The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-24
THE 5. P. TO USE OIL
On the Atlantic Division ia the Near
Future, II Is Believed.
THE SAFETY OF THE LIQUID FUEL
Is Evidenced by the Fact that There
Have Been No Accidents in the
Oil Field.

Beaumont. Texas, January 2s.-Thc south
ern Pacific Railway company. which has
been using oil successfully for several
months on its Pacific division, is now taking
active steps toward substituting the liquid
lucr for coal on the Eastern or Atlantic
division of the rosd. This is evidenced 10y
the TACT that the company has contracted
with the renman steel and iron works for
i.u0O,uDo barrels of steel tankage Ia be con-
sIructed along the line OF the sabine aud
East Texas hallway near the oil nell ms
ltue IS q part OF the Southern Pacific svStou
and IN this respect the system is SplenA ~
equipped for tue transportation "a It's tiel
Of The contract made with the penman
steel ana IRON works Calls for twelve steel
tanks of $500 barrels capacity each aud
twelve tanks Of $500 barrels which will
give a total tankage ot l.lloOO0 barrels
Surply tanks viii be erected al various
points along the line. and 1t is safe la pee
diet that within less than q wear tho South
ern Pacific win be pulling an Of its trains
on the east end with oil us fuel
ar. Penman left las, night for Chicago
to make the hnal arrangements for remoy.
ing mis- plant to Beaumont, aud as soon as
1t rs installed here work on the Southern
racifc tanks win begin
before leaving MIR penman contracted to
bnud four more tanks Tor the Santa tc
system.
When the tanks now under construction
and contracted for shall have been com
pleted the field VIII have total taukagc OF
hNIe tldn otNottNNp bdllcls.
~
One of the best testimonials as to the
safety with which Beaumont oil may he
used as fuel is the fact that not single
accident has occurred on the field. whore
an average Of about sixty boilers have been
fred with oil for more than "A year. People
uuacquanted with tue oil seem TO fear that
tucrc is danger from an accumulation ot
oil near the front OF the furnace. which
might cause an explosion or TIRE. Less
than ordinary care, perhaps has been "a
crCised In this held. ana no Surh explosion
or IRE has occurred II Us true that the
..cld has had some hres, but in every case,
SO far as known, TIE IRE started ~ grass
that had been saturated With oil. The 90
iecuons to the oil are being oycrcomc, how
ever wherever IL is tested ana the most
formidable objection now is the unrcason-
nhe attitude of the Insurance comppuig7,
who complain Of the risk incident TO the
storing and use of the oil. saying nothing
about the storing aud use OF ker2senc, gas
oline and naphtha' "a
| The Yellow Pine OIL company. which
has been selling oil for only three months,
has declared 10 per cent dividend after
| purchasing hfty T-nS cars aud paving Tor
| The three wells which the company owns.
| The dividend applies to stock OF record yes
/ tcrdaN.
! The i. NJ. Quincy Petroleum company has
made shipment Of l2,C0o barrels Of oii.to
| / una. where II is TO be used In the mama
| facturo of gas.
W W. Clippinger has sold to NJ L, l.a}ne
| a niece Of ground l9N@u feet in block 30
! OF the Veatch survey for $iI1O
Lucy Hare and HUSBAND have sold To j.
! o. Davis aud others an inheritance In the
| Neatch survey for $1,000.
James Il. Moore has sold To the GLADYS OF
| Of
! 2sS or the Texas and New Orleans railroad
| survey.
Julia Henning and husband have sold to
J. o Davis and others, for SlVoo am ~
heritance in tho Veatch survey.
j, II. Moore has sold to the lucky Dino
OIL company two acres in the Ii, Williams
survey:
Following are tho quotations on tho
| Beaumont oil exchange.
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