Volcano Lubricator.
TUESDAY 'AUGUST 12, 'S^.'
(3-BO.RGE, P. SARGENT.
PUBLISHER & PROPRIETOR
Volcano West Va.
ret rolcum EsDorcs.
SATISFACTORY EXHIBIT? IXCREASF.O
FOREIGN' demand ? FAVORABLE
PROSPLCts.
Amon? the most satisfactory indica
tions of a spccdv improvement in the
cb Jition ol the oil maHilt is the en
ormous increase in the exports of pe
troleum this season, as compared with
hnv previous year. The following ta
ble of the quantity shipped from lead
ing ports, from January 1 to June 1,
1672 and 1S73, will show how greatlv
the foreign demand has augmented
within a few months. The table i?
compiled from the last issue of the
New York CommcYiial mid Shipping
List\ thfe leading authority on all mat
ters pertaining to shipments or im
ports to or from the United States.
4 he exiiibit is as follows, and a cartful
examination ot the figuers should bo
made by producers.
Jan.: to Jan.i to
i- . Ju ti 1 S73 June,t$?2
.. ^iJadeljjhia,
-Baltimore.. i.2.-i.43i *71=6?
Totaj exoorts .omU.S 7o,S^.& 46,425*012
SanJeUmerSyo::::.::;. ^000
^In addition to the above, the exports
from New \ ork aggregated nearly
three million gallons during the first
three uuys of June, an increase o*"
ever twenty-seven million gallons
since the first of Jantiarv as compared
with the same months of 1S72. It ;?
further noteworthy that regular ex
portation of large quantities are made
to regions heretofore non-consumers
of petroleum or its products, and it is
only reasonable to expect enlarged or
ders from these sources in the future.
At this moment there are loading, or
to load, at New York and Philadel
phia, vessels whose cargoes of refined
Oil will represent the total production
of the entire petroleum districts for
.nearly two months. The coal famine
in England is rapidly undermining the
prejudices existing against kerosene as
an illuminator, and the petroleum
?rade w'th that country is fast acquir
ing vast proportions as the result. Thus
Liverpool imported 255,708 gallons
last year, tip to the first of June,
against 1,150,87 7 this season; London,
353>433i against 1.741,551; Bristol, 136,
534? against 781,852; and other ports I
in like proportion. The exports to
Ireland have more than doubled; those
to F ranee quadrupled, and the demand
from Germany and Belgium and other
European countries is enormously in j
creased.
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These facts and figures are at once
interesting and suggestive, indicating,
as they do, in unmistakable terms, an
enhanced value of petroleum at no dis
tant date. With so great an enlarge
ment of the foreign demand, a pro
duction certainly no greater than the
markets of the world require, the
chances of its application in immense
quantities to new pi: r poses, and the
continuous increase of home consump- |
tion, it is difficult to believe oil will
not advance in price till it reaches a
figure at which the average operator
?will be able to carry on his business, if
not at a large profit, at least without
positive loss, as has been the case in
too many instances during the depres
sion of the last few months. ? Nation
al Oil Journal.
What tie FiOducer3 say about Gas.
The gas question is now exciting the
minds of operators and producers.
They see in this the only outfet to their
Surplus oil, and the oilmen of the lower
region have commenced work in earn
est. They propose to donate, free of
cost, to any city or gas company that
will acccpt. the necessary machinery
for changing their works so as to use
petroleum Instead of coal for generat
ing gas. This proposition will be ac
companied by such conditions as Will
Insure the machinery to be permanent
ly used, if the experiment proves a suc
cess. This the operators are able to
do. It will be a great day for them,
when petroleum gas is first used to
tight the cities of Philadelphia, New
York, Boston and other large cities.
There will then be no more cry of
Overproduction , and the rings of refine
ries and middlemen will be broken.
The difficulty at present is the ex
pense of the change of machinery in the
gas works. The stockholders will be
slow to lend money and aid towards
an experiment, the result of which
they are not fully certain, and unless
oil'men do as the lower operators pro
pose, donate them machinery free of
cast, the day is distant when the oil re
gion will feci the benefit of the new
outlet. ? Tidioutc Journal.
Lots in Duluth sell for one fourth
price offered for them' one year ago.
