The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-10
BE MORE FIRES
IN THE OIL FIELD, THINKS MR..
GEORGE A. HILL.
But They Can Not Cause Loss that
Viii Amount to Destruction of the
Entire Field.

Beaumont Texas, October 9-The oil
field fire Of last night WIS small. as was
reported Mt the time. and was caused by
the burning OF r lot Of debris aud some
oil. There was fire yesterday that looked
a little dangerous, but II was also put out
by free use Of water.
In speaking Of the IRE OF Tuesday night,
Mr., George a. EAll, the court inspector,
said to The PHst correspondent today:
THE hrc Of last night ! consider by FAR
the most dangerous and destructive that
the held has yet experienced and owing
TO location and the complete net work ~
wells and derricks It Is marvellous that
tho hrc was subdued aud a much more
dostructive CONFEDERATION was ayerted The
fact IS, aud should bo stated, that an credit
is due TO the interchangeable and intelligent
army OF lahorers ard owners Of wells, who
a,Aed heroically and with perfect system,
together with my associates Of the safety
committee aud deputies In battling with
aud heading of the flames, thereby circum.
scrihtng the arcn. III will he Impossible, ]
think tor any one TO produce an accurate
statement Of losses sustained thnt will OK
coed S1aJNO. and i question very seriously
land have figured deliberately before arr,S.
ing At the conclusion) that sJ0,0OO is full
aud more than probable excessive estimate
.oi actual loss.
"The day has passed when n IRE on Spin
die Toy can possibly occasiou big dam
age that would have ensued while all the
wells on the teld were gnshere, and ! wish
now to correct another unjust and erronr
ous Impression that has gained wide cir
cnlatlon, I. O.. that the OIL field was rap
idly failing. This. can not he truthfuliy
MS II Is unquestionably n hun
dredfold better busineFs proposition today
than ever before. as tho demand Is much
greater and rapidly increasing, while the
facilities for marketing the oil have cor
''6andor impeis me to state that great
many ipdiscretions have been committed
10y the owLers Of wells In putting IN set.
in proximity 70 each other aud ta
wells. under my vigorous protest. but the
demand was so universal aud oyerwhelm-
ing that the safety committee were over
awed and finally conceded TO their de-
mande, aud asked Judge Martin to modify
the writ Of Injunction SO as TO permit them
to exercise greater privileges at much less
expense than would have been otherWisn
necessary should the demands Of the safety
committee and my eontenfions been en-
forced. They nll realize the imminent dan
ger and tho Inconvenience a wolf as danger
due from gas, hut The predominant senti-
ment "a averse 10 moving all the boilers
and tanks from the hlll, as n great hard.
ship to many would lie oceasioned By so
doing. The two recent fires. which will
likely be- followed by others. We trust will
teach them valuable lesson so that I'm the
near future we can arrive az a solution that
will be sanctioned by all. In conclusion I
will state that a hre on the hill Is not
likely e occur that would damage more
tnan 10000 IN property, and certainly
not unless a number Of the big storage
tanks we're involved.
The j. NJ. Guney people arc moving into
their rooms on the fifth floor Of the
Wiess building today.
There Is every Indication that the rsuffey
people win at once begin the building o.
The pipe line TO Sour Lake This was con
templated some time since.