Oil boom in California spurs rapid oil use and wary investments
The article details surging oil demand in California, rising prices due to transportation, and large players like Pacific Oil Company expanding in Kern and Sunset fields. It highlights a 30 barrel per day well, 120 acres, private refinery prospects, and a stock offering aimed at conservative investors while noting risks and the need for solid titles and seasoned management.
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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Oakland
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Wellington
A. Townsend
Indianapolis
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Royal Sunset Oil Company
Jewett & Blodget Oil Company
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Royal Sunset Oil Co
Caroline Welte
County of
State of California
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Pacific Oil Co
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Los Angeles Times
Pacific Oil Company
Sunset Field
Section 35
Township 12
Jewett, Blodgett & Beal Company
Pitsburg Oil Company
Monarch Oil
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Investigaa
Treasury
Texas
Standard Oil Company
Hogg
Towne
Southern Pacific Railroad
Texas Oil
Beaumont
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Indiana
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Manila
We Have a Good Company OFFICERS president C A Paquette
OFFICERS president C A Paquette President M M McCabe Counsel for Superintendent Big Four Railway Vice Big Four Railway Secretary and Treasurer A Townsend Traveling Freight Agent Peoria Eastern Railway DIRECTORS The above named and E M Elliott Vice President Diamond O Co William Bland Agent Peoria Western Railway Pekin Ill Leon Phipps practical oil man six years experience in California oil fields George Easton member of committee on sales and prices Los Angeles Producers Association
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C.A Paquette
M. McCabe
Big Four Railway
A. Townsend
Peoria & Eastern Railway
E. M. Elliott
Diamond Oi Co
William Bland
Peoria_& Western Railway
Pekin, Ill
Leon Phipps
California
George Easton
Los Angeles Producers’ Association
Oil Boom Across Indiana and West Big Fields
A long survey describes a nationwide oil boom driven by by products from oil distillation. It explains central fields in Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia, compares Texas and California by products and markets, and notes farmer land gains and pipe-line controls led by Standard Oil.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Beaumont
Texas
California
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Marion
Hartford City
Kokomo
Anderson
Muncie
Great Central
Standard Oil Company
Great Central Field
Oil and industry visions in Western states and navy use
The piece surveys oil development prospects in Indiana and Ohio, noting by products as profit drivers and investor caution. It cites fuel oil experiments for navy use, ship berths in San Francisco, and Western oils as a future riches. The text includes a lengthy poem reflecting gloomy weather and longing for spring.
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Navy Yard
United States
San Francisco Bay
Pacific Ocean
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