Pure West Virginia Oil.
No oil of min era! origin, except the
"Mecca," ever attained the reputation
as a lubricator, that has been reached
I) v the heavy oil produced in West
Virginia. All requirements, seem to
be met in this oil. It is entirely tree
from yum, and this cannot be said ot
the f'ir'*>t sperm. It has a body heavy
enough for the most ponderous bear
ings, and yet is so limpid as to run
I'reelv through the most delicate oil
cup. It retains its body in the hottest
weather, and reiuses to harden under
the severest cold of winter. It lacks
the pungent smell common to other
mineral oils, so that the close air and
warmth of the factory fails to produce
from it the slightest unpleasant odor.
It will not ignite at any lower tem
perature than animal oils, and possess
es this enormous advantage over them
all, that it is not possible under any
conditions to produce spontaneous
combustion with it. The importance
of this feature can be seen from the
fact that in factory districts, where
rags and waste, saturated with oils, are
liable to accumulate, one-fourth of all
the losses by lire arc caused by spon
taneous combustion. ^ hat more could
be asked of an oil ? And yet, while
sperm, of purity more or less doubtful,
costs the consumer not less than two
dollars a gallon, the most approved
brands of West Virginia can be bought
lor from fifty t6 sixty cents. What
wonder that the adulterator who seizes
upon everything that we eat and drink
and wear, shou'd catch a reputation
like this to palm off a host of oil of a
lower merit. We made the assertion
a few months ago that somebody was in
the hflbit of "mixing" oils, which were
afterwards sold as pure; a statement
certainly modest enough to pass un
challenged. But the Volcano Lubri
cator, anxious for the reputation of the |
merchants of West Virginia, in reply
to our statement, says:
"We venture to assert, that not a
single reputable firm in West V irginia
endeavors to sell mixed oil under an\
other title than mixed oil. If con
sumers want to know whether they
^et the oil they order or not, it is easy
for them to do so; let them buy Irom
producers and they will then know, or
let them apply the freezing test, and
that will satisfy them."
We have nothing to say in reply to
the first statement of the Lubricator,
for with the reputation ot men or firms,
we have nothing to do, but we can but
take exception to the other st^telrients
for the simple reason that thousands of
barrels of Franklin oil pass through
this citv consigned to producers or
those who claim to be producers of
West Virginia oils, and we think the
conclusion fs a fair one that these par
ties sell it again in some form or other.
And as to the freezing test, no one
knows better than tne producers them
selves that it is no test of the purity of
oil. We have before us as wi write a
sample of oil 2S gravity, which will not
chill at zero, but which has not a drop
of West Virginia oil in it, arid we have
also samples of oil vfhich we have good
reason to believe are pure West Vir
ginia oils, J9 gravity, which chill solid
at 10 degrees above zero. The fact fs
we would not vouch for the purity of
any sample of West Virginia oil, un
less we had with our own hands caught
it flowing from the well, seen it barrel
ed, and then sat on the bung hole while
it was in transit.
No better proof of what we say is need
ed than what every oil dealer knows
to be notoriously true, that what pur
ports to be pure West Virginia oil can
be bought by the single barrel, in any
large city in the country, to-day, at a
price less than the cost of pure oil at
the wells in thousand barrel lots. And
yet we are gla<f to say that there are
many houses, both in West Virginia
and in the cities East and West,
from whom pure oil can be obtained.
The guarantee of purity, however, lies,
not in the place where the oil is bought,
nor in any chemical or mechanical
test as yet discovered, nor in the fact
that the party of whom it is purchased
is a producer himself, but in the char
acter he bears for business honesty
and integrity. ? National Oil Journal.
Something hurts the editor of the
Ritchie Gazelle. We're sorry we do
not know whit has failed, as in that
case we might offer some comfort.
Perhaps it is because he has been fool
ed into publishing lots of rhyming non
sense fiom Parkersourg which had pre
viously been refused by the Sentinel.
Perhaps it is because he has been re
duced to the necessity of using a "pat
ent inside.'' Perhaps it is ? but we for
bear. ? Sentinel.
