The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-12
KANSAS NEWS.
Late News From the Oil Fields
Around Independence.
Standard Going to Lay Pipe Line
From Caney to TyrO.
GOOD FOR COFFEYVILLE
Eastern Oil Magnates Surprised
at the Development.
Rushing the Completion of the
Tanks at Caney..

Independence, Kan, May 12--Dan-
lei O'Day of New York city and John
O'Brien of Lima, o., are making
tour of inspection of the Kansas oil
fields. They are stopping at the Carl
Leon, where they held an impromptu
and informal reception last evening,
with old time oil country friends and
acquaintances. They are two Stand
ard officials who have never forgotten
the friends of their youth Mr..
O'Brien is a young man who has risen
from telegraph operator to place of
high responsibility in the Standard Oil
company, but who remains the same
ahable John O,Brien the boys knew
in other days. In fact it has been
noted that his elevation has increased
his affability.
Mr.. O'Day and Mr.. O'Brien will
spend several days in Independence
and viii make side trips from here to
the different fields, as Mr.. O'Brien
puts it.
I'VE have been spending so much
money in Kansas wanted the chief
to see what we were doing with it,
Probably the thing in Kansas that
has surprised Mr.. O'Day most has
been the rapid development of the
field To Mr.. O'Brien he exclaimed;
90 Brien it is wonderful how quickly
they have done it. No wonder we
have been rushed
Mr.. - BT1en stated InaC the stand
ard had been doing its best to care for
all the oil as fast as it was produced,
but the field had developed a large
production way beyond their expecta-
ton, and faster than they could keep
UP with in the construction of pipe
lines and storage tanks. For in
stance said Mr.. O'Brien, when we
built our pipe line to Peru from
Caney, distance of 20 miles, we did
so for SO barrels a day. Our first de-
cision was to lay a 2-inch line, but
after considerable deliberation we
concluded to lay line that would
meet all the probable requirements of
the field So we built 3-inch line to
take care of a possible production of
$500 barrels. And here in six months
the daily production is 1000 barrels.
1t has meant lots of quick work to
take care of a production that has
grown in a few months from a few
hundred barrels to more than 10000
barrels"
Mr.. O'Brien stated that in order to
relieve the situation at Peru it would
be necessary to build another pipe
line the material for which has been
received and is now on the ground at
Caney. It will be a 4-inch line and
will extend from Turkey creek to
Owen, where it will connect with the
main territorial line, a distance ofrI2
miles. Work on this line will COM
mence Immediately upon the approval
of the right of WaF-by the govern
ment. Turkey creek and Owen are
both in the territory, just below the
state line. r-4 vs
Mr.. O'Brien gave out another i'm
portant bit of information to the effect
that pipe had been ordered for a
3-inch line to Tyro.salE
"Going to lay a 3-inch line from
Caney to Tyro for one welI?" was
asked.
"Oh. yes" replied Mr.. O'Brien.
''that's bona fde' we'll" Which
goes to show that the Standard is do
ing all it can to take the oil as fast
as it is satisfied that there is oil to
take The fact that a line is to be
built TO Tyro will give encouragement
to Coffeyville. as Tyro is almost half
the distance to that field.
The material for the Caney tanks
has arrived and a. crew of men was
sent there today to unload the cars
AS soon as this is done the work of
setting up the tanks will be begun. 1t
Is expected that one tank a week will
be completed at the start. The con-
tract is for thirty-nine tanks at Coney.