The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-01

authorities guarding all the preparations
that working parties Of engine room Hrti.
from the Portsmeuth yard 70 carly out the
ttlals 80 as to further Insure secrecy bF
keeping knowledge u the results estab-
port An oil fuel r,oreship hss been estab-
lished In the HamcaEs This suggests az
idea Of the early general adoption OF tais
fuel, and these particular tests are N Svety
respect the most Important every under,
taken By the British or any other naval
authorities
OIL IN THE 1sTEMus OF TEHuANrn'
London is interested N the news Of the
successful work done by Captain Lucas FOR
new Gufley syndicate In the Istnmus OF
Tehuaptepec One OF our London companies
the London OIL Trust has properties In tue
SEINE region, and It must reap advantages
from fuller development Of petroleum
producing properties in the isthmgs T sP
also watched with interest oyer mere;
Dublin man, Mr.. Eaton, Is the owner W
strikes. Looking abroad over the oil world
we see quite a number OF new nelus pSsuiinnSS
| up In China scheme is peing prSS tHeo ~,
ulate. In Tdnis and Aisela. and on inc
| shores ~ the Red sea new oil helds proleVts
! are being considered The producing urSaaS
| ~ Russia are also being constantly nuveu
! to. Tho expansion OF the oil W9rI ~ Wa
| questionable, and this year shyulu uvat i'0-
! In the number VI new areas brought ln.
EXPLOSIONS IN PETROLEUM rANhs.
quite recently there has been an a'srn'
luely full chapter of explosions III re.
troleum tanks Tho Progresso CALAMITY AZ
San Francisco has been the most serious
one or two have taken place IN the Far
East. and one occurred on the Thames tno
other dnv some men working on the lahSsE
iu lie Thames Ut a ire Ia Que OF me tanAs,
Ihg flames caught hold Of thlek SoAtinss
IN PAM cai1es. There Mas d 'dare UP" Work,
men were injured, but there Was Nv al -.
result In this country tuete N,bnt St
union custom, though not Jaw, enS ~, ~;
! workman shall 80 into tank uhul oho w.
! lhe Redwood vapor nuders has Oeeh Wy.
! 10 discover whether It Is safe or NOT W,
! knows how to use It. Is an lIatnDie iii
] OF explosive vapors, and sonS'nsas 49,,
kind ahould be carried by az 'dnN 49,
! used al Ill places wnere oil Is stored
PETROLEUM PARAGRAPHS.
s During nifty years, from 1852 to leV-' .n
I crent firm Of Mossrs, Armstrong NH''NV' y
y ( ~ have launched from their Elswiek an'
!, Walker yards seventy'eeven Nessos speC'u Luz,
Il l,ru, for tho carriage Of petroleum In puls
" so1,o ~ these. the pima, Cardium hn
" strou,bus. are in the Texas trade bur1n
4 bo zane period the Palmer company z
i J u have Guit fourteen or fifteen TAM
W. Srs In later years McSsrs HaWthofA' nvs,
~ V'rh Hehburu: Mossrs. Swan 4 huhtel
:, WsIiisepd; the Tyne Iron Snippgildins SSu
pany, Wilmington Quay, ana ,b Me SscI OF 70 "
b snp Walker have added TO the NV Ne
o. ,s-itsrs zach building from two TO nan
~ dosc0 tankers. 1ankers are mostly ou'N
,s the Tyne. ,,t+hout IA nrolif
q fo,ntnin being brought In at the Bakn nei1
Is me production Of fountain oil must
n, euornous at the present lme,. -osoa iowa,
ID reyss oil ventures An Anglo-trenc ~
l dicate has been formed Tor tns ant p"' II
or va al that tie syndicate has ACQUIRED u
is production "a ~ j u. Henry,