The San Francisco call., 1901-12-22
COMBINE Gets (
MUCH SUPPORT
Associated Kern Oil Men
Are Ready to Pool
Issues.
Score of Organizations Vote
in Favor Of Great
Deal.

The Daily Californian published at
Bakersfield, which is the center of the oil
industry, comedies that the recent action
of the Chicago Crude, Aztec, Central Point
Consolidated and Toltec oil companies fur
nfshes a good indication of the future sue
cess of the Associated Oil Company. The
stockholders of these four cOrporat'ITs
unanimously voted to cast their lot With
the Associated Oil Company The CalifOr-
nian is in a good position to know what is
going on among the producing oil COM
panies of the Kern River district. AS
other important companies are taking the
same course, through their stockholders,
as the four companies named in the fore
going the impression is not confined to
Bakersfield that a way has been finally
found to insure united action among those
who are most directly concerned in the
ultimate outcome Of the negotiations
that have been going on for some months.
When the plans Of the Associated Oil
Company were originally given exclusive
publication in The Call on the day follow
ing the filing Of the articles Of incorpora-
tiOn of that company, Henry Ach said in
an interview that there were about thirty
companies that were expected 70 Join the
combine The total number joining TO
date is two thirds Of the total expected
Orders Many Tank Cars.
The National Oil Reporter says:
One Of the largest single orders ever given
out for oil tank cars to handle part OF the
crude oil output OF Beaumont was placed In
ST. Louis a month ago, the contract calling
for 500 cars having a capacity OF 200 barrels
however it has become necessary for It 70 be
duplicated, and the company giving the order
writes that the last 500 cars Will have a
capacity Of 300 barrels each. Arrangements
are being perfected with the railroad com
panies to run these cars in solid trains between
OF cars will be delivered within the next ten
or fifteen days. and the whole order for 1000
cars will be completed by April l. This und ~
taking is IN line with what seems 70 Be 10
policy which is to be pursued in several cases
Of their own cars for Oil-Operatins companies.
But the cars are by no means TO be the only
means Of oil transportation. II IS announced
that one company, which is to establish big
refining and reduction plant at Orange, Tex,
will pipe its oil from Beaumont and will have
tankage Tor Zo,UOOUOO gallons or OIL Another
company proposes to build a pipe line to a
point near Galveston, where the oil will be
placed upon tank steamers. Another corpora
ton the Beaumont Oil Transportation Com
pany. has already secured five vessels OF 600
barrels capacity each to transport oil from
Galveston and Beaumont to points along the
North Atlantic coast.
No Price for Oil Fixed.
The Los Angeles Herald reports that the
Los Angeles oil producers, in conference,
have decided that it would not be advis-
able to fix any stated price for oil at this
time. The Herald says:
From statistics that were presented the fact
was cleaned that the output OF the Los An
and that the consumption is about $4,000 bar
rels a month. making an average Of about 1000
barrels a day in excess Of production This
surplus is being stored in tanks by de-
livery or stored in tanks IN the various
parts OF the field Reports from other oil
fields also showed that production not de-
creasing and that many new wells In the
eastern end Of the field were producing oil
that was up to the average formerly reported.
Operations in the Upper 8IattOle district.
Humboldt County, have stopped. TheN
drillers Of the hole for the HOagland we'll
state to the Ferndale Enterprise that the
well has been abandoned. After the drill
had reached the depth of 1000 feet il was
impossible to proceed farther for the rea-
son that there was continual Cavtng at
the bottom of the hole