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MARIETTA COUNCIL NO. 78. R. AND S. M. was chartered Sept. 26, 1893 with C. R. Stevens first T. I. M. The present officers are Chas. F. Henry. T. I. M .; Jewett Palmer, D. M ; Chas. F. Holst, P. C. W .; L E. McVay, Treas .; A. W.Tompkins Recorder. Its membership is about 85, and it meets on the fourth Friday of each month at 133-5 Putnam St.
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THE EASTERN STAR CHAPTER, NO. 59, was organized in 1896, with about 20 charter members, and now numbers 120. The officers are Mrs. J. S. H. Torner, W. M .; Mrs. I. L. Ellis, P .; Mrs C. J. Van Valey, A. M .; Mrs. G. Payne, Sec .; Mrs. Wirt Dve, Treas. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the Masonic Rooms.
Odd Fellows. - A society of the Ancient and Honorable Loyal Odd Fellows was formed about the beginning of the present century, and from its fantastic and convivial character was probably originated as a burlesque on Free Masonry; but in 1812 some of the Brotherhood at Manchester, England, conceived a plan for the continuance of the order on noble and lasting principles-prompt attendance and disbursement of funds to a sick brother, administration to the needs of the widows and education of the orphans-fellowship, love and truth. April 26, 1819, Thomas Wildey of Manchester, and four others, organized the first lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in the United States at Baltimore, Md., naming it Washing- ton Lodge, No. 1. The Sovereign Grand Lodge was organized at Baltimore, June '23, and from that date the order made a rapid growth in the new world. There were some 65 grand lodges with 11,769 subordinate lodges. and a membership of 859,929, Jan. 1, 1898, including America, Australia, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland.
MARIETTA No. 67 was instituted Aug. 29, 1846 by John Brough, later gover- nor of Ohio, with J. P. Beach first N, G ; W. N. Marsh, V. G .; W. F. Curtis, Sec. Owen Franks, Treas. More than 500 have been initiated into 67. The present mem- bership is about 80 The present officers are Geo. Foreman, N. G .; Thos. Battin, V. G ; C. R. Putnam, Sec'y; James Johnston, Fin. Sec .; C. H. Nixon, Treas. Regu- lar meetings every Monday night in Knox-Savage building Putnam st.
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HARMAR No. 115 was instituted, Aug. 5th 1848, the petitioners having been Wm. Mansfield, Wm. H. Widger, Wm. C. Olney, L.E W. Warner Joseph Humbold. Ten were initiated the first night and some 400 since. The present membership is 125. About 1862 Harmar lodge purchased from the Sons of Malta the building now used by No. 2 Fire Dept. which served as & lodge home until the present fine three-story brick Odd Fel- lows hall was put up in 1894, which with lot cost about $5,500. It is located at corner of Maple st. and Gilman aye. and first floor is used as a store. Officers are A. L. Mumford, N. G .; Wm. Mootz, V. G .; D. W. Pfaff, Sec'y; Wellington Brab- ham, Treas. Meets every Tuesday evening.
GUTTENBURG 319 I. O. O. F. instituted June 12, 1857, worked in the German language until Apr. 1892 when it changed to the English ritual. It has paid out many thousands of dollars in relief and done a good work in Marietta. The present membership is about 115. Officers Chas. T. Zimmer, N. G .; Thos. D. Worster,.V.
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G ; Henry Schuff, Sec'y; Jacob Wittlig, Treas. The lodge meets in its commodious quarters, in Arch Blk. Front st., every Thursday night.
ELKEYE ENCAMPMENT NO. 99, I. O. O. F. was organized June 11. 1867, with 14 charter members; P. Emrich was C P .; J. Miller, S. W .; J. G. Fields, S. It now numbers about 60, and the officers are Lewis H. Becker, C. P .; A. L. Mumford, S. W .; D. L. McHugh, J. W .; Henry Schuff, Scribe; Jacob Rech, Treas. It meets in Guttenburg Hali the 1st and 3rd Fridays. There are 128,267 camp members.
