Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-24
OIL MARKET QUOTATIONS

f40 acres Of raW land tuat nud not
been Ir cultivation and was standing
idle and finding rO buyers an 81" an
acre. within TWO miles Of a town BOAST
Ing rw0 railroads. Ther" was no eco
n.ue waste until White a. sinclair
and me Oi. industry became inNpIsrd
Dr 90 acres ot this land White & 0lH-
clair have constructed 81 steel l'ht7
that hold $4,000 barrels ~ crude each.
and they have been NIed with ihe on
prod iced from the Gushing leases OPP
Grated uE White " sinclair 'hIre pipe
lines and o. pump stations hatIn
H..U Dnu-frg. t'd 20 uuWp the on 10
'.s tanks, distance ~ nine miles,
Item, of Cost.
.rs- ..........,,.., g.rsr,fe iirrr.
.,.,,.. agD. .G,rrcI steel
,.. r-..,re IN. crude from
,ta v.r. onc G-.0JO-harrel steel
tank contains 200 tons ot steel ana
wood making fEt carloads, ihFre OF
steel and two Of lumber, me cost OF
this material today Delivered 10 lhe
. purchaser Or the switch at 'ushlhE
Norfolk Yale. DrprW or hrlsloW' Is
{lIUl0. To haul the material from
/ the switch 10 th" site Of construction
costs so cents per ton per mile, %lOV
per mile for 200 tons. At the site lhe
n
/ thrown 30 about A. which Will average
/ 1000 cubic Yards Of dirt 10 be moved,
. costing O. 3 cents per cubic yard. Here
$50 have three operations preliminary
10 the actual work or construction IN
r0lEng am additional cost OF *21 per
tank for am engineer or surveyor az
AN average. We are now ready to
begin construction work, the regula-
tI0n crew ot men per tank rs 90, the
complement being filled by the addi-
ugu " four cooks for each crew.
These men. from the boy who carries
water. tine cooks and camp attendants,
the r.Feryrg. the carpenters and help
ora arr oreauiZrd union labor under
ff.. ..trIgtrst rules. six hours constitute
q, da.. for tank builders such a crew
will 0omplotc two $1,000 barrel steer
tanks monIh' 'n' ANI,I'u .u"'' ,o ono
GERS ana I""l'l ~ l.,. -gn,,,.
TOT lh'H AMOR "l, enc" 'i'to,' I'm ,,'' e. "a
m'-sHD'7r "l''"n""'7 i''''''"' F-'''
"a ddy 't'h.
The 'onaiiu'l'" l'',",' IN
/ r'HN foreman n-II's p'.'o' i'' Fa.,,,
tank ana Ih' %" ",Ia ~" P.oy q ,'d
7Nprrinl'nu,hi 'l '-oV '',"'',n IN ,,',0
FL MHhI "'''Ii'''H d, F'yy "
ihrF also emp" '"l'''',. .''"' s'i,s ",
uihr men 4l 80 Il uay ,',n W. 'sy Sr,,,,
. F.,... t.,
. the n'ia plp' Hue. !h '1Vn '1Vn l"' ~ -
/ "a mouse '"aihs R@yV 10 n''u I',e p.i.
u'H rgu'p'"'H'' l'''' nv ",,,,,In
'"7lhE 10 mon "a ""',' -n"n66a'
l"r '1'h Iaim ''7'7 s-'uVV' - o",O'"
barrel s,'eI i'hH contains 100 'o"A vi
/ 7lr-l ana Do IONS Oh '"I'"r''
h' Ian'T U'"7 nave pe,h s'' ""t
TO sho" just "hal the '"iS'' u'l'"n VI
steel storage i'hhs means '' any cum
WuulJ "h'i' lhe W"Ih l7 '|l '''u u"
CONTINUOUSLY on laIB' 7,"e LOT
year. ana union "h"r a' 'Ial' as iapII
counts i' mrl'h'n's' u"'tIIH' H'n""'H
ana community IRE I'D 'h'aholu'' 10
say nothing or th' aDGr tmploy'I
.. '' r,,,..,c r., s.r raiirn,ds
"'I'.'' .'.f ,','0 t.,.t s,,ii'',.. ',.,..
''.' .''.. ',7 it ''''''
''' '''' '' .'''''
Totals since Npril !.
.II4..rR traced the itemilod cost of
one 80 UUU-harrpI steel storage tank Inv
Tho. Gushing district. 10 arrive ut the
totals f,r the field since April g.. 1914.
when Tine first tank work began. the
items above set out may be multi
piled hy 900 the number of tanks that
have been completed 10 date which
number. hy the way. happens 10 nearly
corrc4pond with the number OF pro-
dugInp wells I'm the RartIcsviIIc sand I'm