The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-31
GATHERING OF COMPANY REPRE-
SENTATIVES AUTHORIZES CON-
STRUCTI0N OF WAREHOUSE.

The Continental Oil company, hav-
| ing large refining and distributing
holdings throughout the country, to-
day definitely announced its inten-
ton OF establishing a divisional dis
] tributing station and warehouse in
Moscow with all the appertinent busi-
ness and executive staff, and through
| it's district representatives completed
arrangements for the purchase of suit
able property on which to erect
large warehouse and office building.
According to the proposed plans of
the company, Moscow is to be made
the distributing and business center
for this part of the country, oils and
gasolines to be shipped in here in
| car load lots and either. put into
barrels for local delivery, or distri-
| buted to surrounding towns in large
tank carrier trucks.
Arrangements for the purchase of
piece of ground having $50 foot
| frontage on Main street just to the
south of the Northern Pacific railway
company's tracks, belonging to the
Smithwick estate, were made this
morning by General District Manager
Hollister of Denver, Colorado j. C..
Curtis of Butte, assistant district
manager, and c. A Mairs of st. Maries,
district superintendent.
District Manager Here
Mr.. Hollister arrived here early this
morning, and went over the situa-
tion very carefully with the other
members of the company and inter-
ested Moscow people, and fully ap-
proved of the plans as proposed. He
left here early this afternoon for Spo-
kane.
A H. Oversmith, Moscow attorney,
is acting as counsel for the oil COM
panv. and is now Strengthening out
the details incident with the purchase
of the property. The site chosen by
the Continental people is id<ally stu
ated for their purposes, the Northern
Pacific railway company already nav
ing constructed a spur running d1-
rectlv adjacent to the Smithwick pro-
perty. which will greatly facilitate the
handling of large quantities of oils
and gasolines, and eliminate the ne
cessitv for construction of branch
track TO the site of the warehouse by
the oil company.
Two-Story Structure
The company will build two-story
brick building on their property, about
seventy=five feet wide by one humid
red and forty feet long which
will serve as general office and bust
ness headquarters for the local d1-
visional force. A number of large
storage tanks for COnoco gasoline and
safety (coal OLD will be built on the
nroDertv. and the smaller storage
tanks of the company now located
near the Inland Empire railway COM
nanv's tracks in the northern part
Of town will be moved to the new
location secured by the Continental
people.
II was estimated by the officials in
Moscow today that when completed
the local plant will have storage
capacitv of $4,000 gallons of gaso-
line. and about $4,000 gallons of
safety, commonly known as coal oil,
as well as storage facilities for from
four to five car loads of machine and
lubricating oils. In connection with
the local storage plant here, all man
ner of oils will be put into drums
and shipped from here throughout the
Palouse country.
Mr.. Hollister, general manager from
Denver who went over the plans here
this morning is expected to return to
Denver within the next two weeks af-
ter completing an inspection tour of
this territory, at which time recon-
mendations as to the type of struc-
ture to be built here and its cost, will
be made and architectural plans
drawn up. Actual building construc-
ton therefore will not commence here
until some time in the early fall. The
entire project however, will be COM
pleted in time for the early spring
trade next year. The territory in
which the Moscow branch would be a
part comprises all of Colorado, Ida
ho. Montana Wyoming, Utah, and
New Mexico.
eve plan to keep large stocks of
supplies always on hand here in our
new quarters, and will be able to sup
ply dealers with any thing in the way
of gasolines or oils from the finest
of mineral oils to graphite axle.
grease" said Ar. Mairs. I'VE have
long needed a more centralized dis
tributing point in this part of the
country, and the railway facilities and
general location of Moscow make it
the most logical place for the estab-
lishment of such a distributing CEN
ter. We would like to be able to
get in here Immediately, and get actu-
ally going this year, but that will be
impossible. However, we hope to be-
gin actual construction on our build
ing within the next few months, and
should be in a position to take care
of this territory in a highly satisfac-
tory manner early next spring, or
possibly sooner.
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