The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-26
Plant Enlarged, Will Have
600 Workmen Employed
After October |; Smaller
Factory in Same Town.
COUNTY RICH IN OIL
AND COAL DEPOSITS
Five Refineries, Numerous
Smelters and Variety of
Industries Attracted by
Choice Location.
BY T. r. BLAKELY.
(Secretary Chamber of CommerceO


OkMULGEE, Okla, Sept 2l-(Spe
cial) Okmulgec county never had a
boom and never needed one. Indus
trially, financially and agriculturally
the county has grown steadily. and IS
still steadily growing as its varied re
sources arc being developed, Indus
trially, the county has shown notable
growth during the past year and still
greater development is promised for
Inc year TO come One OF the really
big steps forward IN the industrial
growth OF the county was the incorpor-
alton OF the Okmulgee Producers and
Manufacturers Gas company with a
capital OF $4,000. organized for the
purpose OF furnishing iive-oent gas to
all manufacturing concerns in the Ok
mulgee community, Only producers or
users OF gas are allowed to hold stock
IA the company The company now has
a supply OF l0O0000O0 cubic feet daily
connected to the pipe lines entering
here and new wells in proven territory
will be sunk
New Refinery Building.
Another industrial event of unusual
importance is the building OF the new
refinery OF the Allied Refining com
pany, which will begin operations 'Oc
tober | This is the fifth large refinery
10 be built al Okmugee, and the city
is fast becoming one OF the refining
centers in the md-continent field. The
Allied refinery is being built by Bep
Kalkhoif, who also built the Tiger re
iinery here, now owned and operated
by the Okmulgcc Producing and Re
ling company The other reiineries
here are the Empire, the Lake Park
and the Indiahoma The latter refinery
was entirely rebuilt during the past
summer, and is now one of the most
modern in the state 1t has daily
capacity OF 5000 barrels. Every re
linery here has been enlarged during
the past year and the combined rciln-
ing capacity OF all the local plants is
now more than 5000 barrels per day
Glass Plant Enlarged.
In the glass making industry the city
IS making rapid strides. The Okmul-
gee Window Glass company is bring.
ing go new men here October tc
operate its No. plant. as a hand plan
this year. The plant has previousl,
been operated as machine plant ant
as such did not require so many men
The new men will he brought here OF
special train from Ohio and Penn
Syl,ania They will each earn from S.;
To $40 per week during the next eigh
months. There will be about oO on tn,
payroll Of the company this winter
The Okmulgee company's plant, knowr
as the Skclton plant, is assembling ma
terial for the construction OF a new
tank which will increase its capacit,
one third. The tank would have beer
built before now but ii has been i'm
possible to secure the material. Thi
plant is now the largest west of IN,
Mississippi, river and the third larges
III the United States.
The Baker Brothers plant has ais,
been enlarged during the past summe
and will employ about 800 men durin,
the winter Both Of these plants ar
supplied with Scent gas.
Negotiations are now under way 70
lhc location of two more glass fac
tories here The owners of these fac
tories have been attracted here by tn
low gas rate.
Other manufacturing lines whc
show development arc the plants @
the United Iron works and the Okla
homa Tool & Supply company. Bot
of these concerns have more tha
doubled the size of their plants dur
ing the past year The Southwestern
steel company of Springfield Mo.
considering the erection of big plar
here this fall
Coal Center Is Thriving
In snmihcfn Okmnlpec county indus