Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-08-23
NEW STANDARD OIL
PLANT WILL COVER
WATERFRONT BLOCK
Olympia to Be Distributing Gen.
ter for Surrounding Territory
Ready Soon.
FIVE TANKS INSIDE WALL.
Station to Cost $50, ,000-Wharf to
Deep Water Channel Is
Being Built.
FIVE TANKS INSIDE WALL.

New Industries are coming into
Olympia right along. The Standard
Oil company is one of the latest con
Germs to enter the local field, and is
now pushing construction of q pump
station and storage plant at the foot
of Main street, on the water front. 1t
Is the intention of the company to
make Olympia the distributing center
for its products to all points at the
head Of Puget Sound, and 1t will un-
doubtedly lend considerable impetus
to the growth Of this city.
Under present conditions, every user
of oil or gasoline Is compelled to go to
Tacoma to get his supply, thus taking
money out of the city which should
be spent here. The new plant now
being built, will enable Olympians to
secure these supplies at home, and
will bring business to Olympia which
now goes to Tacoma and other Puget
Sound cities.
The Standard Oil company's plant
covers full block. of an area Of ST.
900 square feet, and will consist of
fve tanks, pumping station, ware
house and barns, and q wharf reach
ing out about 60 feet to the deep-water
channel. where the oil ships Of the
company will come to unload. The
main tank will be 80 feet In diameter
and 80 feet high. with capacity of
$4,000 barrels. 1t is built on heavy
concrete base. and will be used for
storing fuel oil.
There will be three other upright
tanks. built on brick foundations, and
used for kerosene, gasoline and dis
tillate. The largest of these has q d.
ameter Of - feet and will be IA feet
high, while the other two will be II
feet in height. There is also q hori-
xontal tank on brick foundation, and
this will have diameter Of eight feet
and will be "a feet long. The total
capacity of these four tanks will be
about 10000 barrels.
The pump station, built at a dis
tance of about 40 feet from the main
tank. will be equipped with q 20-hOrse-
power centrifugal gas engine, and will
be used to pump oil into the tanks
from the supply ships, and to pump
oil into any vessels calling at the
wharf for y supply Of fuel.
The station. like all the buildings
around the plant, is built entirely Of
galvanized iron, to avoid the possi-
bility Of fire.
In order to prevent any danger to
the city from fire or explosion at the
plant, the Sunset Construction COM
pany of Tacoma is building q concrete
wall six feet high around the tanks, so
that 1t will act as q retaining wall in
the event of such an accident. This
wall will be surmounted by q picket
fence five feet high. and will add fur
ther protection to the plant. F. w.
Locke Of Tacoma Is the general fore
man on the job.
There are about 40 men employed in
building the plant, which represents
q total outlay OF more than $4,000.
Work Is being pushed with all possi-
BILE speed. and the company expects to
be ready to handle the local business
here In very short time.
Mr.. G. d. Richardson. the represen-
tative of the Standard Oil company In
Tacoma, was in Olympia Wednesday,
and declared that his company Is con-
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to be considerable benefit to this
owing to the amount of
business 1t will bring here.
I'VE have just completed plants at
Aberdeen and Bellingham, which are
real need in those commun-
ities," he said. "The plant at Olympia
will complete the chain which the
company ID building on the Sound,
and will make 1t possible for users Of
our products to Ill their needs with
out being compelled to go to Tacoma
or Seattle. Shelton buys q good deal
Of oil and gasoline, which will be sup
piled by the local plant, and there are
several other towns at the head of the
Sound whose trade will also be
brought here. This should mean in
creased business for all local mer-
chants. and we hope they will take ad-
vantage of the opportunity thus az
forded."