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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1910)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 16, 1910. c TiuW WATCH THE OIL FLOW Development of One of the Fields in Wyoming. PLANS ALONG LARGE LINES rrnle Wonders Pat Aside for the ffnbetanre Drawn from Siatnre's Storehouse Ilrlaht Pros pects Ahead. No more columns of flame and smoke pulled off as a Fourth of July spectacle will decorate the midsummer scenery In the oil regions of Wyoming. Colonel J-M-ward II. Power han said the word. As the colonel la the oil king of Lander, his word goes. The reason for the change from scenic rplenders to real substance Is that Colonel I'ower and his asBoclates are turning the oil Into coin. How tills Is being done Is told by the Wyoming State Journal and some of the facta related will Interest Omaha people In general, particularly those who regard the region, as the fuel bin of Omaha Industries. Under the direction of Colonel Power, Mr. Billow planned and engineered to com pletion what Is declared, by men who know, , to be the most complete system for gather ing, pumping, storing and loading oil In rxlotence. Shipments of oil from Colonel Power's operation, the Popo Agle field, were made as early as last August, and tank cars are already enroute to convey the Immense shipments under contract for Omaha, Lin coln and Sioux City. These cars are specially constructed and each one personally Inspected by Colonel Power before It was accepted and started on Its way to Wyopo. A trench ten miles long, thirty-six Inches deep and thirty Inches wide, has been dug between the wells and the railroad siding ' at Wyopo, and through this trench has ' been strung and laid ten miles of six-Inch pipe, to convey the oil. At Wyopo havo been erected two Im mense storage tanks, of 57,500 barrels ca pacity each, and protective fire banks have been thrown up surrounding each ol these tank. A large machine shop has been erected and equipped, loading racks with a ca paclty of ten cars at a time have been completed and still there- Is more to tell. More than 40,000 cubic yards of earth has been removed, requiring the services at tunes of 100 to VS men, and the establish ment of three camps with the accompany log expense for malntatnance, shelter, and sustenance. Three Flowing; Wells. 8lnce October 1 three wells have been drilled on the patented lands. Each of these wells Is flowing, having .started at the rate of 200 barrels per day, gone as high as 1,009 barrels per day, and are still flow- Ing, though with diminished activity. Three more wells are now being drilled. four complete rigs are on the field, and the management proposes to -maintain Its pres ' ent activity until the production has reached such a stage as to warrant fur J ther Investments In the line of extending t the enterprise, seeking wider markets than I are now available. As fast as the wells are drilled they are , a coupled with a large double disc pull power machine erected In the center of the oil field on substantial concrete foundation, driven by a twenty-five horse-power en gine and receiving Its stream from the main pumping station 1,800 feet away. Each disc has connections for attaching pull rqd for pumping twenty-six wells, so that the tofal capacity of the machine Is fifty-two wells, when new well is aruiea, or an old one ceases to flow naturally, la immediately harnessed up to this ma chine by means of the pull rods operating pumping jacks, the oil Is pumped from th Vf well, and only one man Is required to oper ate the whole machine. Through the middle of the field, burled below frost, lies the extension of the pipe line running to Wyopo, with three-Inch ' branches registering the flow of each well The main, that la, the six-Inch pipe line, . runs to and past the settling tanks, branch ing and connecting with each tank through 1 a three-Inch pipe. The oil Is pumped Into J these settling tanks, which are equipped with steam pipes, and when the oil Is clear of water and settlings It Is gauged and then permitted to flow, by gravity, Into the receiving tank, fifty-two and "a, half teet below. Just beyond, and thirty feet lower than the receiving tank. Is the pumping station, containing three large oil country boilers, a fed water heater and. a large line pump 4 capable of pumping from 5,000 to S.QW) ' barrels of oil per day, against a head of , 1.000 pounds to the square Inch. , Supplies Ita Own Power. All of the boilers are fired with oil and the system of burning, that of the Na tional Supply company of Chicago, is very complete in every respect. It has been In x stalled without sparing expense, mainly lor the purpose of education, as there are no other steam plants using oil in this part of the country. 