[8]. Report for 1871 of the Cleveland Board of Trade.

[9]. See Appendix, Number 4. Testimony of Henry M. Flagler on the South Improvement Company.

[10]. List of stockholders given by W. G. Warden, secretary of the South Improvement Company, to a Congressional Investigating Committee which examined Mr. Warden and Mr. Watson in March and April, 1872.

[11]. Article Fourth: Contract between the South Improvement Company and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, January 18, 1872.

[12]. See Appendix, Number 5. Contract between the South Improvement Company and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Dated January 18, 1872.

[13]. See Appendix, Number 6. Standard Oil Company’s application for increase of capital stock to $2,500,000 in 1872.

[14]. See Appendix, Number 7. Affidavits of George O. Baslington.

[15]. In 1872 the refining capacity of the United States was as follows, according to Henry’s “Early and Later History of Petroleum”:

Barrels
Oil Regions9,231
New York9,790
Cleveland12,732
Pittsburg6,090
Philadelphia2,061
Baltimore1,098
Boston3,500
Erie1,168
Other Points901
Total46,571

[16]. A History of the Rise and Fall of the South Improvement Company. Testimony of W. H. Doane, page 45.