The History of the Standard Oil Company

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Author

Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944

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Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production

Subject

Petroleum industry and trade -- United States -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 60692

Release Date

November 15, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HISTORY OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.CHAPTER ONE THE BIRTH OF AN INDUSTRY
6. 6.CHAPTER TWO THE RISE OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
7. 7.CHAPTER THREE THE OIL WAR OF 1872
8. 8.CHAPTER FOUR “AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE”
9. 9.CHAPTER FIVE LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF A TRUST
10. 10.CHAPTER SIX STRENGTHENING THE FOUNDATIONS
11. 11.CHAPTER SEVEN THE CRISIS OF 1878
12. 12.CHAPTER EIGHT THE COMPROMISE OF 1880
13. 13.APPENDIX — NUMBER 1 (See page 1007 ) PROFESSOR SILLIMAN’S REPORT ON PETROLEUM — GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE CRUDE PRODUCT — EXAMINATION OF THE OIL — PROPERTIES OF THE DISTILLED OILS — USE FOR GAS-MAKING — DISTILLATION AT A HIGHER TEMPERATURE — DISTILLATION BY HIGH STEAM — USE OF THE NAPHTHA FOR ILLUMINATION — PHOTOMETRIC EXPERIMENTS — USE OF THE ROCK-OIL AS A LUBRICATOR FOR MACHINERY — CONCLUSION — NUMBER 2 (See page 1044 ) FIRST ACT OF INCORPORATION OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY — NUMBER 3 (See page 1047 ) AFFIDAVIT OF JAMES H. DEVEREUX — NUMBER 4 (See page 1055 ) TESTIMONY OF HENRY M. FLAGLER ON THE SOUTH IMPROVEMENT COMPANY — NUMBER 5 (See page 1062 ) CONTRACT BETWEEN THE SOUTH IMPROVEMENT COMPANY AND THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, DATED JANUARY 18, 1872 — ARTICLE FIRST — ARTICLE SECOND — ARTICLE THIRD — ARTICLE FOURTH — ARTICLE FIFTH — ARTICLE SIXTH — ARTICLE SEVENTH — ARTICLE EIGHTH — NUMBER 6 (See page 1063 ) STANDARD OIL COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK TO $2,500,000 IN 1872 — NUMBER 7 (See page 1067 ) AFFIDAVITS OF GEORGE O. BASLINGTON — NUMBER 8 (See page 1072 ) ORGANISATION OF THE PETROLEUM PRODUCERS’ UNION OF 1872 — PLEDGE — NUMBER 9 (See page 1078 ) CHARTER OF THE SOUTH IMPROVEMENT COMPANY — NUMBER 10 (See page 1080 ) DRAFT OF CONTRACT BETWEEN THE SOUTH IMPROVEMENT COMPANY AND PRODUCERS OF PETROLEUM IN THE VALLEY OF THE ALLEGHENY AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. DATED JANUARY, 1872 [84] — NUMBER 11 (See page 1082 ) EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF W. G. WARDEN — NUMBER 12 (See page 1082 ) EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF PETER H. WATSON — NUMBER 13 (See page 1093 ) CONTRACT OF MARCH 25, 1872 — NUMBER 14 (See page 1100 ) TESTIMONY OF HENRY M. FLAGLER — NUMBER 15 (See page 1106 ) THE PITTSBURG PLAN — NUMBER 16 (See page 1117 ) “THE AGENCY” — NUMBER 17 (See page 1123 ) CONTRACT BETWEEN PETROLEUM PRODUCERS’ ASSOCIATION AND PETROLEUM REFINERS’ ASSOCIATION — NUMBER 18 (See page 1132 ) TESTIMONY OF GEORGE R. BLANCHARD ON REBATES GRANTED BY THE ERIE RAILROAD — NUMBER 19 (See page 1133 ) TESTIMONY OF W. T. SCHEIDE — NUMBER 20 (See page 1133 ) STATEMENT OF AMOUNTS PAID FOR OVERCHARGES AND REBATES ON OIL DURING THE YEAR 1873 