The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-05
II. y. A. NoEEs.

J. ". Hornbeck wac In Corpus onr'st'
Friday.
Adolph Bolt viii spend Sunday at Cor
pus Christi.
n. L. Allen of ar. ]. r. fame was in
Goliad Friday.
Jack Isaacs was In Goiiad on his regular
trip this week.
Ednas hotels were crowded with travel
ing men Monday.
4 new hotel building for Victoria and
Weimar are being discussed,
business seems to be flourlshing with all
the boys on the road and their customers
are beaning.
p. ]. Burgess. representing the Houston
Drug company. will be at his home In Sc
gum for Sunday.
Tom ]. Woody was on the sick list last
| week In San Antonio. but Is out ana worA-
| ing his territory o. X.
| The Yorktown hotels are thinking OF the
| feasibility Of eliminating onions ana garho
| from their bill OF fare.
| N. d. Arnold. representing Gust Heye
| Co. OF Galveston. was IN Goiiau rriuay'
| taking his usual large orders.
| John Henderson of w. ID. Cleveland q
| Co. has had an experience with bi-sulphide
| OF carbon. Ask him akxSlt IT,
| great many kicks are being made by
| the boys on account OF omnibuses charging
| such exorbitant rates in small towns.
| X. b. Wofford has resigned his posi-
| ton with Mensing Bros. n Co. and ac-
cepted a position with Jake Davis * Co. OF
Galveston.
w. r. Cruce OF the National White Lead
company and II. II. Halliday of the Acme
| White Lead and Color works were working
the Macaroni road this week
Mr. ]. c. Short. proprietor of the Lipdell
hotel at Beevile has let the contract for
a fine brick building to take the place OF
the frame building now occupied
To Hotel Proprietors: DO, please, arrange
clean nice toilet rooms for the uavaons
men, who support your hotels. Their
health is conducive to your wealth.
The hotel committee should make It their
duty to look int0~ the sanitary conditions OF
a great many hotels and thereby render
the greatest service ever rendered to the
travelling men by any committee.
The sanitary conditions of nine out of ten
hotels in the various towns is something
horrible. The proprietors or the dineren
obstetrics have no regard for the comior
OF their guests and seem only to care u
receive their usual 81 per day for allow
Ing the travelling man the privilege Of reg
sterng. ,i
The boys would appreciate the opportun-
ity OF riding ON freight trains on the Aran'
sas Pass and Macaroni roads In as muct
, as these roads only have single passenger
train service per day. and the use OF freight
trains would be a great convenience
Other roads in the State that have even Z
, double daily passenger service allow pas
sengers to travel on their local freights.
Captain c. w. Tandy, one Of the Oldest
: and best known travelling men on the road
, and who has sold flour for John II. Meyer
& Sons OF Springfield. Mo-, for twenty
, three years, has branchod out into the Goa
mining business and is at present proprl-
etor of tho Timpson- Brown Coal compan,
. Of Timpson, Texas. He has bought ant
, leased on twenty years time large trac
OF land and has put in the most moderr
, machinery and will develop the amount aDC
demand for Ignite coal. The captain
many friends will be glad TO hear of hi.
success and all compliment him on his slcI
in developing the coal fields OF Texas. FL
r will hold his position on the road at pres
ent. but has put competent engineers AM
| | managers In charge of the mine