The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-08
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Iransportatlon d Ia oN.

transportation OF Fucl CWs
To the Editor Of The Post
Houston, Texas July I've read With
Interest your editorial yesterday on
Transportation Of Fuel OIL" Inasmucn
as we are engaged in selling this fuel
petroleum to the various classes Of In
Iustrlals throughout Texas, we are some
what in position "a discuss the matter Of
transportation on same.
The Texas railroad commission commo1
ity tariff No. 27A establishes the rate
Of y cents per 100 pounds for over 225
miles, within the limits of Quanah, Abb.
lene Coleman Junction. san Antonio and
skidmore on shipments transported over
a single line Of railroad. or over two or
more lines Of railroad under same man
agemcnt ana control, and the rate OF 10
cents per 100 pounds Joint rates to apply
on shipments transported over two or
n,ore lines Of railroad which are not un.
dti the same management aud control"
The freight per barrel OF fOrty-two gal.
Ions Of fuel petroleum from Gladys C.ty
TO san Antonio is therefore 32A cents
over the Southern P0cihc route. while
Brenham has to pay 1890 cents per barrel
fieght, and Austin pays 49.32 cents per
barrel freight; therefore, Austin pays
cents per 100 pounds, or SIS cents per
barrel, more than San Antonio
The Houston and Texas Central railroad
and San Antonio and Aransas Pass rail
road being officially separate and distinct
lines Of railroads, all towns thereon have
to pay SIS cents per barrel more for fuel
petroleum than equal distant points on
the Southern Pacinc.
The Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe rail.
road was not permitted to absorb aud
operate under one management their new
line into Beaumont; therefore, the con
sumner of fuel petroleum will have 10 pay
sss cents per barrel more for IL all along
the lines Of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Ec railroad. This SIS cents per barrel
may not seem very much unfit II is real zed
that II amounts 10 33 g per cent of the
total cost Of this fuel petroleum delivere 1
l. o. b. cars ut Gladys, We do not pro.
pose to discuss the Internal Affairs of the
various railroad systems further than 70 Oh
serve as laymen' that If the various
press dispatches OF recent date from New
YORK are 10 be relied on, II would appear
that the controlling interests in, we win
say, most Of the Texas railroads are In
financial interest
II this cents per 100 pounds, or sSs
cents per barrel additional charge, could be
judiciously abolished hy the Texas rail
road commission. fuel petroleum could then
be delivered to Gainesville, DeniSon, Paris,
Tex2rkana ana all intermediate points ny
prices which would cnfo-ce its universal
use In established industriai-. and ciu 4
10 he erected throughout ToNas factotics
OF all description when the pfuhlbltlNe
price Of fuel has until now prevented.
Tankage in transit, II instituted by the
railroad commission, would entail little or
no expense on the part of the railroads,
and would Immediately cause large st0r r.
tanks 10 be erected AT all distributing
points, and the larger towns in Texas. m
owIers of these tanks do all the wO:k.
The oil companies at Beaumont OF GLADYS
load the tank cars from their storage
tanks. Each storage tank on tho lines
Of the roads throughout Texas would be
provided with its own pumping uutnt. ~
which the tank cars are unloadcd ara
loaded in few minutes. These storage
tanks would be an absolute assurance 10
all consumers that there is no chance OF
their running short of fuel at any time
by freight congestion. quarantines and uu.
usual DELAYS. Tankage in transit Woul
naturally he only used in emergenc es, IN
order TO supply consumers whose direct
supply might be running low.
From the very beginning OF our en-
Eagine in this fuel petroleum business we
have been aware Of the absolute necessity
OF such an arrangement as tnnkagr ht
transit, without additional freight rate
sion, In order for the interior points n
Texas to get the hcnett of this cheap
fuel quickly and thoroughly. with this
t0nksge In transit privilege we would our
several large storage tanks at distributing
points. and II is TO be supposed that dozers
OF them would al once he built by the
various oil interests. II Is the fear OF
temporary exhaustion ~ fuel which rlNre
causes the Texas industrals ~ hesi'at'
IN changing their plants TO oil fuel a.
such towns and CITIES where the present
freight rates permit the use or oil with
a large saving in cost of fuel. Yours very
truly, Il. w. Gamble CO,