The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-27
LINE PROPOSITION.
NJ viii Be Held Monday Morning to
Discuss II.
klfws WITH EASTERN OPERATORS
teton of Property Holders to
4, y.nds Instend of Leasing
an, flinders Prospectors.


!, tuel consuming Industries last
ar the purpose OF discussing the
,pty Of establishing a pipe line be-
uouston and Beaumont in order
,ev oil to this point to be used as
esversl Eas. ern oil men who came
trom Beaumont were present and
lacsl industries as the breweries,
railway company, water works and
ccncerps that consume immense
.ias of fuel we're represe nted.
as decided 10 hold another meet
[onday. and the following call was
nroprietors or managers or repre-
IVES OF institutions which consume
klderable amount of fuel are invited
present at meeting to be held
ow 0Monday) morning at IL
AZ the business League.
Eesentatiyes OF the weries, gas
nv. water company, street rail-
pmpany, car wheel works, office
bgs hotels, car wheel company,
works. oil companies, laundries,
lants and all others who have
erest in fuel are urged to be in
,nce. Oil men from the East will
kssnt and the meeting will be of
eal benefit and certainly interest
L the Beaumont oil find was made
ID attention has been called to
county lands that have given evil
Of having oil and gas qualities.
the latest discoveries in this line
Mr. G. w. Slieff's place, Glen
10, four and half miles from
bn on the Telephone road. Mr..
has an artesian well $40 feet deep,
ter OF which contains several min
uallties. Lately the water has
to be slightly impregnated with
a 1t has been seen batting on the
The contractor who bored the
ow believes that if he had gone to
lower depth he would have struck
vein. Mr., Stieff has not taken any
10 determine whether oil can be
ed by further boring.
~
be- the Eastern oil men who came
from Beaumont last night were
F. H, Park and John Martin. Jr.
shlrg and r. T.. Hughes of New
These gentlemen have been over
pund Beaumont for about ten days,
for that place az soon as the veri-
Of the report of Major Lucas big
Beaumont reached them In Their
fields.
gentlemen are unanimous in tire
Pp that the Beaumont well is one
biggest oil finds ever made. and
Fonounce 1t an excellent fuel oil
their judgment on the analysis
8 Of the oil in this light, Mr..
ald ne. could see no reason why
should not be greatly benefited
well II other fuel is very costly
fald MIR. Park, This oil will easily
ana the factories and o.aer
assuming industries Will no doubt
very economical and satisfactory
ple' " course market will have
fealed for it, he continued, but (
~ holds out the market will be
aea Very readily. | 10 not mean
pate that believe the well will |
" out, Mr.. Park explained. II
used the doubtful expression be-
nave learned by my experience
eias and in oil production that il
sate 10 be too positive as to a
p.ouaoNVe capacity or to it's
" activity, The Beaumont well
as great volume of oil for
ala when the oil was first
~ II may be that the flow Will
'nln day after it is again mn
we simply can't tell what ii
IN was asked if the Eastern oil
~. eahnont found any entour-
"ln uhe surface indica tions.
~ HE people down here seem
ga deal Of confidence in cur
OnS' looking for oil only
~ surface gas. In the Penn
aug other Eastern fields we nav
aon Whatever to the in1lnati',ns
/, we start the well re-
', conaiOions on the surface. and
sl,aln Indications in the soil
~, ''l We drill. II there are NOT
a. 'ens IN the sands at a rea-
tNi the well is abandoned On
Iana' II the nature Of the sill
,h beneath we drill until we
ne OIL stratum ana strike tba
rstni oo. ING is being done now in
sss, ,e thin anywhere else in Inc
bm seb ana the wells vary in
,s 1 oVo to 1900 feet"
M srs STATED that they came to
say,. neld TO prospec. with the
fsns In the oil business hut
h ns conditions had run me
as up 80 that the oil msn
am ~ .4he h9ld and develop the
kre IL, gwen the chance to see
NOT a "ent 10 sell their lanls d
deoI,rssu Veroain propositio ms to h
~ areu Mr.. Hughes. While t
ham 'O ,l here with ample capital c
lpd SuS can net afford 10 buv
@,. " Is not business ssv 49, I,
, we wanted Ia hora -, a
buy NJ w2uld not DE bnsineys e
Ia 49, mag land at a big figreE-
tlay in !, II we did there wolld a
y b,sinoSne beginning of $50, 90, II
Fuslness =, man can readily see "
lsOOo W. me wells cost on an o
4 IA we could afford and w,onid
neSepsh the land. paying the o
and p,t ., Or one-eighth of the 6
frike iii H a, wells down. II we b
the o oR, It would only be the ],
value" Her OF the property. His F
nd be would be greatly en- a
Is reyeD ~oufi also be deriving a p
en new oue from It.
II !. BUY lands" Mr. Hughes y
mutual benefit plan" g
ss :, The Y. NJ. G. A. p.
~ ID. AYES