The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-08
TO USE OIL FOR FUEL.
Beaumont Product Will Be Utilized on
Haywood Rice Farm.
CONTRACT FOR ALTERATIONS LET
Dr. C. 3. Toward Tells OF the Oifs
Great value---tiow Sharpe Rewarded
the Boy Who Laughed,

Mr. William Miller, president Of the Ray
wood Rice, Canal and Milling company,
was guest at the Rice Hotel yesterday
To representative OF The Post who saw
him during the day he said TINT work on
the big rice farm which his company owns
and operates at Haywood was progressing
In a very satisfactory manner. The com.
rany owns 10000 acres Of land In the vi
entity OF Haywood and last year rice was
raised on some 5000 acres. The product Is
now being mlllcd by the jain mill at
Beaumont. This season It Is proposed to
put l4,0O0 acres under cultivation or this
amount 5000 acres have already been plant
ed and the remainder is powed and ready
for planting
You are dcvotlng your entire attention
to rlcc, are youg" was asked Mr. Miller.
Yes we are raising rice and rice only.
Our property lies Just half way between
Houston and Deaumont and we have had
great many applications for oil leases,
hut we have refused all Of them, There
may he oil under our land, but we are not
going to look for II now. However -
/ realize the immense vnluo Of the beaumont
discovery and We propose to utilize II Just
as far as possible. We are now having
the boilers OF our three pumping plants
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a pipe line from Haywood To distribute the
oil. We closed contract for 1h,OM barrels
with the Higgins people last week ana the
advance shipments ot this will probably be
In use In our boilers by the Goth instant.
Each of our three plants Is equipped with
two pumps and each Is capable Of handling
100000 gallons OF water per minute.
''rho fact that the government has dc.
cided TO put In rice cNnerlmcnt station
on our property adds to It's Importance In
nv opinion" continued Mr. Miller Forty
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active work will he carried on this sum.
mer. "
In reply TO question. Mr. Miller stated
that his company had m7dc no definite
arrangements for the milling of this sea.
sons output OF rice from the haywood prop.
erty. In this connection II might he stated
that he was IN consultation with Mr. g. \.
jain during a part Of yesterday.
DR. c h. Toward, the president Of the
Toward Reduction company. and Mr.. wal
ter S. Logan, general counsel Tor the com
pany, were In the city yesterday en- route
to Galveston from Beaumont Mr. Towards
company is engaged In oil refining md re-
dncuon and is located NJ Cleveland. Ohio,
hut is now operating extensively W. the
beaumont field
DR. Foward says that the Beaumont oil
Is the finest grade OF fuel oil now on the
market It is not heavy as IN Cali.
fornia oil but fully as good, and being
/ lighter is better just 10 that extent. for
other uses.
| Speaking Of t. fuel value he saws It Is
worth weight for weight MS much or more
/ than the Bakcrheld oil of california.
( heat, and regulate II perfcctlv which is n
great advantage, aside from the great econ
~ " NJ I've VS. ~ coi"P"'e" Win tho use
THE beaumont oil" continued Or Fow.
ard. "is superior for reduction purposes TO
! s ~ shy nv W. uistln Oh Oh ABOUT 10
cent OF an Intermediates oil which has no
lubricating qualities, being too heavy, but
IS = tH,Ghuih gas on, aan makes hnc
ASPHALT. the Beaumont oil contafnina abont
10 per cent Of the finest asphalt on tho
market"
Mr. John Gilbert VOL known lumber.
man OF beaumont VINO. IKE every one cioe
In that section, Ia paving considerable at
tcntion to OIL spent yesterday in the city
- ,t-. A. ct,tr, 10 tr,oros+od q,
~ 10 Sco,,r ILL., ,,ro,,fr,, and bn
s"ihf ~ '"o '"u' LINZ Pi'pe''' ~ Nv
/ took some preliminary steps yesterday TO-
ward the letting Of a contract 10 bore
! well there.
Mr. w y. Sharp, one Of the pioneers Of
the Beaumont oil field, spent Yesterday In
Houston when seen at the Rice Hotel
dnrlng the day he stated that the Drillcrs'
company which be organized, would begin
boring another, we'll within the next few
for which he held contracts In his individ-
ual capacity. He will leave for New York
IN the near future In the interests of his
company
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