Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-10-25
TWO BIG PLANTS
FOR ROOSEVELT
Oil Refinery and a Huge
Chemical Concern to Lo-
cate Along Sound
INVESTMENT OF $500, 900
Together viii Give Employ
ment to 800 Men--M0rs
Vessels to Enter Port
INVESTMENT OF s5OO,OOO

big oil refinery, and a huge
chemical plant for the manufacture
of fertilizers, which together will
represent the expenditure of more
than 100000 for land, buildings
and equipment, will, in few months,
give employment to some 500 men
at Roosevelt. The refinery is being
built Just south of the Williams 4
Clark Fertilizer Company, and the
chemical plant to the north of the
Williams & Clark concern. The oil
refinery is being placed by the Inter
ocean Oil Company, Incorporated in
South Dakota, with offices at 80 West
street, New York City. The corpora
tion is capitalized at $12, 1000, of
which S9,500,000 is common stock
They already have big refinery in
operation at Baltimore and are now
locating one at Chester, Pa, and at
Roosevelt. They have a line of some
twelve steamers bringing in the
crude oil, which is refined for use in
making asphalt, etc. Two or more
steamers month will enter this port
to bring in oil. At present two huge
tanks of $4,000 barrels capacity
each have been erected at Roosevelt
and the building of six refining dis
tilleries will soon be commenced.
Operation In refining is expected to
start next spring.
The Fertilizer Concern.
The fertilizer concern is the Con-
sumers Chemical Company, a subsi-
diary of the huge corporation known
as the Virginia. Carolina Chemical
Corporation, and will manufacture
all kinds of commercial fertilizer.
Buildings for this plant are well un-
der way and the plant will be ready
for operation the latter part of De-
cember. 1t Is expected to begin the
manufacture of fertilizers some time
in January.
The Interocean Oil Company,
which was incorporated three years
ago, claims to be an independent con-
cern. Since Its organization it has
met with prosperity and has decided
to have three refneries, including
the main one at Baltimore. Already
they have storage station at Ches-
ter, Pa, and will also locate distil-
leries there to do actual refining
The two big tanks erected here are ia
store the first shipment Of crude oil
received from foreign ports until 1t
can be refined. The two tanks are
now ready for such storage, but 1t is
thought that the first shipment will
not be made until just before the
completion of the initial installment
of distilleries next spring, of which
there will be at least six on the start
that will have capacity for refining
some $4,000 barrels of the asphaltum
oil each month. Two or more steam
ers will bring the crude oil here
every month from Tampico, Mexico
and Rio Janiero, Brazil. These will
be increased as the distilleries are
added to as proposed by the corpora
ton. The operation Of the six distil-
leries will require probably 200 men,
which number will be increased as
the capacity of the refinery grows.
Ships to Carry Oil.
The following ships carrying oil
regularly for the Interocean Oil Com
pany will bring the material to Balti-
more, Chester and Roosevelt: Azure
ole, $3.50 tons; Bogestad, 6,215;
Cymbyle, $500; Escolana, $500;
Georgian Prince, 1850; Horley, g.
200; Rosalind, 300; Roumania
Prince, 5000; Russian Prince, 5000;
Sylvia, $500; Aztec, $3.50; Breifond
$3.50; cargo boats Chr. Kaudsen.
6,845; Fornebo, 1000.
The officers of the company are as
follow s.: r. r. Gown, president; O.
e. Churber, vice president; r. D
Upham, vice president; L. F. Pyro
vice president; G.. w. F. Whitney
secretary. The two tanks Of the re-
finery already constructed, which will
receive the oil directly from the ships
to hold for refining in the distilleries
have a capacity of about $4,000 bar
rels each. The steamers will average
about $4,000 barrels of crude oil
The cost of equipping the refinery
with stills, tanks, etc., is estimated to
cost about 100000.
Consist of Four Buildings.
The plant of the Consumers Fer
tilizer Company will consist of four
buildings, one of which will be the
main or manufacturing structure,
which will be 150x416 feet and most
of it FIVE stories high. The other
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