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Combination Set-Collar for Well-Strainers.
Patent for a combination set-collar for well-strainers that combines a back pressure valve and a washer pipe which allows for the cleaning of the strainer.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Thompson, Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bending-Machine.
Patent for a new machine providing "a simple, efficient and easily operated fluid-pressure actuated machine" for the straightening of railway rails (lines 12-14)
Date:
November 5, 1918
Creator:
Keely, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing Head
Patent for a Case-Head. This case-head is used in oil wells. Its purpose is to ensure a tight seal around a pipe so that gas can flow properly through the tube.
Date:
August 10, 1918
Creator:
Kinzbach, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Loading Device
Patent for a device used in the loading of train cars with reduced manual effort.
Date:
November 16, 1914
Creator:
Davison, George E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Structure for Oil-Wells.
Patent for Valve Oil-Wells. This improved Valve Oil Well will increase efficiency and durability of device.
Date:
September 19, 1919
Creator:
McEvoy, John Philip
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cleaning Pipe-Lines
Patent for a machine for cleaning pipe-lines. The machine uses the pipeline as a track, traveling along the track cleaning the pipeline.
Date:
July 1, 1919
Creator:
Kinzbach, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stand-Value for Oil-Well Pumps.
Patent for a Stand-Value for Oil-Well Pumps so that the ball seat in an oil well pump does not work loose. This is also meant to be turned end for end so that the part's life is lengthened. With this being done, the utility of the oil-pump should now be enhanced.
Date:
September 24, 1918
Creator:
Slaughter, George W., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Standing-Valve Structure.
Patent for a standing valve structure "which serves as a coupling between the working barrel (of a pump) and strainer member, to effectively exclude foreign matter" (lines 16-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Ewing, Samuel D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Puller
Patent for improvements in pipe pullers, mechanisms for use with pipe casings for wells and the pulling of pipe and better gripping jaws.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Robichaux, Sosthene
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sectional Link.
Patent for a sectional link that has been designed for the use on oil well drilling tools. It is designed to prevent bending of the link and from throwing it out of alignment which can damage the tools it is designed for.
Date:
November 5, 1918
Creator:
Thomson, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hardin County Delinquent Tax Notice, 1916]
Statement of taxes due from Kirby Lumber Co. in Hardin County, Texas, addressed to Sayles, Sayles, and Sayles.
Date:
April 26, 1916
Creator:
Parker, W. S.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ballinger Mills to C. C. Hemming, October 13, 1915]
Letter from Ballinger Mills to C. C. Hemming discussing land in Hardin County. Mills mentions timber sold and taxes paid. Mills says that in conveyance of the land to J. R. Chapman no assumption of liability was made.
Date:
October 13, 1915
Creator:
Mills, Ballinger
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Sayles to C. C. Heming, February 23, 1916]
Letter from John Sayles to C. C. Hemming confirming they located Henry G. King, the person whom Mary E. Sayles conveyed the timber on the land in Hardin County.
Date:
February 23, 1916
Creator:
Sayles, John
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tax Statement addressed to C. C. Hamming]
Tax statement prepared by tax collector W. S. Parker addressed to C. C. Hamming of Colorado Springs.
Date:
September 22, 1915
Creator:
Parker, W. S.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Sayles to T. K. Welch, August 3, 1916]
Letter from John Sayles to T. K. Welch stating no acknowledgement was made for remittance of delinquent taxes in Hardin County.
Date:
August 3, 1916
Creator:
Sayles, John
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. D. Bloxsom to Sayles, Sayles, & Sayles, April 27, 1916]
Letter from E. D. Bloxsom to Sayles, Sayles, & Sayles discussing statements being sent to the tax collector of Hardin County showing taxes due for the years 1914 and 1915. The amount of taxes indicate that the valuation of land was much higher than expected. Since the timber was cut long ago it is stated no taxes can be made on anything but the land itself.
Date:
April 27, 1916
Creator:
Bloxsom, E. D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Sayles to E. D. Bloxsom, August 14, 1916]
Letter from John Sayles to E. D. Bloxsom confirming receipt of voucher's checks to cover delinquent taxes and that Kirby Lumber Company will cover the taxes for 1916 and 1917.
Date:
August 14, 1916
Creator:
Sayles, John
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. D. Hemming to Sayles, Sayles, & Sayles, August 16, 1916]
Letter from W. D. Hemming to Sayles, Sayles, & Sayles confirming receipt of a letter to C. C. Hemming regarding the delinquent taxes for 1914 and 1915 with a $25.00 refund.
Date:
August 16, 1916
Creator:
Hemming, W. D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. C. Hemming to Sayles & Sayles, February 10, 1916]
Letter from C. C. Hemming to Sayles & Sayles telling them to bring suit against the parties who owe taxes on the land in Hardin County.
Date:
February 10, 1916
Creator:
Hemming, C. C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ballinger Mills to Sayles, Sayles, & Sayles, November 18, 1915]
Letter from Ballinger Mills to Sayles, Sayles, & Sayles handing a tax statement from Hardin County sent by C. C. Hemming.
Date:
November 18, 1915
Creator:
Mills, Ballinger
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Sayles to Henry Sayles Jr., August 14, 1916]
Letter from John Sayles to Henry Sayles Jr. delivering a check to cover advancements made on taxes in Hardin County.
Date:
August 14, 1916
Creator:
Sayles, John
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Sayles to C. C. Hemming, February 7, 1916]
Letter from John Sayles to C. C. Hemming discussing continued efforts to collect delinquent taxes on Hardin County land.
Date:
February 7, 1916
Creator:
Sayles, John
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Last Will and Testament of Mary E. Sayles, May 29, 1914]
Copy of the last will and testament of Mary E. Sayles, in which she bequeaths much of her property to her daughters, Mary and Emma Sayles, and names her son and her son-in-law, Henry Sayles and George C. Harris, as the executors of the will. The copy was typewritten by John Sayles and compared to the original by he and Perry Sayles, who both deemed it an accurate copy of the original.
Date:
May 29, 1914
Creator:
Sayles, Mary E.; Sayles, John & Sayles, Perry
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. C. Hemming to Henry Sayles Jr., December 11, 1915]
Letter from C. C. Hemming to Henry Sayles Jr. asking if he has heard anything in regard to the Hardin County land. Hemming mentions meeting Sayles' father on a train.
Date:
December 11, 1915
Creator:
Hemming, C. C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History