El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-09
TEXAS.
TEXAS FIRES.

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TEXAS FIRES.
The Dallas News records the follow
ing fires in Texas on the 5th inst.
Twelve business houses were de-
stroyed in Granger; total loss. $4,000;
insurance, $4,000.
Forty-eight bales of cotton burned
on the Santa Fa depot platform at
Honey Grove; loss about $500; insur-
ed.
An l. & G. N. railroad storage barn
was burned at Taylor; loss 500; in
sured for $500.
A residence worth about $500 was
destroyed by fire at Van Alstyne; in
sured for about half the value.
One hundred bales of cotton were
burned up at Longview in a cotton
yard; loss about $4,000; fully covered
by insurance.
A $500 residence burned at Lenoir.
near Paris; no insurance.
A $1,000 residence burned in Nc
Gregor; insured for $1,000.
STILL MORE OIL.
After going to a depth of 342 feet
and finding but little oil c. H. Dean
and associates, who have a lease on
the Gambler tract, seven miles from
San Antonio. suspended work on Janu-
airy 10th. Last Monday they returned
to see what could be done and they
found that oil had risen to depth OF
over one hundred feet in the casing
which they had left in the well. 1t is
a good quality of lubricating oil and
bears no evidence of sulphur. AS the
we'll had been standing untampered
quite a while it is not known how long
the oil was in attaining that depth. 1t
will be drawn empty to test its flow.
1t is believed that the well will yield
twenty-five barrels a day, if not more.
and will be worth at least SIS per bar
rel Dean and associates have a lease
on 5000 acres near San Antonio and
believe they have p bononza.
NEW WORKERS COMING.
Two hundred New Workers will come
to Texas next month on an inspection
trip. Edwin Chamberlain, of San An
tonic. is in New York comforting with
committees of the chamber of COM
merce and merchants association of
New York in regard to the trip. The
committees told Mr.. Chamberlain that
they were anxious to have representa-
tive parties from each commercial body
on the trip and that the trip would
be one of real inspection of the state,
rather than mere jaunt. So far as
arranged 200 New Yorkers-bankers.
capitalists, manufacturers and merch-
ants-will compose the party. They
will travel in a special train. They
expect to spend more time in the oil
districts around Beaumont and Hous-
ton than in any other portion of the
state.
ASPHALT IN OIL.
The tests which the Forward Re
duction company. of Clevelands Ohio.
made of the oil from the Lucas gusher
at Beaumont resulted in two grades OF
asphalt being obtained from it. One
grade is hard and the other soft. DR..
Forward says that this asphalt is SO
per cent pure, while the Trinidad as
phalt is only As per cent pure. AS the
asphaltum from the Lucas oil can be
easily produced by. the reduction pro-
cess. revolution in the prices of as
phalt is predicted to take place as soon
as the necessary refineries and reduc-
ton works are placed in operation in
the Beaumont district, and the For
ward company will soon commence the
erection of a refinery there.
ABDUCTED CHILD LOCATED.
About a year ago Matte Gregory. a
6-year-old girl. was abducted from her
grandmother in FIT. Worth and until
one day this week her whereabouts
were not known to anyone in FIT.
Worth. Chief of Police Rea, of FIT.
Worth has received letter from a wo-
man in Memphis. Tenn, who says that
the child is in her keeping. She says
the child was stolen by its father. who
was then an advance agent for a circus.
He went to Memphis about four months
ago and left the child with this wo-
man. who at once began a search for
it's relatives. The child will be return
ed to FIT. Worth.
ANOTHER OIL DISCOVERY.
| ]. c. Martin discovered crude oil on
his place. about three miles from FIT
Worth, about six weeks ago. but kept
the matter secret until Wednesday
of this week. He states that the oil
| is found on the top of water that flows
through his place and is heavy enough
to be scooped up with shovel. Oil eX-
perts will make a thorough investiga-
ton of the find at once and if found
to be satisfactory a company will be
organized to develop it.
NEW MEXICO.