The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-01
WORK IS TO BEGIN SOON.
Big Beaumont Oil Company Has Com.
prehensiye Plans for Future.
Mr.. GALLEY TALKS on THE BEATTY BILL
Says II is Intended TO Give Everybody
the Same Chance to Realize on the
Petroleum Produced.

Beaumont Texas, February 2S.--rhe or
ganieation of the American OH and Rein
ing company marks the birth OF concern
which is to play an important part IN the
production of oil in this section and which
will he one OF the most influential coin
panics In the matter of distributing aud
utilizing the product OF this held yet or
ganized or probably to be organized.
AS was stated in these columns q Few
days ago this company was chartered With
al capital stock OF Si,uo0oao and viii trans
act business in this State undcr a permit
which has already been granted.
The American oil and Refining company
controls what is known as the Chaison
estate situated about three miles south
of this city. The nature OF the land Is
such as TO make it almost certain that the
oil strata passes beneath Il. IL there is the
faintest shadow OF certainty In the theory
,hat the strata passes frow the Lucas
well TO the gulf Contracts Tor wells Viii
be let ana the most approved aud Improved
machinery ON the market will he paced Oh
me ground TO and tne OIL once 'ns OH -
lrouuccd the company VIII begin the con,
strucuon ol pipe lines aud system oil
storage tanks which viii be ample ior any
emergency.
IL having been charged In correspondence
to newspapers and elsewhere that the bill
pending IN the legislature 10 regulate tht
/ driiIng OF oil wells was solely IN the IN
tercst of Guifcy X Galley, owners or the
ucas oil geyser Mr.. john Galley oi tle
above named company gaN> The Post cor
respondent the following as au-eNpIanatlon
of why the Gutfey Il Galley company were
uiSiug the passage of the bill.
one of the great burdens which the
opposition complains of in the bill in ques
tfon before the legislature Is the cost ~
gntc valves, which are rs follows; y
inch gate costs SG.2o; SINGH gate costs
50. 10; an Siuch gate costs SlI.33. On!N
ella In mir an
| is required, and yet they say this is II
great burden, and TO some eNtcnt paralyzes
the oil Industry. ANY one that knows any
thing about the oil business, knows that
n pipe line is only means of transporting
oil from one point to another. II is true
the Guffey company Is building some tanks,
none OF which will be completed until after
most Of the wells now drilling In the vicln-
ity OF Beaumont are down. In the mean
time. their large well Is now shut ln ana
no oil Is being taken from 1t for no other
reason than that consumers are not In n
position to buy and use oil Mt the present
time, 1t Is true there was large amonnt
well. II this bill Ind. been ~ force they
would have had one and the oil would
have been saved
The Gufley company is now making n
depression In the ground some distance
from the large body Of oil and pumping
the oil on the surface into IT in order c
burn II up, MS II is not n marketable prod
net for the. reason that the Volatile nnrts
have already evaporated and the oil Is
mixed with dirt, mud. water and tmpuri
tics taken up from the ground. besides
being constant menace 10 surrounding
property from fire. They have been afraid
70 send any such oil ont ms samples. for
from tho well. They are filling two tank
cars today. flowing the we'll directly into
the cars, without the use of any tankage,
for test purposes
Surprising the we'll while open and
flowing. had caught Are. What would have
been the result? This well would have con.
q
when 1t Quit aowinr the oil hcld would
have hcen exhausted, and there wonld have
been an end 10 the oil, SO far ms this mr.
tcular oil field Is concerued--ileStroycd at
its birth ! suppose there wonld have
been MS many schemes 10 put out the fire
as there were TO shut In the we'll and
they wond have been Just about as ct
fective. The fire never could have been
eNtlnguishcd.
The Gurey company will hive complet.
ed this summer number OF large Iron
tanks. nil OF which can he flled in lcSs
ihnn FIVE DAYS from their one we'll And
then what will he doncf The only thing
they can do Is TO close In the we'll again
until some oil can he sold and their full
tanknge relieved before they can again
open the we'll In the meantime, Is II fair
for the opposition with an interest in
their big holes in the ground. containing
millions OF barrels ~ oil, which viii likely
flow from their wholesome OF which nre
located within few feet from where
the Gufev well is shut I'M Whore will
most Of his oil come from II not from
the large tracts adjacent which nre leased
70 the ] NJ Cuffey companyg Tho pass
nge 81 this hll would MOI permit them
10 take the oil ont faster thnn th"v nv
c-""t t"nknrn or disnnsc ~ their oil. They
have the same chance the same oppof
tunities, the same markets and the same
rates. and we nrc oil on the snnIc footing
II Is true the Guffcv COMPANY NAV have
a few more tanks thnn their nniehhorin"
operators. But what of TINT? The oil wiz
hnve "a he kent there until 1t can be sold
which Will llfelv roouire on" or NO vonrs
Ieople m"st have u Demonstrated beyond
my question that there Is economy I'm III,
nse OF this on MS fuel. nnd hut little
or II can hr soA in tho nonr future Tank
hns concluded to hrrn I'll End that VIZ
'nhe limo. The cor,ing dcveloninents viii
t"il IN" cHt"nt M tho rroducing nrca nnd
" " should nrovo IN hn what 40 thIok
and hAnn thnt.c ,..ilI L..