The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-13
mi MATTER OF TANKAGE.
,,,s,ttsn Company Will Construct
Mammoth Earthen Reservoir.
I ( 10 COVER A TEN-AcRE TRACT
pioe Line to Port Arthur VIII
''''o,'- ro,rnleted This Week--Four
Wells Are Now Due.

n ont Te1as, August 12.-Every com
n -.r,nr producing well In this held
Il rN brsy with the proposition Of sufh-
ns .tsee. except the few companies
~ have heretofore provided storage
~, and even those companies that nave
80 -ss would like to have more OF them.
hass snripe The Post opposed certain
- was presented to the legislature
y ,s,n, that oil should he stored in iron
A.., tanks. The bill was pushed by
,,terests. but II failed ef passage.
Co. CO. ,r,s failure II Is now becoming APP
~ ,hst the standard oil company lost
pa',s vantage ground in ITS fight for
n aer in this feld While some other
.,.yssts supported that bill, there Is not
II =. last doubt that the Standard was
y Nirs best aud most active friend,
z.,.h at that time this did not so clearly
ID pPar 80. =.
n "a nct take great deal of money to con
ID .,,,tt ear,hen reservoirs to hold oil. and
n !, ,.o knew that such a reservoir might
81 m,de 10 hold 100000 barrels. Tue
N s,.sasra was no doubt cognizant OF the
n NJ. 700. that IL producers were allowed
!. construct such reservoirs the oil would
n \. drawn from the hill much more rapidly
II A,s n the producers were forced to store
N ~ oil In steel tanks at a cost OF - cents
r =, barrel capacity. These and perhaps
Fl ,iAer reasons actusted the Standard In its
FL support OF the Dill
III k h well known the bill was defeated,
# nan 10 To
81 M advantage Of the fact that they may
. uore their of in earthen reservoirs. The
& Manhattan OIL company has practically
M seflded on A mammoth earthen reservoir
4 Il reservoir will he built as soon as the
n slangements can be made. IL viii he
Il censifactcd on the company's land in block
. Iowa colony, and will cover a ten-acre
React The dimensions OF the reservoir
X YIN Be 46Sxe30 feet 1t VIII extend
eeYen feet below the surface and the
4 ltytx will be sixteen feet above the ground.
md the tank will Ice covered with roof Of
s6me suitable material. This reservoir will
cssi about $4,000 making the cost per
taue about cents. The tank will not
t vailed with brick or any other mate
i the oil simply being held by the
lfpani
Ri M Henry Hitler, secretary Of the com.
kIfaly, says as soon as this reservoir is com
peied work will be commenced on an
flher, and enough of the reservoirs will
X|IIt pulN 10 uOlN h.NSN.tNU barrels OF oil,
j INf Miller SAYS the objection has been
s.piecd that such reservoirs will draw the
4 n ont too fast, but his company was
'islniied TO get oil and 1t will get all It.
The National Oil and Pipe Line com
pary viii complete It's line TO Port Arthur
~ week, and it is expected that the Star
|2id Crescent company will complete ITS
E3lPe line 10 Sabine Pass within ten days.
N latter company is making extensive
lHrstions for shipping oil to New or.
saa ana otner coast noints ny barges. and
DOW appears that oil shipments for Sep
'neef VIII be something enormous
n ~
No new eusher came in today, but the
altlemen's well was spouted between .
fld J O'Clock this afternoon. giving
,snihccnt performance. The Alamo. the
nens Consolidated the Gober and HE
&tSiN are all on the expected list and me
seely eighth gusher VIII likely be in by
borrow night. -
NJ. r Garrick Of the Garrfck OIL com
10y SAYS that after passing through
snaa showing of oil last Thursday the
A struck sort Of shale and oil rock
let IN thickness Under this wns
as 4 oea OF quicksand ahont nifty feet
~ nn gIeshated with salt water This
49, ~ ,eehtn OF 1900 feet. Mr. GarlirK
,ss ~ y satsned the oil struck Thursday
|s.{rins u PAINS Quantities. and he Is now
II y ue'se way TO get back TO It.
se'0oei John 7. Guey has shlpped
IVY rig to Nacogdoches 10 begin wen
BIS holdings.
s@ put down by the Gufey company
N, half mile southeast OF the hill
0een abandoned at depth of 1900
!. W Swayne and W. II. Camp.
me Hogg- swayne syndicate are
N 81 Louis looking after business
~ ss a. syndicate, which has Just pur
III Of ' store, acres Of ground for the cree
beaumont Confederated OH com.
streets and alleys have their first
aoHn 10 depth of $50 feet and the
NJ Wen Is 800 feet deep. Two more
5P1ns announces that ii viii sink len
nin The next ninety days
e work of bailing the Realty well was
-'neeo this afternoon, and II is ex.
80 % spout tomorrow.
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