The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-21
N GUSHERS ARE Due.
LII for Several Of Them Dur
Ing the Coming Week.
\ S PROGRESSING At SOUR LAKE
,n.t the euffey mud eusher"
'' y Re Pushed to Completion
at Once.

"a Texas July 2o.--This week,
ui1. ,romise Of the bringing In OF
sshers has not witnessed the
~ single well. Accidents ana
~ ,sss ot delay have held the wells
IA while several are now within
II 81 oil It is not likely that any
n ,hsm will be brought In before
4, or tuesday. The Inferior pipe In
NV vel, which twisted In two ana
"A w., :. removed, has delayed the coming
y ~, we'll The Manhattan had an
q r,s blow. which damaged the ma
ana caused another slight delay,
. 4 GLADYS No. 8 had to be drilled
q these. with the Cattlemen's Con.
4 ia well and perhaps one or two
n should come in next week
H. new wells are being started al
a averv day in the proved held, with
II ,.,,iond well on the outside. the
4 ,r,l yusb now is in getting pipe lines,
Z = tanks and transportation facilities
..ass 10 mprket the oil, and In
Il wi mere is rush Indeed. Prac,,
s,.rv producing company in the held
8Jna ifseif with storage tanks ana
n H. and rush" kilograms are going
II fsctolies every day in an enott 10
n them hurry forward the materlHi
= nine lines and tanks. In TACT. IN one
~ instances representatives. Of oil
No. have gone to the factosies IT.:
In order to have their material
a ed ont with all possible haste.
n pevwood OIL company Is now
Z the shippers Of crude petroleum and
= stting ont some nice orders. While
4 tompauy has three gushers, It's ia
H. for shipping oil are not what they
Nba few weeks later. In fact within
Unrt time this company will have ship.
n facilities equal to any on the heid,
3Guney company not excepted.
"A 80
<naietInr stories are coming In about
4 Biz Hill well, and while the story
Il oil has been found in the well may he
il II is not given great deal OF
kence. without rejecting upon any of
gentlemen who claim to have seen I'M
raksbe signs Of oil at the Biz Hill
il Ii may be said that some men viii
n oil indications about n well where
rs will mad nothing of the. kind. and
he oil may be found NJ Big Hill, IL
IN NO means certain that oil has been
H. IN the Big Hill well.
Mere is now a story in circulation to
kefect thar the Gutfey company, instead
ohlling the Rig Hin well or its OWL
a, has drilled 1t on land belonging to
PRS, Seth. Davis and Steve Pipkin of
i atfe H. ste nfaA ltraIH Il
say that the well is on their laIrl,
they say that there is a possibility
II snch- is the case.
BE- National on and Pipe Line company
received two cars of steel at Port
bur for its tanks there This company's
y on Spindle Top will be completed
Aday, and work VIII then begin on two
tanks at Port Arthur,
r. Hogg-Swayne syndicate sold one six.
~ Of an acre today to the Oklahoma
Texas OIL company for 5000.
Pc Lone Star and Crescent oil com.
n Is preparing plans for system for
distribution Of crude petroleum to
4s Of small lots in the important cities
fne State. The plan of the company is
erect storage tanks In all of the i'm.
liant cities aud deliver the oil TO Gus.
4efs from these. Houston, Galveston,
orleans aud Pensacola are among
ellles IN which this company intends to
~ storage tanks.
\ meeting of the directors of the
gas and New Orleans Oil company. held
I afternoon, to take action regarding
4 sinking Of q test we'll, no quorum
nned.
~
" Writ Paddock, who visited the well
fne Scott oil company today, states that
well Is go feet deep, with indications
n Of Netherlands.
Pnowing are the closing quotations on
Beaumont oil exchange.