The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, November 10, 1920, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textw WKI.NKHOAV, NOVKMIir.K 10, WHO THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON I'ACIK TWO PACIFIC COAST IS FACING SERIOUS SHOfiTAGE OF OIL; i SUGGEST1S FOR REMEOYi Prepared by tlic Snn Francisco Chamber of Commerce SAN FRANCISCO. Nor. 10 The Pacific count faces n serious furl oil shortage. Oil consumption I outrunning oil production nt tho rnto ot 10,000,000 barrels per year. Storage stocks of ell ham been definite encouragement ntul support 'of hydro-clcctrlc power develop ment. As ot chief importance In the' problem of permanent betterment tho chamber names tho early and rapid development of hydro-electric power. Involved In this Is tho pos slblo electrification of taljroads. reduced already to nn amount equlv-l which now consume from 37 to 40 per rent ot tho California fuel oil supply, nnd tho general substitution of hydro-electric power for fuel oil In Industry. Vpon this head the chamber snys "Kstlmatcs obtained by tho chnm- h substantial and steady increaso Injbcr from California power cnnipa oll production nnd a general applied-! nlcs Indicate their demand for fuel tlon of economies In consumption. ! oil may bo decrease I by 'some alcnt to two months' average con sumption, and tho situation is steadily grow Ins worse. Curtailment of fuel oil consump tion Is oven now twine enforced, and unless there ensues at this time thing over 2.000,000 barrels during tho coming jear. ot which a part Is accounted for by new hydro-electric development, nnd a part Is depend ent on this winter's precipitation Obviously tho possible effect ot this winter's snow and rainfall cannot now bo assessed In this connection " "Mr. F. 11. Fowler, district en gineer, United States forest service, estimates that at least 40 per rent ot tho fuel oil now used In estab lishments classed as Industrial, could bo saved by substitution ot hydro-electric power If such power were available. ' Mr. Fowler adds that this proportionate saving could bo expected only In Industrial fields where oil does not form a part of tho article manufactured and Is not used for tho production of hent. "Tho most striking possibility of oil conservation Is offered through railroad 'electrification. Railroads within and outside t California consume between 3. and 40 per tho. curtailment ot regional fuel oil delivery; electrification ot railroads; use ot Mexican fuel oil by mer chant and naval vessels; Importa tion ot Mexican oil; decrease of ex port of California oil; use ot fuel oil substitutes; general voluntary curtailment ot consumption by fuel oil users; encouragement of oil prospecting by amendment of Fed eral legislation; installation of fuel faying equipment y oil consumers; Fish! sharper curtailment will bo neces sary in lho near future. Theso nro tho facts- disclosed by tho report of tho special fuel, oil committee, appointed by the Snn Francisco chamber of commerce two months ago to survey tho fuel oil conditions In this stato and to rec ommend measures ot relict This committee, whoro report has Just been tiled with tho board of directors ot tho chamber ot com merce, Is composed of Charles II. Dentlcy chairman. J. R. Hanlty, Wal laco M Alexander, Alfred I Ks berg, C. Parker Holt, Joseph J Tynan and Leon O. Levy; secretary. It. H. Vorfeld. In its effort to help tho present scuto situation and to discount the discouraging forecast of tho future, tho chamber of commerco has re ceived and considered many sugges tions and recommendations. Some of theso recommendations border upon tho heroic or revolu tionary. Included among them are cent of the California fuel oil sup ply. There Is a difference ot tech nlcal opinion upon tho proximate feasibility ot railroad clcctrlflca-j tlon In California and adjacent ter ritory, and the chamber does not feel Justified In offering Immediate recommendations uncn this Pols' "Mr. Fowler estimates that hydro-1 electric energy equivalent to at least i 3.7 times tho present Installation can bo developed from undeveloped water power sites now considered commercially feasible In California and on the Klamath river. Ills esti mate does not take Into account all sites which may be ultimately de veloped. "Hydro-electric development In California has a definite and logical relation to the control of flood wa ters, more adequato Irrigation pro- Our fish it shipped to !be 'ack of native coal and a rr . limited oil supply. Literally the n frnm trie nrinrinal conservation of water resources and us rrom uie principal hydroIec,ric development on .n 'adequato scalo must bo the measure ot