Identifier: sanfranciscosoce01wrig (find matches)
Title: San Francisco's ocean trade, past and future; a story of the deep water service of San Francisco, 1848 to 1911. Effect the Panama canal will have upon it
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Wright, Benjamin Cooper
Subjects: Shipping
Publisher: San Francisco, A. Carlisle & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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-ered by those engaged in the oil industry of California. The only omitted sections are Mexico, Australia, andsome of the Pacific islands. It is not known that any seriousattempt has been made to enter these markets. There has been no abandonment of any one of the coun-tries where a foothold has been made. On the contrary,instead of confining the shipments to the first port visitedon an errand of this kind, the service has been extended toseveral other ports in the same country. While of late the shipments to some of these ports havenot been as large as in some previous years, the export tradein California earth oil in the aggregate has been steadilyincreasing, and there is good reason to believe that it willcontinue to expand. This is an entirely new field for steamers on this side ofthe world, and a dozen or more have been employed andare still covering the various routes. During the first eight months of 1911, the oil shipmentsby water from California were in excess of any previous
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IMAGE: The Oleum (ship) of the Union Oil Company - San Franciscos Ocean Trade—Past and Future 141 twelve months. In the same interval, about thirty differentsteamers have been employed in this trade, and many ofthem regularly. These steamers are fitted with tanks forcarrying oil in bulk. The oil is pumped both in and out,thus giving quick despatch in loading and unloading. Twolarge new steamers were recently added to the Californiaoil fleet. Several pipe lines bring the oil directly from the wellsto tide water. Large refining plants have been erected,and the industry is already one of great and growing impor-tance. The Standard Oil Company opened its first agency inSan Francisco for the sale of its products in 1878, the officeforce at that time consisting of a manager, clerk, and officeboy. The company is now erecting a large steel buildingin the heart of the city for general office purposes and tohouse its 400 employes. Today, in addition to its largeexport trade by water to distant markets, it is doing a largebusiness with all the

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