The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-18
TO BRIQUETTE THE on.
Beaumont Company Is TO Back a
Plant Making a Specially of II.
Tue euFFty REFINERY CONTRACT LET
The Capacity Of TIE Port Arthur Plan.
Is to Be Increased by Forty
Thousand Barrels.

Beaumont, Texas, February 1T.-For .sv
erai months the Beaumont oil field has
averaged nearly one new gusher each dsv
and there Is little interest In a new wau
now unless there Is something out of thu
ordinary in connection with It. However
the announcement that a well would he
spouted today took large number OF PEG.
pie TO the neld to witness the performance
Inc wei was turned on about 4 o'clock and
allowed to gush for three or four minutes
There was comparatively small propor.
ton OF gas in the eight-inch stream OF oil
ana the how was as steady as II wa.
strong. -
w. u. Brice brought In well this morn,
ing on the Keith-Ward tract for the Omaha
Texas on company. The we'll spouted sat
isfactorily and was received By the com.
pany,
An engine Of the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe railway Will tomorrow be equip
ped with what Is known as the Harris oil
burner, burner that uses compressed air
instead Of steam for spraying the oil into
the furnace. Travelling Engineer MELON.
aough OF the Santa Fe viii have charge
OF the experimenting with the burner
which viii be done as soon as the engine
Is ready. 1t is claimed for the burner
that II requires much less OIL than burners
that spray with steam.
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The tank steamer Strombus, which ar.
rived at Port Arthur yesterday, began tux.
Ing on cargo OF oil today. The Penna.
sister ship of the strombus, is expected
to come to Port Arthur during the early
part OF next mouth for cargo of OIL
N Hapkan ENn
Dunlop of the Strombus visited the feld
today and saw a gusher. Captain Hocken.
who has been ON vessels IN the oil carrying
saw anything Ike the Beaumont gushers
In the Russian or Borneo fields.
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Saturday and Sunday shipments Of oil
aggregated 518 ears, including water ship
Inents. The total for February is 2ass bar.
T res. whlen makes 1t pretty certain that
January by 20 or 30 per cent.
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Another refinery is to be built In this
geld, the capital being supplied by Bean.
mont people. charter has been granted
and this company has purchased a site be.
tween the city and the oil field for the
erection Of Its plant, In addition TO rein,
Hf oil the w So@Pe II Nh h. MAKE Ss
ingredient. The briquettes will be made
under patented process.
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Several days ago 1t was stated in these
dispatches that the Guney people would in.
crease the size Of their refinery at Port
Arthur. The Gulf Refining company, which
is an auxiliary OF the ]. ~ Guffay Petro
leum company, has let a contract that vii
increase the capacity Of the present plant
by 1900 barrels,
Following are the sales on tina Beaumont
oil exchange:
Higgins, s shares at ST5.
Manhattan, 400 shares at 621sc.
Manhattan, 100 shares at soc
RunR's Bluff. 200 shares at 2Sc. y.
American OIL and Refining, 1000 shares
nj {%c.
Anglo American, IS, 900 shares at PC.
Anglo American, "a, $50 shares at 2Mc.
Anglo-A merican, 800 shares Mt 2Lc.
Becky Sharp, 1000 shares at 2iSc.
Forward Reduction. 80 shares at S4.75.
International, 300 shares at csc.
International, 5000 shares at 2ac.
Independence. 1900 shares at c2tc.
Gober, $50 shares at &C.
Lucky Dime, 1000 shares at sIgc
Lucky Dime. 1000 shares at sac
Lucky Dime, 1000 shares at DC
National OIL and Pipe Line, $50 shares
at soc
one Penny, 10000 shares at 1c,
One Penny, 5000 shares at lac.
Guffey, shares at sos
Texas Western, $50 shares at SI,75,
Victor, 500 shares at Sc