J. E. McCOY REBEKAH ASSEMBLY NO. 230, was organized about 1885 and has now over 100 members. The officers are Mrs. Adella Johnston, P. G .; Mrs. Mary Spies, N. G .; Mrs. Lena Scott, V. G ; Mrs. Eunice Steen, Sec. and Deputy; Miss Mary Cade, Treas. It meets at No. 115 I. O. O. F. Hall on second and fourth Fridays.
AUGUSTA REBEKAH LODGE NO. 272, I. O. O. F. was instituted July 13th, 1889, with 15 members, and now numbers about 135. The officers are Mrs. Georgi- anna Franz, N. G .; Mrs, Christine Pfaff, V. G .; Miss Lanie Toler, Sec .; Mrs. Amelia Thies, Treas. It meets on the 2nd & 4th Fridays of each month at Guttenburg Hall.
MANHATTAN TRIBE NO. 35 Improved Order of Red Men was established Jan. 27, 1868, and chartered July following. Henry Bohl was the first Sachem. At. present the officers are John H. Schramm. Sachem; Jacob Schimmel, S. S ; John Wentzel, J. » ;. Fred Blume, Sec., Castor Hopp, Treas. Its name sounds wild but- the principles are essentially the same as those of Odd Fellowship; granting relief to the sick and afflicted. etc. The tribe meets every Tuesday at the Red Men's Hall in the Hagan Blk. The present membership is about 134.
Knights of Pythias .- This order was conceived by an actor, Justice H. Rath- bone, from the play of "Damon & Pythias" and was organized at Washington D. C. Feb. 19, 1864. It is of a chivalric character teaching with striking force the prin- ciples of bravery, charity, humanity, and unselfish friendship. The order had Jan. 1, 1900 a membership of 491,672, and May 1. 1900, 57,932 in Ohio. It has an endow- ment or beniticiary rank with a membership, Jan. 1900, of 60,521.
RAYNALD NO. 82 K. of P. was organized May 27, 1875, with 18 charter mem- bers, J. C. Folger first C. C. The present membership is about 190 and the lodge. meets every Wednesday night in its well furnished hall, 3d story of Register block. The present officers are Chas W. Rennie. C. C .; W. H. Smith, V. C ; C. H. Danford, K. of R. & S .: G. A. Bahlman, M. of F .; O. J. Fuller M. of E.
PIONEER CITY LODGE No. 43, K. of P. was organized May 10, 1898 with 30- charter members, which has since increased to 45. The officers are T. M. Fletcher C. C .; Howard Fletcher, V. C .; T. R. Burton, K. of R. S .; J. R. Johnson, M. F .: Ambrose Barnett, M. of E. Meetings are held every Monday evening at the castle in the Cadwallader Bl'd. on Putnam st. (Colored.)
MUSKINGUM COUNCIL NO. 40, J. O. U. A. M .- The Junior Order, a patriotic organization was started about the time of the Civil War. 'The Marietta Council was established in June 1889. with 18 charter members. Henry Posey was the first- Councilor. It now numbers 50 and the officers are J. C. Venham, Coun .; J. L. Davis, V. C .; J. S. Harber, R. S .; Thos. Mckinney, Sec .; Frank W. Bierschwal, Treas .. It meets every Monday night at the Mills Bld.
BUELL POST G. A. R. No. 178 was organized at Marietta in Dec. 1881, with 25 charter members, and at present has a membership of 110. The officers are S. S. Stowe. Com .; Henry Wendleken. S. V .; James Zvering, J. V .; Peter Moeser, Chap .; J. H. Young, Adjutant: Dr. J. D. Cotton, Surgeon. This organization exists for the furtherance of comradeship and the mutual benefit of the civil war veterans .. It meets Ist and 3rd Thursdays.
BUELL W. R. C. No. 70 was organized in 1885 and has a membership of about 60. Its object is to aid the G. A. R. and to assist such old soldiers as need help, their widows and orphans. The present officers are Sarah Stowe, Pres .; Sarah
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C. B. GATES POST, G. A. R. No. 468 was organized in 1884 with 20 charter members, and now numbers about the same. The officers are Alex. Ritchey, Com .; Lewis Elston, S. V .; James Rouch, J. V .; E. Huggins, Q. M .; Wm. S. Judd, Adj. Meets alternate Saturdays at Fairview Heights.
