The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-16
Railroad Notes and Personals.

Travelling Auditor Hawkins of the Santa !
Fe railroad was here from Galveston yes
terday.
President ]. H. Kirby of the Gulf Beau
mont and Kansas city railway, went TO
Beaumont yesterday.
Mr.. o. c. Gatln OF the Missouri Kansas
and Texas, will he married in Rah-
way, n. j.. next Wednesday.
Major Baer, manager of the Galveston
street railways, spent yesterday mlnslnS
among his Houston friends
The Houston and Texas Central hauled
another solid train of watermelons from
points on its road yesterday
Mr. w. A. Rheinhart, travelling passen-
ger agent of the Southern Pacific, is III
San Antonio in the interests of his road.
! Mr.. E. X Bixby, travelling passenger
| agent Of the Nandalia, with headquarters
at Fort Worth, spent yesterday in Hous-
| ton,
| Mr.. ]. H. Hill general manager of the
| Galveston, Houston and Henderson rail-
road. was among yesterdays visitors TO
Houston.
The International railroad reports con
siderable travel to the Surf Side hoiel at
Velasco. which was formally opened for
the season yesterday.
Mr. w. c. Conner. Jr. commercial agent
of the Frisco, returned to his houston
headquarters yesterday, after Speeding a
pleasant vacation in the North
The big excursion of the employees NJ he
Houston and Texas Central railroad taxes
place tomorrow morning to La Porte ana
all the indications go to show that X VIII
be a whale.
Tonight the second of the series OF
moonlight excursions to La Porte takes
1t
! needless to say It will be grand ana
peasurable affair
Mr.. Chas. n Golding, commercial agent
Of the Chicago Rock Island and Texas
railway returned to his headquarters mere
Yesterday from a business trip to Beau
mont and other points
Mr. T S Mcdowell. superintendent o
the Smithville division of the Missouri
}. Kansas and Texas railway, accompanied
by MIR. o. f. Maer. trainmaster of the
= same division, was in the city yesterday
The Houston and Texas Central move
4 out of Houston yesterday eleven son'
e freight trains, consisting OF 5sl heaVllS
loaded cars When it comes down to
. business the "Old Reliable is strictly II
Il it,.
e nav before Yesterday. when the com
e mencement exercises closed at the Agri
4 cultural and Mechanical college, th'
u, Houston and Texas Central hauled owe
u 1000 passengers between Houston AM
= Bryan
: For the Texas Farmers congress, to b
held at College station July 2b to 2s, IN
70 Sunset railway announces rate OF on
fare for the round trip. Tickets on SAL
/ July % and a. limited for return to Jul
n 80
General Passenger and Ticket Agen
mr. "a
=, Central railroad issued an Official clrculH
e' Yesterday changing the name OF the sta
! lion known as "Mackay'' to that OF Trun
i'd hull. said change to go into effect on II
r. 25th instant.
MIR. VIM. Doherty assistant generi
a freight and passenger agent OF the Hou
III ton East and West Texas railway, le
l. turned yesterday from shreveport M
w n Taylor, general freight and pal
senger agent OF the same road Is eXrect'
to return to the city this morning
n Vice President L. J. Smith AMI Gener
D. Passenger Agent F s. lantis OF the ga
is weston, Houston ana NoltheIu Ia'lio 20
speut yesterday forenoon in Galveston, =
On turning to this city In the afternoon. 10
tn night both gentlemen, accompanied
I'd. their wives, left here for Beaumont
"a The Santa Fe announces that, con
ne mencing next Sunday, 1t Will run tfe
no out of Galveston at 1915 p. m. every su
ns day night. The Sunday schedule is
"a follows: Leave Houston at ,. m, y
70 m. and so p, IN. Returning trai
90 leave Galveston at $40 p. m.I-a-1h-p. L
IN T 80 n IN. and 1913 p. m
so The Now York, Texas and Mexican ra
% road has placed an order with the He,
25 ton and Texas Central railway compa
25 for the Immediate manufacture of $50 We
25 tiIated cars for fruit and waterme
25 transportation. The cars will be built
90 the company's shops at Houston and
IS order will be filed as rapidly as possip
Is The Southern Pacific has arranged W
oO the Houston and Texas central 10 naH
90 ali OF it's California northbound and n
90 Orleans eastbound traffic, via Fort Wo
% and the Texas Pacific. until It's wa va,
30 west of Del Rio are repaired T'iror
~ passenger trafiic between New orleans
30 Calioihia VIZ
Ok route.