The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-07
THE OIL IN STORAGE
nterprise Says II Is Less Than Ten
Million Barrels.
SHOWS AN INCREASE OVER LAST MONTH
Asserted That There Are New 266 Pro-
duoins Wells In The Field, Of Which
Eighteen Are Flowing.

beaumont, Texas, January 0.--rhc Enter
prise today gives the following as its esti
mate Of the oil now in storage here:
Barrels
steel, carthen aud wooden stor-
age capacity, January /, 1893, ID, rs, 900
oil in storage December /, l0o2,. 100000
oil In storage January l. 1905. $4,000
According to the above there was IN stor-
age on the first day Of the present month
SJo,co0 barrels more oil than on the first
day Of the preceding month. notwlthstand-
ing the December shipments Of OH were
unusually heavy, something over thou
sand ears more being shipped ok during
the month OF December than were shipped
out In November.
OF the total storage capacity 6,Ol5OQ0 Is
eartnen, $1,000 wooden aud the remaining
I,l61,uOo barrels is steel tankagc
On the list instant there We're as wells
on the hill subject to pumping. eighteen
Rowing without the use of artlncial press
urp. sixteen wells drilling and cigbte rigs
building, Quite 4 numDCr OF wells nave
been abandoned, and this Is not surprising
10 one who has observed the close proN-
unity that many of the wells bear to one
Gnothor.
The following is the government report
Of shipments from Sabine Pass and Port
Arthur as taken from the Sabine MAYS Of
current Issue.
Exports coastwise: Number Of vessels
cleared coastwise from Sabine Pass, $50:
net tonnage, 125,435; cargo, 55,34S,o41 gal
Ions oil; 1,lS9, 1856 superficial feet Of lumuer
and timber
Imports coastwise: o23 vessels; net ton
nag, llV'4loi carsoea % pounds sea
imports foreign: 10 vessels; net tonnage,
1868.
a.
Mexico and Cuba. and l,636S96 gallons
of oil to England and Cuba.
Vessels entered ANA cleared: AZ; net
tonnage, S6l22; exports coastwise aud for
eigu, jU,SS4,S3T gallons oil, S,SOO640 feet
of lumber: 2tNO pounds sea shells.
Exports foreign: Number OF vessels
cleared foreign from Port Arthur, 80; net
tonnage, So l22; cargo -, 4O6,Di3 feet lum-
Der, timber and ties; 23,3s4,J55 gallons Of
oil; 5s.j93 bales cotton 10 sacks rice.
Imports foreign: Is vessels net regis
tered tonnage, T6.36l cargo, 10 casks
uaptha, from London.
Exports coastwiso; loo vessels besides
tugs; net registered tonnage of carrier
vessels, 1902, tonnage of tugs; cargo
81, I6S O34 gallons Of oil.
Imports coastwisc: 161 vessels; net tom
mage, 144,Gs4; cargo 1900 barrels cement,
800 tons cement. 200 tons machinery, 1900
tons iron pipe. f6 barrels asphalt.
Vessels entered aud cleared, not including
tugs: 49, net tonnage, including tugs
4T2O5S exports coastwise and foreign,
i0s. f52, $50 gallons Of oil; 20. 406ai3 feet
Of lumber; 5s,593 bales Of cotton; 175 bag
rice.
Combined totals Of twelve months ship
ping Sabine Pass and Port Arthur: Yes
sells s06 net tonnage, 1881: exports,
coastwlse and foreign, l6j,037526 gallons
oil; 24,2o7 So feet lumber; 5S,593 bales Of
cotton; 175 sacks rice.
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Messrs. J. S. Cuiliuan and w T. Camp
bell went to New Orleans last night on
an unknown mission.
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The Haywood OIL company Is crowding
contractor Johnnle WYNN 10 hcgin Mork