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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-15
CAR SHORTAGE.
Wore Motive Power Is Said tn ne
Wooded

More Motive Power Is sara I" DC
Needed.
officials are beginning to admit that II Is
NOT entirely a shortage Of cars that makes
,beir systems congested, but an inadequate
SUNNY of motive power says the 81 LOUIS
Globe Democrat. AS one ofhci.h WIS It,
.If we had more motive power we wouln
be able ia move cars with more freedom
oil over our system--cars that now are ire
ouently delayed. We would also be greatly
relieved were our grain TO De run INV
store instead of being held in cars one 'wo
and sometimes three weeks, wail'hs ".
Eastern lines TO furnish ears TOT shipii w
10 the seaboard. we may never eet ~
this system, but 1t is our oniS sdN a.'VA ,,..
times like these With such system we
would he able to make three or four trips
=. month with a car. instead OF only one
We handle our live stock cars TINS way.
Tho coal traffic in the West Is becoihihs
an inportant problem. With colo Weatue
canning on and light supply oil coal ~ ~
honds az consumers. and with the scaroi. :
NJ cars. there is likely to be cohslu.i ap' !,
suffering in many sections ny niu" e., az :,
temperatures drop very low bas.'' a,, ~
80 not improved their situation uul lns
nav ~ waei. They have more orders lol
t uaya ps 40 haul grain to the seaboard thaI
t thew can All and where they have cars ~ :,
s an few OF their orders. they lack Inv
me- motive power to move them after Inc, ,hey ar Ar
loaded Shippers complain that tneS e Sa'
not get grain east OF Bunalo. a. h tne
Nv. ,bere are crowded and new nus''es
~, lake has fallen off. Officials OF r~ssel ~
, by ia" soy that they have enough orders o.
i haed s a. The old rate OF freight TO kee
ham, 1a,,u busy until the last of this month
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-15
FOR OCTOBER.
Earnings Show Great Improvement
in Railroad Business.

EARNINGS Show Great Improvement
in Railroad Business.
The October earnings of United States
railroads furnish perhaps the best indca-
ton yet had OF the great Improvement
which is taking place in railroad business.
and of the further fact that this improve
ment follows not from large crop move
ment but from the activity of trade
throughout the whole range Of the coun-
try's industries. Those who have been
inclined to attribute recent gains TO an
augmented volume OF traffic in grain and
other leading staple. should be updeceiVeo
by this latest statement. AS matter OIL
fact. the increase in earnings, which Is OF
large proportions, has been made in face
OF a contraction in the movement OF every
one of the leading staples,
Stated In brief the compilation OF the
Financial Chronicle, covering 9',oO4 miles
of road shows for October an increase oil
Sc, O94 ass, or 1921 per cent. On the same
basis the gain for the whole system OIL
roads in the country would reacn SlV'oov,
600 What lends special significance TO TINS
Improvement, as already stated, is that the
roads. in the aggregate, had diminishso
| tonnage in grain, In cotton, in provisions
and In live stock. Another fact ~-ould no
be forgotten. This years gain In earnings
comes on top of gain last year, and aisI
a gain the year before In other words, tn'
/ comparison is with heavy earnings fo'
! October. 1898, on somewhat smaller basil
| of mileage the table showed s2,o2S, so4 III
| crease. or 4,91 per cent. and ior octopel
! 1soT the record was "a, 6O2 ,179 increase, OF
an ner cent. The 5000, 4S6 increase Thu
present year is additional to these previou
/ gains
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TEXAS BUSINESS WANTED.
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
VIII Open 4 Foreign office.


