The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-05
'0RK IN THE OIL FIELD.
:yeIopment Has Been Rapid at Beau
nlont and Is Still Under Way.
SCORE or NEW GuSHERs IN PROSPECT
Kindred Drills Are in Operation and
Number OF New Tanks Are
Being Put In.

|eanmont, Texas, July 4.--Even to Beau.
n{crs, who have from day to day watch
lie development OF the oil field lying
lth tof the city and centering around
ndie Top, the almost marvellous progress
it has been made is surprising. Prior to
aunry 10 of this year the place was a
rem prairie and now 1t is a veritable bee
e 81 industry. One who has not seen
(. Transformation can not even picture TO
aself the wonderful changes that have
IL brought. On some portions OF the
/. notably on the Hogg- Swayne land, the
|rItks are so thick that they almost
Ief,each other, and On this land within
radihs of 200 yards, twenty wells are
" BEING sunk, each with fair prospect
becoming a gusher and adding It's quota
the hundreds of trainloads of oil that
u be shipped out Of Beaumont during
next twelve months.
oluething near 100 miles of pipe line
! iyeen laid. and the j. NJ. Guffey Pctro-
ia company has erected an immense
mplng plant on hill about mile
Ifh cf Spindle Top, and this plant takes
oil from the wells and forces 1t into
IL Steamers or barges to be delivered at
nestic ports or exported to foreign coun-
* immense steel tanks have been com
ted ID nd four times that number Of small
ones are receiving oil from the spouters,
dies a number of contracts have been
for large steel tanks, which are to be
II as soon as the material can arrive.
ID The magic hill may be seen more than
u sfnokestacks with smoke issuing from
'i,,Fand a corresponding number of fur
KS fed by the coveted oil. These fur
b 81 cam for the driving of 100 drills
len are now penetrating the earth In
earch for the grease that has spread the
AZ ef Beaumont to the four corners OF
eafth.
ar this is on Spindle Top, while OF the
|. IA every direction. may he seen drill
figs and derricks to the number of $50
more
he accomplishing of this work has cost
ny thousands of dollars, and most of
.se dollars are finding their way into
!, tifls of Beaumont merchants and max
buslness good In fact, while the own
OF Hand and many spectators have pros
red, fthe Beaumont merchant has had aud
still having his share of prosperity. Even
lore the oil hoom came the Beaumont
Tcb9nt was prosperous, but since the
WI vent oil-wlld their profits have been
,afly Increased. Practically the same
ulber of merchants are serving largely
reaeed population, and populadon
Ipses pocket books have been materially
lated through the circulation OF Il vastly
grF amount of money. Seven families
2of ten perhaps. have added 10 their
'euue by taking dodgers at 30 cents to
30 Der night, and everybody has money.
4 lisa conservative statement to say that
sre pre now 5000 more people IN Beau
nj Than on January 10, aud II Is now
3czttally impossible to rent house Of
Xskfpd. However, this is being rerledied
sfafadly as possible by the building Of
iHfit houses all over the city.
she following important transfers of oil
|slSssrere filed for record today:
44.# McFaddfns to c. O'Brien, trustee,
020s square feet in the David Brown
eue. $500
M company. part of block 3d. SIanle
q M Smith to II. E. Fuller, LOT Z block
c.E Smiths subdivision, 5000,
\. 81 Spicer to Port Arthur Oil company
3.block I, and lot 6, block s. range H.
rt AIthur land. 81.
Ienrietta Singer to Galveston Beaumont
company, all interest In Texas and New
leans sections l6S, $50 and 200; also lots
Iii, A, 81, 80, 50, "a. 81 ana Il. in
xas and New Orleans section las, S11,-
lk
rhe celebration of the day and the ar
I'll Of mIch-needed and long delayed
In, with a baseball game in the morning,
fore the rain came. somewhat over
allowed the oil proposition here today.
d. In fact, many of the drillers enjoyed
least a portion of a holiday.
rhe long continued dry weather has made
tier rather scarce, and the drillers-
peciely those on Spindle Top have been
rd pressed to secure sufficient water 10
u their rigs, and, In fact, some of thenl
I'VE had TO suspend operations. Conse-
emily, the rain was Welcomed by the
men as well as by rice growers and
rhe Eureka Oil company has commenced
Il Boring of wellson spindle Top, in the
Dyed territory. and will make an effort
bring in an eightinch we'll which. II
II Company Is successful, will be the
Egest well in the field.
Mrs9E. II. Perry, secretary of the Para
ID Oh company, returned last night from
'f%n weeks stay in Chicago, where he
IA bsen In the interest of his company.
y, I'erry says the people of Chicago are
cunning to get Interested in the Beau.
ont bill field. They realize that the ef-
III ef a few Ohio and PENNSYLVANIA papers
discredt the field is another case OF
'nur grapes and that there is really
:onilse of great future for the field.
Y. Ferry says Chicago people are begin
ng 10 show their faith In the field by
jfchasing oil stocks.
The Paragon company expects to begin
1Iing next week on its tract, on Spindle
op.
~
Report are still coming from the Paul
anus well to the effect that more oil Is
Ing encountered. Mr.. j. A. Paulhamus
he b experimenting the putting dowr
the we'll is confined to his room by (
ishtnttack of Illness, however. and moth
is dehnite could he learned this afternoon
'gafAing conditions at the wen.