The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-11
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.
W. /. Barns of ST. Louis Talks Of
Oil and Other Things.
ST. LOUIS BUSINESS MEN LIKED HOUSTON
They Shortened Their Schedule in Order
to Enjoy Trolley Ride--About
Beaumont Wells.

Beaumont Wells.
Mr. William Eddy Barns Of St Louis was
ID the city yesterday, guest at the Rice
notei Mr.. Barns Is the editor and pub
nsher OF the St Louis Lumberman and
the Age OF Steel, and he enjoys the dlstinc'
tlou or being one OF the best known and
most popular trade Journalists IN the coun-
Try. lie has been coming to Texas for scy.
Graz years past and he has Il large number
OF friends In the State not only among
The luinbermen, with whom he is ever In
close touch, but among the general public
as well. He Is always nm hand at the an.
uuai meetings Of the state Lumbermen's
association and his speeches ON these oc.
| oaslons have become fixtures Tho conyen-
ton could not be. held without them
Mr.. Barns, like a few other men who
nave been in this section of the state re.
Gently is on his way to Beaumont. TO a
representative Of The Post who saw him
III the corridor of the Rice yesterday after
noon he stated that he was simply going
to the new oil metropolis to look around
lie has been there before since the excite
ment begun and, while he shows no out
ward evidences of having been inoculated
n
sible of the fact that there are some oil
Investments which are not to be sneezed
at.
.sid ii h, haren't bought any oil wells, yet"
salu Mr. Barns. "Somc Of my kind friends
In Beaumont have made nue. n director in Al
rev or the cdlupHHies they have organized
Dut so TAR | have not been able to give the
matter my personal attention WIN the
on discovery have any effect on the lumber
lhlustTFf None whatever, that can see
unless u be In The way Of creating q some.
used In the construction of derrickS The
lumber business Of Texas viii continue 10
go on In the good old way Just as will
aoIehS OF the other big industries which
helped 10 make the state the great en-
pre- mat II was even before the discovery
Of oil ST. Louis is Interested in the new
hnu' OF course, and considerable amount
or stock In some Of the companies which
are regarded as gilt edge has been taken
earth y9n keep mp with an OF these many
companies mat are being organized.
nave watched. developments rather close
" and yet. on looking over the New York
papers Of last Sunday. mud the atlver
ilSeucnts of n great many concerns of
which ! had never before heard,
'Dld have any Northern Pacific stock2
No, ! IN sorry TO say ! did not. came
very near lint that. as Mr. Kiping wond
say. Is another story and won't tell It
Mr. Barns will leave for Beaumont this
morning
,.e.'..1 - N"''acp' VINO was Formerly
'u""vV''" WIN prominent trade Journal
Of Chicago and who stil registers from
the Windy city. is a gueSt al the Rice.
- '"''''' "'" '"o'E' 81 Que oil the de-
partments org mixed for the purpose Of
gathering lumber statistics duriug the re
cent census enumeration and he did his
work So WEI that ne succeeded in securing
something Ike 10000 schedules against u.
coo in 1S0, These statistic, have moi ypt
been published and Mr. Wallace. does not
utactnrcrs and others with whom blank
statements were lcCt 60 be hlled out either
COMO hot or would not answer large mum
CONT ~ ,r aes1nnS aSkGn ana on ms &C.
hcen cntailed. Twenty.three special men
are now engaged on ms work. As soon rs
is cncountefed "a personal letter is written
explaining the question or questions which
We're either incorrectly. answered or not
answered at al and this Is kept M until
all possible Information Is secured
~
Mr.. ]. II. Beatty. brother of Nv n y
BeAtty OF gushcr fame. and Mr.. Tom Rich !
were among yesterdays visitors from Roous /
mont, no Post reporter who saw them
at the Rice yesterday Mr. Richardson said
that the bringing in Of the Smith wen had
extended the Unite or the oil field about |
one one. nan mlle' Or to be more exact, some
river In sUppktnr Of tbo KAN. ~
concerning which number Of stories nav. /
been told. Mr. Beatty said thai the cap
i,o o1tr ana TX 81, la5r had ALREADY been
n,,shnd ;brnh ~ ~ NJ ""S Si""lN pSlhg
tTnt ra o,,,uL ~ -, ~ tApisihSd /
hcin,, mssd no m, 49,. uSn ns t"t"rg GriI u
nclpcs"rilT' t ''sS ., we WORK must
a ior,SS,,,N ,r SIi"N' as lhere are many |
NJ 49, n,nnn 49, 70 ,H oFrreome; IN |
~ .. ,at p'.''', 'u'I' ~ "lWhYs POSSIBILITY |
~ ,twaSt,n5 "m NY p'De 10 Whch me nrill
~ %,,auu'u NV il'l, 700 as me arm Is |
Il hh.m .ui MIL HWaN ny lts progress
ogr% 1hp ~ hatn rocH mere Is some danger
~ ~ nWiJ n't,E HlroWeu 10 ger ;" small
,o,, irmueE inrt6er progfcss impossible
b "t on " thn ntb ,n' r9vT Mr bratW said
nv, oH ,S Nv utiiti uHhu' IT WIS lhpoSslhie
iotr u," , In" Wnhih5 n',n whLe sand was
uI ~ uiIuv" tnluuEu' combination OF the
l",uIS ,uuu WulhlnE heam. ne thought,
h m,uru az onu Hroper thing' me walking
i nea ~, nus hWeadF neen used 10 advantage
~ hbInsiing ~ Que @t me hig gushers, but
d, a"t 'i ne u was nchg operpt"d not one
lisuu III Lhe on uells win tho exception
~ w" one VINO hn9 that particular niece
90, WIZ ~ manu. hrlcNed thAt II would be
su'c'SSiui'
~
THE ST. Louis business men who are
tourtnp Towns v.oro ,o,.,. f,,.o.a,,r a.
i''HH'" WITH houston, Salu william j. |