9 The oil gravitates from the receiving tank ' to the pumping station, and by means of ' the power generated by the boilers men tioned above, is forced through tho main pipe line to the large steel tanks at Wyopo. Each of the two immense steel tanks occupies one and a half acres of ground, surrounded by very large fire banks, with sufficient Intervening space to make a very respectable race track. The tanks are lo cated In commanding positions at such an elevation as to require no rehandliiig of the oil, as It gravitates to the loading racks on the tallroad elding extended to the tanks by the Northwestern railroad.' Each of these tanks Is supplied with more than 2,000 feet of heater pipe equipped with steam connections fur the purpose tt ex tii'gulshlng fire in the event of the tanks being struck by lightning, or any other kind of accident. The machine shop nearby Is the most complete in the state, and is most favor ably located. Adjoining the shop Is a large boiler furnishing the power for running the shop engine, and furnishing the steam fur the heater pipes in the tanks. This shop proposes to do custom work and to carry a complete line of supplies. Wyopo, by the way, derives Its name from the first three letters of Wyoming and the first two of Power, and U located one and a half miles northeast of Lander on the line of the Northwestern railroad. A por tion of the land comprising the towuaile has been surveyed and laid out In town lots with broad streets and parkways. An other portion la set jside fur manufacturing purposes, and a still larger portion for the 4 tank (arm. A Bachelor's Kef taction. freckles are worm to a woman than knock knees, because they show. ttiiuure meals are a close rlvnl to the Ten Commandments In making good cltlsens. liven a man who ca get along with his own kUut sometimes can't do It witn his wife. If the average man could afford to be generous, he d make out that It was weak- 0 . A generotiH act makes a man so proud N of hiuisWf hu is then lit to do most auy 'V thing. Y I n Women understand so many things much hi better than men because they don I study u iiaiu uvrr iiiviii. . There's hardly anything a wop.an can rnjuy u much as the May she can cry over fiuw conniiiK um baby uew siloes are. - ETCHINGS OF DUTCH LIFE Quaint Old Ten Garden t oalom of Holland Becoming; Popnlnr. Aaaln. On the old canal from Pelft to 1-yden la a tea garden that has existed there time out of mind. More than iTd years ago It Is mentioned in local chronicles and It Is cn record that all the windows of the house and pavilions wire broken when the awful gunpowder explosion daxtroyrd a large part of Leyden In the eighteenth century. The canals In those days were the highways of traffic, and all the finest houses and most beautiful country seats were sltusted on its borders, the edifices turning their best side toward the water so that the best rooms could command a good, view of the pa.iscrsby. If the house could not be brought sufficiently close to the canal border, a summer house, generally circular In shape, with windows' on all sides, was placed on the Immediate idge of the water, often overhanging it. Every country seat and house had Its own landing stage, a rowing boat and boat house. Of course, the amusement resorts had to conform to this preference for the wa ter, so It Is not so wonderful that nearly 11 the old Dutch tea gardens were placed near some busy canal. These tea gardens were a great institution, where the burghers, with their families, would come on summer evenings to drink tea or eat sour cream with rucks and sugar. Some ays the gardens were filled all day long. At noon coffee and rolls were partaken of there, and later on tea, was again Indulged The children found nlentr to amuse them, there were swings, seesaws and lots of rowing boats. barges glided by continually, some towed by horses, others by men, women and children. Often three or four children and little dog towtd a heavily laden boat while the father of a family -punted it along with a pole and so eased the strain for those on the towpath. But the passen ger barges were tnose looked for with the greatest interest, for most of these would stop at the landing stage of the tea gar den and deposit a goodly load of new visitors. The canals and freight barges are still the same, but the gay green and white painted passenger barges have passed from the scene, and the tea garden Itself has gone through many vicissitudes. Some