The History of the Standard Oil Company, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Frontispiece A sketch from life by George Varian, made inC leveland, October, 1903. facing PAGE PORTRAIT OF ALANSON A. SUMNER Prominent supporter of the Tidewater Pipe Company, still active In its counsels. PORTRAIT OF HENRY HARLEY .... .... 4P resident of the Pennsylvania Transportation Company. Projector of the first seaboard pipe line. PORTRAIT OF SAMUEL VAN SYCKEL 4T he first successful pipe line for gathering and transporting oil was completed by Mr. Van Syckel in 1865. PORTRAIT OF GENERAL HERMAN HAUPT 4. Civil Engineer for the first and second pipe lines projected to the seaboard. PORTRAIT OF BYRON D. BENSON 12 The first president of the Tidewater Pipe Company. PORTRAIT OF DAVID K. McKELVY 12 The successor of Mr. Benson as president of the Tidewater, PORTRAIT OF MAJOR ROBERT E. HOPKINS 12 Treasurer of the Tidewater from its organization until his death in 1901. PORTRAIT OF SAMUEL QBROWN 12 The present president of the Tidewater, successor toM r. McK elvy. PORTRAIT OF JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IN 1880 32 From a photograph byS arony. PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM C. SCOFIELD .68 Senior member of the firm of Scofield, Schurmer and Teagle, of Cleveland. Plaintiff in important suits against Lake Shore Railroad for freight discriminations. PORTRAIT OF DANIEL SCHURMER .. 68 Associate of Mr. Scofield and Mr. Teagle in the war on railroad rebates which the firm waged for nearly twenty years.
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