The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-16
CARS NOT TO BE HAD.
The Shipments Are Being CurtaiIed
on That Account.
c. WEISS MAY BE THE RECEIVER.
His Name Is Mentioned in Connection
With it--Another Six Inch Well Has
Been Brought In

been brought IN,
| Beaumont Texas. November Is. -Toiay's
! oil shipments were only siSty-cight cars.
! Int II cars had been plentiful the total
would have been more than 100 cars
| total of 1i6S cars has been sent during
'ae present month.
The Mercer County oil company has
brought In good six.inch spouter this
afternoon at depth Of $40 feet The
Officers of the company accepted the we'll
stating that they were entirely satisfied
with 81.
! Contractor Halvcrtou. who is drilling the
! san Jaciuto OH eompauy's No. l. sets great
| store by the natural gas Of this Held as a
| fuel. Mr., Halverton narrowly escaped a
gas blowout, and he attributes the escape
10 the gas, witch he was using for fuel
The men heard u gas blowout coming, and
the pumps wete turned on at an force
II his ran the steam down about forty
pounds In five minutes Mr.. Halverton
called Tor more gas pressure. and when thiS
very rapidly He was thus enabled to keep
his pumps running, which saved him from
the consequences OF a gas blowout
~
The we'll Of the Arkadelphia oil company,
which was reported in Yesterday, will be
drilled deeper FOR a stronger how,
-
For several days the safety committee
which has been looking after Spindle Top
with view to avoiding a ire On the hill,
has been cramped in financial way, but
arrangements have now been made whereby
| IL is hoped Thar the good work of the conf
ft,ltt
mittce has unquesli0nahly done good
WORK Tor the heid, ANA several of the prom.
inent oil men have undertaken to provide
lne necessary money through personal SO
llcitAton trou those Interested.
~
The case of Andrew Mcmillan ct al VS.
a. II. Lucas ct al has by an order of the
court been consolidated with that Of
Thomas Anderson VS. A t. Lucas ct al
lhe entry was made on motion OF the
pialuuus' attorneys and ii Will save the
court much of the time that would have
been consumed IN the trial of the Mcmillan
case.
The attorneys for the plaintiff in the An
derson rcceivership case withdrew their no
tlce of appeal today.
~
Mary A. Cleveland, minor, has filed
suit against j W. Cleveland to set aside
the sale Of property in the Ingalls, and
Veatch surveys, which is valued III the pc
SIN, onnIoynd n rraxos Inv Arm, ,o tonl
S,rts, I,, l,,r,rot IN thc ostoto ~ hn,. fotbor
who was son OF Charles L. Cleveland
the owner of property in the surveys
named. that pla.nun was persuaded that
me ltN9s lawyers were not uolhB thtlf
ney ami engaged nm ohio lawyer 1nis
lawyer sold the plaintiff interest for $3.50,
a sum far below me actual value, the re
uUh amVsGS aIn S{sTgs ana, ona Sne
Gc,olyodp as To- The octHai CONDITIONS o1'j
therefore asks the court TO SET aside the
sale.
me hulle u MI = - weiss u 'n's wy
Is pe'us neh''oneu III tonheetlon WIN lne
IeceNeiShiP III tue case Oh MIS- A'lnie ~
Snow against nearly all ot the oil com
panies on spindle Top; Judge Bryant may
ana, so FAR as known, ne mas not lnIlc3leu
ms choice. However, there - o tcellHg
among OIL men tuAt MI. weiss may De
the receiver,
piuclii" NusNe' I.r" |"" ''I'e' 1919 ,,l'.
loiu huNe So'u 10 a. i'"s'e' az 'u1''
n5flGf' ~ ng ,,, ~ Wy iIgatIon II, t6s Sis
" Wij'',H ot ~ .'N lTbg ,v0 ,"csIvod St5U
""' ''"''' Inv W.
~
Tho parcrs were filed for record today
,,l., = c,,.rl,l, cor,oyca to tnn
%n1foDS ., Il puiF'GH con, -, 10 '"'
raIllrk oii COMPANY Dlochs - 10 "u 49,
onc,sovGGnth acres and re others Ten acre acre
WV. cdnyo,ed an nrll 10 iG6l bnt he
paUCrS were not filed until today. The con.