of the establishments led a dreary existence for many years, the paint on the summer houses and pavilions getting dingier und dingier, and some crumbled Into decay al together. None with any pretensions to gentility visited the tea garden any more, and finally only the laboring people kept true to the old places. But there camo an astonishing revival, due chiefly to the bi cycle and later to the automobile. The tea garden has again become fashionable and many a crumbling, old establishment has shone forth with new plate glass win. dows, extensive verandas and new paint. New summer houses have been built and many new rowing boats are temptingly waiting along tha landing stage. All day long the ola garden Is filled with gay young visitors.., Bitting under the flowering linden trees in the old garden walchlnir the barsre. lually gliding, with the cheerful tea kattle humming its little song on Its warm stone near at hand, one's thoughts revert to the olden days when tea was first Introduced Into Holland. What a revolution It created In the households. It will scarcely be be lieved that muny a family was almost ruined by It. Tea was first brought into Holland by the East, India company and Holland was drinking tea some time b3- f ore France or England knew of 1L, In Uia middle of ih. seventeenth century toa was given as a medicine and some doctors were so enthusiastic about Us results that they prescribed It as a kind of elixir of life warranted to cure every variety of illness. Some people drank from ten to flftv cups at a sitting. Tea was not taken with milk In those days, but with sugar and saffron. But tea alone was not suff.olent to quench the thirst and a bowl of brandy with a ladle in it was passed around as a change. Tea was an eXDenvlve luxury In those days, costing as much as 40 or even 100 or 130 florins a pound, and all tha accessories of the tea, table had. to be of extreme richness. A tea room was sot apart in all stylish homes, with a t-p:clul tea table and chairs, and this was kept entirely for entertaining guests. These tea tables were costly affairs, often of Japa nese lacquer work inlaid with silver, Ivory and mother of pearl. The tea sets were of the most delicate ehlna and Japanese porcelain. The teapots were often of fan tastic shapes. The square pots, painted with gold designs, were famous and val uable. Others were hand-painted with the family crest and arms. The drg.ss .of the. company was Just as fine In its' kind as the trappings of the tea table, so that the expenditure necessitated by tta drinking became so great that the moralists of the lime poured forth the vials of their wrath on U'a, referring to II as "that destroyer of domestic peace'' and "that demoliaher of the fortunes of our citizens." , Tea drinking has not been put down b the fulminatlons of Its critics, but the ex aggerated veneration for tea huy grad ually give place to a more quiet apprecia tion of Its merits. Even now Holland ranks second In Europe as a tea drinking nation, following Immediately after Eng land In the quantity consumed each meal. Chicago News. COMING CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY Enterprlalna; Tooth Proves His Skill by Working a Board of Health, Besides being an esteemed cltlxen and a good fellow, Franklin S. Carter la the head of the board of health In the burg of Bur lington. l. J. When a eat commits suicide on the street, or a dog gets stung Into kingdom come by a hiking automobile, It Is his duty to see to It that the tragically departed gets a decent burial. Borne time since, according to Mr. Carter, a little boy came to him with a dead dog. which, he said, he had fished out of the Asslscunk creek. Following the usual cus tom, the member of the board of health gave til in a dollar to bury the animal. Two days later the youngster came with a sec ond dug, which, he said, he had fished uut of the creek, and easily raked In an other dollar. Still another dog was pro duoed a few day later. By the end of the week the boy had cleared up $5 in dragging drowned dogs from the water and burying them. t Mr. Carter mentioned the rather remark able circumstance to a friend, whereat, to the surprise of the board of health mem ber, the friend leaned back and laughed hilariously. "I see it all now," he mirthfully cried. "You have been buncoed, Frank. You have been buncoed." "What do you mean?" demanded Mi. Carter, wonderlngly. ' "I mean that he worked the same kloodle on you five times," was the startling re Joinder of the friend. "I saw him digging It up, and If the dog had only held out a few days longer he would have had 10 