The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-10
Texas Company Makes Bir-
mingham One of Three
District Headquarters
ANNOUNCEMENT is
MADE BY w. A. GREEN
Treasurer Is Stopping Here-Atlanta
Had Been Under Consideration, But
Birmingham Is Preferred-Cook
Will Be Superintendent

The Texas company. well known as a
great oil producing concern. will estab-
lish a district office in Birmingham.
Such was the statement made yesterday
by w. \. Green, treasurer of the COM
pany. who is now at the Hotel Elillman
The Texas company has had delivery
station here for some time. but Mr.. Green
said last night that contracts for n large
amount of new business had induced his
company to make this one of the three
district headquarters in the United States
New York and Chicago being the others.
Atlanta had been under consideration
for the new district headquarters but
Alabama offering an exceptionally large
volume of business Birmingham was Sc
lected for the southern district office.
Mr. Green in announcing the decision
of his company in regard to headquarters
said:
Green Makes Statement
This district will cover the entire state
of Alabama and will mean the employ
ment of number of office men, as well
as salesmen, who will travel from here
throughout the state The finances of
the new district will also be handled
here.
I'VE are now i'm the midst of greatly
enlarging our storage and delivery ca
pacity in Birmingham with correspond
ingly increased equipment, and will short
ly be in position to supply the require
ments of the entire district
''The general superintendency of the.
district will be under the direction of IL.
n. Cook, and Assistant Superintendent
Brayton Armstrong will be in direct local
charge.
Il am here for the purpose of arrang-
ing for permanent quarters for our offices
and for the establishment of our bank
ing relations. The Birmingham head
quarters will employ large office force.
The Texas company's refineries are
located at Port Arthur, Port Neches.
Dallas, Tulsa, Okla. and Lockport, ILL.,,
mear Chicago The company's principal
refinery, and which is one of the largest
in the country, is located at Port Arthur,
Tex.
Owns 1900 Tank Cars
The company owns and operates 1860
tank cars, and has a large marine fleet
consisting of "a vessels, varying from
ocean-goinS steamers, some of which
have a carrying capacity of over 20O0-
600 gallons of oil. down to barges am,
tugs This fleet is used in Transporting
our products from the Port Arthur re-
finery to our various storage stations
along the gulf and Atlantic coasts
These storage stations, called termi-
nals), which embrace warehouses and
tanks, are located at Corpus Christi
New Orleans. Mobile. Jacksonville,
Charleston, Norfolk. Baltimore, Philadel-
pha, New York city, Providence. r. l.,
and Portland. Me. From these stations
our products are shipped in carload lots
to our various distributing stations To-
Gated throughout the United States in
hundreds of cities and towns
I'm our export trade We have estab-
lished stations all over the world, in
Guiding China, Japan. India, Australia,
Africa, South and Central America
Our company is divided into sales dis
tricts, each embracing one or more
states. and covering the entire country
east of California
Our general offices are located in
Houston. Tex, where we are now about
to erect 12-story building for our ex-
elusive use.
"The motto OF the Texas company is:
Quality and prompt service
Baker Coming Also
Mr.. Green further said John Baker,
Jr., who handles asphalt and road paw
ing materials, and who is the largest
dealer in asphalt in the world. with pres
ent headquarters in New York and Chi
cago, and whose business has heretofore
covered the north, east and west sec
tions of our country, will expand some
to include the southern states. and will
make his headquarters for that district
in this city.
"This means the establishment of an
office here. as well as headquarters for
travelling statesmen throughout the south
ern states. and also banking relations.
Mr.. Baker handles the asphalt and
road Iaving materials of the Texas com
pany. He will be in Birmingham to COM
plete arrangements"
Mr. Green was at one time treasurer
of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
company, and later was manager of the
Republic Iron and Steel company's Ala
bama properties He lived here four
years, and says he still keeps up lively
interest in Birmingham