[17]. A History of the Rise and Fall of the South Improvement Company. Testimony of Josiah Lombard, page 57.
[18]. See Appendix, Number 8. Organisation of the Petroleum Producers’ Union of 1872.
[20]. See Appendix, Number 9. Charter of the South Improvement Company.
[21]. See Appendix, Number 10. Draft of contract between the South Improvement Company and producers of petroleum in the valley of the Allegheny and its tributaries. Dated January, 1872.
[22]. See Appendix, Number 11. Extracts from the testimony of W. G. Warden.
[23]. See Appendix, Number 12. Extracts from the testimony of Peter H. Watson.
[24]. See Appendix, Number 13. Contract of March 25, 1872.
[25]. See Appendix, Number 14. Testimony of Henry M. Flagler.
[26]. The report of the committee of Congress which investigated the South Improvement Company was not made until May 7, over a month after the organisation was destroyed by the cancelling of the contracts with the railroads.