The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12
roI,or manufacturers Record.

Editor manufacturers RECORD,
en- Ia receipt OF ycur esteemed favor
Of the 10th Instant asking my opinion as
10 the probable result IN the petroleum
market OF the enormous promised and
actunl output OF the Texas field. In reply
desire to say that the same question
has been asked by number of people,
some high in the oil business of this aud
other countries. This condition, to one
associated with oil developments abroal,
is In no way novel. We were faced with
the inquiry In Russia when the market
was SO overstocked that petroleum could
be sold with difficulty ut 23 cents per
barrel. but MS the people became more
familiar with fuel petroleum it rose TO 62ia
cents per barrel. The same condition
staggered the Peruvian producers, and they
shipped two large consignments Of petro-
leum TO san Francisco, where 1t was first
used as fuel 1t was this very shipment
of Peruvian oil that created demand Tor
liquid fuel In California and stimulated
prospectors aQd capitalists to undertake
local developments. Wnile apprehension
has been felt In every oil field In its
early days OF development conditions bene-
fetal to the worlds material advancement
have resulted aud lucrative market found
for the product. II we only stop To thnk
ana anulyze the proposition carefully, IT
VIII not he so astounding as we are led
10 beherc.
In the first place, let us assume that the
production, which Is now claimed to be
100000 barrels per day, or 36.oUU,uOO bar
fels per year, should eventually be IN
creased to 4iJ0O.0Uu per year, which, nc.
cording TO my analyses aud tests, would
be equal TO lD,OO0,U0 tons of coal in calo-
alnc pV T 10 you peileNe IhHt' WIN the
tZed world 10000 600 tons of better and
turig MINISTRIES md sS;nntn t iTh nu iio
Sv,iIs iuu s uh4 sulpphe lhG pro,
states Ihst year was 30 l"b63 tons, so
that lhe IeAas held should reach It's
uHuAlhui capacity Aud inc GnShers con
~, iuue 10 now as tueH most certainty WIZ
nul, Except lor snort period. the tuel on
m"9iu my amount To ~ per cent OF the
e"t, output
Et't pelroienin Is iar SAFER when the
iisnl ihniiimapN diSlllatrs nave been re-
huN'u' ana these, too, should become n
source Of income, and II 1t pays to remove
lnehS rom the kussian OIL Il VIII pay
r vi, INV We, To- do 80 Tor me TEXAS prod,
mr.! Russian Illuminating lnbricatine
ulu henLL oils, :" per cent, IcAus tBcuu-
meutl, Ifau per cent sn that alVut H.
Gi""uu uarreis or dlsthlateS are iNmovcd
ueifc the petroleum reaches the con
s sIInaffr, leaving only three,quorters Of me
original 4hoOoOOO barrels for fuel pur
poses
FGr metallurgichi purposes and when
gas Is made from the crude petroleum the
light distillates are not removed ana the
OIL Is used IN brute In the manufacture
o. or, nigh Grade IRON and steel it is neces
"ncn y Is used In the form Of vapor or
GthriWise' n cases whore tho petroleum.
roads ro cp1ata snip OF h as inel on rai
ne constituents may he driven on by sim
ny passing :, ll steam tg through the oil tanks,
70 us TO raise the Hash point ana reduce
the possibility of explosion. This In
me Beauinunt oil should give a loss OF
uv T6e sd per- CENT , ,
~ huaplapl'ty 81 crude petroleum as
in,t naN ueen q subject OF careful lnvcsti-
i1nny veS,s boda,,se , o' IN ane world ior
space Is saved AMI labor expenses are re-
nmiiini,1 ine nhleu states government
n~n ,n.bi,t an Vithu"ri,Ie report some Eears
test "t ~ "WtuE 70 me INFANCY or the
tin'm ~ th"l TINE IH'9i wis unfavorablc
-hon,nt ,, I'u' w tush conditions nave
,t,h s'a, Nhu an KNOW wlat Is being done
tibe ri rtu'o betoleqm as iuvl on the Dnn-
AR tifroj ~" s ogsPian sea &c Ny friend
d"n FncIap 1u",' n'' AN street Lon
NM pmner, IL ms heet Of tank ships run
inrIudInr ~ Ss IN J." Ensl9hd, ctr., ana
dcmonstratcd bovnnG I 1itu 'autasus'
crude pcIroic,,n n,|" ON a"unI me value Of
s6Ips fuav I1n as nh economic fuel for
nnyles and I 1nar,SS t"c nlEh seas. The
would welcome The " t,,,o Oh the world
petroleum cnuld b hoa ",Ic MReh crude
In the marIti 1," ne ,,r aaa Us enslly as coal
tingent We're noss di,i SeuS, ~ such n con
Twentieth ccntury ,,tthN N"uiu, open lhe
yatinn ana i'u nE win Il beneficial inno-
and FORTY tnot 'e sbin so"h nave lhirty-hyc
United States and 2ore}gS ' port ue'" TG the
look today, bowsver is ,t' lhG out
such possihiiitv - not favorable TO
sufficient TO WARRANT tho ' az SuPpy rs not
necessary TO install lima rHp S,5 chNnges
Isolated coses Ito, Whit iurl, except IN
lantic company thot Mi, , a"r, tr4hsal-
petroleum fuel Mt n axcb MI, f"n'r s Ior
ten years win mood fnns - p'loe l"f. say,
The Texas fReaumnnn no NO. roinipetlt9r.
opments have given tba dp'' NY, "icuh MnrYel-
OF no meager magnitude. II has rnja,.ad IN
the hands Of Texas rho nnss nhn p,1ceu IN
coming the steel nrodurme 49, W ne
America. There Is no ones1lo, nv t
the Beaumont petroleum His s,Iiad nv ~ t as
production of fuel rns and Inv 10. LOT the
be produced with gnS ana i ,,at Siee, can
no longer a mootcd nucstion bb esL,1,euu Is
facts. it must he rememhere r,'S thas taese
cheaper To use gas os fncl th,n ~ ~
use coke because Tho varr Ian ~ ~ 10
are driven or in ~ p nrrS Clements that
Volatile substances, or, pi" 'ao tn Hl COKE
ductlon Of ges' ana ibe u resi, III nne pro
left over after the eas bes nun lo"hrl
contains the ash which r., ', ortt nv.u mHde
must he drawn of in tho form us Hls;'
The only ohiac,Inn ~ INC s tuIin OF sIaS'
use of artIScinl aos IN th ,or donnd TO the
steel and iron has bca6 tbaf tba S S,ure g