C. B. GATES W. R. CORPS, No. 186 was first organized in 1884, being named after Chas. Beman Gates, a young lad killed while in the service of Com. Huggins. Mrs. S. H. Putnam was the first president and served until 1890. The corps was re- organized Apr. 1892, and has been quite prosperous and done much relief work, Its membership is about 40. The present officers are Eunice E. Steen, Pres .; Mrs. Guthrie, Vice Pres .; Laura B. Sayre, Sec .: Lucy Combs, Treas. Meets first and third Fridays at J. O. U. A. M. Hall corner of Second and Putnam.
DAWES CAMP NO. 509, Sons of Veterans, was organized Aug. 23, 1899, with 29 charter members.' Its object is to perpetuate the honor and memory of what their fathers fought for. Its present membership is about 90 and its officers are J. C. Beach, Capt ; W. R. Koerner, Ist Lieut .; J H. McKenna, 2nd Lieut .; F. W. Combs, 1st Serg .; F. A. W. Shaw, Q. M. Meets every Monday evening at the G. A, R. Hall on Putnam Street.
THE ROYAL ARCANUM was organized at Boston Mass., in 1877. On Jan. 1, 1900, it had 193,868 members. Marietta Council, No. 1544 was instituted Dec. 11, 1893, and now has a membership of about 80 The officers are F. M. Spielman, Regent; H. E. Sloan, V. R .; D. H. Buell, P. R .; S. A. Coffman, Sec .; H. H. Mc Don- ald, Coll .; Wirt S. Dye, Treas. Meets 2nd and 4th Thursdays ac No. 67 I. O. O. F. Hall.
THE KNIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES, a fraternal beneficiary order, was estab- lished in 1833, at Port Huron, Mich. On Jan. 1, 1900, it had 197,132 members.
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Mound Tent, No. 322, was formed at Marietta in May, 1896, with 12 charter mem- bers, and at present numbers about 200. It meets every Thursday evening in the Mills Bld. the officers are N. C. Brooker, P. Com .; W. D. Strain, Com .; C. E. Bell, Rec. K,; F. G. Nye, Fin. K.
THE LADIES OF THE MACCABEES was organized in 1892 at Port Huron, Mich. On Jan. 1, 1900, the membership was 56,267. The Hive at Marietta was organized in March '97, with 25 charter members. The officers are Millie McCallister, Com .; Lillian Griffiths. P. Com .; Lulu Osterle, Rec. K .; Stella Hopper, Fin. K. The pres- ent membership is about 56. It meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, in the Mills Bld.
MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA .- Marietta Camp, No. 4,138, was organized Aug. 21, '96. with 15 charter members. The object of the order is fraternal insur- ance and on Jan. 1, 1900, the total membership was 428,361. On July 1, 1900, the membership of the Marietta Camp was 90, having more than doubled in the last year. Protection for $127,000 was carried, the limit for one person being $3,000. The officers are A. A. Knapp, Ven. Consul; W. S. Alexander, Worthy Adv .; S. C. Gorrell, Ex. Banker; W. H. Leonard, Clerk. Meets the 1st and 3d Fridays in the Mills Bld.
AMERICAN INSURANCE UNION was organized at Columbus in 1894. On Jan. 1. 1900, it had 6,080 members. The Marietta Union was organized Nov. 17, '99, and at present numbers about 70 members. The officers are F. F. Gaitree, Pres .; W. F. Smith, V. P ; F. W. Wommer, Sec .; E. E. Linn, Coll. and Treas. Meets the last Friday of the month at the I. O. O. F. Hall on Putnam St.
THE ELKS .- Lodge No. 477 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was organized Apr. 27, 1899, and in one year had erected the fine building shown herewith. The home, with lot, fully equipped electric light piantand other fixtures, invoices about $30,000, and is a lasting credit to its enterprising builders, who may well be called "hustlers". Jas. W. Nye serves. as Exalted Ruler and E. S. Alderman, Sec. The membership Sept. 1, 1900 was 170, and the order holds regular meeting at the Home, which fronts on the Park, every Monday evening. The general objects of the order are Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love and Fidelity.
