The San Francisco call., 1910-04-19
GIGANTIC PIPE
LINE is PLANNED
Project Will Handle Oil From
Entire Kern County
Especial Dispatch to The Cain

BAKERSFIELD. April 1s.-Plans
have been formulated and launched for
the formation of a gigantic pipe line
with laterals running from all of the
developed fields in this county and also
from the fields in the vicinity of Santa
Maria, to Oilport on San Luis bav
Where the Oilport refinery is located
Ihls is the statement of j. C.. Yancv
one or the largest oil operators in This
state. Associated with him in the ven
ture are j. l. Lamprecht, the president
Oh the national refining company of
cleveland, o., the most formidable rival
OF the Standard oil company in exist
ence; I. N. Barnsdale. the largest indi-
v1dual producer of oil in the United
States, and Henry j. Crocker of San
Francisco.
Thls project will be capitalized at
S2l.26O,000. A bond issue of $4,000, 900
mas been authorized for the purpose of
raising the necessary money to build
the pipe line and purchase tank steam
ers Tor the purpose of transporting the
product from San Luis bay to the ports
where it will be disposed of.
1t is the intention to make this pipe
line a common carrier and to deliver
at tide water the products of all COM
ers This is the first line of this
character to be proposed on the Pacific
coast, for although there are several
pipe lines, they have all been con-
structed for the use of certain cor
porations, although they have in some
cases transported the product of other
companies.
The Oilport refinery, one of the best
in the state, has been secured and here
10000 barrels of oil can be refined
daily. This will be inadequate how
ever, for the branches from the Kern
County fields and from Santa Maria
will be of eight inch tubing with
combined capacity of nearly double that
amount. The fields that will be tapped
at once win include Midway. Maricopa,
McKittrick, Kern river and Santa Ma
rio. The proposed pipe line will extend
directly across the mountains to tide
water.
The officers of the company are: ]. I.
Lamprecht, president, Theodore N.
Barnsdale, vice president; Henry ].
Crocker, second vice president and
dent and general manager.
The latter is one of the most con-
spicuous characters in the industry in
the state. He came to California about
year ago and since that time has
grouped various interests into a giant
corporation. Upon his arrival here he
made a survey of the fields and de-
Kittrick front presented the best op-
poFtunities. Here he secured a num-
ber of leases and the subsequent de-
velopment proved his theory of the
deeper gusher sands in the Midway
fields.
Yancy's opinions in this respect were
first made public October Z, 1903, when
he went on record as saying that the
1000 foot light oil sand, outcropping
in the Carissa mountains, extended
under and along the Midway fields.
The new transportation company is
to be known as the Refining and Pro-
ducing oil company. 1t is also stated
that the $4,000, 900 bond issue has been
taken up by the four men who are
known in the matter and their friends.
They have or control at the present
time about 1000 acres of land in the
west side fields and about 1900 more
at Santa Maria On both of these prop
critics are number of good producing
wells.