Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-10
MISUNDERSTANDING

fact Is kept IN view that thoro ,r.
thirteen wells 20 Doe supplied Win tart'
age not one. and that thre VAS nn, f,
single tank erected when The Iuoss
suSher began operations The relda5 b,
Itdally able TO understand wb.ta v8st
pIoDIem the storage problem Is and
why beaumont thirteen eusherg Inys
peeh ughlly mu2z.el most n the inns
SINCE thcy We're struck Thry have NOT
Dteh permitted To dow ST aiuy aftor
lht manner OF most uu wells Inns
giving experts some idea NJ th.ir amy.
ing qualities but have only been mn.
ltdshed for an hour COZ two at a time "a
Idsl as new tanks could Doe built or now
pipe lines laid 90 urghboung town,
and the gulf
In the land 90 tha ear few year,
hf well was struck thar Mas a
modern deluge " 800. pouring forth loo =
VVO barrels per ia} fur forty duys ana
iorty nights until 100000 barrels In All
had seen The light but the Lucas aush-
er ana some uf us naighb0riug uolls
are by tar the large ever g rIcE In
the western hemisphere. Pr.r to tbs
advent OF the Lucas we'll the record
holder WIS the Matthews we'll which
was good for 10000 barr. Is a dav Tina
Texas wells are con eqututly not onlv
the most difficult % care for from the
ankage standpoint. but there are other
complications. Ordinarily when new
helds are discovered the United Pine
Lines, "a corporation that has hundreds
OF mammoth tanks and thousands az
miles of pine lines, extends It's lines ta
lhem at once and pumps the OF away
as fast as 70 is produced ST ring II i'm
lts tanks or e ling to IT, alter eco. tha
Standard Oh company.
Texas. however does not love the
Standard OIL company and has enacted
certain laws designed 10 prevent IL
from doing business, In the Lone star
state. Wien the laws were made no
one had any idea that In very short
time Texas would possess some " the
greatest oil wells IN history. and now
that she has oil IN large quantities TO
sell the Standard does not seem az all
IN hurry 10 violate the states un-
friendly statutes 10y purchasing IL.
standard agents declare that the oil
has little value. owing 10 the fact that
but a small quantity Of Illuminating oil
may be extra ted from IL. and the oil
trusts valuation seems 20 be about 20
cents per barrel Large quantities Of
the Beaumont petroleum. however.
have been sold for 50 cents per barrel
Tor use as fuel on rice and sugar plan
tations steamboats,, railroads and in
manufacturing establishments. The
Iil Is caid to be better oil fer gasmak-
ing than the Lima OIL and it is expect
I'd mat its by-prOducts will successfully
compete with those OF the Ohio and
Indiana oils.
Producers here are not disconnected
by the attitude OF the Standard Oh
company, because they know that that
company will sooner or later take a
business hand I'm the Texas game.
Tankope sufficient 10 store 1900 900
barrels Of oil has been erected since
the Lucas well was struck and there
are pipe lines 10 Port Arthur and the
sea, two facts indicating that the oil
VIII be disposed Of 10 some one, stand
ard or no STANDARD, In fact, there are
those who claim that despite Its al
legged GOODNESS the Standard Is already
doing business here under one Of its
'rnierous aliases, a theory not at all
Improbable.
AT 30 cents per barrel the Beaumont
oil sells for exactly one third the price
received for the product OF the BRAD
ford oilileld-Sl.05 per . rel-while IL
0na oil b. worth Sl.20 and Ohio, Indi-
ana and Kentucky oil about a cents.
Colonel J NJ Guffey. the most noted
oil producer In the United states and
the leading spirit IN the Democratic
party In Pennsylvania. Is one Of the
owners OF the Lucas we'll and
has thousands Of acres OF other terri
tory leased near H. He and his 1850
ciates have already expended a fortune
for tankage pipe lines etc, and IL
Beaumont proves 20 be q pool, but lttle
money perhaps none, viii be made.
Tho boom here has been over for some
time and the majority Of those who
bought land or leases at boom rrices
have undoubtedly lost the money In.
vested Most OF the boomers have left
town owing TO the bad sanitary c-ndi-
tion here, and the streets have been re-
sprinkled with crude oil from
the wells near by 20 prevent a serious
outbreak OF disease, the oil being con-
sidered an excellent disintectant, Many
oil operators with large Interests here
have followed the boomers and VIII roe
main away for time owing 10 the fear
that a shotgun quarantine may be es-
tablished which would shut them In
here for weeks or even months.