VIII Open 4 Foreign office.
The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
railroad has discovered that Texas is a
good field for railroad business. and II Is
the intention Of the officers Of tho COM
psny to come into the State seeking ship
monts in competition with the other sreat
lines of the country. The Maple Leaf,
the Wabash Big Four and other great
roads in the Eastern territory have Ions
maintained passenger and freight repre-
sentatives in Texas and have found that
IL pays to do so. These representatives are
mainly men who have had long experience
with Texas people, know the trade, ana
who can do business for good roads. The
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern has had
a passenger representative In the state,
MIR, j. p. Rogerman OF Dallas. and he mas
succeeded in securing largo amount OIL
business He has from, time 10 time dd-
vised the company that this is good fsid
for the freight business. and ii has re-
Gently been under discussion In the gen
cral offices of the company, with the re-
suit thai s f, Mclaughlin, general
freight agent of st. Louis George Is.
Warfel, vice president and assistant gem
eral passenger agent Of st. Louis and ed
ward S. Orr of st. Louis, general agent oil
the line. are now making tour of the
State investigating its merits as a bust
ness point They spent yesterday in the
city, having visited several other cities oil
the State before coming TO Houston. They
have found Texas to be all that 1t was
represented, and after viewing the condi-
lions from business standpoint they
have decided to open freight Office in the
State and have selected Mr.. Judd $. Fry
of San Antonio to be in charge of 1t. Mr..
Fry's headquarters will probably be i'll
Dallas where the passenger representa-
tive now has an office. His appointment
has not been ann 7uncc,l, bur II is under
stood that IL viii be buletined TO take eff
| feet December |.
| While the gentlemen were IN The city
yesterday they were taken in charge by
Mr.. S. F. b. Morse of tho Southern Pa
| cific and entertained. With John Waday
/ Tate of the Chicago Great Western as
ohaperone, the visitors and their host
were driven about the city in carriages
and shown the points of interest They
1 like Texas and admire the business that /;
evident at a glance. They bellows Hous-
ton is great city, and they speak II
praise of its many metropolitan improve
ments. They are pleasant gentlemen an'
while here met all OF the railroad men II
the city. forming acquaintance which VII
develop friendship as time passes
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MANY VISITORS.
Delegation of Railway Representa-
tives Were i'm the city.

Delegation of Railway Representa-
lives Were in the City.
Houston received many railway visitors
yesterday, and If there is passenger or
freight man In the State, representing q
foreign road, who was not here, his name
has been scratched out OF the blue book
There were enough OF them to crowd
special train, and they spent pleasant
day among the railway boys of this city
In addition to the officials of the Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern mentioned In an
other article, the following were here, w
G. knittle. traffic manager for Texas o
the Big Four; W. H. Whittelsey. traffic
manager for Texas of the Chesapeake ant
Ohio, Colonel William Abel, southwestern
passenger agent of the Chicago and Alton
John p. Rogerman, travelling passenger
agent OF the Baltimore and Ohio South
western; John Waddy Tate, commercial
agent OF the Maple Leaf; w. +. Connor
southwestern passenger agent OF the Wa
bash; Colonel Bill Tuley. president of tn
n. I. G., and passenger representative O
the Frisco Colonel Tom Kingsley, tray
eling passenger agent OF the Louisville an
Nashville; Colonel Tim NJ. Hunt. OF tn
queen and Crescent; Major Charles Nor
gan, travelling passenger agent OF IN
Texas and Pacific; Jake Morissey. OF tn
Illinois Central; Cyrus Walker Strain
Kansas City. Fort Scott and Memphis; Ed
ole s Beard. commercial agent OF the Den
yer route; w. r. Mcclure, general freigh
ana passenger agent of the Galveston
Houston and Henderson; Colonel John re
Ter Moore. general live stock agent OF tn
Frisco; I. S. Dallam, travelling auditor
me International and Great Northern
Iol, Ant n
ternational and Great Northern; A. !
Greer, travelling freight agent OF the 'Fris
60: A. 7. Wansborough, commercial agen
OF the Genii and Kaysee;; G. r. Wansbor
ough, general freight agent of the Gen
and Kaysee, and John F. Leblanc. CONNER
elai agent OF the Cotton Belt. This is IN
largest number OF visiting railroad me
ever entertained In Houston at one TIM
iney are quartered at the various hoiell
ana during the day were given cordI'
greetings by the local representatives
Ne various lines.
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A NEW GATEWAY.
MT. clerks HIVE Given Rec"e"'''""
TO trinidad.

M" TO trinidad.
San Antonio. Texas. November
.,ait,on TO wrestling with holiday rates ~
tne southeast and spending nearly the 81
tire day figuring on rates 10 Miss's'.rr.
noints from points in Texas the ieNas ' 49,
clerks today agreed to the opening oi Wv
trinidad gateway, thus opening ri1ona
route 10 Colorado, New Mexico. At" Nv
and noints in the West and Northwest w. NC
All as,s ac,ion Trinidad is placed upon the
same footing as gateway as ruep pa
nanver and ogden. Heretofore mere n .so
heen no interchange of trafilc between w.
santa Fe and the Fort Worth ano Dens re-.
mt under new conditions the relations or,
t pus these roads have become n,o, r'
friendly with the result that uase, on.
from Texas have now the option " v,
other through route to the Nortn"sss N.
wav ~ The Fort Worth and Denver ana rn'
santa Fe. The rate clerks have Sun ,n, 90
States TO go through In the genera o, ~
s S,1di Of rates, viz North Carolina, sous'
Carolina and Tennessee. They WIZ ate rsta
o,a,a The revision OF Mississippi rate
Wednesday morning and expect 70 % AR
M their labors OF the present session ou'
| ing the day.
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An orderly Crowd.

