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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
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