The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-02

weston. Houston and Henderson railroad
was In the city yesterday from his head
quarters at Galveston.
James A. Blair and other officials Of the
Houston East and West Texas. who left
on Sunday on an inspecting tour over the
line. will return to Houston this morning.
President j j. Hin of the Great North
ern has denied in an interview the rumors
recently current OF an impending traffic al
lance with the Northern Pacific interests.
The San Antonio and Arkansas Pass hall
way has changed tho time OF trains leaving
Houston from $3.50 a. IN. to S;55 4. a. The
arriving time Is the same, viz: GEO ~ M
The Southern railway announces that.
taking effect February 1. William II. Tay-
lor, now district passenger agent at Nor
folk. Va, is promoted and appointed as
sistant passenger agent at Louisville.
The Seaboard Air Line has put on a
special sleeping car service between At
ianta. Ga. and Columbia. S. c.. the small
rate OF 81 being charged for berths. This
Is the only line running sleeping cars be-
tween those two cities.
Charles Beyers, general freight agent OF
the Galveston, La Porte and Houston rail
road. reports business good on his road lie
says while competing lines claim that all
the cars are In use on his road. s,il he is
nining for business AZ. like other lines. he
1t was learned yesterday officially that
an agreement had bccn contaminated be.
tween initial lines at Washington, D. C..
that no reduced rates would be authorized
for side trip excursions from Washington.
D. c.. during the presidential Inauguration
period March. 1897. These tickets are on
sale
w. II. Mulyey, Superintendent of the
Southern Pacific, has gone to LAFAYETTE
La n uftppd whprn thu
priation suit is now pending OF the Postal
Telegraph and Cable company VS.. Southern
Pacific Tor right way along It's line of
track. from New orleans to the Texas State
line.
The Plant system has Just issued some
novel advertising matter descriptive of
Florida One book dcals with bicycling on
the west coast of Florida. Some adverts-
ing cards are very unique. They present a
perfectly plain surface but when little
lead pencil is scraped on the surface and
1t is rubbed lightly with piece OF cloth
pictures are developed which are charac-
teristlcally tropical,
The National Association OF Baggage
Agents at its annual convention in Rich
mond. Va. last week. after much discus
sion. decided to carry corpscs on passenger
tickets. On the lines west of the Misss-
sippi corpses are generally checked as bag
gage, but in the East passenger ticket is
required to DO purchased for them. The
convention voted down a motion TO check
tho bodies as baggage.
ON or about January 25, 1897 the Sea e
board Air Line placed in use at all OF its
coupon stations a perforating dating stamp,
replacing the ordinary ribbon daters now
in use. for coupon tickets, The date will
be indicated by showing the number of
month, day and year: for example: jan
uary 20. 1897, would DO indicated thus
'l-20-9I." All coupon tickets will be
stamped on back, showing the station ut
which they were issued. The perforatinc
stamp mentioned is similar TO that already
in use by some roads.
Some of the brakemen on the Georgia
railroad struck and quit work during the
cold snap last week because the weather
was too cold for complying with the rule
requiring them to ride on top of trains.
Twenty-Five above zero M doubt seems
cold to Georgia railway men. hut what
would they think about 90 or 30 below zero.
with bli2zards blowing over the plains OF
the Northwest and trainmen compelled To
fight the snow day and night In order to
keep moving? There are lmrder expert
ences than braking on freight trains in
Georgia in winter.