Already there are several projects under consideration by the large oil companies to provide. means for the movement, of. oil from the Gulf. Coast in the event of a further restriction of tanker transportation. Among the projects considered is the construc-tien of a line from the East, Texas fields, For years a.group Has considered the construction of a gas line from Texas, and the possibility of making it an oil pipe-line rather than a gas line now is being discussed.
For several months, the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, jointly with two other companies, has been attempting to build a pipe lime from Baton Rouge, La, across the south-eaBern States io a terminus in North Carolina, However, tHe con. struction of this line is at a standstill because of opposition by the railroads and some of the States through which it will run, Through the Intervention of the defence authorities, it is understood. that the opposition is being overcome and
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