The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-30

Haywood to ascertain whether the well
had come In or not Mr.. Hcrwooi snld he
directly from the we'll He added that he
did not heliete II had come In vet, Tor the
reason that it was not yet really done.
Later MIR Kelly arrived from thu well,
aud VIII II question he said that the we'll
was not Yet in. Mr. Kelly says, however,
that the work on the well is progressing
be many days until they win know whether
Of not the well will he a producer
The Kaiser & Kelly well Is outside the
present known field, and II oil IS found In
II II Will or, ate n great deaf OF additional
excitement
Work was commenced this morning on
Haywood well No, =, located within about
eighty feet of the big Realty. owned by
the National OIL aud Pipe Line COMPANY
The well is being drilled for the Haywood
Oil company, and IL is believed that II
VIII make quite as good producer as the
Beatty.
Messrs. Walton Il Kinsolylng, contractors
OF CNrSlcana. who are to drill the well for
the Manhattan oil company, were moving
the machinery to the well site today. 1t
VIII he put IN on lot - Of Gladys civ
and work OF drilling will begin soon
4 rig has been ordered for the Beaumont
ana Louisiana Oil company. TO be put up
when II arrives on the property controlled
by the company in Gladys City.
Mr Hanson stated this afternoon that a
telegram had been received from the head
quarters of the Henrietta oil company, n
New Orleans concern, hearing the info-na
ton that work would he commenced on Al
well for the company In very short
while. The hole Will be put down on the
purchase of Treadwcll X Hanson in the
Buloch league.
Derrlcks are being put up on lot III.
near the Kaiser e Kelly well, for the
Beaumont and Pacific Slope OIL company.
Machinery Is heng put on the ground
for two wells to he drilled by the Citlzcus
Consolidated oil company. The wells OF
this company Will be put down near the
colony of gushers that have already come
Work on the Boher we'll located on lot
AZ Of spindle TOP Heights, seems to De
progressing, all right. The drih IS going
/ below the surface yesterday. The Gnher
stock will advance to 10 cents tomorrow.
The Crude Petroleum company of TeHus
tcrday for the derrick to be erected The
company will raise the price of Its stock
tomorrow to 30 cents.
There are number of quite prominent
arrivals in the field today, among whom
are Messrs. j. NJ. Guffey and John II.
Galley. principal members of the j. NJ
I Guifey company Both came in from
Pittsburs on an early train and were nc
companied by Mr.. Willis McCook, also of
! Plttsburg. and Major A. H. Lucas. who
/ Joined the party in New Orleans. The
! gentlemen spent the day looking over the
| oil he!d and examining their wells, tanks
MesSis. W. ana j M,nGer, two New
York brokers, who are we'll known IN
Houston, ana Galveston, are also here to-
day, looking into things. 1t Is not known
yet whether or not these geneltmen have
decided to get into the 'push,' but in
case they do some large transactions may
prominently. The Managers have a reputa-
tlon of never doing things by halves.
~
Hon Alva Adams twice governor OF
Colorado, and who will undoubtedly sue
coed Henry NJ Teller in the United States
senate two years hence, IL political condi-
tions in Colorado do not change, arrived
in Beaumont this morning, accompanied by
his wife. Governor Adams is making a
tour of the South, not only for personal
pleasure, but for the purpose of observing
industrial conditions. He is a deep thinker
and always travels with his eyes and ears
open. The governor met hundreds Of his
friends In beaumont this morning ana was
constantly the center of a little group who
were eagerly explaining the situation 10
him ana furnishing an abundance Of IN
Governor Adams is en- route to New Or
leans and the Eastern south, but will
probably spend couple of days in Beau
mont
The following suit filed today will eX
plain the reasons for the dissolution of tho
Merchants OIL company; The suit was
filed in tbeA district court by the Mer
chants oil company against W. II. Al
bridge to compel defendant to make con
veyance Of ten acres in the ]. w. Bullocl
| survey, 100 acres in the VI. Houston leagu'
survey, $40 acres the south half Of sectioi
~ and $40 acres OF certain oil and min
cral lease. The petition reclteS that oi
the 1lth day Of April, 1901. .Aldridge con
tracted with parties composing the com
pany that if they would form corpora
tion or oil company he would, upon sucl
naIpiSs INC aore ma t gpi'9 ~ be
rallied 10 do so. Should the defendant fai
10 comply with a decree Of court to max
: such conveyance, plaintiffs ask 10 be al
lowed $4,000 in damages.