The immense crowd attending the circus
..,araay was perhaps as quiet and or
derly an aggregation of people as ever at
aoa a circus anywhere, especially SC
10 size of the crowd Is considered
when 10, drunken man was seen on sht
scarce and al 10 o'clock last night onl,
streets .ost had been made during the da,
one ar, ny offense. This Is unusual. ever
l ,,ser I'll there is no circus in town, but It Il
remarkable that on, o, h,ss sna hs srea
crowd only one man should ma his wa
to the police stauon
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eros. Earning. for n Week.

The gross earnings for ffty-six roads Tor
tho fourth week in October were sl2,sib-
,,s against s1l.ssl,267 for the fourth week
IN october, 1898. an increase OF sll9S,sis
Forty-three roads show increases and
,,atya decreases. and one no change. Since
,o'.sry / the roads referred to above
sarned 1924. 54a 163. an increase Of s2s.2Sb,'
co. co, N AVER the 1896, .a2G reported for the
aoor,esnonding period of 1898. For thu
,o ont period nifty show increases and si'
decreases.
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schooner, Folly. recently purchased from
Captain W. A. Hutchngs Of Galveston,
has been put in the freight and passen.
ger service from here to Point Isabel and
will make her initial trip tomorrow. The
Folly Is an excellent sea- going vessel and
will probably make round trips every week
or ten daye
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For the Flower show.

IN account OF the chrysanthcmum show
at Galveston, November IA and 10. the
c.,,as,on. Houston and Northern Railway
a,v will put on rate of $500 for the
co. ,na tr,p. Houston to Galveston, good
Ioun uo,ning trains 14th and 18th, limited
~. VI return on 10th.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-15

cornus Christi November IA new
wster service has been established wnere-
by Corpus Christi will be put " cio.s
touch with the Mexican coast the 'ou's
ha,nu from this port to Point Isabel ane
Brownsyille The large ana s"As
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An Error Corrected.

We have special wagons for eolieetlon %, o.
BAGGAGE from PRIVATE RESIDENCES ter
oil outgoing trains; also for delivery to pa-
sato residences in the city. We are on guy
at all hours. WE NEVER SLEEP. Veis.
phone orders from private residences receive
special attention. Phone Sc.
HOUSTON TRANSFER CO.
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us,,v & Co.. Meats and Groceries.
J. :. "a from 622 Travis TO the old Pas
have land Dallas and Austin.
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c., II. & II. II. II.
Depot foot of Congress Avenue.
Galveston Trains

NOTE-Trains leaving Houst at s:ao a.
m. and Asp. m. and arriving at Houston
3anaTting ten minutes earlier and arriving
ten minutes later than time given above
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H. e. & w. T. r. R.

Grand Central Depot.
i..y. O. 40 D. m Express Train Arrive 6.40 a. m
Shreveport Kansas City and Cinelnnato
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Es-A! trains arrive and depart from the Grand
,;ns which have depot in the Fifth ward. the In
mns,iona and Great Northern and Columbia Tap.
which use the International and Great Northern depot
on Congress avenue. The Missouri. Kansas ana
Texas and Galveston, Houston and Henderson trains
rsss the lnterna tional and Great Northern depot
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c.,v.s,on speolal leaves Houston i;so p. m.
Ssra,vs onIy. All these train, leave the
ssnts Ee Congress Avenue Depot IS minutes
i.,a, hi an the above.
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|o.lLRoAD SCHEDULE
n. a T. q. n. n.
G,snd Central Depot.

r, a n. q. n. n.
md New Orleans Trains.
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M, X. and 4. Depot. Fifth Ward
a IN Arrive o.l0 a. m.
,es,,e Z IL n m........A Arrive S.45 p. m.
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Depot foot of Congress Avenue
r..t MniI to st. Louis ana Chicago.
an r. m....A Arrive 400 a. m.
Leave II. 90 p. .....,....... Arrive Z'4o p M
eanl North To Pal eAtine.
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I.,ve II 90 p. M. 80. Daily. Arrive AIS p. m
Columbia and yelascO Trains.
Daily Except Sunday
m Arrive $40 p. m.
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G., H. & N. r. r..

