Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1887 — A Standard Oil Scheme. [ARTICLE]

A Standard Oil Scheme.

A gigantic scheme of the Standard Oil company, involving millions of dollars, has just been unearthed. It is nothing more nor less than a grand trunk pipe line from Chicago to New York by way of the,,Qhio and Pennsylvania oil fields. The pipe line, when completed, will be nearly 1,000 miles long and will cost at least $8,000,000. It will connect the Ohio and the Pennsylvania fields and oil can be piped eastward and westward as desired. The Standard company has already commenced to lease the right of way through Ohio and Indiana. Thousands of acres of the best oil lands have been secured and the intention is to develop and test all the country between Chicago and Lima, O. The step was made necessary by the high railroad rates.