California's nroeress. The cham ber believes In principle that such hydro-electric dorelonment most ef- IfarflvAlv fnltnwa nrlvntA Inltlnflvn tamers, which permits .and the control of operations under Jstate regulation, and bespeaks for US to Sell fish to yOU legitimate enterprises of this char- tunc U 6VUVIUUS JIUUIIU aujKjrt This support should be extended to the electric utilities and to railroads which may seek to electrify their 'systems, and perhaps to individual 2,,.f- A-a.tT fwm V.A Industries equipped to develop JUSl drawn rrom tne hydro-cle!trlc power for their own 'consumption. : "The chamber believes that en terprises of this character aro en 'titled to the necessary financial sup-l port for installation and expansion and the chamber will study appro tprJato means f.r effectively attract-( ing such support." ; j Summing up Its findings, tho, 'chamber says: I "As the fuel oil situation pre- fishing ports of the coast in ice-cooled con- ( which is just as sweet. and fresh as if it were water. Helms Fish Market If the Wood Dealer Sold Service Wo do not sell current; we sn't it? hell service. That hounds odd docsn' Well, suppose tho Hood dealer sold fccrtlco Instead of wood, lie would tend to jour furnace and )our ranee, take mm ay tho iub.cn and clean the fluoa. You would buy so much beat. ' Now you buy so much light, although you pay according to tho current you consume. Hut the service U performed for jou by tills company at the substations and power plants. That Is svhnt wo want to giro you efficient service. It Is tho aim of this company to have none but satisfied customers. No matter what it is, It you have a grievance, or aro dissatisfied about your bill or do not understand our rates, please come in and see u or write as about It. If yoa hare any suggestions to make, we will gladly avail our selves of them as our aim Is constantly to Improie our service to you M fast as the development of science and human ability permit. California-Oregon Power Company sents Itself today, tho supply of Cal ifornia crude oil Is faced with til .lll.. .t.i..i..i... ... no mill I...M .I.' ami tho 'cracking process' Is esti mated l;y well Informed men In tho Industry to Involve tin additional draft un stock ot perhaps 22,000 barrels per day by tho end of 1931,' provided that tho rntes ot produc tion nnd consumption continue its they wore In tho IS months ended August 31, 1920. Tho sum ot theso actual and potential drafts Is at tho rate of 50,000 bnrrels per day." "And It seems reasonable." snya tho chnmbnr. In n pica for united action of nil Interests, "to plan for tho future stability and expansion of tho Industrial nnd agricultural Interest nt California and tho Pa cific coast In so far as they may bo affected by tho fuot oil supply." The Fuels Hero Is a summary ot the fncts disclosed by the chamber's survey: "Field stocks of crude oil In Cal ifornia fell from 57.000.000 barrels on January 1. It'll!, to 23.400,000 barrel on August 31. 1920, a do- lino of 69 per cent In something. short ot tivo years. "Slnco January 1. 1919, Califor nia field stocks declined by 9.608. 000 barrels, equivalent to nearly 30 per cent. Hut tho uioro recent rate of stcck depletion Is stilt moru sig nificant. Slnro September 1, 1919, or during the twelve months ending August 31, toao. fluid slocks In Cal ifornia declined from 33,700.000 to 23,400,000 barrels, an equivalent of more than 30 per cent. This In dicates very clearly that slnco Janu ary 1. 1919. n period of rapid field stocks depletion has come within tho past 12 months. There was steady depletion of stocks within each ot these 12 months with n Intervals of recovery or building up t "A comparison of national pro-, ductlon with California production! show a marked dlfferrnco In ten-1 dency Dally national production Increased from an averago of 91S. 000 barrels In 1917 to 1.180.000 In the first seven menths of 1920 a gain of nearly 30 per cent Dally California production In creased from 2C7.000 In 1917 to 275.000 during tho first seven montns of 1920, an equivalent of but 3 per cent. If California pro duction is excluded from tho nation al figures tho comparison Is obvl ously still moro unfavorable to Cal ifornia, and shows a national In creaso of 40 per cent ngalnst Cal ifornia's 3 per cent Slnco 1918. tho dally national rato of produc tion, excluding California, Increased nearly 22 per cent, while the Cali fornia rato remained stationary dur ing the period January-July, 1920. "Refinery stocks ot crude oil. gasoline, kerosene, gas and fuel oil, reduced to terms of 42-galIon bar rcls, amounted to 7,079,000 on Jan uary 1, 1919; 7. 