operation. About 1902 “Waverly Special” became the first 
light colored and light bodied automobile oil, while all other 
brands then on the market were heavy, dark-red oils—par- 
affine or Texas products. In 1897 leading steel car builders 
refused to design a Waverly all-steel tank car, saying the 
demand for tank cars would never amount to enough to make 
it worth their while; but in 1902 the same builders turned out 
for the Waverly the first 12,500-gallon all steel tank ever 
built. 
During 1919-20 there was erected a large modern plant 
for the manufacture of grease, soap and soluble oils, having 
a daily capacity of 300 barrels. This plant is housed in a 
large 7-story and basement reinforced concrete building, 
especially designed for the purpose, with about 50,000 square 
feet of floor space, fully equipped with steam and fire kettles 
of various sizes, automatic weighing tanks, barrel and package 
elevator, and with storage tanks in the basement for fats and 
oils of 200,000 gallons capacity. 
In 1920 there was erected at Carteret, N. J., on New York 
bay, in association with several other refiners, a waterfront 
plant for barrelling and casing Waverly products for the 
export trade. Bulk shipments are made to this plant, where 
large stocks are carried ready for immediate barrelling or 
casing, and direct lighterage to vessels in the harbor. The 
Waverly petroleum products are refined from pure “All 
Pennsylvania” crude oil, while compound oils and grease 
products are all made from Pennsylvania crude and the 
purest of animal and vegetable fats. They are sold all over 
the world, including besides the largest commercial countries, 
China and Manchuria, Japan and India. 
Officers of the Waverly Oil Works Company are: D. E. 
Weir, president; Harry H. Willock, secretary and treasurer; 
Geo. J. Willock, asst. secretary and treasurer. Directors: 
above and J. O. Miller.