Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-16
SEPTEMBER SUMMARY
Showing the Runs and Shipments Of the
Pipe Line Business.

Both runs and shipments showed a
| decrease during September, but the
shipments were still in excess of thu
runs so that the net stocks of Penn
sylvania oil were reduced over 300,-
600 barrels. Lima oil shipments con-
] tinued light and the decrease in the
Eastern oil fields was more than coun-
/ terbalanced by a gain of over 100000
| barrels in the Buckeye stocks. The
/ August runs and shipments of Penn
! sylvania oil were the heaviest of the
present year and have not been eX-
ceeGed for several years past. The in
creased yield that naturally followed
! the striking Of the Copley gusher in
Lewis County, West Virginia, did not
! show up in the pipe line reports. Ii
was struck during the last week OF
! September and the mCst of its pro-
duction flowed into the nearly dried
up channel of Sand Fork.
The pipe line runs Of Pennsylvania
oil averaged 97,349 barrels a day in
September, which was a drop Of 9,461
barrels from the August figures. The
August runs were 1OO,S1O barrels day,
the greatest on record for the present
year. This was a gain of 1872 bar
rels day over the July average and
an increase of sol barrels over that cf
June. Not since September, 1897,
have the runs exceeded 100000 barrels
DAY. The runs for July averaged
97,S3S barrels a day, a decline of 2,17l
barrels from the June average. The
daily runs in June averaged 100000
barrels. For May the runs averaged
99,1SO barrels a day, which was a gain
Of 3,147 barrels a day over April.
During April che Pennsylvania runs
averaged 96,093 barrels a day, which
was gain of 1,011 barrels over the
March average. The daily average
runs fer March were 95,022 barrels, a
gain CT 5,2S5 barrels a day over Febru-
any. The runs of Pennsylvania oil
averaged S9,7S7 barrels day in Feb
ruary and 91,511 barrels in January.
The shipments for September were
101,O4S barrels day, which is S,1OO
barrels less than the August average
During August the shipments of
Pennsylvania oil averaged 1851 bar
Iels a day, an increase of 20,239 bar
rels over the July average and the
greatest on record since November,
1897. For July the average daily
shipments were SS.9O9 barrels a de-
cline of 7,l07 barrels from the June
record The June shipments averaged
96,O1G barrels day, an increase of o.
9l1 barrels day over the May aver
age, For May the shipments of Penn
sylyania Gil averaged 90105 barrels,
which was a decrease Of 4,712 barrels
ficm April For April the shipments
cf Pennsylvania oil averaged 94,S17
barrels Gay and for March 90,249
barrels day.
During September the stocks OF
Pennsylvania oil were decreased 327,-
1872 barrels, while The stocks of Lima
Gil made a gain of 439,13O barrels. SO
that there was a net gain of 1O1 ,339
barrels for the month. This is the
smallest increase in thenet stocks thus
lar the present year. The Pennslyva-
MIA stocks in iron tanks declined 1885,
l2S barrels in August, while the Buck
eye made gain of 772,436 barrels,
which brought about a total increase
OF 5S4,3OS barrels for the month. In
July the net stocks of Pennsylvania Gil
were increased 279,116 barrels. while
the Buckeye Stocks made gain of
734,2S7, aggregating a total increase
fer the month of 1,O13,4 barrels. In
June Pennsylvania stocks increased
ll5,O47 and Buckeye 676,5 $50 barrels.
making a total gain of 7S5, ,6O7 barrels.
The net stocks of Pennsylvania oil
were increased 115,047 barrels in
lune, while the Buckeye stocks made
a gain of 676,560 barrels. The total
increase amounted to 7S5,6O7 barrels
or over $4,000 barrels a day. The
stocks of Pennsylvania oil were in
creased by 272,277 barrels in May
while the Buckeye stocks were in
creased 532,097 barrels, making a total
gain of SO4, ,374 barrels.
The net stocks of Pennsylvania oil
at the close of the year 1898 amounted
to 11,541,75S barrels. The increase
during 1899 was 1,622, ,O66 barrels, max
Ing them 1S,163,S19 barrels at the end