. The Cuba review. 20 THE CUBA REVIEW. Oil Tank of Sinclair Oil Company, Guines, Cuba. Oil Company are also erecting many stor- age tanks throughout the Island. These oil storage tanks are arranged in series, all connected with piping, and one Itumping apparatus is sufficient for all oil ranks possessed hy any one central. Tliis arrangement effects a great saving in haiMlling as against tlie old metliod of handling coal. SINCLAIR OIL COMPANY DEVELOPMENT IN CUBA The Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corpor- ation expects to make delivery in Cuha during the present yar of approximately f'.,.etroleum fue
. The Cuba review. 20 THE CUBA REVIEW. Oil Tank of Sinclair Oil Company, Guines, Cuba. Oil Company are also erecting many stor- age tanks throughout the Island. These oil storage tanks are arranged in series, all connected with piping, and one Itumping apparatus is sufficient for all oil ranks possessed hy any one central. Tliis arrangement effects a great saving in haiMlling as against tlie old metliod of handling coal. SINCLAIR OIL COMPANY DEVELOPMENT IN CUBA The Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corpor- ation expects to make delivery in Cuha during the present yar of approximately f'.,.etroleum fuel and many others are making preparations for llie change. The stations of the Sinclair Company sunonnd the Island. Deliveries in ves- sels belonging to the Company are made at the large terminals of Havana, Mat- iiM/.as, Xuevitas, Manati. Mariel, Ranes, Treston. Roqueron, Relis and Cienfuegos. Two additional terminals are now in course of ccmstruction at Antilla and Santiago. Many new tank steamers have Ijceii sjiecially constructed for delivering the oil to all ports in Cuba. From th«' principal stations along the coast deliv- eries are made to the interior by railroad and truck. This Company is operating more than four hundred tank cars on the railway lines of Cuba at the present time. Work will be undertaken soon on llie construction of an oil refinery for the Sin- clair Company at Havana, for the refining nf various petroleum products for local cons\nniifion. The location of this refinery is projiosed for the immediate vicinity of their terminal at Havana. When this re- finery is in operation, the warehouse facilities at Havana will be used princi- pally for handling the refined product. Additional facilities for distributing the refined products will be established in all parts of the Island. The gain to the Island of Cuba through the use of oil as fuel cannot be estimated, and there is no doubt that it has had a very marked effect on the general pros- perity of the coun
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