THE PATHFINDERS is a modern, frater- nal, insurance order organized at Akron, O., in 1898, and Dec. 31. '99 reported 5,923 members. The lodge at Marietta was organized Sept. 13, 1899, with 44 members and now numbers about $4. The officers are E. B. Guthrie, Pres .; D. Raybold, V. P .: C. E. Steen, Sec .; E. L. Pink- erton, Treas. It meets the 2nd and 4th Mon- days at Macabee hall Mills building.
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MARIETTA COUNCIL K. OF C. NO. 478. - The Knights of Columbus, a beneficiary society composed of Catholics was organized at New Haven, Conn., in 1882, having a membership, Jan. 1, 1900, of 26,336. The Marietta Council was organized Jan. 28, 1900, and has about 40 members. It meets in Union Blk. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. The officers are Fred W. Callanan, G. K ; Geo. Weiser, D. G. K .; D. T. McEvoy, R. S .; August Schmidt, Fin. Sec .; A. C. Le Comte, Treas.
KNIGHTS . OF LABOR, Local Assembly No. 265, was organized in 1886. The officers are J. T. Jones, P. M .; Nich. Eisenhauser, M. W,; W. D. Strain, Rec. Sec .; Henry Viller, Treas. Meets every Monday.
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TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL was organized in 1890. The officers are J. L. Toller, Pres ; J T, Jones, Gen Sec. ; J. O. Smith, Treas. Meets 2nd and 4th Fridays.
BROTHERHOOD OF. RAILROAD TRAINMEN, Lodge No. 504, was organized Nov. 4. 1894. Its officers are L E Fairbanks, P. M .; R. M. Fox, W. M .; W. F. Stewart, V. M .; B F. Roney, Sec. ; J. L. Toller, F'in. Meets Ist and 3rd Sundays.
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN, Muskingum Lodge, No. 144, was organized Apr. 1896. The officers are John Riley. Master and Coll ; John Spauld- idg, Sec. and Rec. Meets Ist and 3rd Sundays Twenty-six members.
INTERNATIONAL ASSN. OF BRICKLAYERS, No. 26, was organized in Oct., 1897. 'The officers are Lewis Wilkinson, Pres ; Wm. P. Ellis. V. P : Frank Kloster- mier, R. C .; Link Rogers, F. S .; Anthony Brown, Treas. Meets every Thursday.
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AMERICAN FLINT GLASS WORKERS UNION. NO. 40. was organized Oct. 15, 1898. The officers are Thos. Haytt, Pres .; James McAfee, Rec. Sec .; Theo. Dyson, Fin. Sec .; Chas. Horche, Treas. Meets 1st and 3rd Saturdays.
RETAIL CLERKS INTERNATIONAL PROTECTIVE ASSN., No 398, was organized March 22, 1899. The officers are J. E. McGee, Pres .; E. W. Glines, V P .; C. A. Faires, Rec. Sec ; F. F, Gaitree, Fin. Sec ; Geo. B. Cable, Treas. Meets 2nd and 4th Fridays.
LABORERS INTERNATIONAL PROTECTIVE UNION, No. 8336, was chartered May 5, 1899. The officers are Geo. Ackerman, Pres .; Wm McBride, V. P ; Jesse Burton, Rec. Sec .; Jno. Heller, Fin. Sec .; Wm. Danker, Treas. Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesdays.
THE LIQUOR LEAGUE was organized July 30, '99. J. H. Motter is Chm. and Chas. Bailey, Sec.
THE "WOMEN'S CENTENNIAL ASSOCIATION," of the city of Marietta, Wash- ington County, Ohio, was organized August 19th, 1986. Its object "To commemor- ate in any way which it may deem advisable, the settlement of Marietta, and the establishment of Civil Goverment, in the Northwest Territory." The membership at present, counts one hundred and twenty seven ladies. Meetings are held Monday afternoons, from October until May, on which occasions a literary or musical pro- gram is presented. A fine Relic Room has been established, possessing many inter- esting and historical articles. The officers are: Miss M. P. Woodbridge, Pres,; Mrs. T. F. Davis, V. P .; Mrs. J. P. Laing, Rec. Sec .; Mrs. J. B. West, Treas .: Miss M. N. Nye, Cor. Sec .; Mrs. S. N. Lovell, Chm. Relic Room.
