Dean & Co's New Oil Tanks

This enterprising firm has ju9t completed, near the T. & A. A., depot, a new ware house aDd oiltankswhich arenot excelled in thestate for completeness and convenienoe, and are a notable addition to the commercial interests of Ann Arbor. They have had for a number of years a large oil trade; but now, with their increased íacilities, it will no doubt be far larger than ever before. The main building, which is used for storing, painting and filling barrels, is 32x60 feet, built of corrugated sheet iron which makes it fire proof. The oil tanks, three in number, located just outside of the building, hold 5000 gallons each and will stand a pressure of 200 pounds to the square inch. Another building, 8xlfi feet, is also built of corrugated sheet iron, and is used for a heatice room. In this is a small boiler which furrnshes steam for heating glue, which is used on the oil barrels. The oil which this firm now sells to the retail trade is never put into a barrel. It is brought direct from the refineries to them in tank cars, and from there is run through a pipe td their tanks.' From here it is putnped :hrough pipes to a smaller tank which has Deen erected a few feet from the rear of iheir store. For filling barrels for their wholesale trade the oil ie forced through pipes from the tanks into the warehouse, where the barrels are filled. The building and the apparatus have all been arranged with a view to eaving labor, so that they could meet competition in larger cities; and to see that they have succeeded one las only to make a visit to the place and observe its workings.