The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-18


asstrcsd Notes and Personals.
The Texas Car Service association viii
hold a meeting In this c'ty next Monday.
| MIR. Ed Somcrs OF the Kansas City Fruit
| Express company was In the city ycstcr-
gay.
Superintendent Forbes OF the Victoria
| divieNn Of the Sunset. WIS yesterday IN
Houston.
Division Engineer Biddle Of the Gulf aud
] Interstate railway was here yesterday from
| Beaumora.
The Houston and Texas Central received
and handled 1909 bales OF cotton In Its
yards In this city yesterday
MIR w. n. Scott. division superintendent
of the Santa Fe. with headquarters at
Temple. was In tho city yesterday.
Mr. w. n. Groscclorc. assistant general
freight arert of the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas. spent yesterday in Galveston.
Mr.. O. s. Newell. superintendent Of the
Pullman Palaco Gar company ut San An
tonic, was visitor Ia Houston yesterday.
Col, i. C, Andrews. Southwestern passen-
rer agent OF the Piedmont Air Line, LEFT
Yesterday on a business trip ~ the inter
Tor.
MIR. J. N Wisner. southwestern passenger
agent OF the Seahnard Air line, returned
TO his headquarters here yesterday from, n
visit TO Galveston.
Mr. O. G. Gatlan, travelling passenger
agent Of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas
returned yesterday iron, a business trip to-
Victoria and Cuoro.
The Katy machine shops In Donison have
been reduced from ten hours TO ntne. Work
begins a, 1890 In the morning and tho shope
close at $50 in Tho afternoon.
The live stock shipments from points ON
tho Southern Pacific and Houston and
Texas Central railroads are reported very
l..cx . nj lraNS mt Il =
i. Il. Wickcs. said 10 represent CHI.
c,sso syndicate has been In I'll paso the
past fow DAYS with the Wow of establish
Inc am electric railroad In that city.
The Houston and Texas Central railroad
has mudo special rates from all ponts for
those attending tho Farmers National con-
sress Mt Fort Worth December 10 II,
His many friends VIII regret to hear that
Conductor Jack Taft who formerly ran on
the Texas and Pacific. lis very low in Thu
hospital at Fort WORTH -reSarkann Cour-
Ter.
MIR. william Dohorty, travelling freight
aud passenger agent of the Houston East
aud West Texas railroad, liz In the north-
ern part OF the State on business connected
With his road.
w. ID. Ward. freight brakeman reported
killed by tho ears near Whiteshoro. Tcx
ms. lis very much alive. lie was injured II
an accident but not fatally, and 10 nov
reported recovering.
Snecial car No. 81 Of thM Houston and
Texas Central, with General Attorney ".
II. Parker on board. was in tho city last
night. bringing n psrty OF Mr.. PARKER S.
friends this far on route north, --Denison
Herald. November 1b,
7. IL. Mccarthy OF Little Rock and Der
Johnston OF ST. Dino. ILL.,, awarded the
contract for building the Choctnw and
Meningitis railroad extension from Little
Rock to Wister junction. 16i miles long,
The contract price Is s2,000,o00
NJ l.. Inge has been appointed passenger
and dicket agent of the Katy at Green
While. The passenger and freight business
has heretofore been under the charge OF
Agent Lewis, who will now devote all bis
time to the freight business OF the road
For the Masonic grand lodge meetings
to be held in Houston In November ana
December reduced rates are offered from
all sbations on the Houston and Texas Gem
trail railroad Tickets to Houston on sale
eth to 2Sth instant. also December and ..
Mr.. C. W. Bein, traffic manager of the
Southern Pacific. returned yesterday from
a trip TO New orleans. He reports the rail-
ana water routes OF his great system fairly
alive with commerce, and says business all
along the line is in keeping IL not abreast
of the times.
The artistic space writer who sends out
specials from Austin to tho Northern pa
pers telegraplms the Globe-Democrat that
Il Us believed the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas railroad intends extending is ROAD
to Brownsville. This will be refreshing
news TO the people OF the Rio Grande terri
tory and the enterprising genius who IN
vented n deserves credit for his originality.
The English railroads are adopting
unyel nlsu for drawing patronage 10 tneif
lines. They select some point noted for Its
health, scenery or other attraction and then
hire q lecturer 10 go from town TO town
and expstiate on the merits OF such point
In this way the place 10 advertised. me
c,,,.iosity cf the people Is aroused, and ul-
timately the crowd t,Jrns in the direction
indicated and the success Of tho railroad
and it's pet resort is assured