The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-20
RANGE GETS THE BIG PLANT.


the oil fields, the company viii con..,.,..
iVui-lnch pipe line from the redner -
the city OF Orange and erect In tba nlt
a stah ia PIPE, from which they viii sunnly
sum local factories as desire 10 use oI1 ~
Inei and other purposes and sjso ern ~"
"nlch 70 make some shipments
ttna ne SoniPahg now own tug boat and
llne OF OIL Darges and this Heet VIM ia
very materially increased a rco,,, VII ne
on tugs and barges being em5ioN-. 20
transport oil and other products ~ ~
Arth,.V from the plant to vessels AT PORT
- a. .ilur anu SaOlne Pass. Situated an INC
river and between two navigobio t "u ,ue
slNhg deep water frontage on three std as
In le pant VIII haye an ideal location aNi
of the globe va 'ue lace
The refinery Of the Forward Oil proarc.
i lir company Will turn ot1 all Of mo Nv.
T rb, ,',. laat can be secured from The oil
me product Is secured from "A nrncess ~ ~,
covered 10y DR.. c. B. Forward nSr, ~
when IS patented and part of witch is
from btn ,VO,Ss ahu the product thus secured
a mn ~. uuloht gu Is given up TO be far
euPSl LOT 10 any OIL In The known world
The Forward company nav olrns ,
P ft,fs tts wells on Spindle Top and con.
e, auis ne output OF several Diners, thns
Re@in ,sitb 1Ihem an abundance OF oil 10
oItsin WIN; The company is now operlf-ng
Teenen uIl,ing rigs In Louisiana and
LoXas ana 1t is their intention 10 also
t sS1nfstuct a pipe line from Louisiana TO
firE
Inc company owns In Orange comfy In
awuiiliou 10 the ground which will be o.
S cIIo, by their plant. 1000 Ncrcs ~ lani.
c gn'sn [ney nave recently seAwed by pur.
aJ an early date and experts who have
tAHnutuSu the property are firm in thpir
ngneI mat OIL win be found there in large
Outside of their pipe line the Inyest1nont
OF tue Forward Reduction company and tbe
n9TW9rd III Producing company In this
p pe4nety VII eAceed. S2,0oO06O. The com.
puuy is capitalized for S5000O 600 and they
now nave In the treasury s.. 5OOO06. UhiIe
tuelr stock the par value OF which is $40
Is me SG,'la dsu Gn the mgaarket. for $ll
10 ipesln with viii be $500 barrels, which
demands 40 '"e ucc'Sl"h
DR.. G. B. Forward, whose secret nros,ss
81 FcHinlhg referred to above mal.,s mo
product Of his refinery superIor I'm INV
o'htf known, Is as yet Young man ana
IS hustler Having decided 10 locate his
HI i lT,eepgry mere he has already identified
n'.'sSii win the town by becoming inter,
DHyed IN me orange and Northwestern
I'lIFoad anu In the Orange National h1n,
ana VII, doubtless, make other invest.
Ueive9 d. inc opportunities present them.
Aside from the other advantages which
VII accrue to Orange from the location
~ h OF ms big refinery: this viii prove
10 De the last spike needed to clIucb tbe
Yep water proposition and will assure Inc
construction at an early date Of tho sbio
een4Iuuel across sabine lake. couG Getting the
.at po., "ru NecheS rivers with deep water
~ FORT Arthur ana Sabine Pass WIN tho
Immense amount Of tonnage TO 90 tbrnnsS
ms enamel supplied from the refinery ~
tne Forward OIL Producing company, added
~ ~ enormous tonnage 10 he supplieI
oy the lumber and other Industries con
hIesS can not fail to see the fmmpaiat 10
necessity OF this deep water channel and
"ean' appropriations will he forthcoming
81
Sne who has taken q prominent and
W,hhl' modest part in securing this gre +
ItuustrN Tor orange, and who has proven
n.hlStI an lnuei Migable and tireleSs work
er' Is sam l.. Hahn. land agent and lrcai
representative OF the Forward Reduction
S9lHpanl' In the latter part of last August
NJ. lam dropped into Orange ana W NJ
qnletIy 70 work, Keeping his counsel but
aiWa avs working, and has never ceased h :
efforts from that time until the present
10 arrange matters so that the big refinery
could be located at Orange He has Ia.
poteu earnestly for the interests of the
company that he represents and at re
SSaihe ilme has done a great work for
When it was definitely announced last
night that the big refinery had te5n s
cured. the report y for The Post son hit
Mr., Hahn and asked for an interview On
the subject Well" he said The w TX
Is accomplished the refinery has been H.
Gated and am feeling good over the out
]
Il long, hard pull, but want to con-r n
late the people OF Orange on the cnt =.
prise and liberal spirit they have shown n
meeting the requirements of III comp n
to secure the big refinery And | want to
say, too, that the people of Orange can not
too warmly thank Mr.. j. w. Link and Mr.
Charles NJ. Rein for the splendid work
they have done in clnching this promo i
ton. For three weeks they have lab ed
earnestly and unceasily, perseverlng @ On
after IL was conceded nv ali others tina
had lost the refinery. | have not been In
a position To say ANYTHING heretofore, bat
do say now unheSltaungly that but o.
their persistent efforts, backed up by he
business men and citizens of Orange, c
refinery would have gone elsewhere. In
fact" Mr.. Hahn continued, the company
had purchased 5000 acres of land on Toy
lors bayou, in jefferson county, AMI or
several weeks past the chief engineer OF
the company. with Il large corps of en-
gineers has been at work laying out ne
plans for taukage, buildings and every thing
had been made up and approved ana 1t u "a
been definitely determined to locate tn
plant there You can imagine, then, Wh1t
feather it is IN the cap of orange 10 nave
secured the big plant after matters hau
gone that far The people do not ana can
not vet realize just what the location o.
this plant here means for orange but
can assure you that il is the biggest th.n9
that she has ever yet secured ana III ~ =
uaknown possibilities for the future. Yes
do not hesitate to say that | am m
than nleased that Orange has secured tie
refinery. Her people have worked harl / 7
II IL is "A magnificent proposition ana Is
qoinr ia proye a big thing for the com