The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-19

eNh. oui Ee EXITS nlMSclt Is. Quick. an
'ue@i name Tor passenger agent.
a: NJ. Achesop, assistant engineer: L. L.
whitman and J. A. Petheram, attaches Of
tne engineers department of the Missouri.
Kansas and Texas. were taking in the city
yesterday and will 30 to Galveston today
Major A. De Costa. travelling freight
agent OF the Southern Pacific In South
west Texas. is In the city. ~He will visit
the Texas and VIII no doubt be surprised
at the difference OF the naval vessels he
commanded at one time and these of the
present day.
The Railway Age: The new Kansas City,
fittsburg and Gulf road will enter the com
petiti,e field in March by running a through
sleeper once a week from Kansas City to
Port Arthur. on the gulf. Via Houston,
Texas. Its own line is still considerably
short of completion.
The following prominent officials OF the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas are In tho
| city and Will leave this morning for Gal
| weston: j. w. Maxwell, general superin-
tendent, j. w. Petheram. chief engineer;
| A. d. Abugast. general superintendent OF
bridges and buildings. and John Doyle.
master car builder.
Tho finishing touches TO the handsome
| front OF the International and Great
| Northern city freight and ticket office have
p,'H Competed. IL is LHlsHcu IN rtu, green
| and silver. Hunter and Booth are justly
| proud of their new office aud it is no
| wonder that they take u delight In show
| ing 1t TO all passers-by.
| The Illinois Central has increased it's
competition with the Louisville and Nash
| vile for passenger business between Louis
| VILE and the South by putting On sale 1000
mile tickets for s50 with a $40 rebate on
the covers, making 2-cent rate, While the
Louisville and Nashville is selling 1000
milo tickets for $25, or at Il 2ia-cent rate.
The senate committee on interstate com
| merce has agreed to report the anti-scalp-
| Ing bill. with amendments. The most Inn
| portant of these provides that tho purchas
ers' of tickets In good faith for personal
use in the prosecution of a Journey shall
| have the right to resell 1t. Another amend
| II cnt makes IL incumbent upon any railroad
| company to redeem ut pro rata the unused
portion of any ticket purchased from it.
| w. II. Abel. travelling passenger ager, OF
the Chicago and Alton. is on his second
visit to Houston during his regular visit
to Texas cities at this season. lie carries
with him n kodak, and is taking the pic
| lures" of all of the ticket agents in the
State. He proposes to make n group Of
| these gentlemen and present it as SOU
vcntr TO the agents with the condiments u
his popular lne--the Chicago and Alton.
Tho roads Of the Western Passenger as
| ISOLATION and those of the Transcontnenta
| Passenger association met yesterday In
| Chicago for the purpese of considering tn,
question of equalization of commissions II
was decided to ask the Southern Pacific
and other roads that have been paying higi
commissions TO lessen their rates instead
| of compelling others to come up to their
marks. II is understood that the Southern
Pacific will do this
| In view of a bill which has been intro
duced in congress designed to prevent ac-
| cidents TO tpinmen from falling between
cars, one inventor suggests n con like
shelf built across the end of the car neal
| the ton the teeth of which will fit into tn,
snaces between The teeth of correspond
| irg comb on the end of tho adjacent ear
The innovation would doubtless he hailet
with delight, especially when quick coup
iings had to be made.
| The condemnation suit Of the Postal Tele.
graph and Gable company vs.. the Southern
Pacific. which was to have been tried In
| tho county court of Orange county yester
day. has been postponed to February &c
| This will he n holly contested case. as III,
| amounts per mile for right OF way to b,
allowed the Southern Pacific is to be settiot
] by this court as far as the Texas line i
concerned The right of way in Louisiana
has always been decided.
Yesterday attached TO tho wostboun,
Southern Pacific train was the special ca
of j. c. Moorhend, general superintendent
of the Erie railroad He Is accompanied
by his family and MIR. h. j. Moorhoad an,
| Miss May Moorhead. his brother and sis
ter. They VIII visit different points in Mex.
leo and then go to California MIR. Moor
head was well pleased with the country
through which he had Travelled and was
agreeably surprised at the importance OF
Houston.