The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-23
Notes and Personals.

W. G. Van Week manager of the South.
ern Pacific. left last night for Austin.
j. G. Commit, general manager OF the
Crescent News company is in the city
W. X. Morrow. general manager of the
| Sugarland railroad, arrived in the city last
night.
| Il. F.. Calvin. general superintendent OF
the International and Great Northern, was
in the city yesterday.
The TEXAS Steer" company goes to Gal
weston this morning via the Galveston,
Houston and Henderson.
j. II. Hill. general manager of the Gal
weston, Houston and Henderson, paid Hous.
ton flying visit yesterday
II. ]. Labatt. Jr.. assistant ticket agent
of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe at Cal
weston, was in the city yesterday.
K. D. Yoakum. commercial agent OF the
Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe, with head
quarters at Dallas, was in the city yester-
day,
A. r. Thickett personal claim agent of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas. arrived in
the city yesterday and left on the Southern
Pacific for the west last night
The pay chr of the Gulf, Colorado ard
Santa Fe was in the city yesterday. This
car does not come out regularly every
month. but about four tines a year. At
other times the employees are paid by
check.
BY agreement of all parties concerned,
tbe railroad commission has postponed con-
Hderation of the question OF establishing
a schedule OF rates for the Galveston wharf
company railroad from February IS to
March Is.
r. f. George, travelling passenger agent
OF the Houston and Texas Central. left last
night for North Texas. He says Texas is IA
tnfn and ahpr nj IN
are coming to Texas, but they are using
the lines of railroad to bring them here.
Chairman Caldwell of the Western Pas
senger association rules that excess baggage
earnings shall be divided on the basis of
earnings OF the short-line thirty day rat. s
without regard 10 local excess baggage rates
in effect between intermediate points,
The announcement in the Associated
Press dispatches that the Tudor Iron Works |
of ST. Louis were closed down, IL cmphat- !
icaly denied by the company. The works
are now running in every department, the |
breaking OF the rail pool, with tee coDse- |
quent purchase of large orders NJ rats, nav
ing greatly stimulated business in all lines
of track fastenings, OF which the Tudor |
are the oldest exclusive manu-
facturers in this country.
70 show their good faith in agreeing to
have no dealings with scalpers, the lines
between Kansas City and Chicago and
Kansas City and st. Louis have placed in
the hands OF Chairman Caldwell the unns
ual authority II he ands at any time that
any line Is using the scalpers for the pur-
nose Of securing business at less than tariff
rates to declare at once, without consult
ing any OF the Interested parties, a lcduc-
ticn OF rates. Furthermore, II ne finds that
Kansas City brokers are furnishing low
rates to the country west OF Kansas City
he may also declare low rates to De in CT
feot.
An Uncle Toms Cabin" company which
travels with it's own coach and baggage car
has been playing it low down on the rail.
ways, by buying tickets for only part OF
is troupe and concealing the rest under
the scenery in the baggage ear. \ gus
oicious- minded conductor on the Panhandle
road the other day going through the bag
rage car saw movement Of the ice on
which the fugitive slave ssips ecross the
ohio. and investigation revealed SIX mtn {
who had been thus frozen up on every trip !
during the season. The honest manager OF
his show is doubtless one Of those men
who complain most OF the wickadness NJ the
railways.