Right, the first time, Mr. Sentinel;
the poetry is what hurts them. Long
and Heaton poetry is enough to hurt a
live paper; it will be the death of such
a paper as the Gazette.
New York had an influx of 3,600
emigrants last week.
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The rebuilding of the Vendome col
umn, in Paris, has been commenced*
The Texas cattle fever is raging in
the southwestern counties of Missouri,
several thousand head having died of it. j
Correspondence ol the Lubricator.
Ihird Term Twaddle.
What there is in the "third term"
question Jo excite the ire of certain
journals throughout the country, for
the life of me 1 cannot make out.
President Grant has authorized the
statement that he has git'en the mut
ter no thought; the leading adminis
tration politicians say they know noth
ing about it; the people are as much
in the fog and even more indifferent
just now than politicians. Nobody
seems to have any definite information
on the subject except those journals
that are pleased to be ahgrv about it. It
is the most persistent attempt at mak
ing "much ado about nothing" the his
torv of modern politics affords. Should
these blatant defamers of the President
continue their senseless tirade ol' abuse
much longer, there is just a possibility
that they may incline the people who
have faith in Grant to support him for
third term, if for no other than the
double purpose of vindicating him
from unjust assaults, and showing the
world that our institutions are too
deeply seated in the hearts of the mass
es to be overturned by any man, no
matter how many times he may occu
py the Presidential chair.
Whether or not Grant will seek nom
ination, and whether or not he ought
to get it, are questions far in the future
Issues may arise between this and 1S76
that may entirely change the complex
ion of our politics. But there is one
thing certain, and that is, the third
term argument is premature, and so
far as affairs now stand, of little weight.
Fogy.
The Pelrolia Advertiser, published
at the center of the Canadian oil field,
gives the following figures concerning
the business of the last year:
The total shipments of oil from Pe
trdlia station from July 1, 1872, to July
r, 1873, were 495.423 barrels. The to
tals lor the three kinds shipped? crude,
3S6,2S6; relined, 13,195: distillate, 95,
942 barrels.
The tact is becoming more apparent
thrit there is a great scarcity of good
oil-producing territory, and unless
some new and big strikes occur very
soon, the refiners will have to shut
down entirely, and remove their works
to places where the crude material is
more abundant The interest lately
shown in testing crude for the purpose
of fuel for engines is so far favorable,
and hopes are entertained that it will
come into general use. on all the rail
roads. $1.25 is l bout the highest fig
ure paid for crude, and it will probably
remain at that figure for the present.
~~N O T ICE.
Previous to taking our annual ac
count of Stc'ck, we offer to the public
Our
Large ? t o c k
OK LADIES'
HATS,
FURS, , . .
SHAWLS,
FANCY DRESS GOODS,
which wil be sold at
COST, FOR CASH DOWN.
Thomas, Schilling &Co.
N
EW BOOT & SHOE STORE
J. KING & CO.;
are just receiving a full stuck of
BOOTS & SHOES,
o! their own make and warranted.. We make
Boots and Shoes of all Kinds,
and sell at
Reasonable Rates
FOR CASH.
GIVE US A CALL.I
J. KING ?{' CO..
Raymond Street.
iuneS'71-tf. Volcano, West V'a.
Business Office, Siipt's Oflice,
Hillsdale, Michigan. Volcano,' West v?
T_J ILLSDALE
PETROLEUM
COMPANY,
PRODUCERS OF
WEST VIRGINIA
Lubricating Oils,
Volcano, West Va>
iprco*7itf C. W. METLER, Supt.
j M. BENEDICT,
Manufacturer of
Sucker Rods and Boriny J'oles
I have on hands at all times a large as*r>rt
nieut of the very best in the market.
J. M. Benedict,
Volcano, Wood county West Va. juneS-71
JOHN SCHAFER
BAKERY, CONFECTION ARY,
And First-class Groceries.
ICE CREAM,
Raymond street opposite post office,
Volcano, West Va. tf
GO TO
SHAFER & STEEN
For Your
DRY GOODS
GROCERIES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
II J lijj WARE, TIX IV ARE,
QUEENS WARE, NOTIONS, LADIEk
Hats, Ribbons, Gents, furnishing goods, Ready
Made Clothing, Boots Shoes, Wall Paper,
Carpets, Hats, Caps, Mining Powder, etc.
