The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07

Fred Miller, local passenger agent OF the
lllln0ls Central, lcft last night for New
Orleans.
w. J Taylor general baggage agent Of
tho lhi'fup' ioual ANA Great Northern. Wus
ia 'he city yesterday.
II g. Hurls paymnsicr Of the Galveston.
la Porto ond Henderson. lcrt last NIGHT on
a VISIT 10 san Antonio
t1o Sol smith Ruascu aud Soahroote
rn'npahi.H lnfi lam might on the Southern
Ia'ltie TOR Sow orleans
i = McQuceney. suuorinter.lenf of tho
san An'onlp division of tho southern IA.
tdlr "aa N the city yesterday,
y Wcnuuih asristau, auditor Of the
Southern Pacific IN Sew Orleans. IL In the
cry meeting win od time friends.
c. Andrews. Southwestern pas, Aus +
agent ~ the southern railway, lrft yostcr-
das on a trip TO tho northern portion Of the
/ SfHtc.
- e. BOYD general freight agent OF III,
Chicago, Hoei island aud Pacific. win
headqupriers IA Topeka. Kan. returned
home last night
NJ - BerEoron cashier OF the local
treesurer'H office for the Southern Pacific
In Now Orleans. rs miuglng with hts old
time friends IN Houston.
" H. Grosoelosc, assistant general
froiFh agent Of tie Missouri. Kansas and
ioxaE. is looking after the business OF hIs
company IN North Texas
l.. lanan, superintendent of the north
ofu dYlsipn Of the Houston and Texas
Central was IA thr ely yesterday on bust
ncss wi,h tho general manager.
.Charles + ncyera general frcgh, arcn,
81 the oaivcnlon. La Porte and Houston.
lcft Yesterday for Galveston. lie says The
nay shore Line is holding It's own these
DUH times
The estimated gross earnings ~ the Rock
Island road for tho month OF january Were
81 ,o20h 500 a deoroase rs compared with the
estimated gross earnings Of the same mouth
last year Of slG2o,S.
Captain JamcA Beaumont. live stock
agent Of the Southern Pacific rcports
forty eight carloads Of cattle shipped Fri.
day from stations along his line sixteen
caroads were shipped yesterday from
uyuldr,
g, w, Lincoln. travelling passenger agent
OF the Chicago Great Wostxn was IN tho
.eity Yesterday looking after business for
hih line This rs his first visit to Texas
hut he says he IS 50 we'll pleaod with tho
country and people that he proposes 10
como down this way often.
Duncan Mcdonald, superintendent OF
bridges and roadmastrr Of the southern di-
vision OF tho Houston and Texas Central
ia time to take his usual stand at The
Saturday afternoon market
For the six months ending December u
tho earnings Of the Chicago and Northwest
crn were SS2i77 1853. an increase OF sGiS.
o2f' the net earnings were Sl0,pS0 Dos.
decrease of sS5i,5g9. compared with the
snme period Of the preceding fiscal year
Andrew Henderson siationcr OF tho
Southern Pacific with headquarters In New
Orleans, 10 In Houston. lio is one OF the
old timers now, and when he arrives All
arms arc opened TO receive him. he was
taken IN charge by Justin white and his
other friends ycatcrday and shown the old
places, now occupied with fine buildings.
where IN his boyhood days he used TO play
''roly holi' ana ..umblo peg,
Frank Thompson makes the sixth pfoSl-
dent Of the Pennsylvania The first was
Samuel Vaughan Morriok. who was sue
ceHded by william G. Patterson, The third
Was J. Edgar rhomnson. who took the eN-
ecutive head In 1853 II was during Nh
administrator that the limo
WAS oomnloted acrobs the hlleshnny noun
taina and extensions built In Various iireG.
sions. Fourth IN tho iirt was Colonel Thos.
Scott. who greatly ealasged The System.