Instead of 15." Philadelphia Telegraph. Bee Want Ads produce results. MEWS OF THE BUSY HOME BUILBERS s i l .' I 1 rjin in Gr ROOK ll X If noon 2" X p-i t Lynyfy-rfrr.7- , , , , I STOOP - j r ' l i I TOiteTj tw psitrIJ hall (Frrnri 'vl 0 PORCH. I j Getting Best Results in Home NNUAL statistics gathered from ' physicians, hospitals and health reuorts throughout the country show an appalling number of victims ' to the terrible whlt.fr plague, to say nothing of the A multitude who tre suffering' from di seases closely allied to consumption, such as bronchlltls, anthina and many ailments which have their start In the common overv day cold. Almost wlthou exception the victims of these pulmonary disease have contracted tho same through firt weaklng their constitution through lack of sanitary conditions surrounding their dally life and then exposure to the disease. - For nearly a century physicians throughout the country, good and bad, have been trying to find some permanent cure for this, ter rible scourge, but the only practloul and permanent cure found for It Is nature's simple means of remedying the condition?, by removing the cause. The) cause of most pulmonary troubles is lack of fresh air. proper exercise and Improper diet, and by correcting these errors the remedy is ap plied. Fresh air Is the cheapest and most harm-, less commodity which nature glvos us, still many people regard It as a natural enemy. i ncy snuc inemscives into a room, carefully pealing up all ihe openings ana ureattie the tetid air over and over again, taking Into their system again poisons exhftled from their lungs. Tho law in most cities require certain means of ventilation for churches, theaters, schools. dance halls and other places where pi-ople congregate with large numbers In a small place; but In the prjvate home It Is op tional whether a man should provide proper means for ventilation In It or not. The means by which a home can be prop erly ventilated ore so simple and so Inex pensive that there can be no excuse for their not being universally ndopted, except Ignorance. to properly ventilate a home there must be a means for fresh air to enter and for the used air to escape. This should be ac complished In a natural manner with no force draft. The hot air plant solves the problem of fresh air supply If properly In stalled, but It has many objections which TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Interesting Bit of Omaha Exchange Recalled by Old Document. TO TOP OF BANK BUILDING Steel Workers on City National Hearh Their Hlnhest Point on Mxteeuth i Story Theaters earing Completion. Articles of Incorporation of the origi nal Omaha Keal Estate exchange have been found, Incorporated October 30, lsSti. A perusal of the names of the original signers shows the changes which twenty four yeara have wrought. Not a man In the real estate business at that time who signed the articles Is in business at the same place. The list also contains the names of many prominent business men of Omaha who have departed this life and some who nave moved away. Following la a ltst of the Incorporators: Omaha Real Kstate and Trust company, by Alvin Saunders, president. The O. F. Uavla company, by P. L. Peiine, secretary. M. A. I'pton. W. A. McCandllsh. 1). V. Sholes. Ueorge N. Hlrks. Otto Lobeck. , The Mead Investment company, by David Jameson, treasurer. J. U. Kvans. Hartman & Robblnt. Crary Crary. H. Q. Clark. O. 11. Ames. Urover Stevens, lirolge P. Uein Is. Curtis Sackett. C. L. Jaynes & Co. j . e j t' r- .jJa t- f 'ir DCSlGrt no 338 arthur c cLuati, arjcmt . rMifcA.poi-i a - i i r- Li 10 12.- CL5 r-io o Arthur C. Clausen, Architect. MR. CLAUSEN'S BOOK ''yhe Art, Science and Sentiment ' of Homebuilding." 42 chapters, 200 illustrations and a thousand facts on the planning and designing of every kind of home. It covers a wide range of subjects, in cluding the planning of bungalows, suburban and city homes, letting contracts, choosing materials, proper design of entrances, windows, fire places, etc. Price, post paid, 1.00 A monthly supplement, "Practical Homebuilding," sent gratis for twelve months following the sale of the book. Address, Arthur O. Clausen, Archi tect, 1136-37-38 lumber Exchange, Minneapolis, Minnesota. makes It less desirable as a hoattng plant than other systems. In order to allow the heat to properly enter with a hot air heat ing plant and provide a continuous circu lation of air, most plants are put in with what Is known as a cold air return, with' a large duct leading from a register In some central position In the house, which Is carried down under the basement floor