The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-12
The CENTRAL REFINERY
Is Being Put in Shape for Operation
ia Short Time.
LuFKN SAYS FIELD IS ALL RIGHT.
Thinks Couple Of More Costly Fires
VIII Wake Up the Oil Men to the
Necessity of Precautions.
-UFKN SAYS FIELD IS ALL RIGHT

Beaumont Texas. October 11.-Deputy
sheriff David King was In the city today
and announced that the Central Asphalt
and Refining COMPANY is now pumping oil
into the stills aud the 6res are going. This
means that the refinery is getting into
operation anu is trying out all the parts
preparatory to steady operation, which /
VIII be commenced as quickly as the kinks .
are Strengthened out IN the machinery. The (
beginning Of the work there Is great /
epoch In the spindle Ton oil fields, for II [
opens new field for its use. This is the |
hrst refinery TO start outside the Guuey I
renneries at Port Arthur. and It must be /
remembered that they had big advantage |
over all others in that they were practical /
ly the discoveries Of Spindle Top. The |
contract OF the Central Asphalt and Re- /
hning company calls for 1900 barrels per /
day, and If that amount is used regularly |
it means the addition OF more than 10 per |
cent to the present average shipments or !
oil from this held. The whole OF that |
amount will OF course. not he Shipped !
but that much will be transferred to Fort
Neches from Spindle Ton aud consumed |
and utilized In some form or otheI. Inc
plant Is admirably situated from t NIos
standpoint IT is located on the Neches
river aud when the deeD water canal IL
cut win have ocean going vessels at Ia
wharyes. Until that time IL is convenient
ly located so as 10 reach Port Arthur. The
tcompanv has a good pine line TO Spindle
Ton and the Kansas CITY Southern has a
branch line Of railway running to the prop
erty Ii will not take more than a week
to yet the plant going regularly and turn
ing out the refined product.
~
The recent meeting Of the board Of d.
rectors of the Higgins oil and Fuel com
pany and the declaration Of the regular
quarterly dividend Of III per cent shows
more than anything else how much con
hdence the management Of this well known
and conservative organization has IN the
field. They nre men OF ability and It IS
not likely that they would put their PROFITS
into dividends II they did not think there
is long life to spinde Top. II they
thought 1t was short lived they would
either declare no dividends at all or else
they would declare very large ones. lu-
stead they are declaring dividend that
IL nothing more nor less than the result
Of conservative management and gooq 6uSl-
ness sagacty. They are also taking IN
some outside property. as Is evidenced 10y
their recent purchase OF proven oil terri
tory at Spindle TOP.
49,
Colonel c. r. Lufkin. field manager Of
the Standard oil COMPANY. has returned to
his headquarters at Lima. Ohio. and his
views are the same now as they were
shortly after his arrival here some three
weeks since. He believes that the market
Ia growing better all the time and that
stable business is In sight lie thinks that
the salt water is a local trouble that can
be eradicated and that the people should
take steps to do that very thing at once
He theories. that the water comes from
vI.. oil ~
He thinks there Is more OIL III storage now
than thirty days ago, as mas 9ifea1y Oeen
reported in these columns. ne does nor
like the slow manner In when tue COM
\ NAMES are going about getting ready 70
suppress the FIRE haznrd His idea seemed
| Ia be that IL will take another hre or Two
! 10 awaken them from this ssSep. winch -
IN Drove costly to them His views on the
l subject are highly valuable In view or the
| facf TINT he is the ayowed representative
| Of the Standard oil COMPANY and prespma-
bly, has no interest whatever IN tne neiu'
| County Attorney VIII II; Gray TODAY
nled with District Judge Martin q petit
/ tion for Injunction against certain oil com
nsntes In which ne asked that they be re-
! strained from blocking certain highways.
/ Mr. GRAY said In conversation with Inc fot
Mr. Gray said IN cohSeFsaslyn "a W.T. ~ ~
/ fbe business OF the hill IA good shape 50
! lar as the passing and travel over the hill
are concerned on the public property
/
John \. Gilbert John Z. Goodhue. Cap
tain W. c. rYrren and Charles A. Ander-
sop returned from Sour Lake this morning
where they went FOR the purpose Of ac-
centlng the second flowing shallow well
~ me Sour Lake oil company, This well
ootrncf tie dow at q depth OF 3s6 feet and
q rrouounced a good one BY the gentle
men VINO went over for the company.
~
rba oil shipments remain high and pre-
a,etseps are being made that they win run
- million and half barrels before the
Nth a over. Tho EnterDrise statements
-s,e,ved tonight show that yp 20 tonight
5ssS Ears have been shipped by both fail
80 vafer Keening up the same hlsh
agerses there win be total Of 800 cars.
asep well on the hill Is being made
.ha,ower 10 see what the effect Will be
on the salt water
patillo Higgins has returned to the city
81. dav or two from Barber's Hin.
con4ractor w. p. sturm Is back from
v,n,on Ia. where he Is drilling o well for
I no syndicate OH COMPANY. beaumont
tsa iassSeeestion Of steel Or iron derrcks
I - fhoueht 70 be practicable, ID view
~ - ne foct that the standard tried the ex-
neriment aud abandoned u several years
sso. -.
u,c,,ns Has Absndonsd First Well,
49,, Rslyieu Tezss October 1.-THE
SVEN, standard on eempany's wall At