, 1922-10-19
REFINERY AND PIPELINE
circles EXTREMELY ACTIVE
CORPS OF engineers ON The GROUND CHOOSING Site FOR REFINERY. PIPE
Line CREWS AT WORK ON FlELD EXTENSION. MATERIALS FOR
TANKS AND Stills Are SHIPPED FROM PENNSYLVANIA

Following closely upon the heels of the defntevc onfrred announcement in Tie Rcpub]c
last week hiatt the Producers & RefnersC orp3aionw would at once commence the erection of
~ WeN ccnpaned by a number of Officials department heads and engineers begin
work of tual construction
Tef first and most important subject for the decision of the management of the Producers
" hGmhs was OF couret the exact location of the great plant This asb ent he subject of more
and conjecture than anything connected with the hcnhm of thug, refinery near Raw
and has discussed by the general public to the practical exclusions all else
1t may be tad in thsc connecticut that the & R officials have under cnslnauonIf four
The Republican as thea assured location of the plan. Tii close to GrmWc, On the rails Of
Union Pacific and virtually miles from Rawins ad 4 niles in drt line from the
North Platte River Engineers are tdy at work checking up the advantages md disadvantages
ot these Sites which are to ALI ntmss 50 contiguous as to be identical
All of these sites are, for one thng, itereted by the Lincoln Highway whch it will be
found simple and cashet to 6ur slightly, rthe convenience of tn refinery people ad at no
injury to the travelling public. The County Commissioners ad the State Highway commission
cation of thsg great industrial plant. 1t is expected that Chairman Iad and Engineer svson of
hghway commission will be in the city with a few days fort ep purpose of con6rrngw with
county commissioners and refinery managers.
In. So much orthe ocaton of the refinery: which is herein made sufficiently definite to anw
an TO proceed WITH hr preparations for a hggra and better RaWHnsa and for the business re
Val which is already in evdencea and which will. become more acute as work is advanced.
In order to furnish crude oil to keep refinery in operation additional pipe line facilities
must pc PROVIDED once andt his important W K is nov well under way The Hope Engineer
mg company YIN ud the pipe lines for the Producers & Refmrs, bohf r oil and water The
pTeE ordered and par of it on thew and wcnt tie nDmens begin to arrive this company
will need between 100 and 200 mn, as wells as teams and other equipment for rapid work The
Hope Engineering company has opened executive office, in thief Ferris Hotel
been lie. o teH Hammond Iron Works, of Warren Pa A gr@t part of this material now
EN- route A representative of the Hammond concern ancadyin the city, w R. Schenhammer
who getting together an organization for thee ntion Of this machinery and equipment as soon
as 1t arrives ne has opened offices in the ShaMl Theatre building
80 Whenm materials is the ground and the work of building the tanks and erecting the huge
stills gets WE'LL under way, MI Schelhamner will employ at least 200 men on the l woka alone
He hsp ansd awnf for complete little W whch will provided with every convenience for
Iron Works willie tend ovra penod ofa approximately a year.
The Producers & Reinas are now cavahngn near the etz camp and preparing to lay the
foundations uon which sly gigantic tanks will be erected, eaho of capacity of 55OWOb barrels.
these tanks He1 be coated at site about two miles from the now famous Hughes gmher
preiminay work in progress on this line by the contractors Thi8 inch line will connect
thes teo 1T anew refinery, near rmMe
This additional pipe line connection will be needed for new pr@mhonw which is certain ocome
up within the area which mye aly be served 1t is known that the production of the Wyo Ill
will be takeno over by the Producers & Refnns. umder the terms Of an agreement by
w"ch the after have made whit the WyoIl and the General Petroleum corporation