Grand Central Depot
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
SHERIFF'S SALE.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT, THIRD
judicial district of the state of Utah,
county of Salt Lake George r. Norton,
plaintiff, VS.. Jennie Tufts, Fisher s.
E,lbridge Tufts. deceased. Joseph William
Taylor, ElanOr 3. Wicket otherwise
known as Elanor B. Tufts and John T.
Snelson, defendants.-To be sold at
county court house in the city and coun-
ty of Salt Lake, state of Utah. on August
LIST. a. ID. 1899, at twelve O'Clock noon of
said day. the real estate described as fol-
block forty (4O) plat ''B'' Salt Lake City
survey, commencing at the southwest
corner of said lot two (9, and running
thence north seven CD rods; thence east
six and one-half (619 rods; thence south
seven % rods; thence west six and one
half (61s) rods to the place of beginning.
Also that portion of lot two (2), block
twelve I'D plat "B." Salt Lake City sur
vey, commencing at the southwest corner
of said lot two (2) and running thence
north ten QO) rods; thence east ten Coz
rods thence south ten QO) rods; thence
west ten QO) rods to the place OF begin
ming. Also that portion of lot five (5)
block eighteen QS). plat "B.'' Salt Lake
corner of said lot five (5) running thence
south ten Q0) rods; thence west seventy
eight and one-half (1SiO feet; thence
north ten (l0) rods; thence east seventy
of beginning. situate in the city and coun-
ty OF Salt Lake, state of Utah.
Purchase price payable in lawful money
of the United States.
Dated at Salt Lake City. Utah, this
sth day of July. A. D. 1899:
JOHN F. HOWELLS.
Sheriff of Salt Lake County. State CT
By A. C. DYER. Deputy Sheriff
Stephens q Smith, Attorneys for Plain
~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
MERCUR NEWS.
Many Matters of Interest In the
Cyanide Camp.
Especial Correspondence. )


Mercur July 15.-L. G.. Lantzenhiser OF
the Empire Manufacturing company,
Denver, who placed the electric signal sys-
them in the Grand Central mine at Tintic
recently, has been in camp the past week
in the interest of his company.
contractor Mcdonald of Salt Lake is
pushing work on the new Catholic chapel
and it is hoped it will be ready for oc-
cupancy in about six weeks. The struc-
ture is a fine one and reflects great credit
on its promoters, Bishop Seaman and
others. When finished il will cost about
IS, 600
Watt Bros. the large furniture dealers.
will have a grand opening the first OF
next week in their new store in the
Mahnken building. This firm has been in
business here about four years and the
enlargement of their quarters speaks well
Tor the prosperity of the camp.
J. j. Reagan, well known to patrons of
the opera house, met with a peculiar mis-
hap Thursday evening. large and
dusty miller. for some strange reason,
sought a resting place in his ear and il
took the combined efforts of DR.. Robert
+ son and corps of assistants to remove
II. Mr.. Reagan's friends are congratulate
ing him on his narrow escape from deaf
ness.
Rumors are afloat that the Clark Con-
centrating mill at Ophir will soon resume
operations. Your correspondent was I'M
able to trace the report to any reliable
source, however.
Great preparations are on foot to make
the excursion of the Mercur fire depart
ment and Golden Gate band to Garfield
beach on the 18th a bowling success. The
Oregon Short Line Is offering low rates
and it is expected that a large crowd will
to enjoy a nice trip and bath in the
waters of the great lake.
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Grading On Wyoming & Southern
Will Commence Monday.
OLD GRADE PURCHASED
TRAINS WILL SOON BE RUN
MING TO SARATOGA.
Burlington Purchasing Right-of-way
Along the Route of the Wyoming
Extension-Line Will Go to Grand
Encampment District-Mr. Hahn
Resigns Denver Position.

