New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-04

r,rsue its course across Kansas 10 Kansas NilS'
across Missouri under the Mississippi River an"
aorogs T1,rofe n Iyb5rrs near Chicago; across
indiana to Cygnet. Ohio where ii Will receive
fresh impulse from the largest oil puInpihs S'a'
IN TIE world: across Ohio and the northwestern
-o,-ner of PENNSYLVANIA TO Olean, y. y the juno
zion point OF the different pipe lines ana ihel.0e
across New-York and Northern New-Jersey TO the
rehrerjes of the Standard Oil Company at BAY
onne N J.. and Newtown Creek. Newton ny
reaching the latter by line laid under the HUI
son River. Central Park and the East River
The only rorticn of the pipe line which Is TO carry
this stream which remains TO be competed
is that between Kansas City and Whiting' d i'io
OF pipe having already been laid from hed foIA
70 Kansas City. Twenty thousand barreis' '"0
snount required 10 i'll it, has been pumped ih'o
the latter section the odorous storage TANKS
in Red Fork. and from it a thick, greasy stream
is now pouring forth !nto the tanks at Kansas
City.
This conduit which VIII be the longest in the
pvorls will climb over mountain systems vino
down their slopes into the intervening Nai
ieys and dip down TO the beds OF some Oh 'iie
greatest streams IN the world. This IS only I'e
main artery Of the great pipe line system OF tfe
e,.,5ar5 Ou Company Branches tap every OIL
field Of Importance Of the ROCKY N4ouit'ii''''
They rad!ate at each oil centre to the tank ot
every one of the thousands upon thousands OF Oh
sells and carry the product to the rehneries IN
Chicago Cleveland. Buffalo. Philaoeiphla, baI'i
more Pittsburg and New-York 1t is SAID tha'
more than 5000 miles Of pipe have peen AAlu III
order TO gather the output Of the OH "e4IS Oh INC
country. -. -,
MANY persons doubtless do not know that pipe
f,na before the law occupies the same position as
G railroad does It IS common carrier. II must
carry ell the oil delivered TO II to any point
reached by its lines. One of the chief pipe line
ccupanies is the National Transit Company the
head Office of which is IN the Standard on bulId-
ing at No Is Broadway. OF this Henry II Rogers
Is president The Tide Water Pipe Company LIN
fled which has community Of interest arrange
rnent with the other company, is another. Inc
latter WAS the first one TO be built. 1t was con-
structed by the independents and its success
convinced the Standard Oh Company that THIS was
the cheapest method OF transporting OH. linen
there is the United Pipe Lines. the division OF me
National Transit Company, which collects the Oh
from the different We!ls ana oe1l'eis II ~ '7
great trunk lines.
The small pipes OF the United Pipe Lines DIVISION
radiate everywhere in the oil regions. "A NPlcdl
ppot showing the ranifcations Of this wondefful
system IS Olean. y. Y About six miles from llat
town Is 4 strange formation of conglomerate'
From its crest one may look down long valley.
Along the Liltops ana across the valleys Inarch
lines OF oil derricEa, each one over an oil well
There are HUNDREDS 81 them. They rise from the
wooded hilIs:des. their tops alone being Vlslo!e
above The trees. They dot the farms They are
70 be founc within few feet OF the summer holeA
which has been erected On the edge or the precl-
p!ce The odor OF petroleum pervaiHs the place.
Pines cross the landscape like coo"sbs Even the
dramatically eroded formation Of rock, the CHE.
pleasure resort for the residents Of the nslghSor-
Eng city. not escape the tentaceS OF the PIPE
lire They reach the foot OF tAe rock through the
woods ;rn;,iden,iy Climb up over its face and
running across ijs very top re2cn the "si-* Few
hundred feet 5scs. knd = aces all over the
land wherever Ci has been discovered
There Is q man 10 watch every foot OF all these
rpe i,neo. Little OF the oil escapes after II mas
flowed into these Itpss. From the moment ne
valve n the pip Fl exit from the tank at the
well is turn<a the men OF the pipe Line company
keep watch OF every barrel which flows out until
81 reaches rs destination n some refinery.
First there is the eauger. When q new well IS
Opened pipe is laid and connected with the
open wooden tank which. has teen erected the
well He straps or measures the capacity Of the
tank and then selects the point where the pipe
shall be inserted THIS is usually ten inches above
tie bottom Of the tank. The space below the out
LET is reserved for sediment When the tank is
nearly full he comes and puts his measuring stick
down into the oil. Then he opens the valve. and
the oil flows thu hillside into the great stor-
eee tanks Ct the Standard Oil Company The
ga2ger gives the owner Of the well receipt for
the Gil in his tank This receipt is negotiable The
oil telo for him in the storage tanks. or he can
Immediately sen it any Of TIE reAneries reached
by the ppe lires and receive his money, as II his
oil had actually reached Its destination.
Sometimes the owner of the well tries 10 get the
better Of the pipe lines company. He does not
II often IN these days. however. for the trick has
been learned by the officials Of the company, ana
his guilt IS found Every day the receipts
OF oil n the storage tanks gagged. IF the
eIncJnt received does not tally with the total OF
the measured IN the tanks at the different
wells the day before. investigation is
foot 10 discover the location of the leakage and
the cause Sometimes IT IS due TO an accident TO
the pipes. Sometimes il is due effort Of an
interruptions owner Of d well rob the pipe
lines. This IS done by tapping the pipe line lead
ing from the tank the we'll the storage tank
BY means Of another pipe the oil is turned back
into the well again. Then it is pumped out q sec
ond time. reneasUred and resod-unless the decep-
tion is discovered. The deception is likely to be
discovered IN the course OF q day or two.
There are batteries storage tanks in all the oil
, fields. Of these storage points millions Of
barrels be stored. at Clean. y 7. where
there than 200 tanks with q storage ca
pac,ty Of more than 100000 barrels In each Of
the pumping stations. which in hy portions
Of the country in the ncghborhood of twenty five
miles apart. the pumps kept going day and
night. In Of these a pressure Of 900 pounds
10 the square inch IS applied to the oil Although
the pipes tested to withstand q pressure of
from 800 1900 pounds. there is always danger
that they Will give way somewhere. The pressure
Is indicated by ink line o a circular card, which
IS revolved 2 card a recording barometer is
revolved. This card is watched closely II the line
remains more less horizontal. the engineer
knows that all is going well in the pipe line
Should that ink line suddenly drop unduly he
knows that something has happened 10 reduce the
pressure II may be caused by chip in the valve
Of the pump from g leak somewhere in the pipe
He watches the indicator card for a moment OF
II the needle return 10 the first point
IN the course OF a minute IL is evident that II will
be necessary 10 stop the pumps and make care
full examination. If there seems to be nothing The
matter with the pumps. they are reversed and tho
oil Is drawn back from the pipe IN order 10 save
much possible. Patrolmen are sent out from
that station and from the next one beyond They
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