product. but on re-
quest of the Indiana Oil association was
finally ranked with south Lima. One
result of the new line. II Is believed,
will be the placing OF Indiana and Ohio
oils on a parity, with a much higher
price paid than hat now prevailing.