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while those for subsequent years are based on the reports received 

 from pipe-line companies who transport the oil to the refiners. 

 The following companies operate pipe lines in the New York field : 

 The Allegany Pipe Line Co., Colui.bia Pipe Line Co., Union 

 Pipe Line Co., and Fords Brook Pipe Line Co., of YYellsville ; 

 Vacuum Oil Co., of Rochester; New York Transit Co., of Olean ; 

 Emery Pipe Line Co., Kendall Refining Co., and Tide Water Pipe 

 Co., Limited, of Bradford, Pa. 



Production of petroleum in New York 



YEAR 



1892 



1893 

 1894 



1895 

 1896 



1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 



BARRELS 



I 273 343 

 I O3I 39I 



942 431 

 912 948 

 I 205 220 

 I 279 155 

 I 205 250 

 I 320 909 

 I 3OO 925 

 I 206 6l8 

 I 119 73O 

 I 162 978 

 I O36 179 



949 5" 



1 043 088 



1 052 324 



I 160 128 



I 160 402 



I 073 650 



915 314 



VALUE 



$708 297 

 660 OOO 

 790 464 

 I 24O 468 

 I 420 653 

 I OO5 736 

 I O98 284 

 I 708 926 



1 759 501 



1 460 008 



1 530 852 



1 849 135 



1 709 770 



1 566 931 



1 721 095 



1 736 335 



2 071 533 

 I 914 663 



1 458 194 



1 198 868 



The average quotations for crude oil from the Appalachian dis- 

 tricts were lower in 191 1 than at any time since 1901. The prices 

 of Pennsylvania crude, which are taken as the basis for rating the 

 New York output, were $1.30 a barrel at the opening of the year 

 and remained unchanged until the last week in December when 

 they advanced to $1.35. The outlook for the current season would 

 appear more favorable, as the tendency in the early months was 

 toward a higher level. 



The records for the year showed that 195 new wells were com- 

 pleted, as compared with 283 wells in the preceding year, and 457 

 wells in 1909. The increment of production from the new wells 

 amounted to 201 barrels a day, while in 1910 it was 368 barrels 

 and in 1909 it amounted to 715 barrels. Of the number of wells 



