The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-19
OIL is AGAIN SPOUTING.
Efforts TO Check The Flow Are Belus Made
with Much Caution.
DAMAGE TO THE CASING IS FEARED
Many Land Deals Have Already Been
Made, but the Details Are beins
Kept from the Public.


county have been made. but those who
are most interested are keeping their
moyGnnts so well guarded that 1t is wen
nigh impossible TO set more than hint
OF what is going on.
The course of future development, how
ever, is shaping itself now, and IL may
rca sonably be exptcted that within she
next few days the announcement will be
made.
The standard OIL company has a num-
Der Of representatives hero who are here
for business. Some of these gentlemen
are pronounced agents of the Rockefeller
interests. while others are apparently
5ctlng Independently of the oil monopoly.
one of these representatives said yester-
day that he WAS representing the "old
Standard" and that he was here for busl-
ness and it's pretty safe conclusion
that when the STANDARD Oil company gets
after tthing in a business Way they ac~
ccinpIish their aims.
business was batter today than it has
been since the big well was struck,
The question of the disposition Of the
IiONNlA AiDlH lAt lSIEds Mtli II bNNpIhlnb
a subject for considerable discussion. And
besides the Lucas Nell there will be
others in short while, and the product
Of these wells will have to be disposed OF.
Refneres, Il the oil is 20 be refined. will
have to be built and large reservoirs will
have to be made, If the oil is TO 10 en-
ported or shipped by rail, large plants
win have 10 be constructed for handling
the substance, and all these improve
ments are TO come 10 short while. Mr..
Galley is not yet ready to make any an
nounoement OF his plans. and will not be
uull he has received the results OF the
sample of the oil which his been sent to
the refinery, aud until the we'll has been
thoroughly controlled.
I'm the meantime preparations for sink
ing other wells in the county are prog
resslng. The rig OF Sturn Bros, which
was sent to the Taylor bayou country last
week, Is being set up as rapidly as pos
sible for the Sabine oil and Pipe Line
company. and will get to work some time
next week. Captain c. + CAde, who owns
considerable amount OF acreage near
High Island, which is leased by Captain
\. f. Lucas, is IN the city making prepa
rations 10 get wells sunk on this prop
erty as soon as possible. High Island is
considered one OF the most favorable oil
territories In this section and the pres
ence OF mineral"and gas wells leads TO
the opinion that oil will he found there in
large quantities..
The virtual deal between Charles ],
Chaisou and W. p, III. MeFaddin for a
large amour. q acreage in Jefferson
county Is the hrgest deal recorded since
the discovery of the we'll, and there were
also several other large deals made today,
some OF which We're placed on record,
while others were not
". C. MoBlde and NJ. Eagan of Wash
ington we're among the important arrivals
this morning though there were nurn-
Der Of Others from Pennsylvania, Ohio
and West Virginia Mr. A. Templeton of
the Southwestern Oil company returned
this morning from visit to CorAcana,
and several Sther Corscana citizens who
went home several days ago are back
again. John Murphy, a large oil pro-
Queer al Pennsylvania, arrived here this
morning and spent the early part OF the
day a: the we'll.
The newspaper representatives are be-
ginning to reach town. Editor G. L.
Kepple of the Ia Porte Chronicle is here
today in 1.-THE interest OF the Pittshure
(Pa.) Dispatch, with which he was form
erly connected. He is an experienced oil
man aud is doing some speeial work for
the Dispatch,
Il. ] White OF the New Orleans States
arrived here yesterday and Is doing spe
cial work both for the States and syndi-
cate Of papers.
The Texas representative of the Manu-
facturers' Record OF Baltimore reached
here this morning and is sitting down the
situation.
There has been persistent rumor about
the streets for several days that the
Standard Oil company had leased the
acreage holdings OF the Port Arthur
Tom Site company in Jefferson county
toy the purpose OF prospecting Tor oil.
The Pest correspondent called upon MIR.
r. \. Greer, attorney for the PORT Ar.hur
Town Site company. this morning Tor a
Yer hca;ion or denial o. luhe rumor Mr..
Greer said there was no truth in il, so
FAR as he knows, aud he believes that had
the lease been made he would have been
notified. Mr.. Greer received lnlorma ton
from the trustees Of the Port Arthur
TOWNSHIP company Nt Kansas City yes
Ierday saying that they had not leased
the land, and would not do so for the
time being, Representatives of the Stand
ard Oil company have been endeavoriug
10 lease nne properly boGh In this city
and in Kansas City, as have also num-
hers OF other prospectOrs. Ii is hardly
probable however. that the trustees Of
the rownsite company or their agents
VIII lease the lands until the excitement
has aoated md II is determined what the
oil which has been discovered contains.
The original purchase OF the Por. Ar
thur TowRsite company in this county
was $4,000 acres and OF this the com
pany owns now about $4,000 acres This
land lies in the nOlghborhood OF Port
Arthur and there can be but little ques-
ton that It is splendid oil land. The
attorneys for the townsite company in
this city Messrs. Greer 4 Greer. are
familiar with conditions hero and have
me oil situation clearly in hand ana II
Inc property Is leased II will be for the
ueVetepmeut OF the oil prospects In the
most approved manner.
Inc Lucas geySer is again shooting tho
contents OF its tremendous reservoir
sNyWand aud the flow is as strong as Il
mas been az any time Mr.. Galley YES
troay decided It would be the best plan
let tne stream go straight up until
my mad completed preparations 10.
ISo,nplete,y SHIFTING of the flow. Tn.
.HNe which turned the stream from me
eprisht pipe into the horizontal nino A.
/ - 'nought would become worn with
az SonstAni force OF the stream flowing
sssAnst " and last night IL was oneped
NV 'he oil when released hew slr,yv,arS
lNltn az much vehemence AZ cvsr 80.
~ In ,., snAle are coming trcm the Wei con-
sn'y and these striking asainst NE
'es ~ me valve weuld naturally wsar
Il Considerably. wear
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