The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-20
|Iops OF NEW WELLS
ID, Plentiful al Beaumont, but
mere Is No Confirmation.
inns ARE HAVING TROUBLE
,..,W Of the Injunction Granted
I 0 \. district Court Of William
n son County.

son county
an'. ~ fact that several searchers
~ Z IN the country southwest OF
,.,,sd 10 find spouter, the rumor
s..,ng well in that section has not
ue'' ~ least but when the report
.,sn or that man saw the gushcr
" I'M down It is always found that
~ .-,s one else who saw the well.
'.osaer report is going the rounds
!, Rig Hin, about twenty-five
wv ,.sst ~ Beaumont, Is In, and
sop.aN e1owed The !ost corresponds
3silemi, q iii this afternoon which he
eMus, ram the Big Hill well A. Il.
plss ne In Belle neighhorhood, Who
city today, stated that the drill
2 vs. mn we'll was passing through
,bree DAYS ago; that he visited the
"a ssw the sulphur. The wen Is
~, down by the J. VI. GuHey com
Pss Inc drillers would give out no
4 ..,Ien rs to the depth of the well,
\ ~
...,,sl DAYS the weather has been
i Ave- and there is not near SO much
hsVeen the city and the oil neld,
...,,ls news OF operations Is more
~ The wells now being put down
4 ...sred over such a large territory
would be impossible Tor one per
\ = .yslt all OF them In a single day.
I'm visit TO all Of the wells would
ann in the securing Of much informa-
sIsee the drllers win give out no In.
lin concerning their progress; hence
4, M only reliable information To be
,hont n well is that which may he
x me- spouting of n gusher, etc. No
r. hss sponted In this field for nearly
4, weeks now, and aside from the
4 minors the Hogg -Swayne well has
sed the bulk OF the news from the
\, vel OF the Chicago Crude oil com
/ has reached the depth of $50 feet
tvelye-inch casing, which is said
de greatest depth to which a twelve
aang has been sunk in this field. 1t
BE- lpleu..on Of this company to go to
Ish II 2j00 feet unless oil is found
h that depth is reached The compile,
II his well viii test considerable
.hty, since there are no dry holes be.
u Il and the gushcrs. though It is a
Nsfrihle distance away from the group
tspdncing wells
'ds situated near Taylor's bayou are
Ens rnush trouble In getting fresh water
a. Ia the boilers The bayou is lower
III has been for years at this time ot
/. md the water Is salt. The Forward
artlcn company burned out one boiler
using salt water
4 =
, injunction granted out OF the dis.
court Of Williamson county has caused
evhers Of pipe lines in this held no
n trouble The plaintiff In the case
n to prevent the owners Of pipe lines
J using the streets Of Gladys City for
! lines and the Injunction was granted.
saequence thereof the Higgins OH and
company has been forced to build
= hat a mile more pipe nne to com.
Nh the Injunction. The Haywood
company has been put to much trouble
hs had TO use the pipe llue Of the
fias company In fact. every company
Ag pipe line which crosses one OF
streets Of Gladys city has been put
aacn trouble In speaking of the in.
aM ihls afternoon Manager Wallace
~ Higgins on and Fuel company
Z lnat the plaintiff In the case only
Y ere a bond Of $1,000. but before
lfifuuNnfg CT Il
tagated by the Injunction, they would
tsnfed by the Williamson county Judge
iaks bond for sl0,UVO,OoO.
Alle It has been said by many who claim
~ experts that Beaumont oil cun NOT
'seniably refined, there are renners in
lssi who do not believe this, as Is
Z Oy thelr acts. The Higgins OIL and
s.u'pany is selling large quantities
= Ie shipment to Toledo and other
! y ohio. When asked whether this
~ lor use as fuel or whether II was
fenned, Manager Wallace of the
~ company, said: at would hardly
3 vaio man 10 have oil shipped into
/, 49, TOT tnel when he can buy coal
49, sl'@ per ton. am not exactly
"A H.. F "h'tl tT tue OIL is 10 De
n. su' you may draw your own con,
= Known that an oil company that
',ssnslve rennerles in Ohio has made
.ppyleaases OF Beaumont oil recently.
, sss,S me company wishes to guard
si .s' oI us tests as business secret,
~ W. ne known regarding the
q iennlng Beaumont oil.
~
III OF Mrs Mary Cleveland against
! y, swayne to try title 10 lots 80.
~ g on Spindle Top. mention Of
was made In today's Post. was
y SUI and settlement was made
IN une after the filing OF the suit.
y ipyolv gae property was really In
Bryan Heard, president Of the
! heard Oh company. spent yester-
i NE city and succeeded in making
s Il for an entirely new outht to
We w. Wen started by MS company a
S6 ago The pipe Is now down
Ma iset, hut the machinery hereto
: ~ having proved unsatisfactory
bss,r aet has been made and boring
MI. sg2ln. Mr. Heard states that
'.,-v ne mas now secured is tirst-class
III = respect and he expects rapid
y 70 be made.
.sssswayne wen behaved in a way
'aat attracted considerable atten
Z u Some time after tho driu