The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-03
SITE FOR NEW REFINERY.
Union Company Has Secured Ground
on the K. {. S. at Beaumont.
SHIPMENTS DURING JUNE, 81, CARS
Statement OF the Tonnage at Port Arthur,
Much OF Which Was Tank Steamers.
The Road to Sour Lake.

Beaumont. Texas. July 2-The Union OIL
ana Refining company today closed up a
ueai Ior site on the Kansas City South.
ern upon which they will erect the big re.
nnery ana work will go ahead at once.
Iney own another site on the Sabine and
c yust I lie railway, but some question
eame up over switch matter and the
company. decided TO try the other line.
Inc whole matter resulted In a sort of com.
9 eu,tion between the two roads and 1t was
ppeS,ueu To-Day TO accept the site on the
s,a Inc Union refinery people are In posses
R fIon OF certain patents for refining the
me ano ny Oh Which y is said will be the
profit on the operation than By the pro
posed practically Of home people
Secretary Childress OF the oil exchange
is again talking about the reception TO be
given Congressman Cooper upon his return
to the city and wants to have something
Of an elaborate and memorable nature.
&c mas been talking to numerous interested
parties about the matter and they all seem
70 De enthusiastic about 1t. No date has
Deon set for the reason that they will walt
until MS return and then consult him. He
might have engagements In tho northern
part Of the district and they do not care
TO have. any conflict IN the dates Hc IN
expected hero tomorrow or next day and
VIII be welcomed most heartily.
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The total shipments for the month Of
June are just at hand and show IN In a
way that is entirely satisfactory to the
producers and oil men generally. total
OF more than S40o cars went out and the
mark set Of 100000 barrels was almost
reached. The following is the statement
OF the business as appears in the Enter
prise:
Report for June 80 and the same also
shows the total business for the month
Cars By rail- 1856, barrels 31,453.
Cars by water BAL barrels 50.S11.
1,421, 269,
Yesterdays business: Cars by rail 1874
barrels s2,ess. No water shipments.
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Colonel A. Symes has completed the or
ganisation of the Central Power ana Equip
ment company with capital stock OF $780,
coo, 1t Is proposed to use the eccentric
system Tor use on the sucker rods In pump
Ing wells. Colonel Symes states that ne
has much business already booked.
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In regard to the building OF the road from
Sour Lake station to the oil fields at Sour
Lake, Secretary Childress today received a
letter from Resident Manager j. N. Put
nam OF the Sour Lake Springs company
stating that he would like very much to
have n conference with some OF the leading
citizens OF Beaumont with a view to ar
ranging with the Southern Pacific for a
through train service between Beaumont
and Sour Lake when the new spur Is COM
pleted. This Will about meet the demands
of Beaumont upon the railroad and will
also have the same effect as II the road
were built from here direct. Mr.. Childress
thinks that the greater part Of the right
of way has already been secured for the
line to the station direct and that 1t would
be useless for Beaumont to try to get the
through service ne thinks the city will get
the same results,
The announcement in this mornings Post
about the Southern Pacific going into Port
Arthur created considerably mora talk in
Galveston than 1t has tere or at Port
Arthur and is evidently misunderstood
connections with Port Arthur docks aud
not the town of Port Arthur. and the rea-
son why the names We're put In was be-
cause these people do business at the docks
and not at Port Arthur proper. The line
has been sending material over TO the Cuff
fey and other people mentioned for some
time.
Port Arthur did considerable business last
month. as is evidenced by the following
from the NEWS OF IHhI plHce.
Deputy collector Of the port, Mr.. j. y.
Sergeant, furnishes the following interest
Ing figures covering the ocean movement OF
vessels and freight during the month of
June:
The total amount OF oil shipped during
the month was 5,7n3, 500 gallons OF which
the cargo Of the Pima, 2,s7S,QO0 only was
exported to foreign markets, the remainder
being coastwise. The CardiuIn, loading for
England, has not cleared at the end of the
month, and her cargo is not included in this
report.
The net tonnage of vessels arriving dur.
9171 tons coastwise; clearances for the
month, 1900 tons foreign, S063 tons coast
wise.
Though June is one of the dull summer
months in which ordinarily but little ocean
shipping Is done, especially through the
Southern ports, for Port Arthur It has been
a record-breaker on several counts.
The tonnage entering and clearing, both
foreign and coastwise. ia the largest for
any one month in the history Of the port
This month has also to its credit the larg-
since the discovery of the field on Spindle
Top. With such O grand showing for
dull" month, what may we not reason
ably expect when the busy season opens in
September? I
The oil exchange had a better tone today
with the following transactions:
Independence Il, 638 shares at 2&c,
Gold Eagle. $500 shares at 1oc.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, 5000 shares,
at 10c.
Ground Floor. 200 shares at 81.
Anglo, 1000 shares at 2%c.
Con.-Nat., 27,700 shares at 1Qc.
Dividend, $4,000 shares at lie.
German American. 1000 shares at 10c.
Beaumont OIL and Mineral, $1,000 shares
at 7c.
Oil +. o. b. Gladys
No. I ;.....;,.,:''''-'...'.-.' 10 2ss
NO, = IN TANKS 10
San Jacinto OIL Refining and Tank Car
company of Dallas has Just placed with the
American Car and Foundry company an or
der for twenty-five large steel tank cars
for Immediate delivery.
THE JENNINGS FIELD.