San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-18
T. P. A. LETTER.
Interesting News Items From National
HEADQUARTERS.


officers for 1862 and we will give
a complete list of them in our next
letter.
The recent state meeting Of
Texas division was largely at
tended and handsomely enter
tanned. 1t was one of the most
successful ever held in that state.
Nashville has been chosen as the
headquarters for Tennessee divis-
ion for 1S96-'97. The state meet
ipg at Knoxville was we'll attended
and we'll entertained.
Atlanta, Ga, was selected as the
city in which the Georgia state
convention is to be held in 1897.
The state convention OF this year
at Columbus, Ca, was great sue
cess.
Hon. Chas. /. Branan, Of Geor-
gia, loyal member Of Georgia
Division, L. P. A. of A, and who
has served an Atlantic consti-
tuency creditably in the state leg
islature, is now candidate for
congressional honors and has
launched his campaign with char
acteristic energy.
1t is hoped that every member
or the association will endeavor to
send in a new application this
month. Officers OF posts and d.
visions are particularly requested
to bring the matter Of new appli.
cations before the attention Of the
membership and make a concert
ed effort to send in a thousand or
more new applications il possible
this month.
Barnham, Parry, Williams &
Co., proprietors of the Baldwin
Locomotive works, have placed at
the disposal OF the Pennsylvania
division the free'use OF the beds in
the Presbyterian and Hahnemann
hospitals of Philadelphia, and ask
that any bills for treatment Of
com mercisl travellers at these hos
pitfalls for one year from date be
sent to them. The firm offers to
renew this generous assistance
year by year. This is a grand and
generous gift and should make the
name of the firm honored among
commercial travellers throughout
the earth.
The Associated Press reports in
relation to the meeting held on
April 23rd '96, of commercial repre-
sentatives at Chicago with the
central passenger committee where
in it was stated that the delegates
were divided among themselves as
to the kind of a mileage ticket
they wanted and that the probab-
ility was against the issuance Of q
ticket, were erroneous. The del
egates were unanimous in asking
for a five thousand mile inter-
changeable ticket and the prob
ability is that it will soon be is
sued. The meeting was held in ex-
ecutive session and reporters were
not admitted and the report sent
out by the Associated Press was
not based on facts.
The Hon. Jerry M. Porter, Of
Kentucky, "Our jerry" has an
nounced his intention of being
present at the annual convention
at Terre Haute, and we understand
that he is down on the program to
handle the subject Of "The, Drum
mer, Old and New" 1t will be
worth a trip across the continent
to hear him. By the way, it is
possibly not generally known to
our mem bership that he was q
strong ozark horse" held in reserve
during the contest between Hunter
and Blackburn in the Kentucky
legislature for election to the
United States senate. II the dead
lock could have been broken, Mr..
Porter's friends felt very confident
of electing him as a compromise
candidate to that high position.
The issuance of a five thousand
mile interchangeable mileage
ticket has been recommended to
the general managers meeting Of
the Central Passenger committee
roads by their general passenger
agents who held conference with
representatives of the T. p. A. Of
A. end other commercial bodies on
April 23rd, at Chicago. The man
ayers meeting convenes at Chi
csgo May 7th and Sth, 1896, and it
looks as il the ticket would at last
be issued. The Western Passenger
association and other associations
will then, in all probability, follow
suit. Advices have just been re
ceived, however, that the meeting
of the general managers of rail-
roads in the Central Passenger
committee territory which was, to