The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-24
i. ;. And ". rs SCHEDULE
Local Passenger to Rsa Betveea
houstoa and Tenahs.
SEVEN HUNDRED MEN OUT OF WORK,
southern Pacific shops Close un,u
sne Road Ia Able to Operate
Trains East OF Here.

l DeehnmB tomorrow morning and until
| further notice the Houston East and IVES,
Iexas will have In effect a new train sched
uie Tor their passenger service.
local passenger train, carrying bag
gage express and mail will leave the
anand Central depot daily at s:45 u. m.
ana run as fur "a Tenaha, fifteen miles
south OF the State line, arriving there at
s:45 p. m. A train will run south. leey-
ing Tenaha at Ia. m. and arriving fjaus-
ton' Grand Central depot, at s:sS o. M,
making train each way daily.
between Losansport and Shreveport win
De operated a train connecting Wits the
Houston service for mail only. so pas
sengers will be transferred
Until further notice the trains leaving
Houston at 10:40 p. m. and arriving Hous-
ton at $40 a. m. will be discontinued, as
the new schedule. for the present serves
the public better.
After much solicitation the road has se-
cured notifications of the quarantine reg
uiations so as to admit Kansas City wheat
and farm products to pass the ytate line
at Loganspcrt, subject to inspection, ard
only when the train is handled by a ,.if-
ferent crew.
I.ufkin, 11S miles north of Houston Las
declared q quarantine, but will admit pas
sengers having certificates Of good health.
The Southern Pacific between Houston
and Lafayette, La, remained quiet yes
terday. The suspension Of business has
stopped all communication except [, tele-
graph. and as far as known, the only ira n
moved was a special bearing State Health
officer Swearingen, which left Sabine river
yesterday afternoon and arrived at the
oreosote works last night about o'clock.
He travelled in Manager Van Weeks ri
vate car Texas" which was eumi ga led at
tho State line Wednesday.
In consequence OF the tie-up about 700
men Of the Southern Pacific have been
thrown cut Of employment. They include
firemen, engineers, trainsmen, switchmen,
and all OF the shop employees in Houston.
The present state OF affairs will continue
until the situation limbers up sufficient to
permit the running OF trains between
Houston and Algiers.
The situation is yet very agreeable en-
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, Gull, Col
orado and Santa Fe and the International
and Great Northern. The Hous on and
Texas Central has not Jared so well. On
the International and Katy. Mineola has
quarantined. but will admit people with
health certificates. Huntsville, on the
former road, has also quarantined. Ger-
eral Passenger and Ticket Agcht Robbins
OF the Houston and Texas Central ycs;er-
day issued the following circular TO SCENTS
and connecting .linesa9is1 rF STA.
do not sell tickets to points east Of
Houston on Southern Pacific, as train SER
vice has been discontinued.
do not sell tickets to points on New
Orleans division of Texas and Pacific east
of Marshall.
"Do not sell tickets to Courtney. Nava-
sofa, Millican, Wellborn, College, Bryan or
BRENNAN, and agents at stations east OF
Chappell Hill and Burton will lot sell
tickets to those points; this Ut oirse in
cludes points on main line and sn Others
from which business is routed wcss to those
points.
passengers for Hampstead, IIa1rne.
Calvert and Waco must present health
certificates.
Passengers for points in Harris county
en- Houston and Texas Central-Houston,
Fairbanks, Thompson, Cypress AID Hook
iey--and for points beyond passing through
Houston. must have health certificates
''All health certificates must state that
persons have not been in or near yellow
fever infected district for twenty days, end
must be sworn to before State or city ofi-
cial and certificate must have seal OF state
or city impressed thereon.
This in no way interferes with rre-
yIous instructions as to quaratlne reguia-
ton. to points beyond the borders of the
State, and as a precautionary measure pas
sengers Gcr all points should be ADVISED 10
nrocure health certificates to guard against
trouble and inconvenience.
At Navasota, Crimes county, the cry
council yesterday adopted resolutions that
no trains would be allowed to stop there
and that they would receive no freight
except perishable freight now IN transit
for that point. A request has gone to the
postoffce department at Washington !"
have all mail fumigated coming IRON IN
fected districts. for that office.
Robertson county has taken similar ac-
ton. which makes sixty miles Of the hous-
ton and Texas Central. from Hearne to
Courtney, inclusive, that Is effected by the
ouarantines different restriction applying
at each station. as will be seen by the
foregoing circular.
On the Maccaroni division of .he South
ern Pacific, Canada and Edna have quar-
antined against all points east Of iiprsfon.
The Houston East and West Texas las
withdrawn the sale of all coupon tickets
from all stations on their line.
EXPECTING Ell NORrE. r
MenHPt ARRANGED