The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-05
THE STATE CAPITAL.
New Street Railway Projected-The Gal
weston Cup Again Causing Trouble.
Austin, TeXns. August AT a meeting

New Street Railway Projected--The Gal
weston Cup Again Causing Trouble.
Austin. Texas, August AT IL meeting
of the city council last night Il petition
was presented from Messrs. l.. a. Ellis.
George w. Littletield. General w. r..
Handy, Edwin Wilson and others, ask
ing To be granted tine right to build Il
street car line along the following
streets: TO start at the corner of Con-
gross avenue and Seventh street. out
Seventh street to BraZos street. along
said sire II to FIRST street and along First
street to city limits. with the right tic use
First street to Waller street, down Wal
Ter street TO Willow street. down Willow
east corner of Congress avenue and
Seventh streets across Congress avenue
on West Seventh street to Ldvaca street,
out LaVaca street to Eleventh street, out
Guadalupe street to Fifteenth street. out
Fifteenth street to Sabine street. out Sa-
hine street to Nineteenth street, out Nine
teenth street TO city limits. The petition
was referred to the ordinance committee.
Ii is the intention of the new street rail-
way company to begin work as soon as
possible and to run the cars with either
electricity or compressed air.
THE MASONIC GRAND LODGE
The Posts correspondent learned this
evening that n strons effort was being
made To move the Masonic grand lodge
rom Houston to Austin. THIS informa ton
comes from Mr.. c. p. Boon, who is a
member or the COMMITTEES On work in the
Ne grand lodge being kept at any ono
pInGe' anu says the best plan will he to
nnld IT. Tor awhile at least. ut different
hhliGI'S' H., lnst "a as political conventlons nre
\ XVII, VII De permanently located ut either
~ IN or Waco. The ground on whirh
LIE I,o,,t hali o. the grand lodge is located in
n,,ouston belongs. ii seems, to a sub1rd;n-
tNNt lbASP. IL
10 me grand lodge nj the time the b aii
SalI cSst Sic, so o M Boon says and as the
big ,e eust fSpSWN there vii doib, ass be a
t uns iaWSnN for It's ultimlte possession bc.
NV ~ ~ ne grand and subordinate lodges
o ,s n rme litter w'l object to ~ hong sold
vestment Of aW ~ ,o fn i interest on The IN
fbfn annually. and this sum Mr. re- re-
' W,nkIs' Is ott Of all proportion ne "V IN
tlcn oni,s ME- tn meets bat once"a year. and
IL re oiso thinks tho citizens Of - ~, uine.
AIN, ,,ale would offer the use NJ y ,uS
lodge me n,es aten ot chnrEe to have the grand
sMioaeons In TcNas. and ,hev sne,,, are ;5'o
Nr NcrN time the grand lodre , 'euht
sa, 49,, 90 concluded h,s converSa, meets.
the movement h ,,Is how much opposition
in ut GOWN az a settled fact ,b,t y, y can be
ton sooner r" an 10 be novel from H FISH,
IT., THE GALVESTON CUP
ne ihurston Rifles of Omaha ro,.,.,
tom cosl 'he Galveston cup to the Mo-
", ,"He's OF Washington. who wam ..
Mabry 6 ,'n'T tnnsi drill, Adiutant oonara,
of Nnbros, furnished the adiutnnt nnrra, |
re.,,, ..t,;,taska with fun text 20, general
>. So m ang me CONTROVERSY oto 'ns d9ta |
the Thtirsto,a ken to Obtain INC cum FIVE I'VE
WI no doniss and something OF ~, a oroln
Is settled '''P before the matter |
,, -. FOUND DEAD.