The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-14

placed over this. Water goes IN thc 49,
Ton tom oi tne tank and the oil on top, render.
pushed, and the oil people who bonrht 4.
cent oil are doing everything possible in
their desire to get all Of this Kind Of oil
a rSnce gro rrlco Possible The recent ad.
the contractors on the party Of the second
part side to comply strictly with their
o contract or u VIII be thrown up under the
claim OF abrogatlon. The oil comnanies
already. NaueS
The Pennmnn Steel and Iron Tank com
pany has 100 men Mt work running the
track from the end Of the spur IN the,r
plant in the north end and they think
that they can place cars on the ground bv
next Monday. The work on their main
building has already commenced ana tbey
VIII take as many as 200 iron workers N
they can possibly get them These things
snoN now progressive are the people behind
IN inns new beaumont institution aud vita
no obstacles they viii undoubtedly have
the plant going full blast by July
Inc location Is In the north end The
site covers big acreage and that end of
NE city Is rapidly growing MS a result Of
tne impetus that plants of this Kind would
naturally give. MI pennman himself IL iu
the city giving his personal superyision in
past. '''"e
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The Forward Reduction company has mn.
other obStreperous strong pressure gssser
on block 81 and 1t is probable TINT it viii
nave to give up its tract entirely ms nm
oil producer The first gasscr came In -four
OF hYe months ago and carried wreck and
ruin with It, destroying the derrick aud
PLAYING havoc generally. The present wei
- a rad 81. 1.
tract with the hope that IT could he handled
ana oil brought in just under tho gas
lhey kept on the continual watch for thc
sas Wnen they reached the same depth. hut
nctWlinStahding this watchfulRess. the gas
got the better of them and has been dow
iuE since saturday evening practically IN
oontfulled They left II along for some
AN. ihlnklng that it would play out, hut
iast night there were no signs of th : and
us condition has not been reported Th,
uhnRer OF getting the men asphyxiated is
me reason 1t can not he easily handled
Mr. Robinson. tho manager Of the Forward
Reduction company stated before thar he
would probably secure other nrnnertv II
TINS remained nothing bnt a gas pranoSit or
ana would bore elsewhere on the hill Thi,
Is nkelS 10 ne done now that the gas seem,
prevalent throughout the Forward Reduc
ton company's tract.
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The Lucas Oil Well Drilling comp,nv ex
pccted to bring in the Continental well or
block 80 this afternoon. This well has becf
delayed somewhat but Mr. Lucas thought
he was fixed for the event when seen hi,
morning.
r. L. Cox & Co brought in n we'll for tn,
Union OH and Fuel company which Is ( III,
regulation gusher kind,
The Beaumont oil exchange and board OF
trade hcld its annual meeting tonight ant
elected tho officers as nominated some time
since. Tie bylaws require that ;hose Of
ficers be nominated certain ewth ot
tine iefore the meeting and In this cas-
the following were nam u and unanimously
%Gi'cl1,d: sam Park president; John Il
G'cdhue, vice president; w. s. Davtls II
lre' strer; A. u. Childress. secretary
/ George j, Common caller They are tn,
/ old officers aud their reports were re d ant
/ received tonight with much interest aut
many complimentary expressions.
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/ The steamer Paraguay left Port Arthur
4 this morning with 10000 barrels of oil 70
/ Philadelphia. The boat was loaded by tn
Natioral OIL and Pipe Line comp NY ant
the cCnsgnees are the Standard Oil com
/ pany.
There Is to be a very important meeting
of the safety committee at the office o
w p. Dunlap tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock. The following is the personnel o
the committee: G. A. Hill. chairman; A. u
4 LiTsct NIB, secretary Judge; w b. Dunl Z
trtasrIcr; John McVey, James Sharp, G. X
! McFadd,u, +. NJ. Brown, q. w, Carroll, u
w Haywood, w. Il. Griniths w. +. stu NJ
John {. Ward, William Wiess and d.
Sreer.