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THE CUBA REVIEW 



Board of Directors of the Union Oil Co. Mine at Bacuranao. 



tiiue. The Cuban Petroleum Co. has a tank 

 of about 2,000 bbls. capacity, where the 

 petroleum is stored until it is sent to tbe 

 refinery, which is located at Belot in Havana. 

 This refinery is operated by the West India Oil 

 Refining Co. 



The petroleum pumped by the Union Oil 

 Co. is said to contain 22% gasoline, some para- 

 fin and other valuable substances. The 

 Union Oil Co. operates four wells and is 

 pumping approximately 35 bbls. daily from 

 well No. 4 and 15 bbls. daily from well No. 5. 

 Well No. 6 has been driven about 1,000 ft. 

 with 6 inch pipe. A large tank of 50,000 gals, 

 capacity has been built, as well as some other 

 smaller tanks. Piping is laid from the large 

 tank to the railroad station ac Minas, about 

 two miles distant, where there is another 

 tank of 50,000 gals, capacity. This company 

 has already shipped 1,000 bbls., 700 of which 

 went to Matanzas for refining and the balance 

 to Regla and other places where the oil is used 

 for fuel purposes. There are some 1,500 

 bbls. of oil ready for shipment, awaiting their 

 removal to tank cars. As soon as the railway 

 can handle this shipment, the West India Oil 



Co. has agreed to buy all that can be delivered. 

 The Union Oil Co. uses some 10 bbls. daily to 

 operate boilers and pumps, and has a pump- 

 ing capacity from their tank at the wells to 

 their tank at Minas of 60 bbls. per hour. 



The consensus of opinion seems to be that 

 the working of these oil fields will result in the 

 production of a large quantity of crude petro- 

 leum. 



COTTON WASTE IN CUBA 



There is a dem.and in Cuba for cotton waste 

 for machine wiping. The principal users of 

 this material are the railroads and the sugar 

 m.ills. The railroads, it is stated, buy all their 

 supply direct through their purch;M-ing agents 

 in New York City, and while many of the sugar 

 mills buy from supply houses in Habana, still 

 a considerable quantity is furnished by deal- 

 ers in this city, the names of the principals of 

 which are submitted. 



CHANGE OF ADDRESS 



Mr. Horace F. Ruggles, M.E., has changed 

 his address and in the future his New York 

 office will be at 108 Wall St. 



