The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-21
Notcs md PcraonnIa.


sugar Land railroad. is in the city.
w. l.. Lewis. general live stock sxcn, nj
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe. was In IN,
city yesterday. >''
| q. A. Sergeant, general freight agent o
the Kansas City. Pittsburg and Gulf. wa
In the city yesterday.
Colonel lack Mullhall, 1.-Two stock arcp
OF the ST Louis and San Francisco. wa,
In tho city yesterday.
j. ~ Galbraith. general freight and mas.
sengcr agent Of tho International end Grea
Northern. was 10 the city yesterday.
Yesterday the employees OF the Gulf, Col.
orado and Santa lee were made happy by
receiving their pay checks for l'cbruary.
ID. s. Beard. commercial agent OF the
Fort Worth and Denver City. returned Ia
his headquarters at Fort Worth last night.
j. @. Gregory. assistant superintendent
OF the International aud Great Northern.
arrived in the city yesterday on a tour OF
inspection. "
M L. Scovell, assistant general frclght
agent or the Kansas City, Pittsburg and
Gun with headquarters In Shreveport
spent Yesterday in tho city
A. y Mccormack, general attorney. and
rat Gornlan. general manager OF tho Waco
and Northwestern, arrived in tho city yes
terday from visit TO Galveston.
Alfred Abel, receiver OF the Waco nnd
Northwestern. arrived In the city Yesterday
from Galveston. where he has been attend
ing 10 some railroad matters IN the United
states court
The Southern Pacific Passenger assoc,a-
ton has named q rate OF / cent per milo
Plus nrhitraries, short line dinstancc to
Apply. for tie seventh annual reunion OF
the Confederate veterans at Nashville In
June,
The special train Of the Kansas CITY.
rittsburg and Gulf, which passed through
houston few days ago for Port Arthur.
VIII leave beaumont with the cxcursinnists
inns evening at o'clock. coming via Hons
ton on their return homo trip
Colonel L. J.. Foster. manager OF the
VcaSco Terminal. will hayo p,rsnpnI
charge OF the excursion TO Velasco his
morning. He promises every one a fine
tiine. The train Will leave from the foot
OF congress- avenue at . o'clock
fcte iiuder. paymaster OF The Southern
fhcihe, left last might for New Orleans
from which point he will commence paying
sa'arlvs Tor February. He has paid OF
on the limo OF tho New York. Texas ana
Mexican aud also all employees In tho city
The report of the baggage department
Of tbs luton Pacific for the year ended
December 81. 1886. shows the following
oumber OF pieces handled: Nebruska,
5iSl52; Kansas. 2I5,62S, Colorado. l.g7s
Montana 5oa.4 49, total, ! ,2g7 Sic against
l,ios'142, decrease Of Gl,i26 pieces.
President Ingalls, OF tho HE -Four and
the Chesapeake and Ohio win sail from
New York on Wednesday for Europe. aud
VIII DO absent for three months. He let,
hcadquarters--CiD yesterday. CHI
caeo papers still Insist thar the Bg Four
ls negotiating for the purchase OF the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois property.
conference between the Southwestern
Traffic association and the Louisville and
Nashville, Queen and Crescent aud IN
r0ls Central was concluded IN ST. Louis
Friday night without arriving at any dcf
Into UNDERMINING The object OF the
meeting was 10 come TO terms relative TO
true rates through the lover Mississippi
gateway
The two trains Of cattle which left Eous-
.on on Friday made the run to Dcnson on
IN average Of thirty miles per hour, In
,ludlng stops. These trains went over the
Houston and Texas Central and were de-
lvered yesterday to the Missouri, Kansas
md Texas. ono train goos through to st.
louis and the other over the Burlington to
'hicnEo