The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-23
THE OIL PIPE LINES TESTED.
SOC, 900 GALLONS OF WATER PUMP
ED THROUGH THEM.

A Tank ship Load of oil to Arrive
Monday And VIII BE Pumped From
the Wharves to the Standards
Storage Tanks On the Thunder
bolt ROad-savannah TO BE Made
the Distributing Point for Oils for
the Entire South.
The Standard Oil Companys new pipe
lines from the river 20 the works on the
Thunderbolt shell road were tried yester-
day, 10000 barrels of water, or about 5o0,-
900 gallons, being pumped through them
The test was thoroughly satisfactory in
its results, the pipes standing the pres
sure easily and no signs Of leaks being
anywhere evident.
Monday a tank ship will arrive from Bal
timore with 1000 barrels Of OIL This
will be pumped directly from the wharf
through the underground pipes to the
tanks which are fully two miles from the
river. The pipes, of which there are two
are of the best quality of steel. They
are of six inches diameter. Each line of
pipe is L. asa feet long. The pipe is made
to stand a pressure of 5000 pounds to the
square inch.
The work Of laying the lines was begun
on March H. under a special ordinance
passed by council. Mr.. August Dranbauer
Of Baltimore acted as superintendent Of
construction, with Mr.. C. II. Gunther Of
the same city as assistant. Mr.. ]. Robert
Creamer inspected the work for the city
AS many as seventy-five men were en-
ployed on the work, which was pushed
through to completion in a month. The
pipes run from the Tide Water Oil Com
pany's wharf down Price street to Bryan,
along Bryan to East Broad out East
Broad to Wheaton, along Wheaton street
to the canal and down the canal banks
to the yards of the Standard Oil Com
pany.
Any kind of oil can be pumped through
the pipes. After one grade has been
pumped through if it is desired to use the
pipes for another kind Of oil they can be
easily cleaned by air pressure. BY having
two pipes 1t is possible to receive and
discharge at the same time. While oil is
being pumped from the tanks in one vessel
oil can be pumped from the yards into an
other vessel. or If two vessels should be
In port at the same time to discharge the
work can proceed simultaneously, connec-
ton being made from a separate line of
pipe to each vessel. The pumps used will be
very powerful. Each tank vessel is sup
piled with one in the hold. BY its use
fifteen thousand barrels of oil can be dis
charged from a vessel in between ten and
fifteen hours.
Out in the companys yard a new tank of
10000 barrels capacity has just been erect
ed One of the lines of pipe will be con-
neeted with this tank, while the other line
is connected with the old series of tanks
there.
Savannah Is to be made the distributing
point for oils for the entire south Large
cooperage shops are being erected at the
yards and other additions and improve
ments are projected. From here the oils
will be shipped out over a large territory
in tank cars.
Superintendent Dranbauer will soon
leave for Russia, where he will direct the
laying Of fifty miles of pipe for the Stand
ard OIL Company. He is an expert in pipe
laying, and has charge of all this class Of
work. Although his stay in Savannah has
been brief, he has made many friends by
his genial qualities.