The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-01
lust as Much Business Done. but Not the
Same Amount of Excitement.
boon PROPOSITIONS HAVE GROWN COSTLY
knd the Investors Are Taking the Places of the Spec
ulators-- More Wells Have Been Contracted For.
The Condition of the Postoffce

| and the Eastern Texas Oil and Develop
ment companys wells would be shipped
| the latter part of this week. The Ameri.
can Well works at Aurora, H.. is turn
] ing ont the rigs, and when these two ar
! rive It will make I'VE in the field for Mr.
| Brice's companies.
Mr. spangler stated this afternoon thar
the well being put down on block 10 OF
Spindle Top Heights addition for inc
depth of about 200 feet and that the work
was progressing very satisfactorily.
The material for the Madeline o. com
pany's well is going to the ground today,
and Ii was stated at the company's mead
| quarters that Contractor George A. Rough
ton. who brought in the higgins gusher so
| beautifully was en- route from Corslcana
| with the machinery.
/ The derrick for the Bryan Heard OIL
| company has been completed, and the ma.
| chinery for boring the well Is now all on
| the ground large force of men are n |
| work getting everything in readiness. and
! the company will be ready to bore for oil
| rhe work on tho well Of the California
| oil and Refining company on 1o-acre lot
| l15. In ,Gladvs City. seems to he progress
ing very rapidly. The drill is now ahoiM
| 400 feet down. This company Is one OF
| the concerns in the field that has maue
very little fuss about Its Intentions anu
! operations.
| The congested condition of affairs at the
postoffca and consequent annoyance and
population. has given rise to much adverse
comment. That the working capacity of
the office is greatly overtaxed is apparent
10 the most casual observer. even though
he he not a sufferer from present condi-
TONS while he who is compelled to take
position at the tail end of a line of men
reaching far out into the street. and by
snail-like and tortuous stages reach the
delivery window in turn, feels. when his
man Is at last ontaiEpl. tnat he dta tt'
comrlshed the Nest arduous task that tho
rr vailing boom could impose, Some
there ara who make the best Of the situa.
u1n aud in grim silence await their turn ;
others FREE nn1 fnnc and ''cuss," then drop
out oil line to make another TRIP FOR the
delivery goal when q fewer number must
he slrved ahead of them, only TO he dis
APPOINTED. Others again viii single out
som Individual whose appearance does not
betC ken very promising results. both as
regards the amount and Importance of matt
matter expected, and offer him from y
ccus to- <--iar for his turn. one enter
prisng c lored youth was heard to boast
that he had earned doHlr in less than
two hours by selling post ons In the line
TO gentlemen In hurry to get their mail.
II Is To he hoped, In the interest of public
convenience that this species of specula-
ton will not app al to the many non-ex-
why. this remlnts me of the boom
DAYS of oadyille and Cripple Creek. re-
marked an old mining Speculation as he
II
III postoftce, but they Seemed to have
letter fac Titles out there for handling the
mail and dlsposing OF the crowd. lnstead
OF one delivery window. the. had four,
each one serving names beginning with n
certain proportion of the letters of the
alphabet But | reckon Uncle sam has
not been able to keep up with this town
or else he would provide bigger post
office force"
Postmaster Bone and his corps of as.
sistants are probably doing the best they
Dilt facilities nArnuuutp for
tion Of 10000 Will not sufaGa for an influx
10 10000 more. t2r Beaumont has become
great in the past few weeks. The fact
Is. that the mail service is seriously Grip,
nIe: insrffc rable delay and Inconvenience
Is entailel by lack of facilities. and many
OF the citys sojonrners In order to assure
o the express company in having their
mail forwarded from the home Offices.
! ~
a reporter called on Postmaster Bone to-
day to inquire when and what relief could
he expected to relieve existing conditions.
Postmaster Bone stated that his office
would get relief from the postofdce depart
mcnt III Washington In about ten days,
when all carrier orders could be promptly
attended to. source OF great trouble to
the office was the vast number of ap-
plications by transients to have mail de-
There We're about 10000 such applications
on ME. number Impossible 10 receive
proper attention.. f1Itl or Sixty Sucn ap
phcations, which would be the daily mum.
Der under normal conditions, could be
promptly and eXpeditiously handled. Ii
people before leaving home would order
their mai addressed 10 some pace of huSi-
ness or residence, Ii would he delivered
Dy the carrier system. which Is perfect.
There were three daily deliveries in the
business district and two In the resident
portions of the city. These deliveries We're
timed according to the arrival OF trains.
Mr. Bone said there was practically no
Hrst-class mail. The Jonah of the Ofhcc
was the second-class matter composed of
copies OF papers, etc. Forty sac.-s of rhat
stun arrived daily, making about. 10000
not apply 10 the local papers, or to the
Houston Post or Galveston News
Win reference to the delivery and win
or -four times daily, II all would call az
ter II o'clock the mails would he distributed
In the cases. The Houston mail, which Is
IN before that time.
With regard to an Increase of working
force Mr.. Bone said great difficulty was
experienced In getting accomplished men
Tor the salaries paid, There had been four
civil service examinations and only one
applicant Tor a postofnce position. On the
all.
All the boxes $50 In number. are reuted.
ana there Is no room for Any more
One Of the best indications that there is
No dminutlon in the prevailing boom is
the fact that the heaviest mail eyer 70
celved az the Beaumont office came In To-
day, ana the biggest mail ever dispatcred
went ont last night.
Morning dispatches state that the posf
| ofhce department Mt Washington has an
pointed three additional clerks for Tie
Beaumont office.
With reference to the suit Of the Mer-
chants OH company VS.. W. II. Alerldee
as reported yesterday. Mr.. AIdrdge saws
the company contracted 70 nav n certain
amount for the land, deed to the pronerf-
being conditioned on the payment of this
money. The money, he says has never
been rendered, either before or since Tho
organization Of the company, aud their
lawyer was told that If the money wns
rendered the deed would bn made A
majority of the directors and storkhold,
ers met in this city aud adopted n rosoiu
tion 10 disband the company, provided MIR
Aldridge would defray all the expenses In,
CURED. This. Mr. Aldrldge saws. he aid
giving his check for the amo,int Iie
thought the matter was settled and was
much surprised when Informed mat a
suit was pending.
Dust on the road between this city and
the oil fcld-lndeed. everywhere In town
Is becoming so disagreeable II is almost
fu,f.n eGil