The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-04

lilblhioli tIei JCcIlIptlEy, una u member
OF the Merchants and Manufacturers
| Assotdatlon,s is Of the opinion that the
! proposed ordinance will not pass the
Councils. and will possibly be modi-
fled so, us to permit the merchants to
keep on hand from i've to ten barrels
There Is now All ordinance in existence
but which has never been enforced, pro-
hibiting the storage or barrels and boxes
upon the sidewalks and in the nllcys.
| MI. Johnson thinks that If this orCli-
nance we're enforced, the oil storage
question would be solved and any com
panfes selling oil to Norfolk merchants;
would be forced, In \self protection. to
erect n storage plant outside Of the CITY
as the Standard Oil company has done.
| THE tJOBBloRS UNANIMOUS.
a majority Of the jobbers were seen.
ana they were unanimous in their en-
| tire disapproVal of the ordinance They
readily expressed themselves along this
line. IN the main giving the same rea-
sons for their views. their interests. Of
course, being similar. Here are a few:
g., S. Bruce. Of G. S. Bruce & Co,
wholesale grocers: II do not think the
Councils will be SO foolish as to pass
such an ordinance. do not think a
| limlt should be placed upon the amount
or oil we should keep None OF us keep
on hand more than we have to. The
insurance companies do not allow US to
Keep more than three barrels In the
mousse al one time, and I don't keep
that. It's all outside and bring it
mere only as ! need IT,
l.. Shcfsky, of L. Shefsky G. CO
wholesale grocers: Just as soon as
mat ordinance is passed we go out OF
the on business All the business will
be thrown to the Standard Oil company
who VIII then sell direct to the small
merchant and at the same rate they give
| lis. think an ordinance allowing us
TO keep ten or twelve barrels on. hand
would be reasonable. IT would be an
outrageous thing. We keep all our oil
on the outside. and there is no danger
from it. | never heard Of a fire from
| IL In my experience"
| Jones, Cartwright K Co. Wholesale
| druggists: Put us on record as on
posed to the ordinances. 1t will make us
BUY all our oil from the Standard OIL
neopie' ana even then we could not
| handle IL to advantage
| r. !. Zachary. broker: II have not
| handled OIL for number Of years. but
| mat ordnance would be unjust to all
our merchants. ! never heard OF fire
starting from oil thus stored
! j. w Pedin, Of j. w. Pedin 6; Co.
wholesale groccrs: II don't think the
| Councils will be so foolish as to pass
| That ordinances We could not do bust
ness in oil if they did. We cannot get
along on less than twenty barrels on
! hand at a time. | never heard Of a. fire
from the oil stored rs We store it. do
not believe the committee mean to in
| Jure us and am sure when the matter,
is properly discussed {. lcasona bic
measure Will result. The gentlemen
handling" oil should have gone before the
/ committee as they were invited and 1
have no doubt but what they would
! have been met half way"
| w. III. Terry, Of w. IT. Terry & Co.,
druggists: 1t is not practicable. Such
Il measure would result in one Of three
iii II
handling oil. or gel 1t exclusively from
The standard. nr 4 competing oil con-
Germ would have To establish Il storaG &c
plant here, rs The Standard people have
| done"
( The above are samples culled from
INC general sentiment. The question
was also propoundcd to a. number oy
the iobhers as to whether there was any
chance Of the merchants getting toSeti-
er. in the event Of the passage of the
ordinance, and establishing ii storage
plant for themselves outside the city
limits. The proposition was evidently
Il novel one and was generally regard
ed With diSfavor.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY'S SIDE.
Mir. d. II. Farquharson, special agent
o! the Standard Oil company at this
point, was finally seen and asked for a
statement rs 10 his concerns position in
the matter. He gave it readily Said
| nrove of the ordinance. NO more do I.
| / saw them this morning and told Their,
| l considered it senSelcsS; that there was
no use in passing such an ordinance:
IT. would hamper them in such a way
that they could not properly transact
| their business.
speaking right out from the stand
point OF the Standard Oil company, such
an ordinance would benefit us, but not
| iii the right line. II would compel these
people to come to us for every single
barrel of oil they required, under pres
ent conditions, but j; would eventually
lead to the erection OF another storage
plant here. Not that we fear competI-
ton. we can.take care of ourselves.
In 1887. when we proposed putting up
storage tanks Ghe safest method of
storing oil, by the way) on Mccullough. 81
| wharf, the city said 1t would be glad
! to have us here, but not at that noint
Accordingly we found this place and II
proved acceptable. We built here under
considerable expenditure Of money and
have continuous incidental expenditures.
| We consider ourselves q part of the civ
and think it unjust for them to permit
another corporation (the Titusville Oil
company from another State, the priyi-
| lege OF storing oil In q worse way than
we proposed to store It, when they de-
MED us that privilege, a t the same place
and'in n safer way. The conditions are
identical, only the New York. Philadel-
phta and Norfolk railroad was not to
store It. We were to do it.
The Titusyille people are represented