Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-15

The export business of the port of Will
mington, Ia oil alone, shows great in
crease during the year 1905 over that Of
1904. During the past year the total
shipments amounted To IN ,26l .O12 gall
Ions, valued at S3G04Oii while for the
year 1904 the shipments were G2.0g4,l45
gallons, valued ut 5000. l45, difference
In favor of last year of S5G0027 gallons.
IL is rather odd. however. that the money
value was greater in 1904 than in 1908
by SllOl, which Is largely due 90 the
fact that ia 1904 21.450 gallons of lubri-
eating oil and paraiiin was exported. its
value being S3.45S, while last year none
of this Kind of oil was shipped. The diff
ference In bulk was chiefly in crude OIL
Tho shipments of crude oil last year
aggregated 7lOl2602 gallons. valued at
93,Oi3.s60. while for 1904 the quantity
was 6lJ33,ll3 gallons, valued al $685.
2ol, the excess of the past year being
oi2lss20 gallons, valued at Si0602.
Last year ll06oI gallons of naphtha,
valued no $3.50, were shipped, as against
ldo3l3 gallons. valued no Sl54Ol, in
1904 The excess for the latter year being
$500 gallons, valued at S5,50l.
There was a marked falling of, last
year, IN tie expectation of Illuminating
oil, the quantity be l3G267 gallons, val
ued at alO2l2, as against 706 1925 gallons,
valued at $4,000, for the preceding year,
the excess In 1904 being 630,l50 gallons,
valued al 32s27.
During the past year 500 gallons of
rosiduum. valued at Sll3, were exported,
while nothing Ia this class was shipped
in 1904.
The total December oil shipments. in
1908, amounted TO 6e06l25 gallons. val.
ned at S3iOIs6 while for December Of
1904 the shipments were 5,0322l0 gal.
Ions, valued at 1927 ,35i, an excess for
last month over the corresponding month
Of 1904 of l,808,sl5 gallons, valued at
Sf0.43
The crude oil shipments last month
amounted 10 604s,3s7 gallons, valued at
S36o,l35, while for December 1904, the
quantity was 5500,SiS gallons, valued az
93liOl2, the excess last month being
l,35l.33o gallons, valued at S40,l23.
Last month no naphtha was exported,
while In December, 1904 there were
~ ,fO2 gallons shipped, the total value of
the shipment being S3,742.
Illuminating oils to the amount Of 49,
232 gallons were shipped last month, the
valuation being S3N3s. There were no
shipments in this class in December
1904 No luhricatng oil was shipped
either last month or In December, 1904
Last month 1906 gallons of residuum
were shipped, the valuation being Sll3.
No fesiduum was shipped in December,
1904
Only two ports in the entire country
exported more oil in either 1904 OF 1905
than Wilmington, They were New York
from which 5l2,370f03 gallons, valued Il
Sif ,02i,0i5, were shipped IN 1904 and
a0s,f34,ll3 gallons, valued at S45. SIS. O6s
were shipped In 1905, and PHILADELPHIA.
from which the 1904 shipments aaqre.
gated $50, l7Si02 gallons, valued az 500.
1871 ,327, and the 1905 shipments. 4l6B34.-
an gallons, valued al SCI .s43. ss7. The
shipments from Wilmington In 1908
amounted 10 02,G0f03l gallons valued at
S3.doo las, and those in 1908, to n POL.
or gallons, valued at S3Gat0i4
The other oil shipping ports. in the or.
der of their Importance, according to
quantity, In both years, are as follows.
] 1905 Galveston, Tex. 4O2G6l74: Balti-
more. 30236 $50; Boston, ns3all; 1905
Galveston. 4s,5i5070; Baltimore. 20 300.
600; Boston, l,0ii.203
Much of the Philadelphia oil ia shin
ped from Marcus Hook, through the sub
port of entry at Chester. Heavy shin.
monts are also made from Point Breeze.
Wilmington is likely TO take a bic
jump this year in the oil trade, as a now
plant is now being built by the Texas Oil
Co., ON the Delaware river short dis.
lance above the city, and it will. in an
probability, be in fun operation hv next
summer Al the start IL will have four
large steamships in the oil carrying
trade. and while much of their business
win be in the domestic trade, e is un-
derstood that large quantities of oil will
also be exported. Instead of a pipe line
the company viii bring the oil here from
Texas in tank steamships and It will be
stored al the local plant for foreign and
domestic distribution. The company is
now finishing one large pier and win
build another, which win make IL pos
sihle % accommodate four ships stimuli.
taneously, making waits in the river UNI
necessary.