The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-16

The Railroad Strike and the
Crude Situation IN General

rhe railroad strike has 40 affected
the movement OF refined pfoluct'
that tho situation ia becoming dnily
moro serious.
should the local uulona Of the big
fOr bruthorhoOds carry out thclr
threat cf walkout in Tulsa tho
situation viii result IN an nir-llght
tio.up. Already tho movement OF
emptlcs into this district has almost
stopped, Tho rctiucra az west Tulsa
can figure on shipment only from
Gay TO day aa they do not know what
10 expect the uoxt minute, with a
few loaded cars going out and none
coming back. a tie-up OF day or
two would completely demoralize the
movement OF refined products.
Tho railroad strike also is expected
TO Interfere with prompt delivery or
steel ordered for tunkuge purposes.
Tho tank building program adopted
by many producers since the recent
drop In the price OF crude viii doubt
less suffer delay aud postponcmcnt
because OF the railroad situation.
Local railroad officials report that
the movement OF freight ia requiring
twice and In somo Cnses three times
as much time a. ordinarily Thcy
frankly admit that the threatened
WnlkOuf
would stop completely the movement
of all freight
The reported settlement OF the
coal strike yesterday did not affect
the fuel oil market which remains
firm At Si.2b, Tho commercial wires
Yesterday carried report that
Youngstown Independent steel plnnte
had completed tho necessary In
stallations for the usc Of oil as fuel
thus permitting an Increase In opera
tlous. This report stated that from
so 10 90 cars OF oklahoma and
Texaa oil were arriving daily. with
The packing and automobile indus
tries also reported shifting To fuel
oil. the fuel oil market should re-
main strong for some time to come
despite the fact that the majority
OF the soft coal miners are reported
to be going back TO work. IL VIII
take them some time to mine sur
fluient coal to make up for the pres
ent shortage.
Caslnghead gasoline output IN the
Burbank field now amounts to bet
ter than 10000 gallons daily. a re-
cent report shows the following daily
average output for casinghead plants
in the Burbank field;
Company Gallons
Romarti 6,d0O
Skelly-Phillips ......,,.... 24,OOO
Gypsy ...s....ss' 's'''' % "
Carter ...,......'.. lV'VoV
ono uay curing the past week
Skelly-Phlllips plant made more
Than $4,000 gallons. probably on ac-
count OF cool weather. Two points
Of vacuum have been put on wells
in 1O-26-6.
Building tankago IL occupying the
attention OF several OF the big pro-
ducing companies. especially 80 since
the Impetus given this movement by
last Saturdays meeting Of the Mid
Continent operators. The tankage
situation In the Burbank field ia
especially interesting. Tank build
ing is progressing there apace. with
better than a million barrels OF tank.
age already constructed there ana
with the possibility OF another mill
lion barrels to be constructed. the
storage situation there Is interesting.
Sinclair Is ready TO start tank
grades on east half OF northeast
et-e7.Ge, whore they will erect two
b5's and ten sos with possibility OF
10 additional sos. Skelly-Phillips
are building six sos In southwest 90
27.6c. and the Gulf IL building an
additional 80 in 1t-26-5o. Stocks In
storage in the field now approx
mates 630,765 barrels with approx
mately that much room for addi-
.ional storage.