San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24
FALL LABOR DEMAND
HEAVY IN SOUTHWEST
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winter giving employment to several
thousand farm workers normally idle
during the winter months.
The oil fields are calling other
workers, notably in the Laredo dis
trict where work already has begun
on pipelines in the gas fields. Ditch
ing machines, work crews and ma
terials already are on the job on one
line in Webb county to connect with
the San Antonio pipe lines at Three
Rivers, distance of IS miles. 1t
will require nearly twelve miles of
S-inch pipe to link the Cole and
Carolina-Texas pools in Webb county
alone, and this arriving in trainloads
of ten 70 fifteen cars a day to be
unloaded hauled and laid, all en-
ploy common labor. In these two
fields several miles of field lines of
six inch pipe will be necessary TO
link the various wells with the main
line. 1t is estimated that the twelve
inch pipe in this main line alone will
fill 400 ordinary railroad flat cars
while hundreds of teams and work
ers will be necessary TO handle 1t
on the ground along the right of way.
Over at Luling, the United North
and South Oil Company, the chief
operator in the oil fields there, is
installing, at great expense, estimat-
ed from S750.000 to S1,000000, the
largest privately owned electrical
plant in America and probably in
the world. They are engaged at this
time in installing five Diesel genera
tors totaling 5000 horsepower anil
many tons. together with
buildings, poles, wiring and equip.
ment to electrify their thousands Of
acres of leases in this great oil pool.
1t required 80 mules to haul in a
single base for one OF these great
power plants with all teaming equip
ment additional and scores of workers
to install the plants, thus giving EN-
ployment TO labor normally unem-
plOyed at this season of the year.
Texas Central Power Company and
other power companies are engaged IN
building hundreds of miles of power
lines through South Texas connect
ing with North Texas lines. This in
cludes development Of water power at
New Braunfels and the identification
Of more than a dozen small towns
dependent on small local
plants or without lighting facilities.
This job will employ small army Of
workers and skilled electricians and
engineers most Of the winter. 1t is
to extend power to thousands
Of farms eventually, indicating that
this project will be a factor in the
abor situation indefinitely.
Work on the deep water harbor
at Corpus Christi also is under way |
to give water outlet TO all South |
Texas and water rates on incoming |
shipments. This work is employing |
both skilled and unskilled workers, |
many of whom are drawn from the |
ranks Of agriculture during the winter.
These are outstanding labor en-
nloyment projects but there are more |
han one dozen industrial propositions |
Df less size. each taking care of a |
working at this time Of the year.
This unusual situation spells a
measure Of prosperity among the
workers at a time Of year when nor
nally they are outstanding resources
n order 10 carry them through the
winter until spring work on the farms
and ranches opens up. This winter,
hey will put several million dollars
ntn circulation through wage chan
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