The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-17
COMING OF Mr.. MOWER.
He Is Now Negotiating for More Land
Near Previous Purchase.
TANK STEAMER GUFfEY IS IN PORT.
She viii Be Put Into the coastyylse
Trsde--Bis Strike Of ccal Miners Is
Helping Texas Oil.

Beaumont, Texas, June ie.-As announcer
In The Post this morning, Mr.. Edwin II
Mower mas arrived In the city and has been
quite busy during the dnl seeing the PEG.
PIE with whom no has dealings and looking
AFTER the closing of the purchase Of the 100
acres adjoining the Burt refinery site. He
came to the city for the double purpose OF
closing up this deal and also for closing nm
sale OF 100 acres more IL possible accord.
Ing to the reports received through yan
GUS sources by The Post correspondent
He has little or nothing to say to the news
paper people and the Information obtained
has to come through indirect channels
whenever II does come. Mr. Mower Is n
resident Of Joplin, Mo, and represents
Eastern capitalists and the big steel trust
has amonS it's directory the people with
whom he is connected They MISC own
valuable properties in the mining districts
Of Missouri and Eastern Kansas aud IL N
from those points that Mr. Mower came
here.
Governor James stephen Hogg returned
from Austin this mornng. where he an
peared Saturday before the legislative In.
vestigatlug committees. He has not had
anytnlng TO say ABOUT the matter since his
arrival here. but has been devoting his en-.
tire time and attention TO oil matters
~
The steamer Guney came into port late
this evening she is a brand new vessel
and. MS the name implies, she is the prop,
erty Of j. NJ Guffcy Petroleum company
Her capacity Is about 5000 barrels and
Al ~ hg ngn In I hn Vxxsle iA.,
As is well known, tho strenuous. Cardium.
Pinnu and such vessels can moi take car
goes exrept 60 foreign ports because they
do not DIV the American hng hut the hand.
trips between Port Arthur ana the Atlantic
seaboard from now on. Her coming has
been looked forward 10 with great Interest
by the officials Of the company here vita
the pride that they think her Importance
deserves.
Contractor Lea stated 10 The Post CORE
~pondent this afternoon that tomorrow
morning at 1880 the Georgetown Waco Oh
company wei No . on the Ho.g Swayue
tract No. IS would be turned on. Mr. Lea
thinks that there is mere in the bad drill
ing of the field than there Is in decreased
pressure theory.
The Mississippi Texas on company we'll
No 3 has been brought in by the Chicago
Galveston Well Drilling and Boring com
pany.
Mr.. johnson of the Chicago. Galveston
Well Drilling and Boring company reports
the. starting Of q well at Sour Lake Tor
Captain William WiCss. He says that the
drillers are going 60 have considerable work
at Sour Lake,
Mr., win c. Tyrell, Jr. returned this
for the purpose Of helping Colonel Ed Me
Carly with the work of the iirm. lie gives
n most glowing account 81 conditions as
they exist In New York relating TO oil In
the following interview with The Post cor
respondent
there has made beaumont oil the more In
tercsting stil The MANUFACTURER there the
moment you tell him You are from Beau.
mont at once thinks you are producer aud
asks II you can not make n contract with
him to furnish his plant with 6el oil. lie
wants the steamers converted or built on 2
couple Of months notice and the oil
started In for the delivery at once.
There were several shiphuilders In orr
ofhcc ut various times ana they cArh
wanted TO enter Into some kind of comp ny
for the purpose of building tankerS for the
Beaumont oil trade, hut they IN each case
wanted n considerable sum OF IoueY MS
their portion, and so far as ] could learn
nothing came Of their discussion, They
are anxious to build the ships, but II VIII
taAe cohslueInuls Cnp''m, alu ' s w.. tbc
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''Thc New York neople are lust ready for
the use OF oil now an most extensive
scale and they viii grasp nj any method
or hhNthlng at hiI lnht WnUlu auvenELc f ~
establishment OF fuel oil ~ New YORK I'm
on permanent basis. Ihev are an SICK
ana tlfed OF the contihueu Vlsnsreel'lt1ht ~"
tween me mlnets uhu lne un'omG lin h"n ~ ~" AZ
want something where ianor WI nor oe
likely to give trouDle. lney 90 ~ ~ ,nea an
ny ms tnaI tne ' tbeSo rxo,,i1 he mncH
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