The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04
AN OIL WELL HARNESSED.
One Company Proposes 10 Make Its
Gusher Do Some Work.
NO LOSS or POWER IN THE OIL FIELD
The 0eysers Arc just rs Powerful as
They Were When the First One
Was Brought In.

Beaumont Texas, August s.-The lone
star and Crescent oil company has drafted
the power OF its gusher and 1t viii here.
after be forced to supply some OF the force
necessary In transportation. The scheme
is an unique one and practicable In every
respect. They have built a stand pipe
sixty feet above the surface and the cas-
ing will be extended from the mouth OF
the wen to the top OF the receptacle This
viii give them a pressure OF thlrty-three
pounds TO the square inch, which Will drive
the oil through their pipe line into the city
Of Beaumont distance Of a little over
four miles and force It to their loading
racks Ia the different railroad yards. They
are building pine line from the geld 70
Sabine Pass and the stand pipe win be
called upon to do some service In thar
line. The pumping station viii he located
one mile from the field and the stand pipe
win deliver the oil to the station. This
company large amount of expense All
the gushcrs IN the field, twenty In number,
flow the oil considerably above this height
aud the star and Crescent people expect
no difficulty In making their scheme sue
cess
A great many people have predicted that
the gushers would diminish in force II al,
lowed TO dow, bnt they have been opened
more or less since last January and have
not diminished a particle The pressure
was reunited 10 he due to gas hut number
less easers have been struck which were
allowed 10 exhaust themselves without no
iceahle effect and several other companE'
are preparing to follow the example OF the
star and Crescent people.
The stnnd pipe has the advantage ~ fur.
nlshing supply OF OIL on moments no,
tlce. The pipe VII be securely covered
car Of oil Is taken out, the well viii re-
plenish the supply instantly and the OK
pense Of maintaining pumping station aud
engineers viii not be necessary II Is ok
pected TO have the stand pipe Completed
Monday,
The Export OH and Pipe Line company,
of which senator Charles A. Townc is
president. have reached a depth of $50 feet
on their Spindle Top we'll They are In a
shell formation, and the log OF the we'll
accidents tho great Western politician VIII
soon be classed with the oil magnatcs.
j. c. Mcdowell, vice president and gen
eral manager OF the j. NJ, Guffey fc-
troieum company; James w Swayne Of the
Hogg -Swayne syndicate and Mr. Murphy
of the Higgins oil and Fuel company, left
last night for Austin TO be present at the
comni.s-,on hearing on crude petroleum
rates. Abby Haywood of the Haywood Oil
company viii meet them there this morn
familiar with the conditions In every re-
spect and VIII no doubt make strong np-
peal before the commission.
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The Sun company has two-thirds Of Its
pipe laid from Sun 10 the oil fields Their
hrst tank Will be completed next week.
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Reports from the field this afternoon
are verv meager. The Beatty, Manhattan
and Cattiemen's Consolidated are on the
waiting Est and with the poss. Die excep'
ton OF the Beatty, may be expected In al
any time.
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Private advlces received from Sour Lake
last night state that the hamman well
was down on cap rock at noon yesterday
at depth of 1000 feet Two distinct
bodies of oil were passed before this depth
was reached, one being estimated as 8
200 barrel proposition. The contractor OK.
poets to startle oil circles Monday or Tues.
day with the news That the Hamman Is a
gusher Should such news be received,
millions OF money VIII be rushed into thla
section within sixty days, ana develop
mcnts before January l Will aggregate
mere than a hundred millions OF dollars,
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