. Book of the Royal blue . acture of vitrolite. The present workswere started in October, 1907, and were completedand put in operation in June, 1908. The officers ofthe company are George R. Meyercord, president;S. K. Clarke, vice president and treasurer; D. , secretary and superintendent. The com-pany gives employment to seventy-five men, who areskilled in the making of the product. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey is represented in Parkersburg by a large plantknown as the Camden Works. It operates athoroughly modern refinery, filter plant, wax works,acid restoring plant and barr
. Book of the Royal blue . acture of vitrolite. The present workswere started in October, 1907, and were completedand put in operation in June, 1908. The officers ofthe company are George R. Meyercord, president;S. K. Clarke, vice president and treasurer; D. , secretary and superintendent. The com-pany gives employment to seventy-five men, who areskilled in the making of the product. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey is represented in Parkersburg by a large plantknown as the Camden Works. It operates athoroughly modern refinery, filter plant, wax works,acid restoring plant and barrel factory, entirely re-constructed in the past five years, manufacturingrefined oil, gasoline, naphtha, paraffine wax, high-grade lubricating oil of all kinds and oil plant is the successor of the Camden Consoli-dated Oil Company, which in turn succeeded Cam-den & Company, and several other refineries locatedhere in the early days. The bulk of the productis shipped to adjacent Southern, Western and South-. Y. M. C. A. BUILDING western territory, although some of the products goto all parts of the world. The resident manager is M. J. Rathbone, andthe plant employs on an average of 150 men witha pay roll of approximately $10,000 per month.
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