The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-17
Report Railroad Committee.

IecelNeu from the president and board OF
directors we proceeded to take up the CUES
ton OF getting for travelling men and
others who would purchase them. an in
Interchangeable mileage book good on all
lines OF railroads in Texas. anu TO be sold
At rate of not to exceed TWO cents per
mile. ana under date OF January IL, 1881,
We maee formal request OF MIR w. W.
hent, chairman Southwestern Passenger
committee. at St Louis. Mo. for an inter-
changable mileage book. Exact copy of
| This request is attached hereto. marked
| Exhibit a." and made a part oil this re-
port.
We also addressed letter to the follow
ing general passenger agents inclosing a
copy Of the letter written to MIR. Kent;
| w. c. Forbes. Of the Weatherford. Min
eral Wells and northwestern. Weather
! ford. Texas; S. G. Warner of the st. Louis
southwestern. Tyler. Texas; CASTOR Mes
Her. OF the Texas and Pacific. Dallas. Tex
as W. G. Crush of the Missouri. Kansas
and Texas, Dallas. Texas: W. 5. keenan,
\ OF tho Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe, Gal
weston. Texas: j. E. Galbrath. OF the In
ternational and Great Northern. Palestine
/ Texas; j. c. McCabe. of the Chicago Rock
I Island and Texas. Fort Worth Texas. l.,
( y. Conner. of the Fort Worth and Rio
/ Grande. Fort Worth Texas D. II. Keller.
, Of the Fort Worth and Denver City Fort
| Worth. Texas: W. f. McMillin. OF the
Texas Central. Waco. Texas: H. j, Dour
new Of the Houston East and West Texas.
Houston. Texas: L. ]. Parks. Of the South
ern Pacific. Houston. Texas. NJ. L. Rob-
bins. of the Houston and Texas Central.
Houston Texas: d. d. Donahue. Of the
Texas, Louisiana and Eastern Conroe
TEXAS; Mark Weiss. of the Gulf, Beau
mont and Karnes City. Beaumont. Texas:
J. Z. Leith OF the Texs Midland Terrell
rtv's; II. c. Orr. OF the Kansas City.
P,tsburg and Gulf. Kansas City; E. j.
Martin of the San Antonio and Aransae
Pass, San Antonio. Texas.
Copy Of tho letter written General pas-
senRer agents is attached hereto marked
Exhibit b." and made part OF this re-
port.
We also addressed a letter 20 number
Of the leading johhers In different lines
throughout Texas and Eastern Louisiana
asking their cooperation and moral SUD-
pert in this matter. Copy of letter written
TO iobbers is attached hereto marked "Ex-
hibi, c." and made a part Of this report.
At the time we made this application
there was an early prospect Of meeting
81 the Southern messenger committee at
st. Louis which was held soon afterward
and it was not until February that we
received from W. w. Kent chairman. the
attached letter dated February Q. 1897. de-
clning for the present our request. This
letter attached hereto marked Exhibit D."
anu ildAc u UHTl OF lillS report.
our purpose in addressing each general
passenger agent separately was to. iC
possible find who are friends were among
the general passenger agents and If pos
sible see which Of them would be indie
pendent enough TO come out squaroiy cr
even partially. in favor of a reduction on
mileage when purchased in quantities but
our effort In this direction was not pro-
ductiye OF much good.
However. We received courteous replies
from Messrs II. G. Orr OF the Kansas CITY.
Pittshurg and Gulf; u. D. Donahue. of the
Texas, Louisiana and Eastern: j. c. Nc
Cabe Of the Chicago Rock Island and
Texas. l.. j. Parks OF the Southern Pacific
w c. Forbes OF the Woatherford. Mineral
Wells and Northwestern: l.. h. Conner Of
the Fort Worth and Rio Grande; ID. b.
Keller OF tho Fort Worth and Denver CITY
We also received simple acknowledge
ments of the request from e. j, Martin
of the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass: w
G. Crush of the Missouri Kansas and Tex
us.
These letter all attached hereto marked
Exhibit +" and made a part Of this re-
mort.
We also received letters from inc follow
ing iobbers to whom We addressed our let
ter. they offering us substantial aid and
announcement:
McCord- Collins Commerce company. Fort
Worth. Texas
Darlington & Montgomery. Fort Worth,
Texas.
Tyler & Simpson. Gainesville. Texas.
Sanger Bros, Dallas. Texas.
Ards & Co., Shreveport. La.
A. T. Moore. Tyler. Texas.
John Orr, Austin. Texas
Crawford. jenkins Il Booth. Shreveport.
La
tin. Texas.
Hugo & Schneider company, San An
tonic Texas.
Wallis Landes G. Co. Galveston, Texas |
Corsicana Grocery company. Corsicana. I
Texas.
Fockc, wilkins & Lange. Galveston. !
Texas.
The Waples-Patter Grocery company
Fort Worth, Texas.
Moore. Mckinney e. Co. Galveston. K
Texas,
j. Villegas g. Bro. Laredo. Texas
These letters all attached hereto marked /
Exhibit t." and made part of this re- Z
port.
Tho following general passenger agents I
entirely ignored our request In the matter 4
of mileage books and did not favor us with
the courtesy Of reply:
western. CASTOR Meslier OF the Texas and |
Pacific ]. E. Galbraith OF the Internal
tional and Great Northern, II. j. Downey |
Of the Houston East and West Texas. NJ.
L. Robblns OF the Houston and Texas
Central. j, y. Leilh OF the Texas Mid
land Il
From tho information we have gotten
before us on this question. T. seems We /
have yet TO hrd amcng the passenger men \,
Of Teycs roads a friend and champion OF
our examination WHO will at le,st lonk !,
into the merits and advantages that VIII
eccrue from this arrangement I,
aud decide It from the impartial staudpGipt
Of practical expedlency, You will that
our request is declined as general prop
osition, Only in the case OF ona line is
reason offered for not meeting our views
In this matter and that is partial rail
road argument from Mr.. j. G. McCabe
Of the Chicago, Rock Island and Texas.
Your committee. however, does not feel
at all discouraged in reference to this
matter. which We think should be persist
nntly and assiduously followed up. hut
with discretion. cirormspeciion and fair
ness only. AS an organization OF business
men ourselves We can not expect these
railroad corporations to relinquish what ',c