The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-18
DEMAND FOR TEXAS OIL
Is Shown by Orders for Patent BurIl-
ers with Which 10 Use Ii.
A TEST WELL THAT is OFF THE HILL
Is Again Being Aetated by Those Who
Are Interested--Work on the
Big Burt Refinery.

dence of the rapid extension Of tho terri
tory embracing the demand for Beaumont
fuel oil II may he stated that company
manufacturing patent burner n day or
two since received teleeraphic order for
six boiler burners to be shipped to st.
Paul, Mimi. and again by mail today re-
ceiyed orders for burners TO 20 to Walnut
Grove Mimi These are but single in-
stances given to show the spreading nature
of the demand for the oil here and they
are Tor the purpose Of using Beaumont oil
only. The idea seems 20 be that the oil
can he transported to those points by
water going from here to New orleans and
up the Mississippi river The railroad
rates would no doubt he prohbitivc for
such long distance since the oil can
hardly be shipped from here to Little Rork
az profit, and this In the face OF the
| fact that price can be obtained there OF
! Sl.11 per barrel
The prices in the points above mentioned
are higher hut this stlll makes the Beau
mont oil with good regulating burners
| cheaper than the Illinois coal. which has
been in use heretofore in Minnesota
| The burner people here think that this
sort Of thing viii keep up
= ~
Something Of an idea of the hugeness Of
| the plant Of George A. Burt can he better
| the recent injunction hearing In which Rob
/ eIt T. Burge had enloiued the Texarkana
and Fort Smith from using the switch to
/ the refinery works. Mr. Burt was placed
/ On the stand for the purpose Of showing
I how badly the switch was needed aud
what the delay in its use would mean to
! him. His testimony in brief was TO the If
/ feet that there are now on routc TO Beau.
| mont or loaded on the cars and ready for
/ shipment 9G3 carloads If construction mat
] rial. OF this amount he stated that 10
| cars are steel machinery and steel hcams.
/ lac further stated that the refinery Will
| from the moment IL begins operations cm-
/ ploy 1900 men In the plaut alone and with
the indirect results Of such mdnm tn
Institution II was shown that a city Of
/ 10000 souls would he the result Of that
/ plant alone, He also swore that at the
/ time he was teStifying there was train
! of twenty-five carloads OF machinery aud
construction material waiting to be unload
/ ed and that unless the Injunction could be
immediately dissolved or modified II most
/ serious blockade in tho Kansas city South
/ crn yards would be the result
These are a few Of the points that were
brought out In his testimony and they
show clearly how much more extensive Is
the Burt refinery than even the most san
. gnine Bcaumonter had heretofore hoped
for IT viii he by far the largest oil propn-
SittOn for the purpose of actual develop
ment Of the field than anything yet cont
structcd with the same object not even
/ excepting the immense Guney retncreS at
Port Arthur Those plants are doing greut
Is now going IN will handle more oil md
employ more men At first 1t was thought
by Mr.. Burt that ninety acres would he
sufficient site for the plant. but he had Ia
increase his holdings for this purpose "a
$50 acres and 1t Is said now that he woulC
axe to add as much again The bulk of
this Is being used for the refinery and
shops only. II is not for rent houses al
was At first supposed.
In this connection II is also well tc
state that Mir Burt has consistently re
fused from time 10 time, as the newspaper
a W9tG as 10 What ne expected to do anc
M the nast from timc 70 fine has com,
entirely from men who had business deal
ingS with nm and Knew as result whd
When i" Vas n,accd IN The stand In IN,
district court room he said more than ii
ever nnd M any 2tner TINE or perhaps ever
rorrcsnoodopt was fort,n"to ennncb y" y,
know that he was at least talking thi.
time for himself.
''''.N ~ "''P VIZ "h '"t nf''
, is peIuE aEliHien again ana IL Is more thar
! likcy that u fund will he made I'M witt
that end in view. The neople of this eli,
~ 'P' va '"'N ''''
VINO nave large business interests mere out
side OF OIL concerns should take an interest
"a. -, tl' no ,ha tda, n.tt, .,osa nh,
thls seems 10 ne Tue lne" "itn tuoSe "n'
! are anxious to see one go down. Ther'
is one well in which Mr.. y. O. Lively Il
, ..,.,..-.o1 +h,, bas now rono d,,,, o4t,
lh'ereS'e" ,uH' ""N Nv" eone u'"n ~
feet and the companies that nave becl
puttlnG up the funds feel that they hav,
-, ,bo,,t o,,o,,gb and oro not inciipod :,
sIe,I,3 "u n n,mrc rchnr otrnr MI Vol -
op" nc g. az "nY orranIzatiot, that win tak,
my ma u r,atter Of @snIng deener ana Yin do
up, a''t ' =" tbon, 7The boIr a. tbst dont,
. il"t' =, 40 - tnnh u.au otd ,n,,id he ,rrajo'
, - F" I' 1H' 80 "''' "1' e'' ~
on WIN e"s'' -
e
e This afternoon enterprise mas the tol
lowing: Below is given dispatch whcl
\ ~. With II a front dooI NJ ,ufnrnatio,
. Vd''N' w" ~ -
@ together with great ueM OF guess WORK
, 10 begin with It announces that the sal
. - tha cuYcv & Galley interests In IVES
+ W. wy 'DV' ,,n,,,.,,t - -,
NHe'"'" va"
aus =
NOT an ,n"' Is anomn at' 80 ~ M, ~
are on lne inS'"e ~ 10
drop. Ihere Is penA'hs III beaumont u
day an organization IA which the Standar
j on company Is NlthliH lhtrlNSA'u- IN l"''