The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-06
Our Titusville Corresponds nce.


Our Titusville Correspondence.
Tirusvuls, Pa, July %, 1895.
% the traveller who visited Titusve last year and
enjoyed all s Injuries Of bad hotels bad streets,
crupulous bogus company swindlef unnghteous specu
tors and sordidness and senshnees cropping out
Ne copper nuggets In Colorado at nearly every corner
oud be interested not 70 say astonished he 10
return here at this period We now nnd comfortable
DOT 10 say, in at least case elegant hotels spring
mattresses clean beds and clean towels clean servants
end highly Improved class Of guests, immensely i'm
proved condition Of streets and sidewalks and much
higher tone in all matters Of progress whether be in
regard to finance religion, honesty socabty, trade,
newspapss or any other element OF civilization. The
trade OF Tusville has greatly increased within few
onths and the demand 10 altogether for the best style
sf goods One New York house, the largest in the
nace-Haght, Hutchings Co.'s-aveTases thirty thou
and dollars cash receipts per week. 10 say nothing Of
their credit trade to responsible parties The Pennsyl
wanna law In regard to as the
sunder garment hwn-facilitates In remarkable de-
sTes the collection Of debts in this State.
theatre is in progress Of construction by Mr. j.
=. Bliss opposite Mr. E. H. Crtendens large hotel
On the European plan, In which parties in Boston
nsctsd with the fremont House are reported to have
Aaksn interest But before report other improve
nents and draw further contrast Of Ttusville
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10 this - Of all other points In the oil regions.
TIE OIL WILLS ABOUT r1rusvnLR
Just behind the Moore House Is what lie called the
0etropolitan well owned BY Simeon Leland, Of the
Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and others. The well
Mas sunk for the purpose Of testing the value OF
boring machine and not with the expectation Of striking
on But oil was struck at depth Of about four hundred
md ny feet whom the boring apparatus got out OF order
and the work for the present suspended with the OIL as
I am informed by Major Mills Of the Moore House,
hing out over the conductor or driving pipe collected
vial Of he oil as II flowed from the well into barrel
sunk just outside. The ssre machine, improved
plan, IL 70 DO Immediately put V work. and Mr. Miller
On behalf Of Nj. Leland, and NrAtwood, the invppor,
have arrived here for the purpose d. getting Mhopugny
tested. number Of the machinss have been ordered
Or Pitbols creek.
About twenty feet distant from The Metropolitan wen
= shs Mills we'll, flowing occasionally, and pumping
new double action principle, the invention Of Mr.. A.
Carver Of Little Falls. NJ T., machine that has already
been successfully tested on the Eeuville, Etna Cham.
pion, Tdsout and other wells II IL very highly spoken
b BY al who have used IL The Mills well Is sunk four
hundred and seventy feet, and making good show Of
Oh q its present depth. =
The oil wells on Watson Oats, adjacent 10 Tusville,
Day b enumerated % follows-Tint 10 importance Is
she United States Tor q. 8. 0anp well, pumping sixty
barrels per day. Adjoining this s the Continental well,
Shat has produced one hundred barrels but now pumps
thiYty-nve 10 forty. In the immediate vicinity arc
located the Ingersol, Old Abe, Palmer and Kstes wells
each producing from nfteen 10 twenty I've barrels per
day. Just OIL creek and within thirty rods arc the
Oceanic wells Nos and o. which are producing twenty
I've 70 thirty barrels each; also The Ladies' wellso
named In consequence Of IL having been the pro.
psrty Of four ladies' It now belonging to lady In New
Fork This we'll now pumping about twenty five bar.
rsls On the Watson Oats lower down, the Double
wells the Joint production Of which Is eighty barrels.
Also Raigucls Augusta WELL which Is one Of tho best
wells on the Cat pumping seventy0ve 10 eighty barrels
per day Also the King Goodrche and Glasmirc esti.
mated 1t fifteen to twenty barrels each, and the new
Wrigley well, which already makes ane show Of oil,
With operations proceeding rapidly.
On the fats lower down, say one mile and half Is the
property Of the Original OIL Company the original
Drake wella On this property thirteen wells are going
down; three have struck oil, and are producing from
aseen TO twenty-five barrels per day. There are also
On the Guile Farm, East Branch, or Pine Creek the
vsnango and Keplcr wells producing from eight 10
0feen barrels each. There several more pumping
wells producing Ave 10 eight barrels II Is claimed that
mere ere more good pumping wells on the Watson Oats
Ahan n any other locality In this vicinity. Two wells
nsar By are being sunk 10 great depsh-from twelve 10
fourteen hundred feet-for the purpose Of settling
scientific quesiIonthe existence Of the third sand rock
In this vicinity which, in general is the last penetrated
10 boring for OH Tho failure TO reach the third sand
rock here has tended 10 reduce the value Of lands for
oil purposea To-day there is report that the coveted
Strata Of sand rock has been reached by ono Of the deep
wsis u sdcpth Of ono thousand three hundred feet.
The wells In this locality have the advantage Of producing
rss rate oil and Of being no the railroad depot az 10
lessen the OF transportation and the oil therefore
t hs 70 so-neaLy twice % much % that procured On
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nas eeen much excitement about Pthoe ard the exodc
III hnss fsuon has haen Yay considerable - DISTANCE