The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-19
IN THE RAILWAY WORLD.
Bids for the Erection of Galveston
Union Depot Rejected.
THE FIGURES REGARDED EXCESSIVE
"a'y Grain Rate From Kansas City I.
Ea'veston-Poin,e ON the Grain
Rate War-Kaiiway Notes.

iaiNeeTon, Texas. August 1S--All bids
for the erection of new union depot
on the ground at the northwest corner
OF Bath avenue and strand have becr
rejected. They were opened yesterday.
and after careful computation demon
strated tho fact that all BIDS were far
In excess Of the amount determined upon
for the construction of the building.
Mr. George Scaly. president of the
Union Depot company. is out of the city.
Colonel l.. j. Folk general manager of
Che Gulf, Colorado aud Santa Fe. is also
away from his office on u tour OF mspec-
ton of his line. The result $ That only
the most meager Information as 10 the de
tails OF IT.. bids was OBJ alma Bile. II was
learned however, that there was a dll-
Ference of over $4,000 between the high
est bid and the lowest hid. The low. St.
which was made by Houston firm. was
too much IN excess of what 1t was eX-
pectcd the building would cost to be seri-
AT tho Santa Fe offices II is said that
?othing furtl.r viii he lone IN the matter
until Mr. scaly returns to Galveston.
That gentleman is expected home from
New York next Saturday.
Colonel Polk is looked FOR at Ms office
tomorrow morning, hut IT is safe 10 say
nothing VII he done UNTIL Nj SJliy ~
turns and has a chance TO look into the
tervenes, the Union Depot company will
very likely readNrrtsc for bids. Even
THIS however. has not been definitely &c
cided upon, 80 far as could pe learned this
morning.
The rejection of the bids will cause
nothing more than delay In the con-
structon of the building. The assurance
is readily given that the building viii be
constructed and work Will I've commenced
lust as soon as satisfactory bids can h"
obtained. In the meantime the work of
pushed along. The filling is about one
fourth finished.
BROTHERHOOD or FIREMf.N.
Galveston. Texas. August ls.-The pain;
brush is rapidly changing the appearance
Of the fremont hotel. and In cnaple OF
weeks more the walls both INSIDE and out
WIN be in pure whntc, Even the clocks
and the safe have been painted white. and
IN "A few days the only cours about the
place will he IN tho auburn locks of the
esteemed day cork and in the skin OF the
he p.'
The hctel VIII he opened on September
10, hut the Beach Will not close until Oc-
tub,r l. SO that hoth hostclr.cs VIII be
running In fun blast during the convcn-
ton OF the international brotherhood OF
Locomotive i1remen. which promises 20
be a big h.1g
OF this event the last number of the
Locomotive t!remen's Magazine has the
following:
AT $50 Monday morning, September II,
the rfth biennial convention viii lee called
10 order IN secret SESSION IN Harmony hall
at Galveston, reNas public reception
VIA be held during the evening OF IN"
same day AT the Grand opera house. 'ei-
egatos VIII be- welcomed TO The state 10y
Governor CUbcrson and TO the city by
Mayor Fly. Among other prominent
spt akeiS VIII be Pres dent q. Lorenzo OF
the Bui.6ps Trades assembly and Pros
dent Gus u. Levy of the Labor leg.sla-