The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-24
OIL FEVER IN HOUSTON.
The City Is Still 0yerrun with Oil
PrOspectors.
SOME STORIES OF OIL OPERATIONS
That Show How Easily Fortunes Are
Made--The Fever Is Not Vet
at Its Height.

open air rooms on the roof" Is the
sign that will soon greet the average ap-
pllcant for hotel accommodate lions In the
Bayou City.
And It's all on account OF the oil cx.
element
Last night and the night previous hotel
REGISTERS were mctaphoucally closed nc ~
o'clock. with the bold encouragement,
prlutcd In box car letters at The bottom
81 the page, House FuiL" The Rice was
turning guests away at 9;S0 Monday night,
With three trains stll to arrive and u
string Of anxious applicants lined mn at the
ccAcc counter Last night history repeated
Itself and similar conditions were found
to exist az the Hutchlns tawlor, Logan
NnA Bristol, although at these last named
hotels guests were accommodated M 10
the midnight hour
Roomipg houses, too are puncd UP with
prosperity aud are doing regular Oh
wel business.
"onc-half Of the visitors coming 10
Houston said a prominent local railroad
man, last night, ARE attracted here by tho
beaumont oil excitement. They employ
this city as a sort OF post for arranging
prcNminarics and from which 10 casually
survey the oil fields before making the
snch thing as rest, aud after three Of four
days or q week mlngng with the excited
throng they arc ready 70 drop on here
and rest before departing for their homes.
30 think the excitement AT its helght'
should say not
Compared with what Il win be In u
few weeks hence these are hnt gentle
May zephyrs waited pleasantly 90 the
cheek llbc the cool, cNhilerntlnr nccmrs
Of the gods. This thing VIII develop INTO
q howliug, scething storm hnrricane NAY
win cnVcinp and sweep Texas and tue
rntlrc Southland aud its influence VIII he
felt tan an parts OF the globe.
"Thc tremendous output " the beaumont
rushcrs vim be hut drop IN the iii, MHcN ns
flowing from Texas well before the close
of the present year,
And Houston viii be the great mctrun
oils of this wonderful oil field. on terri
tory surrounds the city. on every slast
Experts attempt no denial OF TINS iaHt,
The citv's contiguity 70 deep water, 'ls
matchlcss railroad facilities and Us other
natural aud artificial advantages WI make make
Of IL not only the great commercial center
aud supply point, hnt with the chcap luu'
of the oil nelds n. hand It ia sure to hr.
% me great manufacturing city, and not
only tho machinery Tor the prosecution q!
the OF industry hut for the deNelopnnnt
81 the entire Southwest, VIII be mnhuin'
II predict tina, Inside OF I'VE years that
Houston VIII have q incubation OF ~ ,nas,,
10000 people, ana MN be lhe .re'os"'"V'
oil center of the Civilized world
~
Cashier Ward. Of the Bank OF Taylor,
'raylcr. Texas, returned TO the ltuichinS
Yesterday after weeks Hsc Se enn Farm, mt
little idea Of the excitement cNlruhg u"Mh
there from this distance eath NJ. M"l~
in relating his experience /" G ar, tr,u.
tir--wild Houston l. n i've bustllng elly,
hnt compared with beaumont, II IS ~ ~
lent and somhcr ms a Nhlngr gra,'SSn,
While the capacity Of every me OF nus.
ness is ovcrtaXed the banks seem To- ne
suffering more than any othci hrhh,h' NnInm
ing hut cash goes down there len"M
with n certified check on some ouls ~
hnnk is about as helpless ms the mAh WIN
n worthless promissory note: me hanks
viii not cnsh certified paper for ne fcn1|th
tint they have not time To bonner WIN
nlnkinp exchange. Imagine my rurrrlHr'
after learning this, to see rem csiaW
man accept mn old uegroS gheck ''r Sn'"'
In nnymcnt for couple Of lots ven
tnred The suggestion that maybe me ne
rios check wasn't good. Tho real chtlP
man smiled significantly ana ndae1 N,nn
he had added another glpn'i my Ftc
roll THAT old dairy has becn cb''uE uu.
n Kind Of prornrous existence around
Beaumont for yenrs ic hlu q WITHIN
he lived IN n small dilapllatod cabin gnn
made Kind of living picking np snrn"Ra
and fattcning razor-hocked hogS Nn'u, =
ofTcrod tho Old dnrly $1,000 per acre Tor
his land lie held on and lnsl w''h nr
ent $4,000 spot cash for the Ground ne
got the NANCY In the hank ana W now pre-
pairing to build himself home
~
Fred l.. Mills. representing the CON
tincntol Tobacco company of Sew irrb.
ana enc of the best known travelling meh
IN the South. was Mt the Lnwlor y"stcr'
day In very happy frame Of mind; Zen
DAYS ago Fred bought good sizeb bhhnlt
of stock Of one Of the Beaumont OIL com.
panics NJ 33 cents lie came IN from a
western trim saturday and returning 10
tbc beaumont fields found his stock had
assumed a pixies Peak altitude, ana M
Il AIDED his entire holdings nt LIE clear
ing M something Ike Sl2,~o In Ten d"ys'
Land Is getting very precious IN the n'hrt
OF The oil district, During beaumont fnll-
road boom DAYS several additions were laid
out quito remote from tho city and while
never formally accepted by me cry trustees
they were recognized As q pari OF the ri'$,
some nue discovered the other day that
tne city did not hold deeds 10 the streets
Ia these additions, nnd company has hefn
Organized ana tense Of these streets 81
ci,,ad from tho original owners of ne
The ground II within very frN
hundred feet ~ the hig gpshcrs ana IS
considered the most valuable In the -
tFlct The city threatens 70 euloin TIE
new company from sinking wells on these
80
A carload o. machinery and drilling ap
paratus was shipped from Houston yester-
day for the Bayou cts on company. The
stuck ~ this company has been Withdrawn
from the market.
T.eonei II. Graham of Il Broadway New
York. American director Of the British AMI
American Mortgage company. limited u
I.oudon ana New York. Inns Just been elect
ed president Of the Texas on and r'pe
Line company. chartered uncer the laws
o. Yves. virginia for f2.htWp:
The new company mas cAiehslNs hoidligs
In Jefferson. liberty, Hardin, Tyler, AM
gelna and Nacogdoches counties
The new gusbcr, brought IN Monday. has
onlckepcd the sfook of al companies rep
resented In Houston md 10 number %
instances prices were afgance1.
Even tramp printers are not immune
from luck" said Captain II. r. Wells az the
Bristol yesterday. LEST week while down
az Beaumont tramp printer struck Town.
He didn't secure employ ment In bis par
ticular line and started out as repalreF
OF umbrellas. he WAS mighty bright
fellow and IN making the rounds fell in
with German. who owns little tract OF
land hut was entirely ignorant OF Us pres
ent value The umbrella member won the
Germans confidence. got ten-days option
gu the land for 5000 aud sold t-e trarf
about thee days later FOR $500 clearing
M, s2f(0 Characteristic OF the old time