The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-05
,sTo Be FIXED UP.
,,,.noat city Council 10 Provide
Access TO the Oil Field.
., s,ruA1IoN REGARDING TANK CARS
n.sperste as Some Would Have
No. ss.C.ved-The Hoes-SWayne Deal
at Jennings.

nort. Texas, June 4.-The VISITORS
p .a Top will no longer have to con-
sp In the dusty road and miserable
itlu ~, has been their lot all during the
'a,s The city counci will FIX up the
Fus leading to the field and sprinkle
'ue~ ui,b oil from the beginning to the
tneu tbo dust will then be dispensed
I'D an ~, commissioner Kent Is already
We ., the county road sprinkled.
Bag ~
.,,,or Hogg and Dewey Haywood re-
IA from Jennings this morning. The
'u ..s,sd sale to the Hogg.swayne syndi.
l', 7. Nv the Crowley Oil and Mineral com
~ If which Mr., Duson of Crowley Is
plu a,,t has been confirmed except that
-rndcate does not get controlling
- They have purchased $4,000 of
lplei Treasury stock and that is to bore wells
ile w large acreage property which the
% "a. owns. They have a solid tract
+. ,se Vicinity and one corner OF 1t ruhs
ID ,as within 800 feet of the gusher last
p " in and is regarded by Mr.. Hey
se w and others as proven territory. Coy
W. ~. Toeg seems quite enthusiastic over
KY ~ outlooE at Jennings.
~
s..-stary Childressshas today written Mr..
-, we,zel who was to look after the oil,
j., and lumber exhibits in the North, that
4, nrorress being made here was not salts
,'.,arv though he has started In today to
~. IN those who have been behind. The
an wsn Simply company Of Pittsburg has
~ l,,sn that they vii, have their miniature
sarrrk boiler and engine, with all the
re,sssary paraphernalia, on time and this
slons 4 going TO prove rs great an adver-
.I,smsnt as Beaumont could possibly ask.
NJ Hipz Rice mill also has Its exhibit
.s,dv and the slowness seems to be more
r5,b the lumbermen than any one else.
~
MA Melat, field manager for the Brice
,ompapies, has brought in six-inch gusher
IN ne Sun OIL Refining company on block
- AZ the Keith-ward tract These people
~. voing ahead rapidly in the way of de
ssoSment. They have $4,000 barrels of
nal storage at Spindle Top, 10000 barrels
II Port Arthur and 66O,Ooo barrels OF earth
On tsnkage under construction. They are
INV building a teu-inch pipe line to deep
water.
NspsSer J. h Bright has donated for the
German. American Oil company fuel oil
Ar,p.r TO be used in the city fire steamer.
NJ agrees to place the burner in position
md furnish the oil until 1t can be shown
nat ii is a satisfactory fuel and much more
convenient and cheaper than coal.
49,
The Flora Texas Oil company well No.
s.s In today and gave an exhibition that
vas most satisfactory to the owners of the
well. II was tirst agltated with compressed
ar to remove the water and dead oil and
then It came In steady and powerful
gtrtam for thirty minutes and showed
signs Of Increasing In force all the time
instead Of weakening, although the air was
shut OF and the men In charge thought that
Il would certainly weaken.
~
Manager VI. G. Van Week of The
Southern Pacific was In the city today ant
after locking after the litigation in which
be Is interested on the one side for the
company, with Messrs. w. p. II. McFad
din and Lloyd Banchette on the other, over
valuable piece of property adjoining 80
site Of their present freight depot, he gave
some attention to the oil tank car situation
He does not seem to think that the condi
ton Is as bad as some of the companie.
would have the public believe, and he does
NJ anticipate much trouble. Mr.. Var
Week realizes that there is heavy de
hAnd for the cars, hut he feels that his line
IS doing as much as can possibly be eX
ected In the premises. 1t is an actua
'act that the Southern Pacific has shipped
during the last ten days an average of AZ
as per day. This Is five solid trainloadi
OIL. One thousand five hundred cars arr
noW IN service and they are being increased
rapidly as possible As to the filling OF
!aeir oil tanks, If the company does no
90 tnls 1t can not run trains. for the en-
snes are equipped with oil burners, snC
cars.
y 4
NJ Van Week, during his stay here. ais
nHea to number Of the leading citizen
soout depot for passenger use that viii
% 10 accord with the business that is beni
''ne by the line Nothing has been gvel
Y, about the matter, but Mr.. Van vlecl
a,sed most favorably about It, and Secre
"' chiidress thinks that 1t will be
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