THE NEW CENTURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY was organized Dec. 31, 1888, with 10 charter members. The object is to commemorate the settlement of Marietta and several monuments have been erected at different places about the city for this purpose. The present membership is about 60 and the officers are M. M. Rose. Pres .; J. B West. V. P .; Mrs. S. J. Hathaway, Sec ; Jos. J. Brennan, Treas. The society meets in Library Hall 306 Front St. In Jan. 1891, a granite stone was put up near the foot of Washington St. bearing this inscription "S. W. Corner Campus Martius, 'The Stockade', occupied by the first Governor of the N. W. Territory and by the pioneers of Ohio during the Indian War 1791-5". Another was placed on Apr. 7, '92, in the yard of the west-side school, reading "Site of Fort Harmar, built 1785. Headquarters, 1786-8, of Gen. Josiah Harmar, of Pa., Gen. in chief U. S. A." On July 15, '92 a granite monument was erected in Muskingum Park, bearing a
The cut of this building is not inserted to show its architec- tural beauty, but rather for the good that it has done. It was built about 1833, by David Put- nam, for a private school house and after Harmar was made a separate village in 1837, was used or public purposes. Harmar Congregational Church was or- ganized in it and continued to worship there for some years. It still serves as a public library and reading room. The Harmar Academy building erected in 1847, stood on the opposite cor- ner of Maple and Franklin sts. It was burned down in the '80s.
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bronze plate inscribed "Near this spot, July 15th, 1788, Gen. Authur St. Clair, of tbe Revolutionary Army and President of Congress, 1787, was inaugurated first Gov- ernor of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the Ohio River. On this ground stood Centennial Hall of the celebration, July 15th, to 20th, 1888."
THE MARIETTA IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY was organized in the spring of 1898, its object being to encourage such improvements as tend to promote the health and beauty of the place. The officers are Mrs. Mary Phillips, Pres .; Dr. Helen Curtis, 1st V. P .; Mrs. L. R. Chamberlain, 2nd V. P .; Mrs. Dr. Ballard, Sec .; Mrs. Col. Nye, Cor. Sec .; Mrs. West, Treas. Meets at the Relic Room, the first Tuesday of each month, in the winter and spring months.
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Description of High School building and other school matters will be found on page 70, under illustration of Washington school. Cut of Marion school on page 35, Fort 38, Putnam 51, Willard 53.
MARIETTA BAND was organized about 1884. The number of pieces has varied from time to time and at present it has 21, being the best musical organization in southeastern Ohio. The history of the marietta Orchestra is identical with that of the band as most of the members belong to both organizations, Both are now under the directorship of Prof. Schmeideke. The officers are Peter Schlicher, Pres .; and Mgr .; Carl Becker, Sec. and Treas.
MARIETTA GUARDS, O. N. G., were mustered into the State Guards on Apr. 19, 1900 as Com. B, of the Seventh Separate Battalion. with 65 men. The officers are J H. Hovey. Capt ; J. C. Watson, Ist Lieut ; C. F. Ketter, 2nd Lieut,; and Theo. Folger, 1st Sergt.
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FLOWING OIL WELL
A history of this section would be very incomplete without devoting considerable space to the weil developed and constantly extending oil interests of this valley. By a system of ancient vats, found some 20 ft. in depth in the alluvial deposits along Oil Creek, Pa., the timbers of which were thoroughly saturated by petroleum and pre- served by it, historians and geologists be- lieve that evidence is here found that it was used in quantities by the "Mound Builders," perhaps several thousands of years ago. Since the earliest advent of the whites the greasy fluid has been collected by the In- dians and used as a medicine. It was called Senaca oil, from the tribe most active in its distribution, but early in the century deriv- ed jus scientific name from peter-a stone and oleum-oil.
