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

companies busted themselves with finding
a market for the oil. II was new fuel
ard untried IN the territory contiguous
10 Beaumont. and the work Of introducing
It Was therefore somewhat aborous nt
hrst This has all changed, however and
the oil shipper is now busy with the ara
cult proposition OF taking care Of bis
orders. The experimental stage Is past
and fuel users know now Just what the
OIL viii do whom they spray it into their
furnaces Much after the manner OF
SNOWFALL rolling down hillside has been
the growth OF Beaumont crude OILS popu.
larity among fuel users One man used
and tod his neighhOrs about u, Ihcy saw
IL was a good thing and determined to
profit 10y the urst mans experience. $50
readily have the people Jdkou TO the use
Of The OF as fuel that y may pc s1id fhat
IL Is not meant hy this that the shippug
~ oil has reached It's zenith, or even That
i is fairly hesuu. but that ihe drn1ni
orders.
Of tank cars ha, been great handicap @"
the shipping OF OIL rho railroad companies
possible. and many shippers now have
orders out for cur> which. when filled,
Nil put them Ia much better position tU
there Is NOT an Oh shipper 10 thp held
who could not send ont twice as much oil
as he Is doing n Dee had the cars ANA more
Post correspondent that it could ship four
o. I've times us much OH " cars wore
plentiful
Even at this carly day the history " OH
shipments from this held is onc thut
abpgnds IN interest and m no late date
It Will sstouud the world The nrSt cor
II en went ont Of th's = on March .
owes The Southern Pacf. uiroad. From
that date 10 Juy 23. 100 ,ar, ~ oil Wore
moved over that road aiuur. and IRON
July - 20 October b. 2st# cars were
handled. making tofu OF 4-l@ cars i1f
The Gull, Colorado nod Santa fo bundled
- ~. ssr, up 40 f ,'' ,... ''Sf
me Posf corresn9rdrlt aonl5 mot a.crr.
tain tho shpmcuts over 'Ao Kansas 'uy
seA nsFn' hst io,s "t't h'' 'e'N '"i-'
From N6yemEer 10 November rs. is5
cars OF Oh wcut ont ~ this Geld. including
Iae Caiaium cargo when went io i"
Rero,6Ipr 70 ttese eg,l,.. ty-7s mrs Of ,ir
were shipped out of the Geld ny 10 Novcm
9er 70 not Including az Least 90 ears srhi
h. Port SrtSpr ar s,ti,e es' End ' .blnps
from one OF those places
gone out OF tho held aud while this i,
Insignificant when compared with the pro
ductioh VI the neld, Il Is SIN a vast guam
tty OF oil Ii N 1g8O.0pD barrels ant
these barrels " placed end TO end woul,
extend distance OF Dl9 miles, or the oil
line 1910 miles long u all OF this on cout
huve been shipped in one train, the trad
would have been NAtT miles loug OF wou,
with enough lrft over fur sdues nu
switches,
There is no way ~ computing ho0rytf
what the shipment, wuua uate D.an 4
curs bad been pcutlfm rh.. rr. rl.nt
OF oil men v.l, I.-rrf il.. .lIau.urt. ,.t.t,
uosg syrra-c "a. ,.I. Drr an. rs... n r.
for the ear shortage. ADD -ruu .f -Ir ulHr
optimistic say 500 ear, of Oh wuuN ru Dbl.
this Is but the beginning oF ,ar oil bu.I
ness
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TO this time has gone 10 TeSeE mus Louis
lana points, and perhups - per cont " tni
nr,,,,rt b, b.,, +t., r,,, Ca.
o"' "l 'pN,n ~. 'A's t"'
very smnll percentage OF ,hc .hip,pcn,
has gone nhrosa or IA otbrr stntos ina
~ Ao"' ".'""u W 4" "'N'' ''"''S 'n'
IeARS ana LOUISIANA
Among the larger oil using towns In Tex
as nre Houston, GALVESTON aud Dnllus sn
Antonio and Fort Worth are not recelyin
as much oil DIS the other cities mentioned
but the demand at each oi these place
Y gfoWing me oil using territory /
line dr9wn from GotgosIili. IN E,,
Worth, thence TO Waco, Austin and San Al
tonic. To the west ~ this line the d'
lions iIoySye T'SI tSc i "'Ee prIp "s
forced TO take care or the territory ncn
esl aomc at thn expense Of business ~
=, ~ aMoS III i, I"s nvfn round aesiran
bnnie M uos.iIic ''P''S "a '"'" az 4''
In rauisi',na Cro,,Y., t,l., r,,r,.. go,
New Orle,ns mr., ti,n nr i,g i AZ w y,
nolnfs ,rhiie si,,.',r i,f,'.,,,rrs 0,1
er foNns use n cnnsI,ieribic nrnHt H. '''''
This Is tho TERRITORY thst X Heinz srinnu
.unnlIeI Inn ori ra"' ,S ,,o'i, " c'ual !,
hi ~ fbe sanfbe stG ySn4 ns IRON s n ,
orders ana many H0nirtcs co,,,, ~" tr '' ,H
Middle State, and HE Norm and rns
However no effort is being mads by Sbn
ners Ia rCt tusiness away from b''r,,s
being Impossible TO ai Such orders wit
the present supply Of cars.
has not refused orders for OIL and IL u
fer bnsre dss IL - irplnossi 70 go OH a.
what The duly shipments would be now.
The demand for oil IS becoming SO wild
optj%isti,. y,eSr ~ tSe fntprs S@Gs w.
t6ey have but 20 load the oil ana send