The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13
STANDARD OILS
GREATEST PLANT
NEAR ELIZABETH
Five Thousand Men Go to Work
There January | AM TO-
600 Eventually.
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Especial TO the Evening start
ELIZABETH, Nov. 13.-within two
miles of here the Standard Oil Company
has quietly constructed the greatest oil
refinery In the world. The plant is
rapidly nearing completion, and it Is
planned to have It In operation soon
after January 1. More than 5000 men
will be employed It the opening. and
the plant will ultimately require at
least 10, 900 workers. AS much secrecy
as possible has been observed.
Even now, when eleven of the thirty
three great storage tanks for crude oil
phia branch pipe line tapplng'th the Penn
sylvania oil regions, when sixty of the
vast stills and condensers have been
completed, when one railroad line has
been tapped and great docks along the
water front are under consideration,
with the wooden shaclls of the construc-
ton gangs being replaced rapidly by
the permanent brick shops for me-
chanics, definite announcement Of it's
plans is still withheld at No. 26 Broad
way, New York.
The Bay Way Reineries Company Is
the name of the mammoth Industrial
establishment, which promises to
eclipse Gary. the wonderful new city
built by the steel trust upon the shores
of Lake Michigan. 1t Is located at and
for hundreds of acres around the lit
tie junction of Bay Way. N. j., about
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More Than 1000 Acres.
The tract, covering more than 1000
acres, extends from he shores of
Staten Island sound back to Linden,
N. j. The Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road tracks cut off one area which has
not been cleared of timber. but which
will eventually be included in the
great fenced territory of the refinery
itself.
The construction work upon this es-
Establishment has progressed with amaz-
ing rapidfty. lust one year ago the
tract was covered with O. young forest
and tough sea grass. In n month the
clearing Of these acres was accom-
plished, and eleven months OF con-
struction work, giving employment to
from 2,40o to $3.50 men at The differ
ent stages of development, has trans
formed all of this into a modern In
dustrial plant.
A request made to Superintendent j..
q. Black for an official statement as to
the figures and plans for the new plant
was referred to the Offices Of the
Standard Oil Company at 26 Broadway,
New York
The plant is isolated from communi-
cation by established methods Of trans
portation. Less than one hundred of
the thousands of employees engaged
upon the construction of the plant are
housed within two miles of the plant.
And, unlike the huge corporation cstab-
lishments of Gary and Pullman, no
provision has been made TO house flu
ture employees on the property.
Labor Troubles Experienced.
Already labor troubles have been ex-
perienced in the new plant. A stone
throwing riot broke out about a month
ago between groups Of workmen at the
entrance to the property. about 100
yards from the office of Superintendent
Black. AS a result signs have been
posted there, in several languages, in
forming applicants that no common
labor Is wanted.
A uniformed police force. the mem
bers of which are armed with heavy
night sticks, patrols the entire tract
and guards every entrance and exit.
Special watchmen, also carrying clubs,
are found at important buildings
within the plant.
Switch tracks have been laid and are
now connected with a spur line. ex-
tending from the Long Branch line of
the Central Railroad of New Jersey.
Construction material now is trans
ported by this line.