The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-22

general belief Of gcologtsts seems To be
that the supply will fully equal that of
Pennrylvania and Ohio. and that the Beau
mont gusher will keep on gushing Tor q
number Of year.
Very little oil has teen taken out. and
Inc bulk u that taken out has tsen wasted
tecaure Of inability to control the nov
OF the ?.Oo.Oo0 gallons Of cal that has been
gushed out Of the Beaumont wells three
iolrths has bcen lo~i
OF the oil not wasted the COMPANIES
have been able Ia ell only a very sinall
proportion. The hulk 81 this has been
ussi on the railroads. the Southern
Pacific on Whirh line BEAUMONT II situated
and the santa Pc having decided 10 ~"
crude oil for Operating their engines some
little oil las been us'-d by Texas ana
Louisiana factune-. mainly saw mills
electric light works. ac.. and some for
oilng the -ire--tH Ia Houston, Waco, New
ORLEANS and other cities Ca lay IN" dust
and even 10 grt rid ~ mosquitoes II -
,ttimatcd That Ola an average. crude
petroleum H. clIcalrr by from ~ Ia 90 I"r
cent. Than coal Tor fuel purio~s- In fac
torres. II n estimated that ihr,-a aud a half
barrels Of oil n equal 20 on" ton 81 coal OF
fuel
The oil has mp 10 date ts-'n transported
only bv rail. Nhlch IL too "NI-I,sivr "a mod"
Of handling It lhe lrNas Railroad Com
mission has com. Ia the aS-iSiai.,e of IN"
otl Izstple, aud has fixed - low "A rate
for nauiing cal that n can L. ald down IA
nearly aIy par OF Texas a. "A hgut" equal
L. S. 1? a ton for c'nl
Nj II has been recognized from the
start that 10" only chaLcr of utliiling this
oil aud sending II 70 all pafts Of "a" world
ma competition with cuai. IL by 'hr cs'ii-
structiou Ut piI- iu,s 70 IA" s'ah"atd'
and IA. export Of tn" oil In tank steamers
Thi- IL a matter involving millions OF dol
-. - - -. - NtH NIa tll IanNNlENnlsA tlN
more clnc'Tu han any other question
lsfor, them Two plI= lines hav" D'-'t
constructed, both 10 Port Arthur. "a ihlid
VIII h. completed mex week and a t"ufth
is now projected The t'uney company
Uas tho first 90 reach tho -sIhuafd, tt"
rationale l and Pip Lin" got th"rc on >s'pt
a. tho Sta aud CresCrut In building a
Mn lin. 10 sabine Pass. which ought ="
l., in operation by sept - Twenty 81 10"
smaller companies hav" unii"i turcr 10
construct a PIP limo to ls used bv all OF
them But Will. tanks wcr' constructed
A. Port Arthur son" time az, The first ship
neut Il pil was made from them uuly ihir
v.s,k No a't"'npt ha- lS"u mad" 70
refine the oil, and IA" question: II - avail
ABILITY for refining still remains Ia d"ini
The shipment mad" from Port Arthur
was II crude oil 20 H. u-si FOR fuel
Although not vet prepared IL" ship oi,
the kaaum,pi DpmUa uls- hsN" l-H'I ulakll y
contracts Tor - -1l' wherever p%"--ii'"
Thu best CONTRACTS hav" ls~'n mat" WIN
ia. -uga~ poy pla mot ouly Of l,Nas anu
Louisiana hu' ala - tuba IT," t"-'-
made an put'iaUa hp." pi'y',l tie Nalu"
- ,-td. Rouupnn' OH IN 49, O. arufn"fur"
- -Igar u b. prutslhl" thai 90 org" mum
bHr az 'lr -ugqr hDu-'- viii u- ~ Tor
his wear. cafe cr.p. ard mot" "oulu d'
% n tra lfi could hs do.ivn.'l on t'n"
The g..arnl ls'i"f O., tNa' hy u',t 'ali when
tine Rrauuou' cufupg'''- Will D." ahl" To
deliver .nr uil wh"'eN"r mi iu whatever
quantities uczl"d. .hr'c.inurths ol Tho
Louisiana sugar houses VIII Il" oiera''h
hy A. fuel
S,vrral of the hig cuban sugar pltn'a-
'tpn. have already 'rtC. Cprira"i- WIN
.he NATIONAL ul and ilp" Ian" COMPANY.
which pruIo~-- 10 max a -isvlaliN OF
tho cuban trade r." cuban -ugaI N,u~''
a. pra-.ut all use coal. Whirh for The pat
Two wears has ls-sn shipI-d ii"niil" uu"i
Statr- VIA Mobile aud Pensacola ll"
,.n' -lct- already mad" With ~" railroads
Nil al-u cal foe many thousands Of barrels
If .I v,...lv Iut hrvoui th.l Two in
iu-' ri~s h'tl- h"aiwav hs- -" FAR lss'n
made w the way - hndiug a market foI ID"
inm"u~" quantity ~ petroleum 10" Hb@u-
mont v"lla aye cayahlr u' producing
r. j. quite evident that M" beaumont
commune will have - hoax up better
markets II ihry wish 20 profit a. fullt ~
they can bv ~" wealth whEh lies hidden
Ina 10. earth They hav" i,.''u c~auva-siug
through the Southwest 'nd"aNurlug 10
induce the factories tu NV Ctud" ul a. "a
fIai ~ Ilacc 81 coal. and Offering In many
cn~.s the oil free In order a. encourage a
trial Of II This work e uru-"lytiug has
produced little irIIt ~ w 1leur'itrallE
tE. oil l. cheaper aud h"tter than coal.
but - u.s. u would r'SIUir" "A Chang" ~
furnaces. t-,il'r- aud g"u"fllv ui machinery
antailiug some .xU"u-s' 10 W" tl't"TN
This would be- q dead loss IN 49, a." u.i
did not work wed ~ fuel, ur ia cas- No"
supply could not l." malui uueVi. or IN cA-" a
| combination were made among tie 81 COIN
pauies and the price w"r" advanced Tn"
| coal people are preparing Ia me-'i the
comprtition 81 oil by Offering coal AT lower
prices
The un~olvcd problem ~ the Beaumont
oil field T. a market Tor the product II
the gush"rS ke,p zap hey can furnish a,
much fuel a. the total coal uutput 81 the
United state II IL quite obvious that
the oil compauio- Caunot- N all THE at home.
and they will have Ia hook Tor foreign
markets for II There wa- great fear
Expressed In the earlier DAYS " the IeNaS
oil development lest the ard Oh Com
pany should swallow up and destroy "
This fear has been completely -et NJ rest
and the name uf the STANDARD IL seldom
mentioned in Beaumont now In \ hostile
wav. Inds-d, many ~ IN. oil men would
gladly have the advice and aid ~ that great
company IN marketing their prOduct add
distributing II where II can be- sold. Tor u
seems impossible that "A multitude ~ small
companies will ever b" able. acting separ
ately. TO accomplish this work