The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-24

| West. The men from New York were
charmed with the hospitable treatment nc
corded them and they were louu III thrir
| praise OF the lndies nnd gentlemen, VINO
! hnd received them rs they crossed the
\ Texas llnc.
| While on route to Beaumont Mr.. Lonls
J. WORKMAN, always on the nlert to Keep
/ something DOING gathered one or Two
| OF his brother Hoo Iioos who were on NE
! train ana spent some ten or hftecn min
ntes IL teaching the Ms s Workers ne is
great custo MS the train rolled into Bonn
mont d few minutes before noon pu1 TIM
dense crowd az tue station seemed 70 ~
/ The New Workers were early made awnrc
! Of the fact thnt they had arrived IN me
new oil metropolis of Tho world Ihok had
| been hearlng much Of the safe Of llaifs
at beaumont since the oil wells began TO
come M In rapid SUCCESSION ana no
! tod them MS lust trine Wild At nSY
/ rntc. they were hardly prepared for The
/ sight that met their eyes as thry lett
/ The space between the track and the
/ depot building was crowded to such . de-.
/ gree that the latest arrivals experienced
! 70 little difficulty In pushing through
! the jam they found that thr streets were
/ crowded to an extent that made me matter
al passing along ihcm anything but easy,
Hand after being III the throng fnr fcw
fminutcs they began 10 renllzp That the Wild
| excitement they Rad read ,and, becn tod
about was really thpro Mr.. rOrwnr OF
! the McrchantS' association had not Cotton
! ten yards AWAY from the train hrfprc some
! one pushed into his hand card on whrn
WAS written proposition to let BIN into
! big oil scheme ION the ground 1oor
/ II w. hardly necessary 10 state thnt Tie
wHs only bocnuse Mr., Corwinp was hungry,
4 ara in q hurry TO get 10 tho cnfc az which
/ lruch was TO be served. but anyway mat
| parUrnlar chance to make fortune ~
( r.,
The beaumont committee had made ar
rnn.cmcnts for he midday, meal before
] The arrival or The party. OF course, ana
the visitors were not put to ne many
| Inconvenience that would otherwise have
talleE 10 their lot,
when the last course NJ the meal had
beer disposed Of. Mr. Chamberlain Intro
duced Mayor y. r. Wheat of Beaumont,
who welcomed the visitors to the city.
Mayor Wheat said that he had prepared
no set speech, Int that he was heartily
Glad TO see the gentlemen from New York.
He was OF the opmlon That thcy would en-.
joy a good lunch more than they would a
LOOT speech. 1--WE have no propositions TO
clfcr you. said the mayor, "but II yon
lind anything you want that hasn't already
urcn taktn why hclp yourselves You're
NclcWnc 20 II. hope you VIII enjoy yOur-
solves white In Beaumont and I assure
You again that we are more than glad to
Mr. Jrsup for the chamber of commerce
delegation, IN replying to- Mayor Wheat,
sald that he had often heard of Texas
hcsnliallty aud now TINT ne had had a sam
plc OF II he dbl not quite see how hc
mould be be 2 2 f. get along altSr be re
pcctlng of MI classes OF people the same
kiudly treatment that had been accorded
MN A the hands of the citizens of Texas.
~ other words, he was afraid he would
not be able to get along with anything
else The speaker increased the good
huhor OF The party by telling a witty
lWhunE lhr sentiments he hll expressed
o. orange, 90 the OBJECT that the New
norNctf had come TO Texas for informn
IN, tnai tberr was no personal or in
NtNduAl Interest tn the mnttrr. aud tbat
ne ,hGmhrrs Of his COMMITTEES would Try
- "iwAarsc ne trust reposcd In them "a
Mr. TrowWldGr, for he Merchants AS
So'l3li"n, spoke very briefly lie referred
"hich his party had been the recipients
tihce their arrival In the stale, and said
mat possibly they would come back foi
ne ulhor lnlngS afterwards. He was glad
10 make the acquaintance OF the Bcnu
w9nl people and glad 10 be IN Beaumont
,nn,ni M ,ii uS, LON on lnl4 TMhhngc o
train again aud 40 | O'Clock accompanied
by lhe memlcrs Of the Beaumont reception
H,l neid5 eng, RG9nm9n lorQl committee
Mayor ~. T. NlpuI Y Mote
Fletcher. Loo prnusS1 raj n pm ~
A. Fletcher. John \ Ctibert and William
Weiss Tho COMMITTEES was npnnintrl fr1,,
1.-The RcAninoni chamber Of rninmpl.re mn
dor the direction Of which tho entertain
ncnt crowded for tha.,visltors In beau
mont was arranged ana rlrlod ont Ton
tchardSon, Colonel \. t. Mills MIR
: 'hurlrs u. f'ullcn and others interested
m igc development Of the oil field were
on tue lraln.
.
Tho special tr1ips w-as stnnncd no cins,
to tbr oil o.crs 49, ,l,,,,ti, ,,., .,,.
,n., ".''' 40 ''''''' '"" l"' VISITOR
P'"' ''N'u 10 the itat'sl derrickS On fOn
ana IN the cnuvcylluccs which had hrrr
provided for tbc,, ur v.,t..
- 49,, - =" 80 ""r'hHh
, W '"V l"NhS comm Zee had arranged ina
some Of the wells Ne turned loose and nj
, lowed to spont ror MN cttn,,+t,, 80 49,,
st,.,,,,,,, W. W. S''.' ''i"n VI 'n'
r""iN''S' ana ne Is indebted 70 Mr lranl
~ Glover Of The Haywood %nmpauy TO
valuable mia fl, thts c,n,o,tt, grhn d..
Won 80 w., ''""''''"n' wv n'N
=" W. tuIheu io"se was the Higgins
ihe crowd had scattered considerably. w
the sight of Tho OH snout,ng ,n th,o,,,,
tho nnnx a. ~. o,.., y. 'I,7 w '"'uS'
80 ~ '"' "'rricN attracted the at
IGNITION OF every one, and for some nvC
tMuutcs me marvel was watched with In
Itusc interest Thrn the Haywood wei
was opened up ana the second phenomena,
pVoNcu MS Interesting as the nrst Ar