. The Cuba review. 16 T H K CUB A R K V I E ^^•. Storage IMant in Construction at Isabella de Sagua, Texas Co. quantity of oil equal to that paid liy tlie ton of coal. Tliis marked the actual commencement of the activity of the various Northern oil companies in extending their services to the furnishing of fuel oil and of those supplies necessary for the installations required in the use of this fuel. At this date, however, and, in fact, even at the present time, the various oil companies doing business in Cuba were crippled because the United States Govern- ment was using their tank steamers,
. The Cuba review. 16 T H K CUB A R K V I E ^^•. Storage IMant in Construction at Isabella de Sagua, Texas Co. quantity of oil equal to that paid liy tlie ton of coal. Tliis marked the actual commencement of the activity of the various Northern oil companies in extending their services to the furnishing of fuel oil and of those supplies necessary for the installations required in the use of this fuel. At this date, however, and, in fact, even at the present time, the various oil companies doing business in Cuba were crippled because the United States Govern- ment was using their tank steamers, but as soon as possible thereafter the erection of tanks was begun, tank cars were brought into the Island, receiving and service stations were established, and the necessary conditions for giving the required service were Iteing completed. "Chaparra" and '•Delicias" had been using oil for the past two crops, and a very large number of mills are either now using oil or are making the installations required to this end, and all indications point to the fact that for the next crop fully 75% of Cuba's mills will be using oil to a greater or less extent in their factories, while it would seem that in all prob- ability all our mills will be using oil in their locomotives for plantation service. The increasing scarcity and high price of wood is also one of the factors which will cause many of our mills to use oil to eke out their supplies of bagasse. The practical experience of some of our mills in the use of oil as fuel has shown that care is necessary and that the intelligent installation of the burners is essential. In more than one of our mills during the past crop which used oil as fuel, the flame was directed from the burners in such a manner as to come in contact with the crown sheets of the boilers, with the result that the extremely high temperatures developed rapidly burned them out, thus compelling the cessation of ojierations and resulting in considera
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