The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-15
A THOROUGH TEST MADE.
Eminent Engineer Conducted II aud
Business Men Witnessed IT,
TANxAGE or IMMENSE CAPACITY
Is to Sc Put IN by the Bret Refinery Peo-
pie a PubOe Exhibition Is to Be
Made Today.

proof OF the stability OF Spindle Top catnc
20 hight this morning when Mr. Marion h,
Fietehcr IN the presence OF Captain Charlea
Clarke the big contractor OF galveston. H.
A. icdcn, the prominent Houston business
man, aud }. W. sullivan, a prominent beau.
mont business representative. maip a test
that viii be received by all who have any
tNcqua'nlancc with these gentlemen win,
luh coincidence, In speaking OF the tost
MI Fletcher made the following statement.
You Will remember that an tbs iufolna.
tion We obtained last yeaf was from Inc
Higgins No, and that The pressure at
that time was, after cuttins on tue now OK
the wen, when Ii was allowed 10 gct start
Ell Iui pounds TO the square inch undo, tue
gHuse WAlch placed ON Il aud which
th"W 70 Toe OF tue most accurate k,pu.
ne we'll had been left standing over uignt
anu when we arrived the morning OF tho
lvst thr gauge registered thirty pounus.
luu waive was opened and tue well H0Wea
out Co the side with u back pressure the
otNef way OF thirty pounds These figures
! were regarded rs phenomenal at the time
aud were published hy the Eutcrprigp ANA
! othcr papers and much was made or them.
! lhts morning we went out TO test tht
| Eastham'Iai wen under the same condi
lions for the purpose ut comparison rhis
I particular wen was drilled as WAS the iliu.
! krns NO, 1 aud Ia Is saving a good deal
/ l9r II: When we arrived ths morning ana
ni,,res at ~ n, w" 'NV p'tW ~ A4{v vs. lnN
he Higgins. NJ then tunnel ON the' vicn
ana Jet u dow Ca the side iu the same wa
( the Higgins flowed mo bnck nressutF
/ gave thitty.ayc Mounds nrnlust my fnf
I lilo old Won irhrn y.c ,nt IA oo anS,rf'
I md Inc pl,uqc srttlra nv M rnpuI c,,,nt
( III nn,ptds Tar no Iiiyst' '''"'"' "e"'"N'
'lhis tttt was made tU the presence OF
/ ihr GtuiirWrp already mentioned ana there
| eau Zoe $50 question as to their Integrity, aud
! see III, .,, ,,, w ,h ,"o ,. MA A'"uh'd TO
/ r6c tcporis that / have heard ON tho
| streets bric had mc q little uuuasS hu, as
tnat ' tn,s ,. 9" G@yp ro'HGl YGn'd oHg
/ w ,lsc thcrr Was ,olnc GOOD nnI sufn ,l,ni
| l4Gh VIII thc NclL lts drilcr ur tnc CON
/ 'itA' surrounding H.
u'irtr Utltr seeing what ! did this
! u"thluk lh3t Voc held Us as good today UH
/ ~ IN,I was ana / am convinced that pcuer
/ ulH',nf ~ nil ihal rs necessary &" make
..", u',I .ltoN our as a hcller proposition
''1,l lRHn w. wa, before
ann .,'lN,nA Instance or Inc nf',
I ""'S ,"a ,"vN '"t' "iL1I IN lhe Lone star
( pipr of ,oulsc ran I,to ,b 'p'n 'No Ky, ky
( morning there was emn OF eight ,cc, an
an' {ehG caused solely from the pressure
/ look much 'ner a ,irrrcnsc NM, VS'1 nov
| m,mnpfed ttut t,, t,n,t ,yos W t,',v
1 Of one aud a half miles from Tho vrn tt,t
/ ,4ar hnng IT, '''' ''''
| Mr Fletcher Is surcrntcndent az ,bo
/ Lone star and Crescent on comp1py anJ
1 bad no connTrtIon or intcrcst T., tn,n' Xxx
| ne tested he Is a director OF the Amou
hans thce hn.t nn mani nfie liz " also per
mont today. having jhoroughiy sntdied i6, ",n
/ M incototcql aud practical side of me
/ dni| wnrL ror p' thc , us'd lnG same In hh
I In rrgnrd T." tho rSS' n',yvn {o4rs
/ fu,thrr tb't ~. , III " SI"uil DC starch
I is ON wbni ia fnN,,n WS'Uu w merninB
I trnct ma tbr ,rciie 20 ~ hVliuW tln'
liz ma tnr 'iot,, ,,n a., N''a lnlch Nt9uhN
Ircmote' MS yvaa tbr cusn jim Wy ,h"t u ~
wells that was snnutcd a wcnk m AZ 400
"1eh nv four were turned loose.
sure tbis norpn, 'tn bs, i9I ,n' heavy pre-
aa being due 20 arrunulated aas iuriog ,b",'
might and thinks that the STANDARD should
Wns '' sln ,w a'Gn"s, Us SHOWN after the wen
rho following inhlo viii proye ,ptercet
ing rs a summary
l'ise'ns C1ll
yoar ns, ' t"d,,g
/ Pressure from over night 80 9is
/ Back pressure ,,...,.... 30 20
/ Pressure after ........t1l $50