The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-31
A MODIFICATION ASKED.
Petition of 0Ge of The Beaumont Oil
Companies Filed in Court.
BUicELAYERS ARE AFTER AN INCREASE
said TO Demand One Dollar Per Hour
from the Burt Retinery--An Annual
Meeting Held.

beaumont. Texas. May SO.-The Lond
Acre OIL company this morning filed a peti.
tlon with Judge Martin asking that the
Injunction which was granted for the pro
lection of spindle Top be modified SO. as
to allow the snid company to place a set
Ting tank on Its property. Which is on the
hill. The Injunction requires that no set
Ting tanks be placed nearer than 100 feet
Of the wells and this was granted on ne
count OF the hazard that they would make
from fire liability. The part of the petit
tion which has TO do with the pressure
question reads as follows; The defendant
shows To the court that since the filing OF
the said FIRST umended original petition and
junction, conditions on the held known us
spindle Top Heights and the property ada
cent thereto have materially changed that
few. " any, OF the wells In the said ter
ntory how continuously, but that the great
majority of the said wells need TO lie
pumped in order to securing Of the oil
therein contained and that IL there was
danger 20 the field by reason OF settling
tanks or other reservoirs for the containing
of oil near the oil wells at the time OF the
Issuance OF the said writ of Injunction that
conditions have SO changed as TO eliminate
the danger from this source"
In speaking uf this matter tonight some
OF the oil men state that they do not think
this amounts TO much since there viii be n
great deal of evidence to show the court
would not be wise 10 modify the Injunction
tn any matter. They do not think that the
pressure matter has much TO do with the
case aud that tho facts there are about IN
line with tho statements OF The Post all
along Judge Martin set saturday Juno Z,
as the date for the hearing Of the case.
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The road TO the oil field has become SO
dusty In the last few days that II has been
most dlsagrccablc "trip to make by any
one. In view OF this fact Commissioner
Kent began sprinking the county road
with oil and that part of the road has been
relieved, but there are stil several blocks
along the line OF the Kansas city southern
that are In bnd shape for dust aud Mr..
| ID. O Lively OF the Buffalo OIL company
| today handed superintendent BCyard let
/ ter in which he offers two cars of crude
/ OIL II the railroad company VIII cause
same TO be springled along the right OF
way from Beaumont south 10 the London
/ OH and pipe Line company's loading rack
! or as far In that direction as IS necessary
~
1t ia stated today that the brlckiaycrs
have demanded an Increase in wages on the
| Burt refinery to 81 per hour instead Of 10
cents. which they are now getting The
/ truth OF this can not be positively anlrmed'
though here Is a disagreement OF some
| kind The Burt people VIII give out
! nothing ana the DilthlANtIN VIZ NV h"lN
either, so that It will be very hard mat
ter TO get anything unless they come 10
/ an Opcn rupture, The ueoplc mere Woulu
! Ike very much to see the matter amlchuly
settled for they realize that the hurt re
hnery is going TO do more for the city than
anything that could possibly be named.
~
Tho Georgetown. Waco OIL company held
ITS annual meeting today and elected the
following directors: L. w. Carothers.
george Clark of Waco, George w. Graves
I'd MCCULLOUGH, w. L. Davidson. Officers
A. w. Carothers treasurer ia MtNul
louch, PRESIDENT George w. Graves secre
tary and general manager.
Including the brick that is still TO come
Tor the Burt refinery, It Is stated on good
authority that single brick manufacturing
concern in Kansas viii furnish 1000 car
loads The brick are to be used In various
buildings here and Il Is also said that th,
Southern Pacific has been forced TO Hont
special car service man here 10 TOOK
after the dcmurrpge that IS accruihB on
somc OF the cars Forty wagons are uolhe
used to handle the brick that are arrlYl0
dnlly from various outside points, but iheA
are not able to cope with the big receipts
~
There was no perceptIble change in thu
oil exchange call this morning. 1t runnin;
about the same as yesterday, with the fol
lowing sales:
NJ. X. and T.. 5000 shares at loc.
Dividend, 1900 shares at lc.
! Enterprise 800 shares al Sc
, GCrmArA merlcan 800 shares at DC.
I san Jacinto. 1000 shares at lie,
Cont National. 1880 shares at lOc
Gold Eagle $50 shares at Zoe
Beaumont OH aud Mineral, j., 100 share