The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-08
Threats BY Texas Compay
To Abandon Project Here
IF City Persists in De-
rnands Held Out.
CAUSE IS DISPUTE
ABOUT A BULKHEAD
Oil Company Authorities
Contend City's Demands
Would Add Over $11, 600
To Cost Here.

With the city officials taking the
firm stand that permanent bulkhead
must be constructed by the Texas Oil
company on the west side of its fill
along the east side of Olivia street
and the company officials maintaining
that this would incur an expenditure
of from s11, 1000 to $4,000 more than
they had been led to believe would
be necessary in making the foundation
and docks for their marine oil termi-
nails here, it was learned yesterdav
that the big project stands in leopard
r. P. Doris, local superintendent
the Texas Oil company here, stated
yesterday afternoon that he feels that
if the city authorities are to hold
out for their demands for the con-
struction of the bulkhead, which de-
mands were not made known to the
company until after the site had been
purchased from the Bruce Dry Docks
company and work started about two
weeks ago. a grave injustice will be
done He asserts that after having
gone fully into the matter of con-
structing the terminal here he made
estimates of the cost to the company
and that the increase indicated in the
city's contentious would not only be
unfair to the company, but a reflec-
tion upon himself as we'll.
Mr.. Doris further asserted that IL
the differences are to come to a head
and injunction proceedings instituted
by the city it would mean, in the single
item of maintenance of the govern
ment dredge which has been engaged
for the work and which is now work
ing, a daily dead expense of $3.50 to
the company for the time it might
stand idle or for the contract period.
In view of this situation, it is the
opinion of Mr.. Doris, that unless
amicable adjustment of the matter can
be arranged his company might at
once divert the equipment now III
transit to Pensacola for the terminals
to another. gulf port, where it owns
wharfage and that the project here
might at once be abandoned, because
the company, he said, is averse to To-
eating at any point where the city Of
ficials might assume an antagonistic
attitude toward its operations.
eff the additional expenditure had
been made known to the company
prior to the beginning Of work here
for the plant, appropriations by tbs
company would have been made ac-
cordingly or the project passed up
stated Mr.. Doris. who added that no
such requirements have been made
in the construction of other projects
in the vicinity.
1t has been estimated that the ter
minal to be built by the Texas COM
pany here will cost approximately
million dollars and that it means the
attraction of a great deal more ship
ping for the port, in that it is ex-
pected to be one of the most modern
filling stations for fuel oil burning
vessels to be found on the entire gulf
coast. not even excepting Port Arthur,
where is located the main station of
the company.
Local business men who have been
made aware of the threatened clash
between the city and company officials
express the most earnest hope and the
belief that the differences may at
once be satisfactorily adjusted with
out causing any delay to the enter
prise.