Early Strike .- While boring for salt on Duck Creek Noble Co. O., some 25 miles from Marietta, in 1814, an oil well was found at a depth of 475 ft. (evidently in the Dunk- ard sand) which flowed several barrels a day, but its value was unrecognized. At Muskin- gum, O. in 1819, another well was found but being considered a nuisance it was allowed to run to waste for several years. Dr. S. P. Hildreth, an old time historical writer of this place (who erected the three-story brick, residence adjoining the courthouse in 1822 and whose son, Dr. Geo. O. Hildreth, born on these premises Nov. 17, 1812, still fre- 56
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quents our streets) in writing about the Duck Creek well, in 1826, says: "It dis- charges vast quantities of petroleum or as it is vulgarly called 'Seneka Oil', forced out by a tremendous gas and is of no use for salt; nevertheless the oil is being gathered for profit, is coming into demand for work-shops and will be used soon for lighting the streets of Ohio cities " Had his advanced ideas been followed up this great industry would not have lain practically dormant for 33 years thereafter. In 1836, Dr. H. reported that 50 to 100 bbls. were being collected each season in this vicinity and said the Duck Creek well was still producing a barrel each week A rich flow was found at Burksville, Ky. in 1829, which might have made millions for its owner had he recognized its worth. This was allowed to run to waste in the Cumberland river until it became ignited and spread destruction in its wake, ter- rorizing the people for many miles around who looked upon it as a Sodom and Gomorrah retribution.
The Creel Well. - A Mr. Lemon in boring for salt at Flint Run on Hughes river, W. Va, in 1844, struck oil at 100 ft. As its commercial value was recognized he arranged a syphon to run off the water and save the oil, about a barrel a day, in the tank As he had a lease for salt only, B. W. Creel who owned the land sued for recovery and was given possession of the oil well by the courts. Bosworth. Wells & Co., who commenced general jobbing in Marietta in 1840. secured first refusal on the product and for fifteen years were the largest dealers in petroleum of whom we find record. Their account books are still intact, in the Wells block, 161 Front street, and from which our compiler finds that the price paid to Creel up to 1856 was 33 cents a gallon, subsequent to which it came up to 40 cents on account of the increasing demand. The Marietta jobbers shipped the same principally to whole- sale druggists, from the Mississippi river to the Atlantic coast. realizing 50 to 60 cents a gallon, while the retail price was nearly double that amount D. Jayne & Son of Philadelphia, and other patent medicine makers, purchased direct from B. W. & Co. as it was largely used in vermifuge, Mustang and Arabian liniments In a few places it was also gaining popularity as an illuminant. Mr. Creel in fifteen years- 1845 to 1860 -realized over $20,000 in cash from his well which was doing about 100 bbls. per year. After a short time the syphon was discarded and the usual process, of wringing it out from saturated blankets, resorted to.
Large Oil Develop- ments .- Late in 1858. Col. L G. Drake of Titusville, Pa. commenced boring distinctl for oil, using the spring pol plan. He encountered roci and drilling was very slow After six months his friend - ridiculed his tenacity but b persisted in the work an Aug. 28th, 1859, at a dept! of 71 ft. was rewarded for hi search and opened to th world an industry which ha circled the globe. This wel yielded about ten bbls. pe day and the product sold &t 55 cents a gallon. Great ex citement prevailed and P; farms on the Oil Creek hill. which had not been consid ered worth paying taxes 01 brought from $100,000 to $1 - 000,000; but as numerois other wells were soon drilleu in, the average price declin- EAST ON GREENE, JULY FOURTH. ed from $13 per bbl. in 1860. to $1.68 in 1863. From 3.056,090 bbls. in '62 the produc- tions decreased in '63 to 2,611,309 and in '64 reached but 2,116,109 bbls, not with-
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The Productions - From 2,113 609 bbls in 1861, the Pa field made a gradual increase (excepting as stated above) reaching the acme of 33,009,236 in 1892 since which it declined, until'99 showed but 14,000,000 bbls. and its productions at present is scarcely equal to the field within a radius of fifty miles of Marietta From Pa. alone nearly 600.000,000 of bbls. have been shipped in forty years, and the New York field adjoining Bradford has added a hundred million more. In W. Va. the Rath- bone Bros. well, which had been opened in 1842, while boring for salt at Burning Springs, was reopened for oil in 1860 At a depth of 103 ft. it made 100 bbls. daily and a second well at 300 ft. flowed 40 bbls. per hour, Some northern talent went to the scene, but the secession war-cloud thickening in the winter of 1860-1, operations were greatly checked. In 1863, the Confederate Gen. Jones raided the place and burned up 300,000 bbls of oil and all the rigs. The total W. Va. production, for 30 years, 1859-88 was but 4,783,448 bbls. or an average of about 150,000 per year.
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