The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-21
SHIPMENTS INCREASING.
Oil Men Are Keeping the Tank Cars
Moving Out.
NuW NUKE UiL iU bt SniPPfD.
Pumping Plants Are Bringing Up the
Stuff Scarcity OF Labor on the
Hill Is Serious.

Beaumont. Texas August 20 As stated
IN the mornings Post. the rail shipments
out Of Beaumont are Srrinsing up rapidly
and the business holds IN well, The Post
correspondent saw the Palestine. Beaumont
oil and Development company people this
norniuv and askcd what they had Ok
rcricnccd In regard to the car situation.
One of thcn said very emphat!cally. I'VE
are shipping from thirty to forty cars per
day and have been for some time. We
order exactly the number vi ears We want.
Wa do not order twenty cars when we
want TO shin one. We load them out
promptly aud see to 1t that they IRE up
loaded and returned nromntly. and the
result is that we are having no trouble
in getting all the cars We want and our
business is moving satisfactorily"
In regard to this. prominent railway
official was seen this afternoon who has
nothing to do with the situation so far
as Gladys City is concerned. and he states
that from reports he is receiving the ship
ments are going to the same figure they
we're at when the wells were first put
under air pressure or agitation and that
his Idea is that the trouble for the last
two or three weeks is that number ~
aud praying not TO receive them lie also
says that another reason has been that
the oil was not there to ship and the
congestion was due simply to the fact
that the cars were there aud could not
lac loaded All ears are being returned to
Beaumont as fast rs they are empticd
aud the result of the failure Ia ship was,
Of course, the pimg up ~ the cars at
beaumont. The empty ones would he re.
turned here and the empty ones already
here could not he shipped out Now there
is more oil The companies are rapidly
getting In shane To handle their oil through
the steam head and the standard rigs
aud they have plentv of oil to ship ont
They are shipping II as fast rs the ours
come and they are, therefore. getting the
Gladys City yards cleared up II Is found
out hS The Post correspondent that there
is absolutely nothing In the statement that
has been started ont from here tonight
that the Southern Pacific has moved the
empties away. They have moved them
all right but they moved them only after
they have loaded them with oil The
Southern Pacific expected to move them
on Sunday. as reperted In the columns OF
The Post, hut about the time they arrived
at the decision the shipments began
Sprlngng M and the yards were thinncd
out and better conditions prevailed aud the
oil is now going out In large quantities
and the blockade that was Is almost
Information that The Post could possibly
n1hish and It is exclusive, because an
other paper in the morning will say the
show that the matter has been handled
accurately all along In these columns and
that the situation has been properly re
ported all along.
The scarcity Of labor on Spindle Top is
becoming more serious every day, and the
drillcrs and bumpers alike are having their
troubles getting good nnd competent men.
The~-auestion Of wages does not seem 20
cut much figure. The men are wanted bad
ly and can get their price, but the drillers
and bumpers can not get them There Is I'm
the question a serious matter to many,
Pump heads came in here by express and
the express charges ran to $500 and Sipo
and now these same heads are lying Idle
on Spindle Top because the mon can not
! he had to place them. There are some thlr
! " or perhaps forty wells now working their
/ pumps and It Is easy 10 see what the capac-
/ ity Of Spindle Top is figuring at the very
/ low rate Of 1000 barrels per day, and, or
4 course, there is more than that produced
/ Good drillers are wanted for the reason
/ that a well on Spindle Top Ia actually
7 worth more today to the owner than a
Rusher was n year ago He can get more
ont Of his well now that produces thou
sand barrels than he could then ont Of tho
10000 This fact has been dwelt upon he
I fore, hut II Is becoming more forcihly I'm
pressed the minds OF the land owners
Of Spindle Top and that is why II is re-
peated
Tie figures below give some idea Of the
way oil shipments are going this month
Cars-By rail, 1873; barrels 23.111.
Cars-By water, IS; barrels, 5000.
Previous day-Cars, 225; barrels, AZ Az
Total for the month-Cars, 3640; barrels
62t735
II is beginning to look as II the safety
committee and Judge Martin will have
some more troubles. When the weil'
ceased Ia throw oil high into the MIR they
thought their labors had about ended bu
now that drilling viii soon be STARTED
again they VIII have TO contend with tn
damaging water drilling proposition Thu
forcing Of water into the oil strata II
known TO be a most damaging practice ant
IN drilling Is to he started up again OK
tensively the snfety committee Inspecto
Hiu and Judge Martin Will probably tax
some action for the protection Of thu
field.
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There was not so much doing on tn
oil exchange today, the following belnl
the transactions:
Manhattan, 40 shares at 1oc.
Becky Sharp. 1000 shares nt &C.
! Dividend 80 800 shares at 1c.