The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-22
ALL GOING TO BEAUMONT
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC PASSENGER
BOUND FOR THAT POINT.
HIah Water Mark Of the Wave Of Speou-
ation Vet to Come-Other
States Are Awakening.

Beaumont Texas, April a1.--On the early
morning train from the west the conduc.
tor gave white checks 10 passengers drs.
tlrtd Tor Beaumont, and In two ears OF
the train every passenger wore white
chcck In his hat. and II any passenger In.
tended going further east he must have
changed his mind when he reached the
city Of the famous guShers for the train
was deserted. However, the train crew
stuck to their posts and took the train
on Its eastward journey, but had not duty
demanded Il they too would 10 doubt have
suecumbed 10 the seductive influence that
Is now attracting people from all over
the country, and abandoned the troin.
The first thing 4 passenger notices when
aIlghllng from the cars Is the hurrNing,
udSlllng, Crowdiug throng as II PUSHES to
meet the newsbuys with the morning pa.
pers. Next, the visitor VIII note that uinf
Wen out OF ten In the vast crowd have
maps ut the oil region. and each Is trying
Ia show another where he can reap II
golden harvest of shckes 10y supply plant
ing Wen augcr ia the ground aud draw
my out the bounteous supply OF liquid
grease that nature has stored away under
tue soil IN such prodigul abundance. The
maps SHOW where the OF! is, aud the man
who Is exhibiting the map is always oh
ligihg enough 10 stranger to tell him
where he an get In on the grouud Hoof.
or If prospective investor drops hint
That ne is cat after only the best to he
hnd he can even lind men who VIII do
better than the ground door proposition and
get him in the basement,
rms does NOS mean, however, that "surc-
thinE' men are lying In wal. for strangers
Within the gales OF Beaumont. They are
simply thrifty, huStllng, nervous crowd
~ men, With the American genius vt trade
and barter and the American habit Of
going after everything In sight Stll, II Is
noted TINT SpItENutsS docs npFNNglp TIM
hearts OF these men, for most Of them are
willing TO let their friends In ON some
deal that will parr their feet on the sure
road TO prosperity aud grease the track
gentleman from Illinois said to II
Post man yesterday: beaumont has yet
10 see the nigh water mark Of this wave
or speculation, investment and excitement,
Texas cities may have nelrcd the height
ot interest In this oil field, hut other
States are Just now awakening TO the fact
thHt thiS is no ordinary oil strike. they
are Just beginning to realize the immensl-
ty of the lind here, and they are talking
of beaumont and it's oil held wherever two
scores OF people in my section were MAX
ing arrangements 81 come to Beaumont.
and gentleman from Iowa saws his neigh
hors are planning trips TO the land OF
the gushers. confidently expect several
hundred people from those two States
within the next ten days. and, In fact |
believe every state In the Union will have
representation here week from today.
MhutcVer may be the measure OF good
resulting to Texas aud II can not DO hut
grcatthe period from January 10. 1901,
10 the day When the oil field shall have
reached ils greatest prosperity and widest
pphlidty, win mark IN tho history ~. Texas
nm epoch that viii, II Is believed " trunk
:ho California gold discovery's pace in
the annals Of that State; aud what cnangeS
may be wrought In commerce; what strides
may he made In progress, and what revolu-
tons may be caused In the industrial world
are only TO be measured by the continuity
of the great grease lakes supply.