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Show OIL STEAMSHIPS TO PLY ON GREAT LAKES CHICAGO. April 16. A fleet of oil steamships, with special docking facilities facili-ties at all tho Important ports on the Great Lakes, and an Immense wharf at Whiting, Ind., for the expeditious handling han-dling of the oil, are Improvements placed In service by the Standard Oil company. The purpose Is to lessen the shipment of oil by rail and avoid tho anti-rebate laws. i Five vessels of the oil fleet will mnko their first trip this season. As many more will be ready next Bcason. i The old ships are the first ever oper- ated on the Great Lakes. Oil can be carried from Chicago to Buffalo at 5 cents n barrel. |