The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-09-06
TEXAS TRAFFIC.
Fases Fixed to all Competing
Points on the Different
Railways.
A Most OUTRAGEOUS, Disgracefui
and BRUTAL Lynching by
"a Tennessee Mob.
Fuller and More Horrid Details
of the Chinese Butchery
IN wyoming.
How Those Three Trusted, hut
Tricky Trustees Took
The Cash.
TEXAS TRAFFIC. ASSOCIATION.
10 Fixes the Rate ON Freight 10 Com.
mon and Competing Points.


GALVESTON, September 5.-The
general freight and travelling agents,
representing the roads composing the
Texas Traffic Association, who have
been in session in this city during the
past week adjusting rates to common
points, practically completed their la
bors last evening, at which time the
executive committee convened, Col
onel lIoXie, of the committee, was
represented by proxy at the meeting
to-day. The committee ratified the
work of the general freight and trav-
cling agents aud completed the sohe-
dule of minimum rates to and from
competing points in Texas. The COM
mittee was in session during a portion
of the day aud after trausacting other
business touching the regulation of
the pooling arrangements, they all
journed this evening subject to the
call of Commissioner Waldo.
Rates as they at present exist be
tween Houston and common points
IN the state have been ratified and
remain unchanged.
Galveston rates have been reduced
to figures equivalent to ten cents
per hundred pounds higher than
Houston rates GU GLASSES one, two
and three,' six cents higher OH "class
four" five cents higher than Houston
on carload classes aud rates upon
the following articles were adjusted
separately; sugar, rice aud molasses
! from Galveston to common points
hereafter nam, Is fifty cents per hun
dred pounds; for carload lots from
Houston forty-ive cents aud from
frfver pofnts sfxuy aevost. ,sll...laais.,.i
to Galveston twenty cents per hum
bred pounds Carload lots) and TO
| Houston seventeen and u half cents
Cotton seed cake and meal TO Calves
ton - so per ton; to Houston, 81
Cotton seed oil TO Galveston twenty
cents per hundred pounds, by car
loads; to Houston twenty cents
Grain to Galveston and Houston
twenty-five aud half cents per hun
dred; to New Orleans, st. Louis and
Memphis thirty-iive cents. Salt has
been changed from "class ID" to "class
l." which Is equal to II reduction o
five cents per hundred pounds. TIL,
new rate OH salt is,twenty-ilve cent
: per hundred from Galveston ant
twenty cents from Houston. TIL,
question of salt rates from the Louis
lana mines and on Michigan salt viii
be considered at meeting 10 taxi
place OH or after the 18th inst, for tn
, settlement of Interstate rates.
} The above are the minimum rate
1 In every instance and apply TO tn
following common points: Denisor
Sherman, Mckinney, Dallas, For
Worth. Terrell, kaufman, Alyarad,
Morgan, McGregor, Temple, Beltoi
= Waco, Corsicaua, Tyler. Big Sand,
Pittsburg, Texsrkana, Jacksonyill
=, aud Austin.
y, Rates TO competing points nc
~ mentioned above. will be announce
~ hereafter. Above rates go into etle'
70 on the 10th inst. Tho executive con
y, miitee by vote, to-day, decided tn
" Commissioner Waldo, could, II he )
!. desired,-- establish the headquarte
y of the association at Houston inste,
" OF Galveston, and it is understo,
~, Houston has been selected.