The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23

AR w. Il, stout, Union ticket agent at
shreveport, was in town yesterday.
The lnteroceanic railway OF Mexico has
ordered fifty box and twenty-fiy flat cars
built.
Ground has been broken at Cleburne.
IeAss, Tor the new shops Of the Gulf, Colo
RADIO and Santa Fe.
Mr.. j T. Mahi, engineer Of maintenance
OF way ON the Sunset railway. is connneA
TO his home by illness.
General superintendent Trlcc, of the In :
tefnational and Great Northern, was in the
eliy yesterday from Palestine
w. T. Boche, cx-auditor of the Pacific
Express company, jailed al Omaha on A
charge OF embeaziing company funds.
building Supervisor Smith of The Santa
re railway was among the numerous rail-
readers who visited the city yesterday.
Mr.. A, l.. Bowers, superintendent of
bridges and buildings for the International
and Great Northern. WAS here yesterday
from Palestine.
The new Santa Fe depot viii be com
pieted in a few days. and it is expecte
that by next Saturday the officials viii
DO able TO move into 1t.
Mr. T. G. ltady. division superintendent
OF the International aud Great Northern.
win headquarters al Palestine, was among
yesterdays visitors to the city.
Mr. X. ID. ioakum. general freight and
passenger agent OF the Houston East aud
west Texas railway left yesterday on a
business trip to Kansas Cay ana ST Louis.
superintendent Curran of the Northeast
ern. New Orleans, who was recently shot
by his stenographer, is rapidly recovering
Reppert, who did the shooting. Ia stll AL
large.
The Rio Grande and Eagle Pass has or.
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ing company twenty coal cars which we
noted they would order in our issue OF
June 10.
Mr. II. Hufsmith of the International and
Great Northern. OF Palestine, Texas. read
an interesting paper on tonnage rating for
locomotives" at yesterdays meeting OF the
National Master Mechanics association in
Saratoga.
Mr.. Il. Muenzcnberger, commercial agent
OF the Mexican National railway. with
headquarters In San Antonio, is here TO
enjoy the hustle and life Of our great rail-
road center.
Mr. l.. II. Sherman has resigned as mas
ter mechanic OF the lnteroceanic railway OF
Mexico. at Puebla, Mexico. and has re-
turned to his former home at Houston,
Texas. Railway Age.
General Freight and Passenger Agent
Mcclure Of the Galveston, Houston nhl
Henderson, with headquarters a. Calves
ton, was yesterday an Interested spectator
Of iiouston's business activity aud pro-
gress,
The Houston East and West Texas rail-
way viii run big excursions TO Houston aud
Galveston on the Fourth OF July from all
points on its road. including Shreveport
aud Monroe, La, and Pine Bluff and Little
Rock. Ark.
Mrs. Ed Fischer and children left last
night for San Antonio, TO he absent during
the summer, and the husband-wno is one
of the most industrious employees OF the
Southern Pacific shops-wll have TO keep
bachelor quarters while they are Yny'
A Wabash railroad clerk suggests that
the railroad employees of the country donate
a sufficient sum out of their earnings to
build warship as a substitute for the
Maine. The gentleman's patriotism Is COM
meudable, but he carries too much steam.
Colonel ]. C. Andrews. Southwestern
passenger agent of the southern Railway
lrhedmont Air Linel returned yesterday
to his headquarters In Houston from de-
lightful visit TO New Orleans. Chattanooga,
Chickamauga and other points In the in
terests OF hs road.
That basket picnic given by the employees
of the Houston and Texas Central rail
way Yesterday WAS n whale. IL discounttd
all previous excursions of its kind, ard
proved that when the railroad boys "set
together for social enjoyment, they make
the hell ring every time.