The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-04
I[NAND FOR THE OIL
s,,,,,,d BY the Many Inquiries
M Il Bs,ag Made for Prices.
L. CAPITALISTS ARE COMING
n. vitb senator MoMiI'in--00wne
III Nm Shortly Return TO
a beaumont.

= n arairs Of the south Is
inau'e' .onarent every day. In
s' n' .on,lur in rapidly, aud they
aIf W., he south, either. How
~ no southern states that
/ ! I I. y domestic sales will be made
q " The producers are rush
tss -. sys are received every week
ass demapd keeps ahead OF the
~ getting the oil to the Gus -
t.r I. Inouirles about the oil are
~ Tx nature or prompted by a
I = 'asS ,a,w what the oil Is, but
IN a dozen States and users
'e,o, w, j machinery are showing
i ! n.ss IN The oil, and 1t does not
interest alone, hut orders i0'i0w
kaulries, 40 .hreo nrms
u, arc prepared to ship oil and
lAa' I'M attained from them Is Of
5.rrIpg nature, indeed.
',scs Of the Higgins OIL company
Y IN .,.n was informed that the
~ orders for more oil than 1t
\ ..rort With Its present numDer OF
we expect thirty-seven more
...I,s,e said a representative of the
IN and BY July we expect TO have
~ in use. II we had the cars
A n send twenty-five of them out
~ We have an order from Liv-
r !. 700 barrels of oil and we ex'
~,se tbls shipment next Saturday.
4 4 through Port Arthur.
4 vohIls transit and Fuel company,
4 ,,aouatters at Mobile. Ala, is now
a npss for the transportation OF
4 N, oil by water. and they expect
4 f,eIlIties for supplying the trade
n 4, .tlsptlo coast. We shipped them
<,Is ar Of the oil some time ago, and
Ehmonghly testing 1t they ser ABOUT
IN the tanks, ~ ne,
Rnf the ten minutes why
II vas In the office of the higgins
IN, two kilograms were received or
81 sye cars Of oil. and a representatlNe
I'M on company Of Toledo, ono,
H. srd ordered twenty-five cars tor
xhte shipment. -,,
rr1 company informed the reporter
IN, company expects this week TO
+ ,npments OF oil to the Gulf comna-
<.suiacturers OF salt, whose works
In Morgan City, La The Gulf com,
I'm begin the use Of the oil for fuel
- having purchased in the neighbor-
En- i0N6G gallons. This, Mr.. Jolly
h. tte largest sale his company had
F.. his week. He stated that orders for
lcration by rail- lines were coming
~ than the company could get the
Or scceunt Of a shortage of tank
Rsut ample facilities have been pro
n ior water transportation by water
a However, the company expects 10
laty Of tank cars within short
yttlonal OIL and Pipe Line company
r. low getting ready 10 market It's oil,
Post rercfter was informed. n rep
X,ive Of the company stating TINT
ton had been made with the Kansas
gihern With the company's pipc iine,
Ii world he a few days longer before
rreats we're made
h,svood oil company will have its
I raeks completed within ten days.
vii be ready TO make shipments ~
htsf racks are ,orated on the Sabine
#sa Texas railroad At Gladys.
~ Charles A. Towne Is expected to
r a Beaumont tomorrow kilograms
zen received in Beaumont indicating
sirield, Senator Benton Mcmillan Of
EEt Is contemplating a visit to Beau
W. view to investing In oil lands
leffiood that II senator Mcmillan
Z glll be accompanied by party
'essse capitalists.
~
hgg-Swayne syndicate hns sold an
srler acre of It's land on Spindle Top
The price paid was $4,000 and
-@ne was the purchaser.
~
Ns'nern Pacific tank cars arrived
my 70 be loaded with oil. The
! VIII 30 to Tucson, Ariz.. 10 he
laei IN Southern Pacific locomo-
.as shipment is rather significant
ises y considered that the South
haul. '''" vi WIN d
saturday evening the Waters Pierce
way purchased two lots in the Van
'aaiton alongside Of the Southern
u'fE' and those who heard OF the
VS. eiealsaiely began to speculate on
~ ~. Intentions were. w. A. Ives,
LII ~ ~ lhe company, explained that
selected as a site for Their
h n arr mad "a he moved to mike
ss new Southern Pacific freight
! q The West Texas oil complay
: 4. ! : snsher and II 1t becomes one IT
. ey reason OF any strong in
loaaAg in that direction AT pres
~ sl'i mas passed through the rock
= ives working Saturday after
AK, 4 pow lp clay formation win
. as tS Indications of oil. The in
< 49, w.. came in from the well Satnr.
4 -osa has since proved Incorrect
- frum ,balhS me quantity OF oil
+ an me we'll While the geutI,,.
',I,S, We Il out evidently thonrbt Z
= u sss y las since been statra ~
IL.
n u DC seen on the water.
4 ~ calculations 60 wrong,
seu 10 come in will he GIadv,
: =, 'ESed by the Gurey company
II s NJ q Spindle Top Heights, and
.,, aels'ern slope Of the hIli. This
= .'',. IN within forty-eight hours.
E siRatlons regarding n are moi
# teiM extend the limits ~ In
q siAesr something ike 10 feet n
~ nut this extension Ma MI
si " ~, Y ( generally beiievad MAJ MY
~ susl further TO the north