The History of the Standard Oil Company
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Chapters (925)
- THE HISTORY OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER ONE THE BIRTH OF AN INDUSTRY
- CHAPTER TWO THE RISE OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
- CHAPTER THREE THE OIL WAR OF 1872
- CHAPTER FOUR “AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE”
- CHAPTER FIVE LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF A TRUST
- CHAPTER SIX STRENGTHENING THE FOUNDATIONS
- CHAPTER SEVEN THE CRISIS OF 1878
- CHAPTER EIGHT THE COMPROMISE OF 1880
- APPENDIX
- NUMBER 1 (See page 1007) PROFESSOR SILLIMAN’S REPORT ON PETROLEUM
- GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE CRUDE PRODUCT
- EXAMINATION OF THE OIL
- PROPERTIES OF THE DISTILLED OILS
- USE FOR GAS-MAKING
- DISTILLATION AT A HIGHER TEMPERATURE
- DISTILLATION BY HIGH STEAM
- USE OF THE NAPHTHA FOR ILLUMINATION
- PHOTOMETRIC EXPERIMENTS
- USE OF THE ROCK-OIL AS A LUBRICATOR FOR MACHINERY
- CONCLUSION
- NUMBER 2 (See page 1044) FIRST ACT OF INCORPORATION OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
- NUMBER 3 (See page 1047) AFFIDAVIT OF JAMES H. DEVEREUX
- NUMBER 4 (See page 1055) TESTIMONY OF HENRY M. FLAGLER ON THE SOUTH IMPROVEMENT COMPANY
- NUMBER 5 (See page 1062) CONTRACT BETWEEN THE SOUTH IMPROVEMENT COMPANY AND THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, DATED JANUARY 18, 1872
- ARTICLE FIRST
- ARTICLE SECOND
- ARTICLE THIRD
- ARTICLE FOURTH
- ARTICLE FIFTH
- ARTICLE SIXTH
- ARTICLE SEVENTH
- ARTICLE EIGHTH
- NUMBER 6 (See page 1063) STANDARD OIL COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK TO $2,500,000 IN 1872
- NUMBER 7 (See page 1067) AFFIDAVITS OF GEORGE O. BASLINGTON
- NUMBER 8 (See page 1072) ORGANISATION OF THE PETROLEUM PRODUCERS’ UNION OF 1872
- PLEDGE
- NUMBER 9 (See page 1078) CHARTER OF THE SOUTH IMPROVEMENT COMPANY
- NUMBER 10 (See page 1080) DRAFT OF CONTRACT BETWEEN THE SOUTH IMPROVEMENT COMPANY AND PRODUCERS OF PETROLEUM IN THE VALLEY OF THE ALLEGHENY AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. DATED JANUARY, 1872[84]
- NUMBER 11 (See page 1082) EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF W. G. WARDEN
- NUMBER 12 (See page 1082) EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF PETER H. WATSON
- NUMBER 13 (See page 1093) CONTRACT OF MARCH 25, 1872
- NUMBER 14 (See page 1100) TESTIMONY OF HENRY M. FLAGLER
- NUMBER 15 (See page 1106) THE PITTSBURG PLAN
- NUMBER 16 (See page 1117) “THE AGENCY”
- NUMBER 17 (See page 1123) CONTRACT BETWEEN PETROLEUM PRODUCERS’ ASSOCIATION AND PETROLEUM REFINERS’ ASSOCIATION
- NUMBER 18 (See page 1132) TESTIMONY OF GEORGE R. BLANCHARD ON REBATES GRANTED BY THE ERIE RAILROAD
- NUMBER 19 (See page 1133) TESTIMONY OF W. T. SCHEIDE
- NUMBER 20 (See page 1133) STATEMENT OF AMOUNTS PAID FOR OVERCHARGES AND REBATES ON OIL DURING THE YEAR 1873 BY THE NEW YORK, LAKE ERIE AND WESTERN RAILROAD
- NUMBER 21 (See page 1135) AGREEMENT OF 1874 BETWEEN THE ERIE RAILROAD SYSTEM AND THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
- NUMBER 22 (See page 1139) AGREEMENT OF 1874 BETWEEN THE RAILROADS AND PIPE-LINES
- NUMBER 23 (See page 1141) THE RUTTER CIRCULAR
- The New York Central and Hudson River Railway Company, General Freight Agent’s Office, Grand Central Depot.
