The Volcano lubricator., September 09, 1873, Image 2

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Voi.cano Lubricator, j
TUESDAY SEPT 9. -S73.
GEORGE P. SARGENT,
PUBLISH KR & PROPRIETOR,
Volcano /rest Iff ?
"War in General.
Here is what Governor Jacobs has j
to say about U.S. Walker. and some
thing of what 11. S. Walker has to say
about Governor Jacobs. We don t
lake stock in either of them, believing
Walker a rascal and the Governor a
hvmcrite and k'*ave. It istheii dance,
however, and we hope something good
may cc;iio out ot it:
EXECt-TIVF. Dfpartment, )
ClIAKLliSlON, A l'?. '0' 73 )
The term of office of the Public
Printer. Merry S. Walker, expired on
the +th of Ma-ch last, and no provis
ion was made bv Saw for the appoint
ment of his succe?>or. Hut by an act
pnssfd April 1, i^73> Commissioners
of Public Printing were named or
constituted, and the-e Commissioners
were directed, immediately alter the
passage ol the acl, to ?rive notice in
four newspapers, printed within the
State, for tour weeks, thai set ltd pro
posals tor the execution of the State
prin'irg and binding, ai d with supply
ing the State with stationery and
printing, would he received until the
-v,th day alter the publication of said
i.oiic*. This act further declared that
*? The Commits: ior.ers of Public Print
ing, or anv two of them, shall, within
two davs after the expiration of the
time tor receiving proposals as afore
said. proceed to open in public all such
proposals by them received, and they
shall award the contract for printing,
oindiug, printing paper and stationery,
to the lowest responsible bidder ihere
for." Notwithstanding the fact that
the term of the Public Printer expired
as aforesaid, and that nearly live
months have elapsed since the passage
of said act, yet the Commissioners of
Public Printing have failed, so far. to
execute the duties imposed upon them
as aforesaid. And, inasmuch as it has
come to the knowledge 01 the Cover
nor, that II. S. Wulkcr, wiio still acts
in the capacity of Public Printer, and
>\ho has generally been treated as
such, did, during his term, make seri
ous overcharge for work performed
by him. and also makes charges not
authorized 1j* law. by reason of all of
which the State has suilcreu much pe
cuniary loss. In consideration of the
premi-es, the Governor, in pursuance
of the authority voted in hiui by the
law, doth order that from and after
this date, all the Public Printing be
done by Charles B. Webb, of Kana
wha county, until he shall otherwise
order, or until the same shall be let to
contract, and the contractor or con
tractors shall have begun to execute
such contract. If, by construction ot
the law, the office of Public Printer
j.ri!l e\!st$, ami ;lu* .-aid Henry S.
Walker be deemed the incumbent
thereof, the (io\ernor, being of the
opinion that the public service de
mands that he should no longer be
per::;:tte I to hold said cfTice, doth
here'dy remove the said Henry S.
Walker from said office. The Gover
nor doth further direct that all printed
matter now in possession of said Hen
ty S. Walker be turned ever or deliv
ered by him forthwith to the officers
respectively having supervision of the
batne, or, if in any case there be no
such officer, to the Secretary of State
And all printing paper, stationery, or
other material, the property of the
State, now in possession ol the said
Henry S. Walker, shall be delivered
by him forthwith to the Secretary of
State, ,lor the future use of the State.
This order is iu no sense to be con
strued 'o release the sa:d Henry S.
Walker, or his sureties in his official
bond, from any liabilities to the State.
By the Uurvitior:
John J. Jacob.
C. i I El'K IC K, ^C.\> ul blUlC.
A Copy-Te?'e:
C- 11ki)!H"!C. St'c'v of Srate.
Here i? an extract Imui sui article in
the Couri'-r Mijtpased tu have been
u ritten by iienry b. Wa'kcr, the Pub
lic I'rinter, which savors of haoh: ?
"While Gov. Jacob is holding me up
to public reproach for plundering the
Treasury, 1 waut the j>eople to un
derstand that lie has control of the
keys, and that no one ti\pn can rob it
v.itho.it an accomplice. The man
who now accuses me of peculation,
has appended his ofTjei.il certificates oi
correctness ot ihe very account which
he says are fraudulent. Which are
you to believe? the certificate* of the
6worn officer, or the accusations of the
swp' rj pni*'i?rtn who wants to persuade
you that lie certified a lie, and assisted
in the perpetration of a frand. This
is s ques'io i for the Co;;r?* to deter
mine, but lrom that tribunal uiy au
gust accuser shrinks in dismay.
