The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-06
TO HANDLE TEXAS OIL.
Eastern Transportation Companies Are
Using Every EadeayOr TO Do So.
BIG CONTRACT IS TO BE LET SOON
At New York and at Good Prlces-Gov-
ernor Hogu Was Much in Evidence.
Effort for Night Train.

Beaumont, Texas, May Sex Governor
Hogs came In this morning, as expected,
ana this evening has been the center of at.
traction, so to speak, wherever he went.
curing the morning he was very busy and
could not be seen by anyone. though in the
afternoon he had a great deal 10 say and
was as talkative as during his political
days.
lie repeated pretty much the same Ideas
as given out by him from Austin and which
appeared In yesterdays Post. lie thinks
lnat england is going to be the greatest
consumer or Beaumont oil II the supply
continues In It's present enormous uuanti-
ues' aud he Is firm also In the belicf that
ENGLAND Is going to become and is now
ueepiy interested In spindle Top In more
ways than one.
lie repeated the sentiment expressed yes
Ieruay That he was very glad indeed to get
back to Texas and feel that he was once
more at home.
Jason c. Moore returned this morning
from New York city, where he has been
for the past three months In the interest
OF the Anglo-American oil company. For
the first two months he was very busy,
but during the latter part of his stay he
mad severe attack of the grip and the
doctors for some time during the spell
had grave fears as to his recovery. In
speaking to The Post correspondent, he
stated that New York is rapidly becoming
deeply interested In Beaumont oil and that
WITHIN Il very few months the trains rum
nine ont of New York city viii be burning
beaumont crude petroleum. The railroad Of
hclals are much pleased with the trials and
experiments that have been made with the
OIL aud they have also had representatives
mere VINO returned with most favorable re-
u. Ia
duration. The representative came at tho
instance Of Mr.. Moore himself aud that
gentleman feels justly elnted at the result
Of the trip Mr.. Moore also stated that
there would he very large contract for
oil let in New York city in the next fcw
weeks and that it will he at a price that
viii he eminontly satisfactory 20 whoever
takes the bill
Ills idea is that it will he at least year
before the railroads and shipping interests
arc in position to handle the shipments
In Keeping With the demand for Beaumont
oil. Tao New York shipping people are
remodcling vessels as fast as they can OBJ
tain them ard are converting them into
tan6ers, but the demand is such as to make
u Impossible 20 handle II before that length
of time clapses. The number of vessels
available for the purpose of tankers Is
not sufficient. either.
Secretary A. u, Childress and the oil mon
are taking mp the matter Of securing a night
train out and in from Kansas City over the
Kansas city Southern railroad. As the mat
ter now stands the train from Kansas City
leaves here in the morning at o'clock,
which does not allow II to get into Kansas
City until late the next afternoon, thus
killing two days and one night. and the
trip this way is the same thing The idea
Is to get additional train or rather TO get
the train which now comes as far south n
Shreveport to come on TO Beaumont which
NJ griX MI oh II nd out nd
make the trip take two nights and day
instead of the present way. II - thought
that petition circulated ~ that effect win
result In getting the other train. II would
certainly give tue Kansas CIty Southern
great deal more through business than 1t
now gets.
Mr.. G. II Neey Of the Petroleum Iron
Works stated to The Post correspondent
this morning that the demand for steel and
iron tanks for the purpose o. storing Spin
die Top oil is increasing rather than dimIn-
ishing, and that his company now has on
hand orders that will require until fall to
complete. They are very busy with their
work and are employing all the men that II
IS possible TO handle with dispatch, and
still the oil concerns are Clamorlng for tank
age The present work indicates that Mt
least ! .J0c. coo barrels Of oil viii be given
space during the month uoove ground. The
work Is going ahead so RAPIDLY that tho oil
win all be on top instead of underneath If
the oil companies can have their way.
~
Dewey Haywood returned this morning
from a two days trip to Jennings where
he has been watching the big oil wells play
there and show their power Mr.. Haywood
thinks that the field is going 10 be n strong
enc and the development from new on VIII
be rapid. The Haywood OIL company Is 90
ing n great deal toward pushing the field,
and the city Of Jennings Is on good,
live. healthy boom as consequence.
~
The Pennman Iron and Steel works has
closed contract with the Lone Star and
Crescent Oil company for some more big
tanks for that company. This is in line
with the announcement OF Vice President
Fletcher somo ten days since 10 the effect
Tint the company would increase the facill-
ties Of the company ut once. The building
of ten large tanks is embraced in this con-
tract
The Lone Star and Crescent Oil company
has contracted with Mr., J. A. Paulhamus
for the cleaning ont and deeper drilling Of
their No. 2 The company IS using a great
deal of oil and wants each well TO give
the best possible supply
~
4 Contractor Tom K. Mower expects to
| bring in good well on block 80 tomorrow
morning, This tract is to the east OF the
Hogg Swnyne tract, and Is on the outskirts
of the proven territory. 1t is deeper than
! the wells on The adjoining IS, but the how
/ and pressure are the same.
~
/ The Pennsylvania-Texas Oil company has
/ announced a dividend Of per cent, pay
/ able May 10 This Is the second dividend
OF Ike amount declared by the com
/ pany.
They have also had a representative here
/ for the past week investigating the Guffey
rehnerics at Port Arthur with q view TO
! putting in desulphurizng plant here IN
/ order to make shipment OF 100000 bar
! rels u Europe This has to he done he
fore any European country will allow oil
| landed on that soil.
The construction is promised Immediately.
~
! George Butler Is here today from Corsl-
! cana He has been prominent In the upper
| oil city for a number Of years, but con-
! temIssates coming to Beaumont at an early
| date and will probably mix in with the oil
t.