Stora Höggarn

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1. Första gången jag ser en så utförlig och intressant text om denna ö. Mycket bra gjort, tack för det!

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2. Intressant. En karta skulle sitta fint.

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3. Åh vad kul att läsa…vilka entreprenörer Lidingö alltid har haft. Förhoppningsvis i fortsättningen. Ska bli spännande fortsatt läsning !

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4. Det finns en annan berättelse om etableringen av petroleumhanteringen på Stora Höggarn. Enligt History of Stockholms Enskilda Bank to 1914, skriven av Olle Gasslander; Even less profitable was the oil transaction. In the autumn of 1903 Marcus Wallenberg, Nobel and H. N. Andersen agreed to form a company to erect oil storage tanks on Höggarn, in the first instance for Diesel oil from Batum. Texan oil was not suitable at that time because of its excessive sulphur content, but there was hope that it would later be possible to go over to this cheaper oil. The work was to be directed by Fritz Schmidt, but it was not until March 1905 that Svenska Mineralolje AB was set up. The share capital was 600,000 kronor of which only half was paid up. At Schmidt’s suggestion the business was enlarged to include lighting oil from the U.S.A. This move brought the company into competition with a leading oil importer, Krooks Petroleum- och Oljeaktiebolag, and business had to be carried on at a loss. In 1907 the shareholders decided to sell out to Krooks rather than spend more money. At first they hoped to get a fair price for the business, but when they discovered that behind Krooks was Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company, with its reputation for dealing resolutely with competitors, they gave up hope of emerging from their trobles without loss. In the end the shareholders lost half the capital invested. SEB had never invested large sums in the Diesel business.
   Vilken är mest sann? Jag tror att Fritz Schmidt fungerade som bulvan för Wallenberg?

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