Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-02
MAMMOTH PLANT
At SAND SPRINGS
WATERS-PIERCE OIL COMPANN'S
REFINERY TO HANDLE 10000
BARRELS DAILY.
TO MAKE ALL BY-PRODUCIS
Entire Equipment TO Cover $50 Acres:
tcrprisc win Mean 10 Tulsa.

The city of Tulsa has again demon
stratcd her right OF superiority in do
ing big things. This time she has
quietly and unOstcntatiously procured
the location of the largest manufac-
turing enterprise In all Ollahoma-
the Maters-picrcc company's new re-
iincry.
The arrangements TO have this COM
panN build al sand Springs, seven
mi cs west of Tulsa, were completed
In every detail last week. There is no
more guessing about IL. The only thing
that yet remains 10 be done is To turn
OYER to the Watcrs-picrce company
the funds subscribed here 10 reimburse
Il for expenditures To which II had
gone In starting the refinery at Yale,
Okla This reimbursement will be
made tomorrow, and as soon as build
ing equipment and apparatus can be
forwarded TO this place. work will he
begun.
The bringing of the Waters-Picrce
refinery here Is the heaviest PROPOSE
mcrcial club and Tulsa boosters. No
other matter OF equal Importance was
ever handled quite so ingenusly as
was this, aud IL was not until the plan
was almost closed that many were
aware of what il really meant 10 this
community to have located here II
concern of such magnitude.
Biggest Thing for Oklahoma.
To build and equip this new refinery
vii cost not far from $4,000, 600.
Its entire equipment will cover a
tract of land OF about 800 acres.
Its daily capacity will be 10,OOO'OoO
barrels OF oil.
u will manufacture every by-prod-
uct that can he made from crude oil,
numbering into the hundreds.
Its shipments will total about 100
carloads day.
II will create a local market FOR OIL
and add materially 10 the stimulation
of the oil business,
It vii, bring hundreds of Workmen
and several thousand residents into
the community.
IL Is biggest thing ever landed in
Northeastern Oklahoma.
Had Decided on Yale.
When the absolute enforcement of
the Watcrs-Pierce and the Standard
Oil companies was brought about, the
former found that 1t stood in great
need of a refinery. At this time 1t mas
none. The Mid-Continent country,
where the largest operations of the
Waters Pierce company-are carried on,
was essentially the place for REIN
cry an dafter having ooked over Vari-
Gus locations the company determined
upon building at Yale, Okla, not far
removed from the Gushing develop
ment and production, which at TINS
time is one of the greatest In the
world. The location at Yale placed
the proposed refinery on the Katy ana
Santa Fe railways, and the site was
quite adaptable for the purposes ana
needs of the company
However, the quiet manner in which
the Waters Pierce company conducted
it's negotiations caused the refinery
project to remain almost n silent one
until announcement was made that the
location at Yale had been decided
upon The Commercial club of Tulsa
learned of it through the announce
ment, and 1t was not until work had
started on the refinery that the task
of having it located here could be
taken up.
Everybody Got Busy.
Then there was some business done
by Tulsa boosters. Everybody got busy
and helped to secure the refinery loca-
ton in this community. Many Of the
advantages Of having it's plant located
at this place had not brought out
plainly before the officers OF the COM
pany until Tulsans made It point to
lay these matters before them.
c. A. sanderson. secretary of the
Commercial club. o. ii. Leonard,
booster arc banker and Charles Page.
oil producer made trips to st. Louis
and remained in conference with Of
ficers of the Waters-Pierce company
for several days, and II was finally de-
cided that II the company could be
reimbursed for the expenditures al
ready entailed at Yale through build
ing operations, the refinery would be
built on the Sand Springs railway,
seven miles west of Tulsa, on 320-
acre tract Of land given for that pur-
pose by Mr.. Page.
With that word. the Commercial
club jumped into the work Of procur-
ing funds to pay the company an