The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-01
Local Men Interested in Company; Prac.
IiCal Refining Man 10 Head Concern;
Construction Start Soon
INITIAL EXPENSE OF
PLANT is 100000
Capacity 1000 Barrels Daily; Enlarge
Plant as Needed; Get Oil From Gar
Der, HealdiOn, Cement


That Chickasha has taken a hugt
stride toward making good as th'
oil town Of western Oklahoma is evi
denced with the announcement tha
as soon as materials can be placed
on the ground. the construction Of {
hig oil refinery will start here. This
company is to operate under the
name of the Chickasha Refining
company. Following are the Officers
Of the company: Ed f. Johns, pres
ident; Clark Trammel, vice presi
dent; J. X. Travis, general manager;
S. M. Cowan, secretary; J. L. Bren-
neman, treasurer.
The practical refinery man con
nected with the company is Mr.. Tray-
Is, who owns the controlling interest
in and operates at this time the Law
ton refinery. Mr. Travis has spent
years in the refinery business, hav-
ing constructed Is refineries in the
mid-continent field He stated yes
terday afternoon that he would move
u chickasha and become the active
anager Of the local company.
The initial Investment, as to con
struction Of the plant, according to
the plans outlined, will be in the
ne shbe Ehood Of 100000. T'ae COT
pany is not asking a bonus of Chick
asha, but the organizers have been
busy for several days looking over
sites for the plant, adjacent TO the
city and which will give them ample
railroad facilities. This morning, all
but two of the sites had been elimi-
mated from their considerations and
l. was expected that they would make
decision on one of the locations by
night Several car loads of material
have been ordered for the construc.
tion of the plant and it is the inten-
tion to have everything in readiness
to start construction of the buildings
and tanks as soon as the material IS
received at the local freight houses
The present plans for the refinery,
which are now being drawn, call for
an initial capacity of 1000 barrels of
crude per day, but the plant will be
so constructed that the necessary.
machinery to increase the capacity
may be added from time to time, as
the demand dictates. When the
plant is in operation, the monthly
payroll will be about $4,000, accord.
ing to officers Of the company. Mei
to operate the refinery viii be
brought here from the Cushing and
other oil fields, which il is pointed
out, will mean that number Of higI
salaried men viii move their famj
les to this city.
The plans of the company are to
beat the gun as to the Cement pro.
duction. That is, to be in operation
by the time the Cement field shows
any considerable amount Of produc-
tion. In the event the Cement field
fails to "come in" Mr. Travis stated
tfat the crude would be procured
from the CARRIER and Healdton fields
He said that the purchasing power
OF the Lawton refinery, already un.
der operation. would assure the
Chickasha plant of plenty of oil on
" hich to operate. It is the opinion
OF Mr.. Travis that Chickasha is the
best point in Oklahoma for the loca-
ton of a refinery at this time, for
the reason chat big oil men have ex.
pressed their belief that the Chicka-
sha district would soon be one Of
the biggest oil fields in the state and
because Of the unparalleled railroad
facilities here. At this time, Mr..
Travis is shipping oil through Chick.
asha to Lawton refinery.
Il certainly believe that within
two years, Chickasha viii be a sec
ord Tulsa" said Mr. Travis yester-
day afternoon. Everything points
to that conclusion. Oil men assure
me that the southwest Chickasaa OF
Cement field viii be a big one. In
case their judgment proves to be
correct We viii Immediately con
stirct a pipe limo to the field, thus