and then to the furnace. This, of course, means a continual circulation of the same air, and for this reason this method Is not as good as to provide some means for the air to escape Into the open and obtain the fresh air supply from out of doors. The objection to this always Is that con siderable warm air Is always allowed to escape and the fresh air must be con ftlnually heated, requiring a little hotter fire than under the old. method, but this slight amount of extra fuel consumed Is a very cheap price for extending the l'-ase of life and Increase the enjoyment of living through continued good health. With a hot water plant the modern way to provide a warm, fresh supply of air Is what Is known as Indirect radiation. This Is obtained through placing what is known as an indirect radiator, especially made for this purpose, enclose! In a tin or galvanized iron compartment, located over the first floor, these metal compartments being connected W. (1. Shriver. Thomas F. Tuttle. Alexander & Smith. II. K. Roberts. T. C. Bruner. H. R. Ball. W. R. Human. K. M. Stenberg. F. K. Darling. R. K. St ow e. Benson & Carmlchael. . T. l'. L'larkson. W. T. (Irahum. 1. R. Archer. John W. Paul. W. A. Spencer. ' I). C. Patterson. W. C A. Gardner. A. P. Tukey. Morris Morrison. ', Waugh At Westerfleld. S Blrkhauser & Blumer.- Nebraska Settling and Supply company. H. S. Berlin. Oeorge J. Paul. , Theodore Olson. Potter & Cobb. Jolin F. Flack. Gate city Land company, by W. B. Taylor, secretary. Hutchinson & Wead. Stringer Penny. Mumaugti Vt Fitcbett. Lewis S. Reed & Co. D. J. O'Donohoe. Finest Riull & Co. Wul lace Blayney. D. L. Smeaton. Star Land and Loan company, rer R. H. Wick, secH-tarv. Mulr & ttaylord. M. F. Roys. C. M. Power. F.rnest O. Lubeck. O. .1, Collman. The steel gang working National bank has reared on the City the massive beams to the top. of the sixteenth story of the building and most of the steel will soon be In place. The contractors are ready to push the other work as soon as the weather will permit. The proposi tion was financed last week by a loan of 500,000 which the building company 2 I O W t i - n m ..... r - k ' CL3 CHArtfbtR iZ'x u MA. l 1 CMAA5ER ii ai t n C.l0EkT I CL"i B I 1 PORCH BOOf- Building I with the outside air. A large duct from the top of the compartment Is connected with the floor above. Since heat Invariably rises, carrying a current of air with It, the upward current pulls In through the freih air duct a fresh supply of air which cir culates through the Indirect radiator and becomes warmed and then passes into the room. The register can be either placed In the floor or In a partition. If there Is a fireplace on the first floor connected with rooms that open together and the damper Is left open, this will serve as a splendid ventilator, no other outlet being necessary. While It would be desirable to carry the Indirect radiation up through the partitions to the second floor, the loss of heat is so great that It Is not practical and since in a private home the bed room doors are seldom closed, or at least need not be so at night, the fresh air will be given an opportunity to circulate up through the hall Into the second floor rooms and can be forced to follow this course by placing small baseboard ventilators In each bed room. The bed rooms should be heated with radiators fpr the practlcafj-easons be fore stated, Thla baseboard ventilator con sists of "a small nickel-plate register 'con nected with a three-and-one-half-lneh tin or galvanized tube which la carried down the outside walls into the basement, across the celling 'of the basement, connecting Into the main ventilating pipes leading Into a vent flue. The air on the floor being cold est and also what is known as the dead air of the room will follow a downward cur rent through this vent pipe. The pipe being placed In an outside wall and cold Its en tire length Insures a downward current of air until It gets Into the basement. Here It Is connected with a flue that Is warm and the current goes upward, carrying the air with It out or the chimney at the top of the house. While there are hundreds of patent devices on the market for the ventilation of homes, the above described mothod Is the simplest and most practical manner In which It can be accomplished. It means a slight expense In equipment and a little more heat, but the expense will be offset by a saving of doctors' bills, to say nothing of the comfort and pleasure I of living In a well ventilated, sanitary home. made on the property. The contractors have set a fast pace in the erection of this building and future buildings will