058, 000 on January I, 1920 and 7,892,000 barrels on June 30, 1920. Thus refinery stocks on the latter date, as compared wl b January 1, 1919, had Increased .y 903,000 barrels and In comparltJn with tho beginning ot this year bad gained 424,000 barrols. These In creases are gratifying as evidence ot the Increased capacity of rofln erles to take care of current needs, br aro not ot major Importance In thulr effect upon tho disparity be tween production and consumption of California oil, and such minor Increases cannot b) considered ns significant accumulation offsetting the depletion In field stocks of crudo oil. "Even If allowance Is made for gains In refinery stocks the rato or total stock depletion or or consump tion In excess of production was 2C, 000 barrels per day during January Juno, 1920, as compared with 3000 barrels por day during the calendar year 1919. "With a total of 23,400.000 bar rols of field stocks remaining on Aug ust 31, 1920, (.nd assumed refinery stocks of 8.000,000 barrels as of that date, It Is clear that mi actual shortago of oil rosourcos In Califor nia Is not far distant If recent rato-t of production und consumption ro main constant. "In 1917, the petroloum. commit tee of tho California state council of dofenso estimated that 2.000.000 barrels of oil which aro reported as stocks aro required for operation of pipe lines, and that 4,000,000 bar rels of the Ktook reported nro nt tho bottutiiH ot largo tanks and reservoirs below points ot outlet That commit tee further reported that 10,000,000 barrels of stocks nro required as n snfoty factor for proper function ing of tho Industry n sort ot com mercial background, Tho safety fac tor last mentioned would average 2,000,000 barrels to each or tho five largo mnrkotlng companies In Cali fornia and does not seom excessive "Tho sum of theso njlownnrcs, 16.000.000 barrels, It deducted from stocks, tho treoly nvnlhihto stocks on this basis would bn 7,300,000 bar rets (field) and 8,000,000 (refin er) ) Tho amount of theso is equiva lent to tusi thnn 00 day's total con sumption ot California oil products although tho possibility of a precipi tate or constant draft thereon to tho point of Inuuedjato exhaustion Is quite remote. "During thn first six months of 1120. shipment or consumption 'of California fuel oil was at tho rate of about 231.000 lnrrols per day. without considering consumption In tho Industry Itseir. Tim yield of fuel i oil from crude, currently brought to . the surfaro during that period, wns at tho rato of 212.000 barrels per' day The difference between these1 amounts of 22,000 barrels per ilnv Is the slgnltlcnut flguro to ho run-' xlilrrr.l, and represents n draft on crude oil stocks at tho rato of 2S,-' r.oo lnrrols per day. or 10.400,000 barrels per )car. , "This draft on California crudo oil stocks 28.500 barrels per day J was maintained In fairly regular i month-lo-month depletions through-! out tho period September 1, 1919. to September 1, 1930. and therefore cannot bo considered spasmodic or , soasonnl ( "It should hi noted also Hint the production of kerosene In California has doubled slnro 19 IS nnd that roughly ttotio lmrrolii or oil pur day, which formerly remained In the icsl (I u u in for usu ,n fuel oil or was sold ns niigluo distillate, Is now distilled ns kerosene. It Is explained In tho In dustry that this Increasing produc tion of kerosene Is largoly duo to tho rising demand to supply tractors nnd other motors which nro lining moro generally designed to hum kerosene Instead ot gasoline "N'o unqualified statement ran t" obtained regnrdlng tho effect ot tho 'crocking process' on tho future total supply of California fuel oil. Tho best estimates available placo tho propor tionate reduction or fuel oil as a ro-l suit of lho uldoi application tit thin proems In Callfornli at nhoiit 10 per rent by lho end ot IDiM. us compar ed with current prod net Inn. "There In continuous pleasure mid tendency tifwurd tho Mii-enllod 'higher uses' of petroleum, which mentis tho growing use of n grentur proportion of petroloum products In Internal combustion engines Pending much wider use and development of Inter ml combustion endues tn burn heavy oil, this utilisation naturally calls for Increasing use ot u lighter distillate such us gasoline and kero sene, with consequent reduction In (Continued on Page Three) WHY IT SUCCEEDS llivnuxi It's For ()n Thing Only, and Kliinintli Falls People Appro ctsto Tills Nothing cm lie good tor every thing Doing onu thing woll brings suc cess. Doan's Kidney Pills are for ono thing only. For weak or disorderly k'dneys llero Is Klamath Falls evMon'o to prove their worth Mrs I. 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