I know the people of West Virginia
arc in favy* o. < ??y. ao Uicin i)
appeal lor tliat itiiluence which shall
compel Gov. Jacob io prosecute this
case, or cease hi* clamor. I have
j heretofore said but little upon this sub
ject while hi? claquers have held the
public ear. Hut I am unwilling to en
dure in silence his foul bespattering.
It is a duly which every man owes, not
only to himself but to those whose
welfare is bound up with bis own, to
defend himself against delamation.
That duty I intend to discharge. May
I isk my cowardly detainer if any con
sideration of shame, or pride, or man
hood, or decency, or courtesy, or jus
ice, will induce him to remember that
he is sworn to execute the laws and if
I have violated them, it is his duty to
prosecute me!
Respectfully,
Henry S. Walker.
Oil I'ipe Lilies to the Sea Board.
The cost of constructing a pipe line
of the estimated length of three hun
dred miles is set down by a competent
engineer at about four million and
a half of dollars. The expense of ope
rating such a line, if it approximates
anywhere near the estimate of the engi
neer, would be very little; while the
profits at ti ft v cents per barrel, would,
according to the same authority, be
enormous. In point of fact, we are
told that a pipe line of the dimensions
stated, if kept steady at work, would
deliver at its proposed terminus at
Philadelphia 7.300,000 barrels of oil
annually, which, at a transportation
rate of fifty cents a barrel, would yield
$3,650,000,01" a net profit ? after de
ducting the interest on capital and the
cost of running the line ? of $3, 37>7 ^3
In other words, the gross receipts of
the line worked to its capacity during
: a period of but little over thirteen
months, would pay the entire cost of
making the line, together with all its
necessary adjuncts. We are not com
petent to judge of the correctness of
Mr. Piatt's estimate, but if they were
confirmed by the results of a line in
practical operation, there arc very few
speculative enterprises as temping in
the way of remuneration.
It is a striking commentary on the
magnitude of production from this
comparatively new field of industry,
Mr. I'latt should base his estimates
for a pipe line on a yearly delivery of
7,300.000 barrels of oil at the sea- board
terminus. Yet the quantity named
by him is by no means equal to the
annual supply. ? (iazcitr.
? Dr. Wesley 11. Sharp, in an ad
dress to the Wood County Medical
Society, on ''Topography and Epi
demic Diseases of Wood, Ritchie and
Pleasants counties," has this to say
about liie oil regions:
This region is known as the heavy
oil region of West Virginia, anJ is
part of the oil belt which, cotnmenc
ing at a point on the Ohio river, near
Cow creek. Pleasants county, runs in a
southerly direction through the coun
ties of l'lea-a.its, Ri'.cltie, \Vood, Wirt,
and counties south of the last named.
The tract near Volcano is situated on
the dividing ridges which separate
Bull. Goose and \\ alker,s creeks, with
then" tribbtai les. and comprises the
land lying between Pe'roleum Station,
13. \ O. K. K., and tl.e N. *\V. Turn
pike, and some distance north of it.
The country here is very much bro
ken ? thrown up into high ridges,
which separate the numerous tributa
i :es of the above mentioned streams,
i'hese ridges are extremely torturous
and narrow, as well as are the narrow (
valleys of the streams.
The peculiarly ol this tract is. that
on the eastern and western boundaries
of this sn ip, the ruck is broken and
stamU on edge for the whole distance
from the Ohioriverto Burning Springs.
The distance from the eastern to the
western line is from one to two miles.
Inside of this the strata of rock seems
to l^e different from that outside, which
bear traces of volcanic origin, and
within these lines of standing rock
only, are found the light and heavy
oils of llre> t Virginia. From this, in
suiiie localities, there seems to be
branching belts, but as yet they have
not been fully proved.
Within this line are found strata or
seams of coal, from iS inches to 5 teet
in thickness, cropping out at elevations
of from 100 to 200 feet above the beds
of the runs. This coal is semi-bitu
minous in quality. In some localities
the water is strongly impregnated
with sulphur: at others with iron.
The rocks are principally gray and
yellow sandstone, limestone being
rare, although in some borings for oil
small strata of the last named are
passed through. On the western edge
of this line, the oil is found at a depth
of from 500 10 yoc Ice: ; ,;t the former
depth, the heavy oii, 27-30 B. gravity;
at the latter, the light grade of oil, 40 ^ -
45 0 B. Here the oil was found in a
coarse grey sandstone, coming in crev
ices on the lock. Here, at depth of
323 or 330 feel, a heavy stream ol salt
water is reached. Towards the cea
ter of the belt the oil is found at 400 to
600 feet ? is of a medium gravity, 32 0 ?
