The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-21
Industry is M9rvelouslY De
veloped in West Virginia
Oh Fields:

sIsTbRsVILIlE, Oct. R1-NanS
persons are not aware that the com
ling OH held Industry. the production
.lof gasoline. had its origin in this
lcIty. This Is true nevertheless and
at this time practically an Of the
better grade OF gasoline Is produced
lin the SistersTille and nearby Tyler
county oil melds. az Tyler county's
! production of gasoline should fan
entirely within the next twepty-four
hours there wouId be hue and cry
among both dealers and consumers
i4hat would reach from Maine to
California
The production of gasoline I is
largely the result of accident. The
first man to start a gas pump on
an oil well to increase the produc-
ton was to a certain extent the first
producer Of natural or casing head
gasoline. without the gas pump,
gas line leading to the casing head
of an oil we'll produces little or no
gasoline, but as soon as a vacuum is
put on that line fluid begins to
accumulate. In warm weather very
little gathers in the lines, but in cool
weather there is considerable of it,
and in cold weather it gathers in
such quantities as to obstruct the
steady dow OF gas for operating pur-
poses and often in conjunction with
water the line will freeze up and
cause all manner of trouble. This
obstruction and freezing, naturally
leads to drips in the line. This
fluid was drawn OH and for time
allowed to run to waste Later on
the gasoline was separated from
the water and used in motorf,aen-
gines that the owners had little re-
spect for. These engines to the sur
prise of their owners, seemed to de-
veIop power and show remarkable
wear. Gradually the stun was tried
in better grade engines with good
results and now the motor fiend,
when he wants to set the road on
fire, fills his tank with 7'6 casing
head gasoline before he starts.
The market for casing-head drip
developed very slowly. In 1905 the
first steel drum filled with casing
head drip was shipped from Sisters
Vile, w. va. Later in the same year
the first tank car was shipped.
This car was filed with rolling steel
drums up an incline skid way and
their contents dumped into the car
through the top of the dome. The
trade grew gradually and in 1903
the demand was beyond the supply.
orders would come in for from five
to ten drums and the customer
would get one or two with the in
structions to pray for Gold weather
so the production could be in
creased.
This demand led up to good prices
and good prices led up to the use OF
the compressor to assist the gas
pump and increase the output.
The development of the gasoline
business since the advent OF the
compressor has been to say the
least marvellous. IN 1905 the total
amount of drip gasoline produced
and saved in the Sistersviile field
was In the neighborhood of 1906
barrels. we are producing more
than that now in one week, and
the end is not yet The casing-head
gasoline business has come to the
front and made history faster than
any other commercial business that
history gives any record of. Even
one year ago the home product. was
despised and slandered and passed
upon as being worthless and danger
GUS. land now it is ought after as
being the best cold weather motor
fuel known to the trade. 1t has
the Endorsement of the best chemists
in the world. 1t has also been
passed on by the bureau that regu-
Ilates the shipping of all dangerous
articles and it has been given a
clean bill of lading by that bureau
Casing gasoline is a great and
valuable product.
When a gasoline producer sells
ISIS quarts OF gasoline at home ne
gets from seven to eight cents pei
gallon, and has to pay thirty cents
per gallon for &c quarts when he "a
lon a trip In his motor. This shows
as in most other productions, pass
ling through the hands OF middle
men, that there is too much of
"rake-off'' before the consumer Il
reached. OF course there is consid
lar,I,Ia cost nv leakage and evap