BY THE NEW YORK, LAKE ERIE AND WESTERN RAILROAD — NUMBER 21 (See page 1135 ) AGREEMENT OF 1874 BETWEEN THE ERIE RAILROAD SYSTEM AND THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY — NUMBER 22 (See page 1139 ) AGREEMENT OF 1874 BETWEEN THE RAILROADS AND PIPE-LINES — NUMBER 23 (See page 1141 ) THE RUTTER CIRCULAR — The New York Central and Hudson River Railway Company, General Freight Agent’s Office, Grand Central Depot. — NUMBER 24 (See page 1148 ) STANDARD OIL COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK TO $3,500,000 IN 1875 — NUMBER 25 (See page 1148 ) HENRY M. FLAGLER’S TESTIMONY ON THE UNION OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY WITH OUTSIDE REFINERS IN 1874 — NUMBER 26 (See page 1153 ) GEORGE H. BLANCHARD’S TESTIMONY ON THE BREAKING UP OF THE PIPE POOL OF 1874 — NUMBER 27 (See page 1196 ) MR. FLAGLER’S EXPLANATION OF THE COMMISSION OF 10 PER CENT. ALLOWED THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY IN 1877 — NUMBER 28 (See page 1196 ) CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER AND MR. SCOTT IN OCTOBER, 1877 — NUMBER 29 (See page 1197 ) CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MR. O’DAY AND MR. CASSATT — NUMBER 30 (See page 1197 ) HENRY M. FLAGLER’S TESTIMONY ON THE REBATE PAID TO THE AMERICAN TRANSFER COMPANY — NUMBER 31 (See page 1199 ) LETTER TO PRESIDENT SCOTT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD FROM B. B. CAMPBELL AND E. G. PATTERSON — NUMBER 32 (See page 1225 ) PRODUCERS’ APPEAL OF 1878 TO GOVERNOR JOHN F. HARTRANFT, OF PENNSYLVANIA — CONDITION OF THE TRADE IN 1871 — CONDITION OF THE TRADE IN 1877–1878 — THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO MONOPOLISE THE TRADE — “THE SOUTH IMPROVEMENT COMPANY,” — PIPE-LINES — CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION — RECENT STATE LEGISLATION — THE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT, — RESULTS AND EFFECT OF THE SUCCESS OF THE CONSPIRACY — NUMBER 33 (See page 1233 ) STATEMENT OF CRUDE OIL SHIPMENTS BY GREEN LINE DURING THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 1878, TO NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, AND BALTIMORE; SHOWING DRAWBACKS ALLOWED TO AMERICAN TRANSFER COMPANY — NUMBER 34 (See page 1239 ) BILL OF PARTICULARS OF EVIDENCE TO BE OFFERED BY THE COMMONWEALTH — NUMBER 35 (See page 1253 ) CONTRACT OF PETROLEUM PRODUCERS’ UNION WITH STANDARD COMBINATION — NUMBER 36 (See page 1254 ) AGREEMENT BETWEEN B. B. CAMPBELL AND THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY
14. 14.CONTENTS
15. 15.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
16. 16.CHAPTER NINE THE FIGHT FOR THE SEABOARD PIPE-LINE
17. 17.CHAPTER TEN CUTTING TO KILL
18. 18.CHAPTER ELEVEN THE WAR ON THE REBATE
19. 19.CHAPTER TWELVE THE BUFFALO CASE
20. 20.CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY AND POLITICS
21. 21.CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE BREAKING UP OF THE TRUST
22. 22.CHAPTER FIFTEEN A MODERN WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE
23. 23.CHAPTER SIXTEEN THE PRICE OF OIL
24. 24.CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE LEGITIMATE GREATNESS OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
25. 25.CHAPTER EIGHTEEN CONCLUSION