- NUMBER 24 (See page 1148) STANDARD OIL COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK TO $3,500,000 IN 1875
- NUMBER 25 (See page 1148) HENRY M. FLAGLER’S TESTIMONY ON THE UNION OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY WITH OUTSIDE REFINERS IN 1874
- NUMBER 26 (See page 1153) GEORGE H. BLANCHARD’S TESTIMONY ON THE BREAKING UP OF THE PIPE POOL OF 1874
- NUMBER 27 (See page 1196) MR. FLAGLER’S EXPLANATION OF THE COMMISSION OF 10 PER CENT. ALLOWED THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY IN 1877
- NUMBER 28 (See page 1196) CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER AND MR. SCOTT IN OCTOBER, 1877
- NUMBER 29 (See page 1197) CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MR. O’DAY AND MR. CASSATT
- NUMBER 30 (See page 1197) HENRY M. FLAGLER’S TESTIMONY ON THE REBATE PAID TO THE AMERICAN TRANSFER COMPANY
- NUMBER 31 (See page 1199) LETTER TO PRESIDENT SCOTT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD FROM B. B. CAMPBELL AND E. G. PATTERSON
- NUMBER 32 (See page 1225) PRODUCERS’ APPEAL OF 1878 TO GOVERNOR JOHN F. HARTRANFT, OF PENNSYLVANIA
- CONDITION OF THE TRADE IN 1871
- CONDITION OF THE TRADE IN 1877–1878
- THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO MONOPOLISE THE TRADE
- “THE SOUTH IMPROVEMENT COMPANY,”
- PIPE-LINES
- CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION
- RECENT STATE LEGISLATION
- THE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT,
- RESULTS AND EFFECT OF THE SUCCESS OF THE CONSPIRACY
- NUMBER 33 (See page 1233) STATEMENT OF CRUDE OIL SHIPMENTS BY GREEN LINE DURING THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 1878, TO NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, AND BALTIMORE; SHOWING DRAWBACKS ALLOWED TO AMERICAN TRANSFER COMPANY
- NUMBER 34 (See page 1239) BILL OF PARTICULARS OF EVIDENCE TO BE OFFERED BY THE COMMONWEALTH
- NUMBER 35 (See page 1253) CONTRACT OF PETROLEUM PRODUCERS’ UNION WITH STANDARD COMBINATION
- NUMBER 36 (See page 1254) AGREEMENT BETWEEN B. B. CAMPBELL AND THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER NINE THE FIGHT FOR THE SEABOARD PIPE-LINE
- CHAPTER TEN CUTTING TO KILL
- CHAPTER ELEVEN THE WAR ON THE REBATE
- CHAPTER TWELVE THE BUFFALO CASE
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY AND POLITICS
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE BREAKING UP OF THE TRUST
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN A MODERN WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN THE PRICE OF OIL
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE LEGITIMATE GREATNESS OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX
- NUMBER 37 (See page 2004) ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE TIDEWATER PIPE LINE
- NUMBER 38 (See page 2015) TESTIMONY OF HENRY M. FLAGLER IN REGARD TO THE TIDEWATER CONTEST
- NUMBER 39A (See page 2024) AGREEMENT BETWEEN STANDARD AND TIDEWATER REFINERIES
- NUMBER 39B (See page 2024) AGREEMENT BETWEEN STANDARD AND TIDEWATER PIPE LINES
- SCHEDULE OF REFINERIES REFERRED TO IN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT
- NUMBER 40 (See page 2028) TWO AGREEMENTS OF EVEN DATE, AUGUST 22, 1884, BETWEEN THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY AND THE NATIONAL TRANSIT COMPANY
- NUMBER 41 (See page 2060) TABLE SHOWING PRICES OF OIL AT COMPETITIVE AND NON-COMPETITIVE POINTS IN 1892
- PRIME WHITE OIL
- WATER-WHITE OIL
- NUMBER 42 (See page 2069) STANDARD OIL COMPANY’S PETITION FOR RELIEF AND INJUNCTION
- NUMBER 43 (See page 2070) ANSWER OF WILLIAM C. SCOFIELD ET AL.
