The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-11

Ne. which Is an aiuminuh clay. IL mus,
De free from metals other than alnmlnun
wlthstends all temperatures, a. aluminium
can not be reduced by heat. The great
sufficiently hard TO enable Il TO withstand
the erosion of the ores and other contents
OF the furnace when It Is In action. This
VII he done, ! have no doubt in the neal
such q furnace would be from 5000 &C
1000 degrees, while the ordinary smelling
sspe asgTsss Sgse are from 200 t
parent The necessity for some other form
What are the most striking features OF
the. Texas neldsg" inquired the reporter
II mink the most striking feature Of the
asphalt OIL helds Ia general Is the. very
small per cent q dry holes, amounting 4
other fields the dry holes have amounted
70 abont 40 per cent With but small
"All the other nelds OF this country arc
IN the sub carbonterous or pevonian for
nation and have a pRrafflu base. so that
thetr value Is greater and their products
more numerous, aud what | say at this
time relates only 10 the asphalt oil al
Beaumont and In similar formations
IT can not be expected that the results
o. unconsidered prospecting win be good,
There are not more than IL per cent OF the
companies operating or pretending to OF.
crate In the field that are legitimate com.
panies. and serious reaction is coming be
fore very long, The standard oil company
Is able TO control the production OF OH by
controlling the price When the demand is
for more oil drilling may be encouraged by
putting up the price, and this has been
done on many occasions. When the supply
Is IN TO the requirements the price may
be reduced and the drilling stops for want
OF announcement. The Standard could
give away all the Illuminating oil thar IL
makes and vet make money from the by
products so that they absolutely control
the situation.
"Now | am going 70 have a conference
with the governor Of Texas and try to i'm.
press on him the necessity OF making pipe
lines free or at least putting them on q
similar sn1 o9SlI so mat there may not SSS
the condition that Ia found In the East.
Pipe Hines should not ali be owned by the
same people. and Il they are It win be a
serious drawback TO the country"
what are your conclusions as 90 the
quality Of the Texas oily
"1he Texas o. has one great draw
blcS In common with other asphalt oils,
II has large per cent Of sulphur reach
Ing TO about 4 per cent That may I've
at nrht for a few weeks IN furnace,
bur Ga a few weclts II Will become n serious
intolerance, and the use Qf oil VIII be great
ly lmpedcd by the presence or the sulphur,
have perfected process however;
by which the sulphur may be eliminated
and secured In an absolutely pure state,
mtb'nt n valuable byproduct. After the
elimination Of the suphur the oil may ba
except the ash aud q small hyproduct of
Hmif mia 0nd ore0Sotc. aud possibly some
ohhcrs OF small account In the estimate.
Thij Is the secret OF utilizing the Texas
oil 10 advantage
Determination OF the sulphur and proper
control OF the pipe lines To prevent monop-
DIV are the two great questions that the
oil mer OF Texas have to deal with and
ppon their dealing with these depends the
ecCitcmical utility OF the product"
~, CRracrlsti wilt leave for beaumont
this morning and commence at once ais
Investigations there.