26. 26.APPENDIX — NUMBER 37 (See page 2004 ) ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE TIDEWATER PIPE LINE — NUMBER 38 (See page 2015 ) TESTIMONY OF HENRY M. FLAGLER IN REGARD TO THE TIDEWATER CONTEST — NUMBER 39A (See page 2024 ) AGREEMENT BETWEEN STANDARD AND TIDEWATER REFINERIES — NUMBER 39B (See page 2024 ) AGREEMENT BETWEEN STANDARD AND TIDEWATER PIPE LINES — SCHEDULE OF REFINERIES REFERRED TO IN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT — NUMBER 40 (See page 2028 ) TWO AGREEMENTS OF EVEN DATE, AUGUST 22, 1884, BETWEEN THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY AND THE NATIONAL TRANSIT COMPANY — NUMBER 41 (See page 2060 ) TABLE SHOWING PRICES OF OIL AT COMPETITIVE AND NON-COMPETITIVE POINTS IN 1892 — PRIME WHITE OIL — WATER-WHITE OIL — NUMBER 42 (See page 2069 ) STANDARD OIL COMPANY’S PETITION FOR RELIEF AND INJUNCTION — NUMBER 43 (See page 2070 ) ANSWER OF WILLIAM C. SCOFIELD ET AL. — NUMBER 44 (See page 2071 ) AFFIDAVIT OF JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER — NUMBER 45 (See page 2072 ) FINDINGS OF FACT — NUMBER 46 (See page 2080 ) LETTER OF EDWARD S. RAPALLO TO GENERAL PHINEAS PEASE, RECEIVER CLEVELAND AND MARIETTA RAILROAD COMPANY — NUMBER 47 (See page 2084 ) TESTIMONY OF F. G. CARREL, FREIGHT AGENT OF THE CLEVELAND AND MARIETTA RAILROAD COMPANY — NUMBER 48 (See page 2084 ) REPORT OF THE SPECIAL MASTER COMMISSIONER GEORGE K. NASH TO THE CIRCUIT COURT — NUMBER 49 (See page 2120 ) A STATEMENT FROM AN OIL-PRODUCER’S STAND-POINT FOR 1886 — NUMBER 50 (See page 2121 ) THE BILLINGSLEY BILL — NUMBER 51 (See page 2130 ) EXTRACTS FROM TESTIMONY OF H. H. ROGERS — NUMBER 52 (See page 2136 ) THE TRUST AGREEMENT OF 1882 — NUMBER 53 (See page 2153 ) LIST OF CONSTITUENT COMPANIES OF THE STANDARD OIL TRUST, WITH ASSETS AND CAPITALISATION IN 1892 — NUMBER 54 (See page 2154 ) FORMS OF MR. ROCKEFELLER’S CERTIFICATE OF HOLDINGS IN THE STANDARD OIL TRUST, WITH ASSIGNMENT OF LEGAL TITLE WHICH TOOK ITS PLACE IN 1892 — KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS — NUMBER 55 (See page 2160 ) AGREEMENT OF 1887 BETWEEN THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY AND PRODUCERS — NUMBER 56 (See page 2187 ) JOHN D. ARCHBOLD’S STATEMENT TO THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION CONCERNING THE STANDARD’S OPPOSITION TO THE BUILDING OF THE UNITED STATES PIPE LINE — NUMBER 57 (See page 2194 ) TABLES OF YEARLY AVERAGE PRICES OF CRUDE AND REFINED — TABLE OF YEARLY AVERAGE PRICE OF CRUDE — TABLE OF YEARLY AND MONTHLY AVERAGE PRICE OF REFINED — APPENDIX, NUMBER LVII — NUMBER 58 (See page 2225 ) JOHN D. ARCHBOLD’S STATEMENT ON THE PRICES THE STANDARD RECEIVES FOR REFINED OIL — NUMBER 59 (See page 2254 ) W. H. VANDERBILT’S CHARACTERISATION OF STANDARD OIL MEN — NUMBER 60 (See page 2259 ) FAC-SIMILE OF ONE OF MR. KEMPER’S SHARES — NUMBER 61 GENERAL BALANCE SHEET, STANDARD OIL INTERESTS, DECEMBER 31, 1896 — NUMBER 62 (See page 2267 ) AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY — NUMBER 63 (See page 2270 ) PRODUCTION OF PENNSYLVANIA AND LIMA CRUDE OIL BY STANDARD OIL COMPANY 1890–1898 (Expressed in barrels of forty-two gallons.) — NUMBER 64 (See page 2270 ) BUSINESS OF STANDARD OIL COMPANY AND OTHER REFINERS 1894–1898
27. 27.INDEX
28. 28.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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