The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-03
SUPPLY OF TEXAS.
!. az We'll rsused a Decline in
's-
a n -----
Tx FROM OHIa AND pennsylvania
Int HAS Been Exported
s,atcs Reccntiy-other
Facts and Figures.

,,,,sburs. Pa, correspondent Of
yorR Commercial thus reviews
,'s.,iou in connection with the
s.,mory a; Beaumont
.aer in jefferson county, being
s~l,hip 100 miles of Galveston
twenty miles from the gulf
e,sss,ionably marks a new era
.s,,oleun development in this
since the advent of the strike
81 has looked up the history Of
',,Iop. aud is able to siye the trade
..,r,ant facts. The existence Of
has heen known for years IN
ea- Us Of TeX3s, but ITS first de-
~, ~ any commercial value ever
~ - igat was the Corsicana oil
x,yarro county, The new strike
miles southeast OF the Cor
s.s The oil strata has been
~ y nrac,ical oil men, who have
s.ll5y OF belt theories. TO the
Il, INTO Nacogdoches county, fol-
ne GENERAL course Of the Trinity
rrar, this county going south,
Ia rs appearance at Rockland and
|rminus Of the Rockland and Sabine
Pass railroad.
j his point tho strata has south
Toarse down the Sabine river, upon
| a in more or less quantities. has
S.eryed at different times. The
'srIke is situated about eighteen
Nom the Sabine Pass. The oil at
ks1ebes is black, heavy and strong
{negpated with sulpburated hydro
In Is not among the remote posi-
a tbat fuel oil field equal TO, il
Ilru,ssing the Russian field, Will
|Ssly De deveoped in Eastern Texas
Iiulsiana. BY those who have made
|,,ush research Of this section Of the
kust, it is thought that the discov-
n petroleum in Jefferson county,
4 Is directly in line with the the
HI probabilities Of the geological
ktlons Of the entire country.
kIe reports for this month show a
|sss ID both shipments and runs for
Pennsylvania field, yet the general
Eg up gives net increase Of 1000
X per day, due to changes IN the
Esnt and surplus accounts, credited
IsrSantable oil. and OF this aggre-
spproximating $4,000 barrels, the
|i;sr gain is nearly one-third. AS
basI monthly report the shipments
kansylyania oil showed gain ever
t'ot October of nearly 100000 bar
E0hlo stocks made their usual gain
sided about $50, 600 barrels to that
d contribution, as compounded with
report Of November Stocks of bouh
Dove fields showed an increase dur
October. the gain being due TO the
Fence between a decrease of 1000
rs In shipments and gain of 5000
y in pipe line runs. The runs and
nents both decreased during Sep
~ but the former exceeded the lat
% the extent that the net stocks OF
sylsania oil were reduced 5000 bar
average tally decline OF nearly 1000
Is IN the field producing Pennsyl-
.oa leaves a per diem reduction OF
barrels, as compared with Novem-
Inc September runs having been
= oarrels and those OF October 123,-
noxah increase in favor of the lat
ncnth OF about $3.50 barrels. For
months during the last year-June,
y and october-the runs have not
surpassed since September, 1897.
having exceeded 10000 barrels for
mouth.
lolai runs Of the Pennsylvania f,eld
y last year gave a daily average OF
oafreis, or an aggregate of 80, 4s9. =
llreis' For the previous year, 1899.
o'al runs were 80. 207,45S barrels. a
proaactlon OF SS,240 barrels. or an
w lot 1900 of $3.50 100 barrels. For
lss hlne months Of the wear the runs
NY NV % follows: January, 91,5ll;
us'y, &,lSl; March, 5000: April,
. nay ss,lSO; June. 100, 900: July.
arrels. P'e"Nei' 80
ulAy shipments OF Pennsylvania
w. tast month Of 1900 averaged
y, yafieis, a decrease OF 52G1 barrels
,sa. preceding month. The daily
, y trom the midsummer month Of
~, ~ We end Of last year. alternate
: s and decreased, the averages
: oeen for August los 1aS barret.
~ r'sI ~, ion Of 2O,239 barrels; Sep.
h,,.a .vt,Vis barrels, a decrease of
! IKE October, 9S,646 barrels, de-
i, ~, narrels; November l04 .s9,,
j t T.. 1919 barrels. The shin
d sIr,a u S, were the greatest on
psrpss, november, 1897.
lss.s Hps;yNania Gil the increase :,
ilrre,s W isu0 over 1899 was $3.50. :
~ me aggregate having been
b, s SSsrleis, as compared Win \
", VI Io'b9S barrels for tho ma
. 6srsa Tr daily average increase OF
tba M " Is TO be noted that
Az Increase In the net stocks FAR
d hs 49, was lO,S9S barrels the ali.
ia seen the runs and shipments
s, n0 period aggregated 49, 127
Il s,Sso icy shipments for the arst
febrp. ~ we're: January, g9,16n h7r-
sssi-. $500; March. 9O.24T:
i to r.' May, 9O,1O5: June 60ig
ussr "a increase of oil on hand in
uler that Of the nrevjons
iylsasi. Ealing 1882 barrels, the
shlle ~ ne,u contributed Ga ,OOS bsr-
Be- rres,. oaisnce Of SS,534 barrels
n In ,nted TO the Ohio field. al
aoxea w preceding month the lat
he Pan. Increase of 222 .129 barrels
,,rrs,' ennsylsania field fell off Az
$50 ha,, decrease for the month
hzrre,s a daily average decline
40 vs-a 'ne stocks o, Pennsylvania
Etrsls .e Increased IA. COS and 3ss :
l,iss respectively, or total gain
tie. PIE nss during the preceding
u tot ;,s isylvania field decrease
se lam credit by 327. 729 barrels
eredit ne'l added 439, 100 barrels
,ssq bss.s a net gain for the month
oatAjv ns showing The minimum
gsna,, ~ ry9ueuon for the last year.
gln1 !; 1900, the mel STOCKS of
s-.y r = on on hand were 13.1ss. sis
. e2S suction ,e OF $3.50 barrels in
mas 4. barrels in February. lis. :
Der ma ~ august, S27.792 barrels in
onp enu -ai '6s2 barrels in No9em-
OF VI IpI s,d to an appreciation Of