The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-02

Inc llUSt encouraging uepdIluIE
""om conditions that have existed in
I he oil industry for almost month
l'ame at the close of week. whca
he purchasing agenciesa nd the pipe
line companies announced that they
gOuld in measure relieve the situa.
ton for at least thirty days. The an
nOuncGment that the Secp purchas-
ing agency would buy onc-third d
, acli producers normal production
will be relief to producers in all
Gctions of the east.
Eureka Pipe Line.
The Eureka Pipe Line Company is
oGferin West Virinia producers
rCutcr relief by incrcasin the amount
IT oil it will take from each produce
j"r from rs to 81 Ia per cent. TIL,
Pipe Line tMacksbur di-
vision, will continue to take 33 l }
per cent, and the Cumberland Pipe
Line so per cent, while the South
West Pennsylvania and National
Transit Company will take all OF the
production connected to their lines,
tad the purchasing agency will, like
n West Virginia. take but onc-thiri
III the production.
The Reason Given.
A slight improvement in condi-
lions is given as tho reason for the
i: assumption of the purchase of crude
Ind an increase In the pipe line runs
IN West Virginia. Under the British
flag, Il New York financial paper
states, the Standard Oil Company is
loading vessels, both at Atlantic and
Pacific ports, and will resume ship
ping in few days. The resumption
of shipping by the Standard Oil Co.
" New York means that the com
'anys operations will probably be
!Dut on a normal basis within n short
4 inc. Officers and directors Of the
! 'omrany have daily been consider
! ng the shipping question since the
outbreak of the war in Europe, and
or several days past have been
awaiting the adjustment of certain
] conditions before ordering a rcsump-
ion of exports.
| Pumping East.
Oil is being pumped east from
! Morgantown over the trunk lines Of
he Eureka Pipe Line Company and
he Pure Oil Company. In the case
of the Eureka company, the runs are
! averaging only between rs and so
flcr cent of the usual amount. The
line of the Pure Oil Company, accord
ing to statements by officials, was
! loScd down because of break, and
t1umpin was resumed as soon as the
break could be repaired. There
seems to be some doubt as to Just
how much oil is bcin run cast, as re-
ports from different sources arc con-
flictin.
To Capacity.
| Is known. however, that tanks in
West Virginia arc filled to capacity,
and as some oil is being accepted
, iaily, 1t is necessary that the pump
Ing stations be kept going part time
ut any rate. Word has been received
here that there is now gathered at
Philadelphia the biggest fleet of
tank lin ships ever assembled ut one
port. Thee astern terminals OF tho
local line Is Philadelphia, and under
ordinary conditions, oil Is pumped
Yeast at the rate of 10000 barrels ev-
cry twenty-four hours, the greater
part being refined for export.
The Best Well.
The best well reported from West
Virginia is Rhinchart Cores second
test on the William Stewart farm,
located In t h Observation-Disclosures
located in the McKim district, Pleas
ANTS county. The oil was. developed
In the MaXOn sand, and the we'll Is
estimated to be good for 35 barrels
a day. ...
Out in Richie.
In Grant district, in Richie cOun-
ty, the NaughtOn Drilling Company
has drilled its No. 3 on the William
Arnctt farm through the Keencr
sand, and has show for Il 1O-barrcl
pumpCr. On Douglass Run. in the
same district, Gore & Rhinehart
have started to drill test on the
George ltlIinchart farm.
Falling Rock.
, On Failing Rock Creek, Big San
dy district, Kanawha county, the
Failing Rock Channel Coal Company
has completed No. Sc on its own
property and has Easscr in the
Weir sand, with an estimated capac-
lily of three million cubic feet day.
The Same Stream.
On the same stream and In the
same district the O'Conncll Oil Com
pany has drilled its No. As on the
Goshorn tract through the Weir ana
has 5-barrcl producer. In the Elk
district, Kanawha county, the
South Penn Oil Company's No. II
on the Wesley Strickland farm had
stopped producing and was given a
light shot, and responded by produc-
ing 25 barrels thee nsuing "a hours.
Gilmer and Wetzel.
On Tanners Greek, Troy district,
Gilmor county, the Crude Oil Com