The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08

in American Land and Title
Eslatr ,..nena, development of
81, .,.ources. the wondrous episode
q =, psst year in Southeastern Texas
s y ~ rehicle for a vast amount OF
ifea "a not a little mlsrepresenta-
'sliuo- ,Aroush Il all. fortunately, the
y, .. n the Lone star state have in
sHin MAN.. thorough and dignifled mau-
bl'a',.,s watch upon the proposition
i 80 posslble, controlled the OPP
i inc end that the interests OF
fa's ,oweslth. together with the in
!. 4 prospective investors might mu'
IL, protected, -,,.hor con,
Y ! .,ream OF oil 2io feet above the
u and oil men of the nation recovered recovered
= = ,rrprlse of the announcement,
sent out from the region OF
soy of Pennsylvania That 1t was
hsie nilv and could never be rehned.
w y. cnyernor James 5. Hogg an.
r baGi s authority undoubted) that
rHa VI tests made in the best rem
2 ir.sn country the Beaumont product
\ y "a per cent Of Illuminating on.
W. Gas Of oil, as the governor puts
~ from the surface, soo leet uuu
ut respectively, Ihere are eisnty
y leSs,o t.o barrels as the total daily
%,oCnO barrels per well per day.
Fill Ids i the Beaumont tield-Spindle
VIZ NJ an area of less than mile
hassHs much more than the product
aitAya tSer wells in the United States
" w TX 1901. the number of wells
vaU a, ia. producing wells 50; aban-
VIZ VIZ. o. wells now put down 81;
A VIZ, Skinned 10000: barrels stored
sss..ant 715. present tankage capacity
aa barrels; miles Of pipe lines ~;
ps W. ~ ,ankage now being constructed
|ra) barrels: ,,o 49,. =, oil oocb day
s,nsd nv rail and an equal amount
s.g from Port Arthur ana Saolne
~ demand is increasing more rap
An men and money can iurhlsh lne
III ,or storing or shipping.
\, Tdier saw last month test OF tne
" VIZ Ill made In the laboratory or
lDSp' Slossop, chemist at the state
H. a. laramie. Wyoming, who has
its.s, Years experience with oils In
~ snd Colorado. The twenty
sas ,hst we're distilled from pint of
80, iii under the heat were hrSt'
10y i,sbt al resembling benzine, the
MANY darker and heavier but al
'.y.ssss about thirty-one per cent OF
s.,jrg oil, then a light machine oil
,.Slnr machines and bicycles, then n
X, Machine oil. followed by a dark
i.ars iii. The oil distilled there was
,rc ner cent of good varnish, while
4, ION per cent Of asphalt for paving
A. tssIduum Messrs. Hipp & Key. of
r,- who are paving our streets with
,'rm. said: THE ton per cent OF
.,in1l In barrel or oil Is worth one
, pound at wholesale. II the barrel
In ,ssts 30 cents and the asphalt, resi-
,iter the oil Is refined Is worth 40
Il, Me- readers NJ the Register can cs-
\, II there is a profit in the Texas
Rsns These interesting specimens can
,ss II 90 Main steet, Houston, Texas,
h office Of the writer.
THE MARKETS.
.is tie refneries are being constructed
i,nsnd for this Beaumont product for
h rapidly increasing. At custom the
h car companies, breweries and most
b. manufactures have already adopt
successfully as a fuel, and the rail-
) are changing the FIRE boxes OF their
tn TO burn oil The first well. the
b gushed at Beaumont in January,
iad In June that up-to-date railroad.
Slnts Fe, pulled the first train using
Emcut oil for fuel In Texas, and Is ar