West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1898-07-28

Expended in oil produC-
tion................, 80. 100000
Revenues therefrom since
the pipe line came .. $4,000
Producing wells connected
with pipe line ... 183
Dry wells.......... $50. 20
GaS.................. ........... 2
Under way June 80 drill
Ing ........... ........ 5
lSS...,.............. ....... 20
Daily production in bar
rels ................ 1900
Miles of pipe line about. II
Mr.. Cullinan. who is little shy
Of newspaper men in their profes-
siOnal capacity, has handsome Of
fee fitted up on the southeast cor
ner of Collin and Eleventh streets,
running back the entire length of
the building. He is most agree.
able and approaChable gentleman,
but conservative in his statements
When asked about the refinery
he said that efforts were being made
% have it ready for business by No
tember, but he did not estimate
4 hat it would be completed before
january. bdough the work would
lie pushslg rs rapidly a possible. He
further stated that It would have a
capacity of refining one thousand
barrels a day, and be built so is ca
pacity could be increased indef-
nitely He thinks that from rs to
40 men will be furnished en-
ployment III the refinery proper.
OF course the office force, clerks,
shippers, trimmers, barrel makers
and the other classes oflabor the
refinery will create were not taken
into account, but there will be
small army Of employees necessary
to conduct the various ramifca-
tons of the business.
Mr.. Cullinan further stated that
the land purchased (I5o acres) for
the refinery was to be used for it
exclusively and no steps has been
taken to house the employees on
the land. 1t is understood that the
line now has on its pay roll about
seventy-fve men.
After talking with Mr.. Cullinar,
representative of the Sun drove
out to the site.
Work on the refinery is progress
ing rapidly. Just across from and
west of Major Beaton's residence,
the excavations for the refinery
proper is being made. The foun-
datlons are being laid on cement
and everything is going on in the
most substantial manner. Mr..
Cullinan and Mr.. w. J. McKie
were on the ground when the rep
resentative Of this paper, in com
pany with Mr.. Pierce Colquitt
drove out. Mr.. Cullinan states
that about five or six acres of land
will hold the building. The office
building, large two story frame
structure, we'll and substantially
built, has already been completed.
The railroads have their switch
so that cars can run and are
ballasting up the track. They
were unloading three cars of brick,
and perhaps twenty cars Of brick
and stone had already been unload
ed. The branch that runs through
the land Mr., Cullman is having
made into a series of reservoirs or
tanks to catch and hold water. MI
merous wells will also be sunk.
Two large oil tanks are complet-
ed and third is nearing compile
ton, while excavations have been
made for two others. This will
give nine tanks, with capacity of
about $4,000 barrels, and perhaps
still others will be needed.
Some one has estimated that
SIS, 900 will build refinery. To
a newspaper representative it
looked as if over that amount had
already been expended, and the
work is not we'll begun. The un-
dertaking is the biggest thing Cor