The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-24
III. WELL TO Be DRILLED
", the Small hole Which Showed
Oil for Penman.
+, NlMVEp OF NEW SUITS WERE FILED.
,,volye Lands and Contracts for
ny s',,,,lvinu oll--Small Fire In tho
fields Shows the Danger.

rort Texas, October 23.--There
10 he no longer any doubt In the
s'sI n those who are well posted that
~ penman oil strike In the north end viii
~ great deal for the Beaumont oil in.
..',,v and will prove highly valuable to the
W. "a ma TO those who are fortunate enough
~ avn property adjacent to the Penman
n is understood that a contract
!. "a nj once let by some Of the inter
- nsrties for a regular oil well. The
go. ,vell is only n twoinch hole aud, is
plssssar stated before II Is almost impos-
" ~ IN tell lust what Is there without the
s.srsIner and other necessary apparatus for
cleaning u ont ~
!, .he district clerks office today several
-. N which oil lands aud oil concerns
srure couspicuously were hled. In one
IA George A. Burt is suing j. II Drum.
.,ond et al to force them to a specific per
,..rsnee Of contract The petition alleges
~, The plslntlff bought 10000 barrels of
n from the defendants and that he can
4, eet n The petition also prays for an
,,,unrtton restraining the defendants from
.siins the oil to any one else.
Another suit is that of the Henderson
County Oil company against the HNnry
FANNY on company. II Is alleged BY the
sslsintif that on May 81, 1902, the defend
~ entered into contract with one e. A.
p,sdlsv 10 deliver to him 10000 barrels Of
III nsr month for twelve months, the price
srrsed upon being cents per barrel. Th2
n res IA no taken mt the defendants well
~ snlndle Top Heights and the defendant
wss 10 erect and maintain suitable recely'
10 and measuring tanks On July ., 1902,
~ contract was assigned by Bradley TO
further alleged that
,Sc defendant. when the price OF oil ad-
vsnced stopped drilling Its well, which was
Mi completed at the time the contract was
entered Into between Bradley ana the De
ssrdant and has refused to resume drilling
,Se same The plaintiff places its damage
v s9s 400 and asks an order OF court re-
o,iring specific performance OF the con-
tfsct and the appointment of receiver TO
eomplete and operate the defendant well.
Another suit involving apparently a much
l,rrer amount than the others is that OF
,he Chicago and Texas Export oil com
mpy against r. l.. Cox and the Mis-
ssslppl River oil and TRANSFORMATION com
psny It grows out of some of the other
contracts where the delivery of oil is
concerned. together with title TO land
The plaintiff. for cause Of action. says
thst on March T. 1902. &c was in lawful pos
session Of a tract Of land known and desic
mated as lot 80. SpinIle Ton Heights. and
that the defendant Upon that date unlaw-
fally elected It from and dispossessed 1t
II said premises. to its damage to the
snount Of $4,000
AA4
Tho oil well supply people here seem
to be doing iust as much business now as
they have for the past eight months. Mr..
Denlson Of TIN National Oil Well Supple
eompang' STATES that the business is a great
deal better than he had expected. He
SAYS that there are now about twenty-five
RIGS at work on the hill and that there are
4 no second hand rigs to be purchased at any
A Kind Of . reasonable figure. This seems to
Il b due argely TO the Increased amount Of
drilling around Sour Lake. Contractor
Il sharp has lust closed a contract with the
a Sour Lake Springs COMPANY for the drilling
q " me- wells and he has already started
4 ForF on one OF them. There are other
y scon1erns that will do business at the new
A Spindle Ton caught IRE again this morn
+ lnE on the Hare tract. block 81 of Gladys
y City. This time It was nipped In the bud
ana no serious damage was done. but It
ah proves that the fire hazard Is still
sfes' and that something should be done
"a ssup the DANGER or allowing so many
alluieds OF thousands of dollars In prop
Il ~ 10 20 IN In smoke. This Is what the
N esnefs all say individually. but they are
ssA Ing no concerted action that promises
a 70 bring results.
81 contractor Wynn has closed a contract
"a 'or a well for George E. Hart at Sour
D. Croker has returned from Min
usapolls' where he went to attend the bed.
sde Of his wife in her last illness. she
Ell @ H. shortly after his arrival there.
~ nsa London OIL and Pipe Line company
tx tx proke near the Kansas City Southern
ana ~ III me south end and several thou
& M bu nI odirfeis Of oil are now scattered on
~ prairie aud In the wards near by.