The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-11

Notes ana Personals.
Il. b. Gushing. resident engineer OF the
Southern Pacific, left last night for New
Orleans.
Frank Matthews, lost claim agent of the
| International and Great Northern, was in
the city yesterday.
| w. b. Turner. commercial agent of the
Vandalia line. with headquarters at Fort
| Worth. is in tho city.
Paymastcr Burtis of the Galveston Ia
| Porte and Houston lett yesterday to make
the boys along the line happy by adding 10
| their bank account
| Homer Eads, commercial agent, and r.
| b. Webb, travelling freight agent Of the
Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain rail-
roads, are In the city.
w y. Groseclose. assistant general
| freight agent of the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas has returned TO Houston from Al
| extended trip to North Texas.
| Superintendent Cronin Superintendent Of
Bridges Hunning and Roadmastcr Grogan
of the Houston East and West Texas are
| out on the line making n thorough inspcc-
| ton of all properties.
4. w. House president OF the Houston
East and West Texas and joint receiver OF
the Galveston La Porte and Houston. left
last night for New York on important bust
NtsS tuuuttNtu WIN iutSt iiHNos
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe has just
put out its circular announcing the rate OF
one fare for the round trip to Washington,
II. c.. and return. account OF inaugural on
March A. Tickets on sale February IS and
March L. good to return March 10.
The Nandalia general passenger depart
ment has an interesting collection of old
annual passes dating back thirty years.
one pass. of the Memphis and Charleston
line Of sleeping ears. has the caption: Rip
Van Wrinkle Line. Rest and Comfort
Tho roads east from Chicago have an
nounced a reduction in rates on wool. cut
ting the tariff nearly in half. The old rate
from Chicago to New York was 65 cents.
The new rate is 30 cents. Proportionate
reductions will be made to ell Eastern
points.
Charles Dinkwatcr secretary OF the Ca
madam Pacific railway, was held UP few
| nights ago by footpads on the most fash
ionable street in Montreal and robbed. He
was struck across the head and badly In
| jured by "A piece of lead pipe and is con-
| fined to his house.
The Houston East and West Texas is the
| first line to get out flyers in reference tn
the arrival of the battleshp Texas visiting
| Galveston. II advertising and hustling will
do any good the road will bring q large
number of people to Houston. who will be
en- route TO Galveston.
| The Southern Pacific has about COM
| pleted the laying of seventy five pound
steel rails from Houston to Green's bayou.
| The track has been placed in first class
condition with all modern Improvements
| added to the work. This short distance Is
in constant use and II requires the very
| best Of material to stand the constant use.
A. l.. Van Antwerp has been appointed
traffic manager of the Mexican railway, e.
| fectiye February 10. IA. LAYTON, formerly
| chief clerk In the general freight agent s
department. has been appointed assistant
| general freight agent. 1t is reported that
| the office of Eastern traffic manager in
| New York is to be abolished. This office
| is maintained jointly by the Interoceanic
and the Mexican. or Vera Cruz lines.
Conferences have recently been held be-
| tween the Southern Pacific and the Oregon
| Railway and Navigation company, looking
| to the settlement of the differences which
| for year or more have kept passenger
rates below the normal level by the lines OF
| both these companies between san Fran
cisco and Portland. but no result was
| reached. II is said that the Southern Pa
oihc demands IS per cent. of the passen-
| ger business and the boat line 80 per cent.
| Chairman Caldwell OF the Western Pas
| senger association who has been in Wash
| ington in the interest of the anti -scaipng
| bill returned a long way from sharing the
! &c neral opinion that the MI rs doomed On
| the contrary Chairman Caldwell is very
sanguine of the passage OF tho bill, If not
| at the present session. in the next regular
| session of congress. Mr. Caldwell bases
his opinion on what he saw and heard at
| the capital, and he snys that change has
| come over the situation since the bill was
first introduced. and that the change has
been all in favor Of the roads.
The longest bridge in the world. accord
| ing to the "Zeitschrift fuer Transport
wescn und Strassonbau." is n stone struc-
,ure which is near the city of Sangang in
China, and snans an inlet OF the Yellow
| sea. Its length as claimed Is eight and a
half kilometers tfve and one fourth miles,.
The number OF piers in the structure Is
eco. Each Of those Is ornamented with a
marble lion executed in three times life
size. The top OF the roadway Is located
sixty four feet below mean low water level.
| The bridge, az claimed. Is about 500 years
old, and It's masonry Is reported 10 be in an
excellent state OF preservation. The high
| vay bridge rcross Wet Galveston bay Mt
Galveston. Texas, Csng. News, March s..
| 1891, Ia II 300 feet long. or which 1892 feet
are composed OF metal spans and 1877 feet
are OF pile trestle work