36 B., and is :ound in a rock called
pebble rock, which is of a conglome
rate nature. On the eastern edge of
the line, heavy grade ol oil was lound
at 250 300 feet; then a heavy stream of
water, and at from 500 to Goo teet,
liuht grades of oil are found in the
same quality of rock.
In this intermediate territory, there
are no heavy veins of water reoched in
bcring in different localities. In bor
ing strata of clay, shale and coal are
passed through, and an accurate log of
ench \\-r 1 1 bored is usually kept for
tuuipuuson wiLu oilier well.
A Danbury Woman's Efforts to bs I
Pleasant.
A hot -tempered Danbury woman
who finds considerable trouble in per
suading her husband to furnish kindl
ings, and then is obliged to do it her
self, read in a religious paper, Mon
day, of how a wife induced a wicked
husband to become one of the most
affectionate and hopeful of men by be
ing invariably calm and loving with
him. The story made a deep impres
sion upon her, and when she started
the fire that noon, she put a pair of
rubbers among the wood. Then she
tied a hankerchief across her nose, and
went on with her work. When the
husband reached the gate, he paused,
fetched a sr.iff that made a hole in the
atmosphere, and then went around to
the back of the house and fetched an
other sniff that had an equal damag
ing effcct on the atmosphere. He
stared into the next yard and up at his
house, and felt in his pockets and was
about to go around to the front again,
when his wife thrust her head out and
said, "Why don't you come in the
house, you old fool? Come in and
get your dinner, and let me read an ar
ticle to you from the Christian Sec
r clary, you old rip. Come in and see
how nice it is to get dinner with noth
ing to burn but rubbers, you whited
sepulchre. Come in here, I tell you,
before I loose my temper, and say
what I oughtn't to. At this time he
went in, going upon the stoop and to
the door very slowly , but upon open
ing the door, disappeared inside with
marvelous suddenness. The neigh
bors say he was cutting wood all the
afternoon and thinking of the religious
press.
You know her. She lives in your
street. Her features are either pinch- \
ed or full in frowsy. Her dress is wet
illfitting and of no particular pat
tern; her slippers are broken down;
her hair is uncombed; her voice is
either shrill or coarse. ? Danbury
Nczvs.
? It is told of one of the "supes"
who removes chairs from the stage of
a Troy theater with great effect, thai
on the death of Edwin Forrest being
announced to him, while standing on a
hotel stoop, he exclaimed, with dra
matic gesture: "Great God! another
one of us gone!"
? Vermont must be the "banner
State" as regards the condition of its
finances. The debt of the State is
only $195,649, while the treasury con
tanins almost quarter of a million dol
lars, and is credited with a large
amount of uncollected taxes. The
current liabilities of the State are only
about $30,000. Tho gimTnmmt is
economical, and it has no ''rings" i.i
prospect. Last year $82,500 of the
debt was paid, and at this rate will
soon have a surplus fund the interest
on which will pay the cost, of govern
ment, and taxes may then be abolished
AT E\V BOOT & SHOE STORE
J. KING & CO.,
arc just receiving a full stock oi
S BOOTS & SHOES,
I '
I
ot their own make and warranted.. We make
Boots and Shoes of all Kinds ,
and sell at
i
Reasonable Rates
FOR CASH.
GIVE US A CALL.
,T. KTXG <*'? CO.,
Raymond Street.
iuneS'71-tf. Volcano, West Va.
Great Reduction in
PRICES
THOMAS. SCHILLING <0 CO
Are now oiRring for cash, their large I
stock of' dress goods at cost, compris- 1
ing of.
PLAIDS,
CIIAMBRAYS,
JAPANESE SILKS
MOZAMREQUES,
JAPANESE POPLINS
STRIPED ALPACCAS,
CHINTZ ALPACCAS,
LAWNS,
Wc have also a fine lot of shawls wluch wc
will sell out at very low prices, call and see.
THOMAS, SCHILLING & CO.
may 13-ti J
T. TAVENNEli & HRO.
'' -DEALER , IN -
Groceries \ Provisions,
Qjie ens ware, Glass, Nails,
Wooden & Willow Ware, Cutlery, h c.
Corner Court Square and Mai ket Sts .
Parkersburg, West \Ta.
June afti-iy.
INANS DEPOTS,
BA L TIM ORE , MA RTLA ND.
S. FAXCTIEli iC CO., Prop'rs
Wc have ample accommodations for RE
CE1VING, STOKING, and FOU WARDING
OIL, to all parts of the WORLD,
The B. & O. R. R. connect with our Ware
houses and Wharf.
