The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-17
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tho city yesterday.
u. ]. Price assistant general passenger
agent OF the Intern ttional and Great
Northern. was In the city yesterday.
Paymaster Burtis OF the Galveston. LA
Porto and Houston was out on the line
yesterday paying off the men for February.
X. F. Collins. chief clerk OF tho Texas
Car Service association. arrived In the
city last night from a trip TO North Texas.
II. Il. Webb. travelling freight agent Of
the Iron Mountain, with headquarters In
San Antonio. was a visitor TO Houston
Yesterday.
Captain ]. C. COMMIT manager Of the
Crescent News company Is In the city.
J. w. Tate, commercial agent Of tho
Cotton Belt. left last night for Dallas.
Frank Meade. an old time track man IN
this section, but now OF Franks. La. was
In the city yesterday. being shown tho
great improvements by his old friend. Andy
Palmer.
Earnings Of the Louisville and Nashville
| for the first week Of March amounted to
| $51S.300. an increase OF $500; July TO
March Z. siil36.9iT. a decrease OF 1851 ,iss
compared with the previous year.
The following additions to tho force In
the general freight office of tho Houston
East and West Texas have been made; u.
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| and Brown Mcdonald stcnographer
The earnings of the Baltimore and ohio
for tho month OF February, 1891. were
81 ,725, 235, an increase of sis7,23o over the
+! month OF February. 1896. The increase for
the oight months OF the fiscal year was
sl,l0o.ii7.
y. II. Moldrum general manager. and
II. b. Yoakum. geNrl freight ard passen-
| ger agent of tho Houston East and WEI
Texas, left yesterday for hreveport THIS
I is MIR. Yoakum's first trip over the iih'
since his appointment
Earnings OF the Chicago and Northern
Pacific for the mon,h Of January were $50,
500. AGAINST SCI SIS for the same month last
year; increase, si7.i4l. Net earnings fo'
the month were $50 1925, against si3,SSO last
4 year; increase, S26.2'o.
Captain A. Faulkner director OF the Gal
weston, La Porto and Houston, leaves for
his home In Ellis county this mornin>
Il after attending meeting OF the directors
OF tho above line. He says the prospects
for a fine crop could not be better
Mr.. e. r. Emery has been appointed cal
accountant for the Pittshurg and CUR, WIN
headruartcrs at Kansas city to whom re
norts for mileage for car service, car IRA
| rors and car movements for all lines OF the
port Arthur route should he made.
captain A. Christeson, manager Of TN
Central division of the Wells Fargo IN
press company. is in the city Juas'h'
from his looks. Kansas Guy chmhic mus
, agree with him. lie was welcomed
Houston by a host OF friends Yesterday
posidcy takirg from Houston every ~ee'
: 81 nutnbcr of barges loaded with oil an'
: cotton iced meal the Direct Navigation
! con,nany Ia carrying several harecs ot Sai
Jacinto sand to Galveston. to he used Oh
!. the government forts which are being buii
o there
I The following are the receipts of oottol
g. at Houston for the first two weeks on
/ March as given by two lines; Galveston
= Harrisburg and san ANTONIO, -'o' ni,vs
= against 1874 for same umc last year iinuS
r ton and Texas Central 9i3a bales. agaihs
i3Sl bales last year.
I Another change has been made on TN
I International and Great Northern. by which
: the time of the fast mail has been shori
r. cred Instead of leaving Houston nrcon
9 ing to the former schedule, this train VII
u leave at y. m, arriving In 81. Louis
q the same time as at present ia y. III.
Major G.. A. Quinlan, general manager
Ia NJ. Lee, superintendent OF the Southern
!, division and Major e. w. Cave, treasurer
" Of the Houston and Texas Central, lei
o last night for Austin to attend at Aus
in today a meeting Of the stockho'ue'
md directors OF tho Austin aud Northwest
ern.
When Captain l.. Megget, superintendent
= OF the Direct Navigation company wa
asked Yesterday II there was any new
with his company, he replied: yes IN
relative merits of corbett and Fitzsimmon
e have been fully discussed today TN
If might have been truthfuily said by ever
y one yesterday
, Yesterday Conductor Donovan OF III
Houston AMI Texas Central who lett %
1t No. bound north tclesraphed TO fousto
s the following II found coored womn
a on rear of train. | think she " nsan
II put her of at Cypress. ms she had no tie"
c ct and said she is the only llettlc Gree
e and don't need any ticket or money
The announcement by President Gould
= the Missouri Pacific that he was now pro
e pared to pay the April coupons less pc
! cent for discounting and that the report
d tho probable reccivership was inspired t'
g tho purpcse Of recovering shorts IN ~
stocks has roassured the holders OF Una
l. stock The effect was apparent on the .N
e change where rally occurred to H. NJ
d Gould said the January net earnings u
Is creased sl4s 900 and that the February r.
e turns were also encouraging.