Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-05-03 | Page 7 | Mountain and Coast

MOUNTAIN AND COAST TO FIGHT STANDARD OIL Superior Company of Wyoming After the Dig Trust Denver May 2The Times tonight says that the Superior Oil company which has fed articles of Incorporation incorpora-tion at Cheyenne Wyo and Is capitalized capital-ized at 510600000 will enter Into competition com-petition with the Standard Oil company com-pany und the Continental Oil company throughout thu territory west of the Missouri river The Superior company which was promoted by P M Shannon of Pitts burg Pn absorbs the Pennsylvania Oil company which hud acquired the largest part of 1H oil territory In the vicinity of Casper Wyo The stockholders and trustees of the new company are oil men and financiers finan-ciers of PIttsburg and Philadelphia Pa and Binghamton N Y I Is announced that over 3000000 will be spent this year In the construction of pipelines pumping stations storage new tanks wells refineries etc and in drilling