The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-21
[FW SPOUTERS ARE IN
-, of Them Have Seen Brought In
al Beaumont.
STANDARD ,BOGfY IS At REST
s,, Corporation Is Alleged to Be
y .ss..s in a Refinery--Cotton
OF, Men Own 9 Well

.ont rcxas. March ~ The gush-
ma, aran ani everything points
M larcb icing record m nth
rox 4 co. brought in a six-lnch
81 40, on block IS Of the uogg Swayhe
# The we'll. which was good spouler,
III i been accepted.
"a %.atroctor Mela brought in spouter on
~ 49, 40 Of the Kcith.Ward tract. The
~, ,s sIx inches in diameter. The name
W. ,,o company for which 1t was drilled
s was not learned
81 well known as Tom Wood NO came
t,,o Yesterday afternoon. 1t is situated
q block 80 Of the Kclth-Ward tract The
dow was unusually good
II MANY of the wells being drilled now are
81, down by brokers who guarantee a
IA FSnptpr and in most cases ihe name OF the
z spmpsny is not given out until after it ac-
N cepls the well.
n Tho fear was once prevalent here thpt.
II rho standard OH company would gain con
4 M, of the Beaumont neld and squeeze
o,onr II not all. Of the smaller concerns
ort but that fear hes been pretty well
n diss,pafcd The almost constant broaden.
n ,rs Of the dimensions of the proved terri
a toyr on spindle Top and the discovery II
4 IN at Sour Lake, Jennings and The several
otbrr places where strikes nave been re
ported have made il Impossible for one
eorp0ration to control the situation unless
n be a corporation larger thnn any tina
now exists and even this would hardly be
posslhle when the great diversity Of hold
ngs and Interests are considered.
There Is good reason 10 believe, however,
that the standard OIL company is now
Represented here. In fact. there are plenty
Of oil men who make the positive asser-
lion that such Is the case.
A refinery is 10 be built near the out
skirts Of Beaumont and It is known that
not less than s. INO.OO0 Is to be spent In its
construction Five hundred carloads OF
machinery win he used aud the plant will
be an extensive one" Ostcnsibly it is being
erected by am Individual
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Mr. O. W. Haywood is now on his way
St. Louis to join his brother, Scott Hoy
wood, whore they will arrange the details
Of plan To distribute Beaumont oil along
the Mississippi river These gentlemen
were In ST. Louis short time ago on the
same mission, and while they gave out lit
tie concerning what they did, 1t is known
that they met with success, getting their
project well under way. The present Wis
It Is for the purpose of closing up the
transactions necessary 10 the carrying out
Of their plans. As the principal matters
have already been agreed upon. II Is prac-
tically assured that the scheme under con
sideration will he fairly launched before
their return. The plans Of the Heywoods
and their associates contemplate the pur-
chase Of large feet of sea going barges
and It is understood that these will he con
tractcd for at once; in fact it is reported
that the vessels have already ben ordered
49,
In the rush 10 get Gusher the import.
11cA Of the vast beds Of sulphur underly-
lev spindle Top has been overlooked along
with the value of the vast quantities Of
hstnr|l gas tapped on the hill Contrac-
Tor John ). Wynn, who is drilling n well
on block 70 Of the Keith Ward tract. has
yuSt encountered a stratum of almost pure
sulphnr two feet thick. Similar sulphur
deposits nave been found at many places
W W,rher man that found by Contractor
wynn. One drliler reported stratum OF
sulphur nearly twenty feet thick
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committee from the New Orleans city
council waJ expected to arrivet In Beau
mont tonight to look into the insurance
side OF fuel oil. The New Orleans insur-
ahee companies want costly safeguards
suInoWh around the oil tanks, and the com
rie eAPectS 10 get data concerning the
e err incident L TO the use Of fuel oil 4 tel
u tHs osstItternoon however, stated that there
committee. VI 'Ae
An Organization known as the Cotton Oh
ana Pipe Line company has acquired wen
On spindle Top for the purpose of supplv.
dTs OF, 10 it's members, who are the owners
vi vi mlll1 and gins in North Texas The
arsn was evolved by the North Texas Mill
wi, e5s association. most of the members of
n mn,gu nfe now using oil for fuel The com
pang VIII be capitalized for only such
amount Sin. as viii enable it 70 provide ship.
me Ground Floor OIL company has an.
nUGneed o per cent dividend for March.
Inns makes total of "a per cent paid IN
q|4t'i 10y by this company since December
a. a. oI IaSt year. Treasurer Haywood saws
'Ae company has $4,000 in the treasury
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MT c. W. Walters, a St Louls gentle.
man who is interested in cheap transporra.
tlon for Beaumont oil. has written secro.
ttaay Chlldress Of the oil exchange concern.
tthg a tank steamer that is heipg dosirned
~ ,ne transportation OF oil through waters
,ait phIy light draft vessels can go The
who ba mas double hull, and Mr.. Walters,
cue Que inner hull is designed to hold the Oh.
n ,u py hydraulic continuance the vessel
, n,ag ne made to pass over bars or through
, rauSn more shallow water than an ordinary
est sei oil the same displacement could navl.
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ne announcement that the well OF the
Atlantic and Pacific OIL company at Sour
Lake would be spouted at o'clock this
: Tiat,ernoon took about hfty oil men to Sour
t SaAe To-Day. Among those who went were:
IneSSrs. ]. G. Mcdowell ]. W. Landon, r.
r. laws W. y. Grifflths, j. II. Kimhall
~ H. steele, III. l.. Fagin, j. ~ Gilbert