Consignments respectfully solicited.
For lurther particulars, wc refer to our
friends, Skinner, Thomas & Co., Park
ersburp, and Wm. C. Stilks, Jr., Volcano.
S. FAN CHER. S. C. BROWN
apr27i'? iv.
HP HOMI'SON 4 JACKSON.
DEALERSjIN
DRY GOODS and GOCERIES,
Notions Provision $,
MEAT & FLOUR.
We keep const; cu hand*all|
VEGET V.BLES IN SEASON
Also a Good A 56ortment Of
Boots, Shoes1
Hats, C ? ips,
Hardware, Queensware,
NaP *, Glass, Sec.,
Rvmonl St I oat. W. Ta.
J70R SALIi !
THREE
Second Hand Engines
And Boilers.
ENGINE, S-inch cylinder, 20-inch stroke,
on iron bed-plates, warranted No. i, and ill
good order. Also, two sets ol Oil Tools, heavy
pattern. One new Engine at iny shop.
650 feet 4>i-inch Casing; Goo feet 4-inch Cas
ing.
All sorts of Castings made to order at as low
prices as the lowest. Boiler making and re
pairing done to order. Engines repaired. Me
tallic Packing and Brass Wori; done on short
notice. A new patent Water Wheel: also,
Onion Wheel improved, and Mill Gearing.
Engines built ana Engine Castings maie to
ordei.
Something Everybody Wants
For warming rooms, with open fire place.
Burns most of the smoke; reflects the heat,
and will make one-third more heat in the room
lor the same amount of coal. I have. tried it
three years and
KNOW WHEREOF I SrEAK.
| Patent nppiiei! for. Will m ike thi in to suit
any sue Iro'it or lire place.
OWEN FRANKS,
Aug. 12-310. Marietta, Ohio.
T. DEVORE,
DEALER IN
WATCHES, CLOCKS
JEWELRY,
"SPECTACLES, NOTIONS, Sic.
Watches ar.d Clocks repaired ami
varranted. Every watch 01 clock
aid warranted for one .year..
Tobacco and Cigars of the finest
orands; 'lips and Wheeling stogies.
Italian strings, Cartridges, &c.
Orders promptly at ten ted to and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Raymond st, next duor to Lubricator.
VOLCANO, WEST VA.
PHCENIX FIRE
insurance Company,
Hartford, Von necticnt.
The J 7th Financial Statement of the
r II CE JV 1 A'
on the first day of January, 1873.
Cash on hand, and in bank. $303,381 16
U. S. and State stocks and bonds, 129,842 5?
I.oans on approved securities, 56.62s 40
Hartford Hank stocks, 473.700 00
New York Bank stocks 33.40000
Miscellaneous Bank stocks, 52,950 00
Corporation & R.R. stocks, bonds, 275,262 03
City and water bonds, >"S,4;o 00
Ileal Estate, "9*012 46
Cash assctts. 11,582,646 55
Total liabilities, 1285,720 73.
SlIAFiil! Si STEKN, Ag'tS.
Volcano, West Va.
W. S. O BR I EN.
M. J. O'Brien & Bro.,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEAI.ERS IN
PORTABLE AND STATIONARY
ENGINES,
Oil Well Tools, Fixtures, Working Barrels, Valves, SucJtet
Bods, Gum and Leather Belting, New Bedford
Drilling Cables, and General Assortment
Bope , Packing Yarns, die., <?c.
Also, the largest and most complete Stock of Fittings in this section of
the country.
Our facilities for Machine Work, style of finish, price, etc., are such that we
defy competition in this line.
ZW" We have recently added to our Blacksmith Shop a STEAM HAM'
MEB, which enables us (on short notice) to fill all orders with promptness.
We solicit an examination of our stock before purchasing elsewhere.
M. J. O'BRIEN & BRO.,
Lock Box 10, VOLCANO, West Va.
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, PENNSYLVANIA.
W. C. ALLISON & SONS.
Junction Car Works and Flue Mill,
32 & WALNUT STS., PHILADELPHIA, PA.
TUBING AND CASING.
We call especial attention to Oil operator* to our l'atciit Socket Tub
ing which is now being used by operators throughout the country with grea?
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 and Musical Instruments.
COURT ST. PARKERSBURG, W. VA.
R. J. A. Boreman,
BOOKS,
STATIONERY,
CHROMOS,
MUSIC,
And Fancy Articles.
CORNER COURT SQUARE ?C MAICKET ST.
PARKERSBURG, WEST VA