- NUMBER 44 (See page 2071) AFFIDAVIT OF JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
- NUMBER 45 (See page 2072) FINDINGS OF FACT
- NUMBER 46 (See page 2080) LETTER OF EDWARD S. RAPALLO TO GENERAL PHINEAS PEASE, RECEIVER CLEVELAND AND MARIETTA RAILROAD COMPANY
- NUMBER 47 (See page 2084) TESTIMONY OF F. G. CARREL, FREIGHT AGENT OF THE CLEVELAND AND MARIETTA RAILROAD COMPANY
- NUMBER 48 (See page 2084) REPORT OF THE SPECIAL MASTER COMMISSIONER GEORGE K. NASH TO THE CIRCUIT COURT
- NUMBER 49 (See page 2120) A STATEMENT FROM AN OIL-PRODUCER’S STAND-POINT FOR 1886
- NUMBER 50 (See page 2121) THE BILLINGSLEY BILL
- NUMBER 51 (See page 2130) EXTRACTS FROM TESTIMONY OF H. H. ROGERS
- NUMBER 52 (See page 2136) THE TRUST AGREEMENT OF 1882
- NUMBER 53 (See page 2153) LIST OF CONSTITUENT COMPANIES OF THE STANDARD OIL TRUST, WITH ASSETS AND CAPITALISATION IN 1892
- NUMBER 54 (See page 2154) FORMS OF MR. ROCKEFELLER’S CERTIFICATE OF HOLDINGS IN THE STANDARD OIL TRUST, WITH ASSIGNMENT OF LEGAL TITLE WHICH TOOK ITS PLACE IN 1892
- KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
- NUMBER 55 (See page 2160) AGREEMENT OF 1887 BETWEEN THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY AND PRODUCERS
- NUMBER 56 (See page 2187) JOHN D. ARCHBOLD’S STATEMENT TO THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION CONCERNING THE STANDARD’S OPPOSITION TO THE BUILDING OF THE UNITED STATES PIPE LINE
- NUMBER 57 (See page 2194) TABLES OF YEARLY AVERAGE PRICES OF CRUDE AND REFINED
- TABLE OF YEARLY AVERAGE PRICE OF CRUDE
- TABLE OF YEARLY AND MONTHLY AVERAGE PRICE OF REFINED
- APPENDIX, NUMBER LVII
- NUMBER 58 (See page 2225) JOHN D. ARCHBOLD’S STATEMENT ON THE PRICES THE STANDARD RECEIVES FOR REFINED OIL
- NUMBER 59 (See page 2254) W. H. VANDERBILT’S CHARACTERISATION OF STANDARD OIL MEN
- NUMBER 60 (See page 2259) FAC-SIMILE OF ONE OF MR. KEMPER’S SHARES
- NUMBER 61 GENERAL BALANCE SHEET, STANDARD OIL INTERESTS, DECEMBER 31, 1896
- NUMBER 62 (See page 2267) AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY
- NUMBER 63 (See page 2270) PRODUCTION OF PENNSYLVANIA AND LIMA CRUDE OIL BY STANDARD OIL COMPANY 1890–1898 (Expressed in barrels of forty-two gallons.)
- NUMBER 64 (See page 2270) BUSINESS OF STANDARD OIL COMPANY AND OTHER REFINERS 1894–1898
- INDEX
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