The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-11
|BE ANOTHER GEYSER.
hd Well No. , Is Said to Be
ling Signs Of Gushing Soon.
LITTLE NEWS FROM THE FIELD
il Drills Are Sinking into the Earth
and Others Are to Be
Started Manday.

h,ont. Texas, May 1o.-Persons who
from the oil field tonight say that
"A well No. 2 shows excellent indi-
and several expressed the opinion
we'll will he a producer If indica-
5cunt for anything. Considerable oil
nc nm with the water and. In fact,
In is behaving In every respect simi.
&he sushers that have come In when
GRO Mt the stage of the Haywood
VOL Is nbout 200 yards further away
3he group Of guShers than Is the
{re1l and If Il proves to be a gnsher,
Ict ON spcculntion will no doubt he
6ronounced than If the Kelly well
5uevwcod well has now reached a
IN 9Os feet and the drilling Is going
u on.
! who have oil lands for sale. have
nretty generally among themselves
he present lull in speculation win
H. until oil is found outside the
In eushers located on what Is known
Indle Ton hill. Values of property
the known oil district have passed
hax Of speculation until some driller
{etormIne that oil may be found else.
{by actually drilling into the coveted
who had heard little Of the Beau.
HI field would, on arriving here now.
Hills very busy town. bur In truth
6slness IS Insignificant when com
H. what was being done ten days
Some deals are made, hut the town.
was a whirlpool Of excitement ten
hro. has queted down to Il notable
i People are still coming ana goilg,
"a crowd is not SO large as formerly.
little news comes in from the field.
h or twelve rigs are drilling steadily
khers will he at work before Mon.
nhe well of the Acme oil and Fuel
hy has passed through the hear
fatum and Is going down steadily.
Il Is no further news from the Kelly
hpon which great deal Is Ringing.
4 owners are very hopeful for sue.
fThfs embraces the news, on rather
Blk of news, from the oil field.
Richard NJ. Edmonds. editor OF the
lecturers Record, arrived in Beau
|thls morning to look over the oil
/ Mr.. Edmonds was met by IL commit
citizens and shown around the city.
afternoon be visited the oil field in
ny with several prominent citiZcns
|twed the operations there. Mr.. Ed
fss ID to a Post reporter that he In
sty1een In Beaumont long enough to
W an Intelligent opinion regard in .
rlatlon here. However. he said that
discovery Of oil in such apparently
tied quantities was the beginning of
era for Texas In an Industrial way;
Through the oil discovery attention
icing attracted to the resources Of tho
from every quarter, and much good
result Mr.. Edmonds will remain
n day or two and then visit other
ms of the State.
sprinkllng Of the streets with oil is
becoming more general, and the re-
certainly gratifying. The clouds of
are greatly diminished. and, in fact,
treets on which the oil is used arc
~ free from dust The road to the
I'D has been very dusty. making a
Q the wells exceedingly disagrecahle.
part of the road has already been
He'd with OH and athe reminder will
!cely graded and given n bath of
,.
Citizens National bank, new In,
lon. will he open for, business Monday
ns In the bhiklihs next door to the
y house.
an adjourned meeting held this after.
the city council passed ordinances
ling for the issuance of $75. 900 worth
werage and $4,000. worth of street
3 bonds, in accordance with the re-
u hond election held recently.
bond Of j. H stewart. the new
marshal, who succeeds Mr.. Eastman.
ied' was approved.
gresham s. b. Cooper and Messrs
Polk w. H. Pope and T. w. shepherd
ned this morning from New Orleans.
they had been since Tuesday night
injection with the affairs of the com
owning the street railway and wntct
inject of their visit was to arrange
y financing, of the enterprises in con
atioh ny the company They have
out nothing regarding the success,
er VISIT hut reports from New Or
indicate that their trip was hy M
s. failure, and the citizens are very
VI Tor an early beginning of actua
on the two enterprises.
~ cameron Yesterday filel in The
OF the county clerk n general war
oeed eyidenclng the transfer Of ccr
,.n In Jefferson. Harris. Brazois
'.ner counties to the Anglo. American
,tlpaIN' the consideration for which
'aso In the. deed. was S4.0JD,3O II
VI the Anglo-American oil company
)
=, - on the large steel tank Of the Ilis
'n ana Fuel company is rapidly near
D%pietlon' and it is expected that /
= ready to receive the oil some da,
g grpk. 1t has been suggested to Tn,
ssneht of the Higgins company +,
wei, "St OF the flowing capacity %
all All , hnc settle the uncertain ouestior
,r nj, me wells by measuring The tim,
.-nes 10 NIL the big tank from III,