The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-09

4 PIPE LINE fRANi
IS Been Granted BY III. Beam.
Council.
'fVtRAl RIGS At WORK Al u,m]
Old Deeds Are Be,r.
into the County clcrl,. q. n
for Record.

Beaumont, Texas, Febr,..
was an off day for real ests,a IA
SO far as the county reco.,. e'
s rewer dee deeds for land and oil I.s =
hied today than for several
and 1t is accounted for Isrsa,. ,"A
mat LOT several weeks the sre,, y
OF instruments filed for reco,s I, N
old deeds which were execu,s. w
but which have heretofore A.. ~
of too little importance i y -
eording. 'Aui.
Work of boring for oil IN (.
e"ihood of Gladys City ana n
Wei is progressing rapidly MD
are sprlnging up like the prcys,ss,
stools all over the prairie w.,l
aerricks on the Charles Ips4ll, II
land began today. and seyo,,,
on the Southwestern Oil corpn,.. II
from Ward and Keith wers
yesterday and the day before ~
FIGS and considerable old wsIl u
Tor Wynn & Boughton. which .A
the city several days ara ~ WY
cana, were unloided In Inc w. W.
wagons. Wy " lal
with reference TO the rensr, !,
Southern Pacific railroad L ~,
per car for hauling maehjnarv ' s1sl
city to Gladys City. Mr.. puio,m
TOR the Southern Pacific sa,a <.
between this city and Gladys 4.
10 cents per 100 pounds. This i h. &
lar rate authorized by the rallrn,.
mission, but that the impresstna \. n
wen machinery which was shlu5s, l.
other places was charged SIS s,,, +,
getting the car to GLADYS Civ W, Y.
Inc same rate applies from ali b,,'
GLADYS City as to Beaumont ans
chlnery is shipped from CorsF,m \
billed to Gladys City it will be 49,
there without extra charge.
preparations are being made h NJ
up the oil in the lake near the Ina, n
TO supply the local demand AnM1
rigs which will be used IN thai vi
are equipped for burning oil n ~
furnaces, and Mr.. Galley and f,,,,|
Lucas will arrange to furnish n N
fuel desired by we'll drIllers Al MA
barrel. This will make the lrInlrs
wells in the future considerable ts.,,,|
than was the work on the Iva, K
because one of the largest lien, N
pense heretofore has been fuel
Iron for the construction Of the s,as
tanks at Gladys City and Elyba b NJ
irving in the city daily and me, Id Y
work on the construction OF he III
and the pipe line. 1t will be peis,ai|
month yet before the tanks and pp n
be ready to receive the oil from d, n
Well
Representatives OF the Ssari,rs n
company are here, and they are srfr|
as if the big concern had decided b N
come permanent fixture in Beams;
The council held a called meeting u
afternoon and granted to Haywood lsI
ct al a franchise for gss and oil lrsI
- - Nit aNiSN ann hiiV9o VI nehtlfN
This is the second franchise Of ths al|
acter granted by the council, add W
dication are that others for any oil ri
pose can be had for the mere askius
parties who secured the franchise "
are actively engaged in digging "a
and it is therefore mere tdan pTotlf|
that the franchise was obtained for vi
tical purpose rather than for sNii'
ton.
Mr. Ike Feitel. representing ih n
and Crescent Oil company Of New OfasI
which company has secured the tt;T
for sinking a we'll on the Charles w
tract OF land near the Lucas well, III
is owned by Greeves, Fletcher and hs
man. arrived in the city last nisni WI
crew of men AID began WORK lsap
the ingalls, lard. The machinery l'' y
wells is expected to arrive herr
time today. II was shipped lTo1 M
Orleans several days ago, and AriS,
passed the rigs at Morgan City yess's
This company will sink three WV
this land simultaneously, and =.
fc ind will put down many more w.
tel will be remembered as the esiA',s
who sank the first artesian wen
court house site 10 this city se!sm NJ
ago. He is a practical well drlls NJ
will rush the three wells on 'as ny
property with all possible speed