If you want a good fit, for i suit of clothes,
For a pair of boots, or for a fashionable shirt,
cut low in the neck, be accommodatcd by
leaving your measure at the store of
april V) ly. SHAFER A STEEN.
Great Reduction in
PRICES
tjioMaS, Schillixg a co
Are now offering for cash, their large
stock of dress goods at cost, compris
ing of
plaids,
CHAMBRAYS,
JAPANESE SILKS
MOZAMBEQUES,
JAPANESE POPI.fNS
STRIPED XLPACCAS,
Chintz ALpacca^
LAWNS,
We have also a fine lot of shawls which wc
will sell out at very low prices, call and see.
THOMAS, SCHILLING & CO.
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Hardware*
G & H. WIT MAN~
General Machine, Blacksmith
And Repair Shop,
VOLCANO, IV. VA.
All kinds of machine work done on
short notice in a workmanlike manner
at moderate prices.
GENERAL BT.A C K S Ml THING
We manufacture Complete sets ot
Drill and Fishing tools and warran
them to be of the same material as
represented. We also do any job
that can be done In any Blacksmith
shop in the country in a good work
manlike and substantial manner.
OIL WELL TUBING.
At our store we keep oil well tubing
casing and gas pipe all kinds of b.-ars
or iron fitings for oil, water, steam, or
gas, packing of all kinds Gum and
Leather belting and the well known j
NEW BEDFORD Drill and Sand!
Pump Ropes, also draw ropes and
WIRE ROPE
Of all sizes used in the Oil Regions
HARDWARE.
We have a full and complete assort
ment of Hardware, including Steel
Iron, Nails, Blacksmith and Carpenter
Tools Sash and Door Glass, Paint etc.
DEALER IN STOVES
of every description, and manufac
turers cf
TIN & SHEET IRON-WARE.
We also manufacture Smoke Stiftks
of all sizes to order.
At our Establishment on Ann Street
in Parkersburg W. Va.,we keep a Juli
line of the above goods.
Address
C. & H. WITMAN, Volcano W. Va.
or Parkersburg TV. Va$
M.J. OBRIEN.
w. s. obrien:
M. J. O'Brien & Bro.,
manufacturers AND DEALERS IV
PORTABLE AND STATIONARY
ENGINES,
Oil Well fools, Fixtures, Working Barrels, Valves, Suckei
Rods, Gum and Leather Belting , New Bedford
Drilling Cables, and General Assortment
Hope , 1'acking Yarns, dc., <?c.
Also, the largest and most complete Stock of Flttl>l(/S in this scction o(
the country. .
Our facilities for Machine Work, style of finish, pricc. etc., are such that we
defy competition in this line.
?35?" We have recently added to our Blacksmith Shop a St.XSA.3f IlAjil
MER', which enables us (on short notice) to fiil all orders with promptness.
We sbHcit dh examination Of our stock before purchasing elsewhere.
M. J. O'BRIEN & BRO.,
hock Box 10, VOLCANO, Went Va.
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M.J. O'BRIEN & BRO.
AGENTS FOR WEST VA. FOR
TITUSVILLE MANUFACTURING CO
MANUFACTURERS OF
STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, STEEL JARS;
OIL WELL TOOLS, RIG IRONS, &C.
TITUSVILLE, PENNSYL VA \IA.
W: C. ALLISON & SONS.
Junction Car Works ani< Flue MrH,, .
32 & WALNUT STS., PHILADELPHIA, PA."
TUBING AND CASING.
We call especial attention to Oil operator* to our Patent Socket Tub
ing which is now being used by operators throughout the country with great
satisfaction.
Best Manufacture of Well Fittings, etc., etc.
M. J. O'BRIEN & BRO.,
Sole Agents for Ohio and West Va.
JAMES M'CONAHY,*
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Clocks arid Musical Instruments.
COURT ST. PARKERSBURG. W. VA
R. J. A. Boreman,
BOOKS,
STATIONERY,
CHROMOS,
MUSIC,
Arid Fancy Articles.
CORNER COURT SQUARE & MARKET ST.
PARKERSBURG, WEST VA1.