 Despite attempts by many Standard Oil critics/enemies to sabotage the pipelines, O'Day's crews were skilled and efficient enough to lay pipe faster than it could be destroyed.This effectively ended the days of rolling wooden barrels of oil across the country to rail hubs, a service for which Standard might be hustled out of as much as 3 dollars at a time when the oil itself was worth $1.25.His father, Daniel O’Day, Sr. (February 6, 1844 in County Clare, Ireland edition – September 13, 1906 in Royan, France) was a director of the Standard Oil Company and a prominent factor in the petroleum business for forty years.