The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-18
a BARBER'S HILL OIL FIELD

i a pattern for other concerns to copv
Hill and have the refusal OF Tho ,s nalinei Z
Wnen we develop the gusher nm ns
~ spee cur Ing at al. do not believe n I,
company In the Geld FOR the TMSn place
developing and marketing oil ana Tvs use q
secure our profits through handlinr S1 tba
s si product, and not by misreprescnta'
ton and midnight schemlng
1--WE have another splendid oil es,d 80
miles north Of Houston. from wh,ch ~
shall build pipe lines when developed II Il
IN San Augstine and Sabine counties.
nave large holdings there. 1t has n laryi
area and the indications are drst.ciasss
though the gnshers can not be ms iarga q
those at BARRIERS Hill. BRrber's HiIi Is
about twenty-three miles from Houston II
is nlnety-fve feet above tide water s,S
sixty feet above the level prairie Th he
geld has every advantage. II has ccriain
anti-clinal and certain strata which food
large area, several miles In extent
We shall refine our fuel oil there mi
make the lubricailng and illuminnfHo aSf
all higher grades in Houston. We shall not
lines but shall take out all the snlptn,,
and make II n frstclass fuel oil. at onre
available The trustY We'll. the trust rai
not namper our operatlons. 1t is an impo
way advantages, Of course. but We shalt
have superior water facilities At eyer,
city which we can reach hy water we shni
build large tanks and will reach ont In
every direction nv rail No the trust CANT
bother us at all. In fact | "A market
Kerosene oil in Plttsburg. Pa. chpaper thaf
they can and earn splendid dividends
II have sold my interest in tho Hilrut
OIL and Fuel company. was dissatisfied
with the management Of the company, They
chose to nurse their holdings ana refused
I" spread out as ] wanted them to do
] didn't have control OF the stock 80 !
got out of It and organized another company
with 100000 capital"
THE FUTURE OIL CITY.
Reverting again TO the subject Of the
bayou and the future VI Houston.
Mr.. Higgins said please state
emphatically that Houston Is the futur,
oil city of the South owing to her adynn
tages and water facilities There are "a
larger number of oil fields in contiguous ter
ritory. all Of which will be developed and
the field will outrival Beaumont ms tho In.
candescent lamp Of siXtccncuudle power
Is surpassed by the are light There arc
magnificent manufacturing sites All along
the bayou which VIII bc utilized within
few years and the BAYOU ON both sites
will be scene of never ending activity. ]
shall place my rehnrrcS there.
We shall hud plenty of gas al Barhcrs
Hill and separate company will pipe II
to Houston and make II available Tor
manufacturing aud domestic purposes. II
Is superior to oil as fuel There will hn
no limit to the supply and the price will
be within the reach of all, This alone
is sufficient 10 attract manufacturing on
terprisos, The bayou VIII in short time
he built up on both sides from Houston
10 the mouth Of tho bayou When oHr
oil field is deNeloncd if VIII require ouly
-four or Eve wears tn make Houston a city
Of 125,0oO Inhabitants, aud Galveston win
he corrcSpondingly enriched aud enlarged.
Our principal business WIN be done ly u,g