Saratoga, Wyo., July 15.-Men and
teams are arriving here in large num-
bers for the work of grading thu Wy
oming e Southern railroad, which will
be commenced Monday. John Flick OF
Denver has been awarded the contract
for the grading and he is now here SUI
perintending the work. The old grade
of the Union Pacific, which was pur-
chased by the Wyoming & Southern,
has been found to be in first class con-
dition and very little work will be
necessary to place it in shape to receive
the rails and ties. This grade is about
twenty miles in length and 1t Will be
necessary TO construct only about eight
miles of new grade, exclusive of side
tracks. The contractors are conhdent
that the work will be finished and trains
running into Saratoga not later than
Nov. l.
Cheyenne, Wyo., July 15.-Represen-
tatives of the Z. & NJ. railroad have
been through the northern part of this
and Albany counties negotiating with
the ranchmen along the line of survey
which was recently run through Wyom-
ing, for the purchase of a right
through their lands. The surveyed line
of the new road leaves the Laramie
river at iva in the northern part of
this county, and follows the North
Laramie river for nearly forty miles
through the Laramie mountains to Toll
tee on the Laramie plains, from which
place it strikes off in a southweSterly
direction toward the Medicine Bow
river, which stream it crosses in the
vicinity of Medicine Bow station on the
Union Pacific. From that point the line
follows the Medicine Bow river to Elk
mountain, thence on to Saratoga and
the Battle Lake and Grand Encamp-
ment districts.
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will cease the construction work until
October, on account of the heat. 1t
is almost impossible to get men to work
out there at this season Of the year.
They work a short time and then
quit. So We intend to suspend opera
lions until the weather moderates,
when the work will go on, and the road
will be extended into the White hills, a
total distance of fifty miles from the
Colorado river, which the prolongation
of the line would reach some distance
below the Grand canyon. The crossing
of the river at that point will be ex-
ceedingly easy, as nature has provided
the means of bridging the stream with
out difficulty.
But there is no present provision
made for extending our road beyond
the White hills. In the future it will
be built on into Utah and toward Salt
Lake. which lies almost due north of
our starting point.
The purpose of building to Chloride
and into the White hills is to tap a
particularly rich mineral country. 1
think it is the coming mining region of
the world 1t is rich in gold, silver,
lead and copper. When we get into
southern Utah we will reach rich beds
of COAL"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
UNION PACIFIC INTERESTS.
Attorneys and Special Master Here
On Receivership Business.


On Receivership Business.
A party consisting of Judge w. R.
Kelly, general solicitor of the Union
Pacific railroad; Judge G. NJ. lambert
son, counsel for the receivers, and
Special Master H. S. Abbott, accom-
panied by F. Needing and L. o. Strader,
private secretaries, and Judge Kelly's
father.aHon. J. J. Kelly, a prominent
old citizen of Lincoln. Neb., arrived at
the Knutsford Yesterday afternoon.
They will return to Omaha today.
While the Union Pacific receivership
has been terminated and the reorgani-
cation affected, there are a few tag
ends of slight consequence to be cleared
I'D before the special master is finally
discharged by the court. Judge Kelly,
Judge Lambertson and Special Master
Abbott stated last evening that their
trip hither had nc special significance,
and a brief conference with lie Grande
Young, the Union Pacific's local attor-
ney, this morning will clear up things
so the end of the receivership can be
sighted, as Judge Kelly expressed it.
Judge Lambertson was assistant sec
retarv Of the treasury during President
Harrist s administration, and is
known as a distinguished jurist and an
able counselor.
The party expects to get a little re-
creation out of the trip, and before
returning to Omaha will once more ex-
perience the delights of a bath in the
lake.
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AT THE TABERNACLE.
Discourses By Returned Missionaries
and C. W. Penrose.

and G. W. Penrose.
Services at the tabernacle yesterday
afternoon were conducted by Angus NJ.
Cannon, president of the Salt Lake
stake, and a large congregation listen
ed to talks from returned missionaries
and a discourse by Elder Charles w.
Penrose.
The first speaker was John B. Pow
ers, who has been at work in the Man
chester district of Great Britain for the
past twenty-siX months. He spoke for
thirty minutes or more, and detailed
the conditions surrounding his labors in
that field. and the benefit which the
young missionary derives from coming
in contact with the world.
John Morris, who has been in the
southern states, stated the $50 mission
aries now laboring in that field were
doing good work. and declared there
were hundreds of people there who
We're anxious to embrace the faith and
gather TO these beautiful valleys/of the
mountains.
C. w. Penrose delivered the discourse
Of the afternoon. dealing in particular
with the missionary work, which, he
said. was divided between some LOO
missionaries now in the field. Reports
from those who had recently returned
showed them all to have been imbued
with the spirit of the gospel and a stout
heart for the labor assigned them. They
had come back full of faith, wisdom
and JOY, and their testimony all went
to show that God had directed their
efforts.
At the close of the discourse the choir
sang THE Spirit of God Like Fire Is
Burning" President Snow pronounced
the benediction, and the service ended.