The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-28
Several Plants Are Now Under Way
Outside Of Beaumont.
GUFFEY cOMpANY'S THIRD UNDER WAY.
Senator Towne Has Shown His Faith in
the Deep Water Projeot-Dr. For
ward Is Pushing His Plant.

| uohal plant Ia operation Il there is no
miShap. The regularity and consistency
/ win which these old and experienced oil
people are spending their money has given
the younger oil men more faith and energy
IN pushing ahead the development Of the
/ neld than any other one thing could do
! Inis same compnny has also Influenced them
/ Dy this means "a do another thing and tLat
/ is TO supply iankagc. They are constantly
! at Nprb building steel tanks and just as
! AulcklN as they set one completed they hll
! L with oil. lhcy do not give uut any Of
! the figures In connection With their bust
! ness. hut conservative estimate places
/ thelr oil In storage today at nearly 2.OUO-
] 40 barrels. 1t is asserted by chemists
! and those who are familiar with the refining
! pi'cc, seS thal every one Of these barrels
/ or OIL now on hand should yield net
I pinlt OF $l,3n per barrel " the lowest
/ grades only are taken aud that ii they get
lhe best results the yield VIII he much
! greater. when the large capacity of their
renneries is taken into consideration it
| VIII be socn ut once why so little Of the
STOCK OF the concern can be found ana why
! II is regarded as a sort or leader for the
I remaining companies IN the field to follow.
! spindle Top has deceived the old oil men,
! II IS ulG. brt the people who have Just
] completed the laying ot the third million
Z brick ON the third big refinery seem TO
/ an9w now that there is oil here for an in
| dennlte neriod
'"''i NHHIItS a. loWne mas not been
heard from very much Of late but the re
hnery of the Central Asphalt and Refining
company at Port Neches has been attract
ing attention during the past week by
reason Of the fact that at least four cxcul-
sions have been run there and the people
of the city aud from all oyer the State,
TOR that matter, have been going there in
large numbers. This refinery was built at
sort of out of the way place and Senator
Iownc aud his associates showed great
deal of faith in the deep water canal
scheme for which the government is eX-
pected to Appropriated bill being now ia
oonference-something like Sl2oOCO as Il
inc tho %o.nos 81 Ina
Sabine Pass. The site of the rcdnerv Is Mt
q point commonly known here as higs0y's
bluli hut newly named 10y the company
oin "'a a., .>e'hT MA ''u NV
rising several feet higher than any of
the surrounding country. 1t is not on Il
man Inc OF any road but a spur runs OUT
tx nrar,ioa a.; ,,.f l" nm u
| tbo,,o' ~ "tI,t I'm -, IL "lnv -, ~
W "N pam VIZ ~ uiS NaPd'l'!
. ~. ~, ~ ~, nIuto thlpvS' tulH w a.
tenllul i"Is'l9 ~ the pl"uu'h"n OF hsphalt
~ HuuI''"n 10 'he lnVuuc'oh Oh ieHheo Pc
''o'eun'
~
DIR. G.. r. Forward of the Forward Re
dpotio, .,on,n,rv hos roco,,,t,. ratrrnod
H'' NN'''
from OlcNelahd, ONO, ana ~ spending tue
greater portion of his time at Orange
whore hc hns undar conrsa or CONSERVATISM,
W VI, ~"
Iof 'he company OF ms name very large
refinery. The work, according to his state
ments as Published in The Post is progress
sing satisfactorily. now and the receipt of
tee uGiqNed InGcHlnefN l9st week WI, hep
refprry thot wiIl use pecalIar natsnted
process OF which nr Forward is the ia
ycntor and which II Is said the Standard
| Oll company mas hcen trFlnG Tor years o
| pny Pr Forward $ reputation as chemist
| anu scientist IS wen known ana win 81
| n process as ne Is saiu TO own there j. no
reason WY ne should hoI ala many mo 3
mus 20 lllS l'urSe WIN bGG uiupHt ~ uue ~
Ills greatest expense viii be t!etlins me
OF 70 MS pant IL was hulll WIN tue lui'a
o. STRIKING nan WY ground between inc
bcHuinuht neiah anu ~ ~ L'UIslnnb ml PIv,
nucihh ,IHHrrtlorS' d ino c"ulpa9S s nIS
nGvn VI Iiii"Hs s''"'im, 'r r,1, n,,tl
pt nu'ii la" ,it IN n'S, nriii IN ~
20 +i,n a,,I1t, w MANI F""'' Wv
'eS"''S VI '''
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Another rehhery that Is beginning now
to attract attention Is that of the Texas
Fucl Oil compnny. I'm which Mr. j. s.
c.,,,, 80. .,,,t.n. :.