have to be pushed to make the time rec ord which has been reached In throwing up uie uteei work on the skyscraper. The Morris theater is nearly ready for tho roof and the plasterers have about I completed their work on the Inside of the new Brandels theater. No time has been set for the opening, but large forces of men are working on the office build ing which surrounds the theater. Man ager Burgess said he had hoped to have the building ready for the opening Feb ruary 22, but adds that he has made no arrangements and will not again set data until the building la completed. Garage after garage is being built along automobile row and if the present gait keeps up much longer Farnam street will be a continuous line of automobile garages and salesrooms from Kighteenth street to Twenty-fourth street. Qould Dleta Is building a gurage for the Mclntyre Au tomobile company on the lot east of the Quy L. Smith garage and a new garage is being put on the lot west of Fred- rlcksou's. Harry H. Culver, has returned from three weeks trip through Texas and around the gulf, and Is optimistic regard ing the future for Texas land. He spent considerable time In Fort Worth and, while there, purchased an interest In the Pratt- Tabor Co. (Investment brokers.) It is Mr. Culver's intentlun to keep In touch with his southern connections by monthly trips to Fort Worth, which, however, will not affect his real estate business in Omaha. . tr ' V-w t ''i'. j '-4 8.. . ' ' -;., 'I 'frosts floods unnecessary. cvclone or Our climate is me finest coughs, colds rlieiimatibin or tevers - f 1 l-'-.'V 1 Flowers, Fruits oil rear round In the Islo ot Djna No cold trrow threw croon a Yar. The l"o Pin". 7 Tr TevVry sen.e an American Colony. You will feel at home there Over 6 0(H) American (some Enllh and Canadian.) are lnfere.tea than fiS "over K oMh. land Is owned by them. American settler, are there la goodly numbers to bid you welcome. Book Sent FREE isMV big 500-acre orsnre and grape fruit groves, entirely planted to 45.000 trees, hundreds of acres ol private groves, pineapple fields, tobscco plantations, vegetable gardens, typical homes of Amer ican settlers, good roads and bridges .hotels, town hall, schools, general store, etc, all accom plished In four short years by the untiring efforts ol the com pany snd the co-operation ot enterprising American settlers. tyAIL COUPON TODAY A few hundred dollars Invested now will make you Independent In the next fow years. The price of our land U advancing rapidly became of exteiuive improve ments we are. matins. . - . aava monay by ouyina now. send It today for our tree book, containing full Inorma aoout our proposition. ..A iki. "This, My Dear, is a Tungsten Lamp" It looks like an ordinary electric incan descent, but it is nearly three times as brilliant The wire filament inside the bulb is made of Tungsten metal, capable of radiating much more light and much less heat than the ordinary carbon filament. - Housewives should try tho CE-Tung. ten 40-watt lamp instead of tho S0 . tvatt carbon lamp now in general uce. Costs ono-fifth less for .electricity and I gives Just twica aa much lightf Omaha Electric Light t and Power Co. fi f, 'Sl'I1 -j I'fnnsQjnfl IssHVI -tirftlfit-J'i;" nWfctfaVU r Do you appreciate good cuts! There is n lot of satisfaction in the Baker quality. You're not getting that careful workmanship in your half tones, zinc etchings, drawings and color work unless made by Baker Bros. Engraving Co. Barker Block, Omaha. a..,.. -LLLIL! ' "" ' , '. nU?,a' "I I I I .).. ! 1 3 y BEE WANT AD- will rent that vacant house, fill those vacant rooms, or secure boarders on short notice at a very small cost to you. Be convinced. You Can Make $3,000 to $5,000 A yer.r from ten acres of ou? frostless, fertile, fruit and truck lanfV RrowlnR oranjreg, grapefruit, pineapples, winter vegetables; lemons, limes, bananas, berries, fjrapes, fiRS, tobacco, coffee, cocoa, cocoa nuts, pecans, almonds, etc. The Isle of Pines Is SO miles south of Havana, Cuba ' only lonrdsyi from Now York br f utesmert. It Is an ltland of eternal June, swept by ocean brceies and protected by the wsrm water of the tiulf Stream Irotn the Mlkhtnlng fronts which devastate Florida's groves. There are no ea. - thquhko. Irrigation lor fruit trees l In the world. Winter or Summer. No no uuiruo m uvm " v,.. . and Sunshine r'.rv mnnth in harvest time. Yon run barrtm winter to onduro whiW tho ground ISLE OF PINES CO. 228 Fifth Avenue New York. N. Y. Please send me, FRKE, your bonk, "Mi Kinley, IhIo of Pines," Maps, etc., describing your land. Name No. and St City State Omaha Bee. 1-1(1-10. T ion
