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THE CUBA REVIEW 



FUEL-OIL STATIONS IN CUBA 

 About tilt' middU' of L)ecoiiil)er, I'JU), 

 tlu' Texas Co. (Soiiili Anu'rica) bi-gan ac- 

 tive const riutioii of its initial fuel-oil tank 

 at Autilla. The site selected is in the 

 nortiieast part of the town, about 2U0 

 yards beyond tliat upon which the taiilc 

 of the West India Suyar Finance Cor- 

 poration is located, and on the shore of 

 NilK' 15ay. Fourteen carloads of construc- 

 tion materials purchased in the United 

 Stales have already arrivi-d, and boilers 

 and pumps are en route. Necessary lum- 

 ber will be purchased in Antilla Ironi an 

 .Vmerican lumber concern located here. 

 The tank will have a capacity of G4,0U0 

 liarrels, which is said to equal that of the 

 largest sized fuel-oil tank in use in the 

 United States and probably in tlie world. 

 It will be :'>o feet high and ll.j feet in 

 diameter. 



Five thousand feet of pipe line will be 

 laid from the tank to the discharge wharf, 

 and will follow the general direction of 

 the piping from the West India tank, ter- 

 minating in the same dock. The pipe line 

 will be 12 inclies in diameter and have a 

 I'-incli inner pipe for steam, to heat the 

 oil and facilitate pumping. A pump and 

 boiler house of sheet iron and concrete 

 will be constructed, size 2S by 3G feet. 

 Ground has been broken for the erection 

 of a G-room frame cottage with screeiied- 

 in porch and modern conveniences, which 

 will be occupied by the constructing engi- 

 neer, and later be used as dwelling and 

 office of the resident manager. Fifty labor- 

 ers, recruited locally, are employed in the 

 work of construction. 



OTHER lANKS OF THE TEXAS CO. 



It is of interest to note that the Texas 

 Co. has established or is establishing tanks 

 at several points in Cuba, as brieiiy out- 

 lined below : 



C'icnfucgos. — One tank, capacity (U,CHiO 

 barrels, completed in October, 1919. Oil 

 received. Land purchased for erection of 

 a second tank, same capacity. 



Antilla.— One tank, capacity 64,000 bar- 

 rels, under construction. Land purchased 

 for later erection of second tank, same 

 capacity. 



Nucvitas. — Land purchased for erection 

 of two tanks, capacity of first to be 64,000 



or .">5,(J00 barrels. Work of construction 

 about to begin. 



Isabel dc ISayiKi. — One tank, capacity 

 ;'.T,o00 barrels, nearly comiileled and soon 

 ready for oil. Laml purchased for biter 

 erection of second tank. 



R(ylu, near Havana. — Land purchased 

 for erection of two tanks, each of r»l,(Mlu 

 barrels* capacity. Work not yet bi'gun. 



Matanzas. — One taidc. caiuuity .">,(MM> 

 barrels, under construction and to lu; ready 

 for oil ni nliout six weeks. Land purchased 

 for subsecpient erection of .second tank. 



Sa}itki(j() dc Cuba. — Land purchased be- 

 tween city and El Cobre for construction 

 of two tanks, first to be either 64.(M((> or 

 r».j,000 barrels' capacity. Work In Ik 

 started as soon as necessaiy iinliund sid- 

 ing is built. 



From the foregoing it may be observed 

 that it is the policy of the Tt'xas Co. to 

 secure terrain for two tanks at all main 

 points where fuel stations are establislied. 

 even wiien the construction of bnl one 

 tank is contemplated at the time of pur- 

 chase, thus providing for expansion as 

 business development warrants. 



GKOWTH OF OIL COXSC.MPTION — OIM'OHTLMTV 

 FOB OIL-BURNING MACHINERY 



The use of fuel oil is being extended 

 rapidly. The United Railways of Havana 

 are said to be engaged in changing .■'."> 

 locomotives to oil burners, and a simihir 

 step is said to be contemplated by tlic 

 Cuba Railroad Co., which operates in 1lu' 

 Antilla district. 



A tank with a capacity of .")(M),(,00 gal- 

 lons was recently completed on the estate 

 of the Rio Cauto Sugar Co., this (Oriente) 

 Province. It is stated that oil will be se- 

 cured from the Sinclair-Cuba Oil Co. 



The establishment of new oil stations 

 in Cuba seems to offer an excellent op- 

 portunity for the introduction and elab- 

 oration of oil-burning machinerx. The 

 heavy duty and legal restrictions on fuel 

 oil and its use have prevented a thorough 

 development of the oil and oil-burning 

 machinery mark<'t in Cuba, but, with 

 the conclusif)!! of the war and with the 

 activities now evinced in this field, It 

 would appear that the opportunities for 

 the extension of trade in this direction 

 are manifold. — Yiec-Consul Jo.<icph F. 

 Buck, Antilla. 



