Standard Oil secretly buys J. N. Camden & Company
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- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. whole source · open book
they had made such arrangements with the railroads in reference to freight—in reference to getting cars—he knew I could make no money if I did make oil.”26 Van Syckel bowed to superior force. In May 1875, Rockefeller completed his grand design of controlling all the major refining centers when he covertly bought J. N. Camden and Company of Parkersburg, West Virginia, and rechristened it the Camden Co
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