El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-01
Industrial and
Commercial.

Ed Beall is rebuilding at Van Ais
tyne his immense grain elevators re-
Gently burned.
A company has been organized ant
will soon begin the erection of an OF
mill at Pilot Point.
The reason of this is likely found IL
the fact that the oil now flows into the
entire system of pipes and is conse
quently not so strong in any one o.
them.
Over 100000 worth of machinery
has been bong ht in the United States
for the new La Paz factory in Chihua-
hua, which will start up probably liz
June next.-Two Repu blics.
Machinery exports from the United
States to Mexico for the last six months
amounted to So, 720, 900, showing large
gain over the same time last year.-Al.
buquerque Journal-Democrat.
Mr.. George states that unless the oil
flows in sufficient quantity to make the
water unfit for use there may not be
any further investigation of the mat
ter for the resent.-FOrt Worth Reg.
lister.
The oil which was discovered in the
well near Mr.. G. j. Georges place in
East Waco last week. still continues to
come out of the artesian we'll, but IL is
not so noticeable as when it was first
discovered.
Reports from Seven Rivers state
that last week Joseph Woods struck
an artesian flow of 200 gallons of water
per minute on Jack Brogdon's place
near the old town site. The water,
which is of good quality, was struck
at depth of 237 feet. This is the first
flow struck, so far below Rhem BOLTS at
Spring Lake, but there will no doubt
be several wells put down in that Sec
gister.
Tuesday of this week Joseph Woods
OF Hope. while boring for water at
Seven Rivers on Jack Brogdon's place,
struck flow Of 200 gallons per minute
ed for 16O feet and affords sufficient
water to irrigate forty acres. Mr.
Woods will put down a we'll for Thorn
as Gardner, some five miles up Seven
Rivers. Several others contemplate
putting down wells in the vicinity of
Seven Rivers. The artesian flow
struck at Mr.. Brogdon's is the first in
that vicinity of any consequence.-Ed-
dy Current.
One OF the new towns that has sprung
up in the country west of here, with
the construction of the Chihuahua
and Pacific railroad, is the settlement
now known as Lakewood, named after
our tOwnsmen, William and Thomas
Dale. This district was practically a
until the chihuahua Lumb.
known by the Mexicans as Arroyo An
cho. At this place the chihuahua
Lumber company owns large body of
timber land and has esta blished q
large milling plant, which is now in
operation. A party who is acquainted
with the outfit informs US that the
company has mill shed 125 feet long
and 80 feet wide, and the plant as a
of 1000 feet dsily.-Chihua-
hua Enterprise.
And now comes the announcement
hat gasoline can be obtained in its
natural state from the oil wells. Mr.. |
Jules Barbazan, of Corsicana, who has
! well on his place, was exhibiting on
Friday q bottle of natural gasoline
which he obtained from the well. At
he well he has barrel which catches |
he gas, allowing the oil to pass on in
o the receiving storage tank. The gas |
and escapes from the bar
el, and as there is some vapor in the |
.as this falls into the barrel. 1t has |
he smell of gasoline. burns like gaso-
Inc and has the same cleansing pro-
,erties that gasoline has. 1t is little
arker in color than. the refined article,
tut seems to answer every purpose the |
eined article does. Mr.. Barbszan
tates that it accumulates very rapidly
nd he has been allowing it to run off |
n the ground, but will now have ex-
erts examine it ana see If it cannot be
ilized.-Houston Post.
In an article on the cotton crop
hitch was published in the interior re-
emily, appears the following in respect
, the cotton crop in the Lsguna dis
-tct This year Q898) owing to the
bundant rains the cotton crops has
cen excellent and will represent a
alue OF from 6, ZOO, 600 to 5000, 900 dol
.rs at the usual quotation of $14 per
nd desire to extend the cultivation
the staple as is shown by the high
rices being paid for rent in these
arts, over S3 ZOO per caballeria being
wen, price SO advantageous that
'veral hacendadOs are renting all
leir land, while others
e cultivating a very small
,rtion themselves and are OBJ
lining large sums, where formerly the
,turns were very small. One hacienda
hich contains over SO caballerias and
Id few years ago for S6O.O 600 and I
as resold the next year for $4,000
I'd year ago sold again for $500, 900
IS been rented for the term of nine
ears for S105, 900 per annum. This
nd lays on both sides of the Nazas
yer and enjoys water rights cores {
,ndlngly and has an extension of 80 :
lometers and as the crop is increased
possible that in few years the cot
n here will supply the demand for I
'me consumption even should the