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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1960
Page
21
The Baytown area reports a safety milestone as workers at Humble’s Polyolefin Unit reach 43 days without lost time, with signs and open house events highlighting safety culture. The unit nears on stream start, aiming to make Humble the nation’s fourth largest polypropylene producer.
Joe Douglas remembers joining Baytown Refinery amid 1919 construction and a May 11 1920 celebration when Battery A began operation. He started as an electrician helper, rose to housing department assistant foreman over five camps, notes the rough early 1920s, frequent rain, and that the company later converted 21 houses into duplexes. He retired August 1958 after 39 years, second to Jimmy Carroll.
Sterling purchased Humble’s first pipeline from Southern Pipeline Co on January 23 1917 for 130000. The system ran from Goose Creek to the ship channel with 1000 feet of gathering lines and two 7000 foot four inch mains to Hog Island. It included 20000 barrels of cypress tanks a wharf and 500 feet of six inch line to the wharf. The outlet served Goose Creek early production and the Baytown Refinery site was chosen due to Humble’s main Goose Creek output where a 20000 barrel well hit an unknown sand at 2300 feet instead of 3000 feet.
Public Works Director C. W. Red Grantham began working for the city of Goose Creek in January 1929 at age 77. He served almost continuously in multiple roles including water department serviceman police officer and several other posts before his present appointment.
After 48 hours of effort to fix a construction error, crude oil flowed into No 2 still Battery A at the Baytown Refinery on May 11 1920. Earlier May 10 crews prepared to charge No 2 still as the pipeline swing was raised causing a complete emptying of the still.
Alfred L. King is elected president for 1960 61 in the Bay town Refinery Club a group of Humble Oil and Refining Co Negro employees Thomas V Debose becomes vice president Samuel J Goodlow secretary Johnnie F E Judge treasurer Wilbert Holmes chairs finance Herbert Mays chairs membership Gilbert Phillips chairs athletics Carton Guillory chairs entertainment Directors include James W Bush Robert L Jackson Elmer Leavigne Joseph R McMillon Riley Provost and F Thibedeaux
H E McKee became Baytown police chief when the department formed on April 5 1987 after Tri Cities consolidation. He was the sole on duty officer the next day as the force started with two patrol cars one radio and seven officers.
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