The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-23
RAILR0ADERS HAVE HELPED
FRoM HIGH TO Low employees
HAVE WORRIED HARD.
Train" Are Running into Galveston
on Schedule Time Now over
All the Roads.

Throughout the recea. calamity the rail-
roads and their employees from managers
down have labored night and day to relieve
the situation
Relief trains of more than 2OO cars of sup
Plies OF ali kinds and carry. ng perhaps IU0
Teseusrs from the North East and West.
pesiues a thousand or more from local ter
Et0iy. coulo not have reached storm-strlckvn
GAlFsston II the officers and employees of the
railroad lines between Houston and Galveston
had not laboTed 81 hero.cRliy.
TOO much can not DO SAID In praise OF
these men who have exercised both brain
and sinew to an almos. saperhuman. degree
IN an effort to establish communication be-
tween Houston. Galveston and other points
IA tho stoTm-stricken district
Looking at the JatioR IS It existed on
sunday morning, t.&'9th, the day after the
AWFUL ealastropha IL seems almost Incredible,
wlh more than Agll the track ANA bridges
on each OF the three lines between Houston
and Galveston washed completely away that
trains should be- running into Galveston
Unlon depot today nevertheless this is The
case ana trains are gong through almost as
i nothing unusual had occurred.
The men who have worked so zsalously
10 accomplish the results which have Oecn
Southern Pacific; w. C. Nixon. general SUI
porintendent Santa Re, and j.. II. Hill gem
erAi manager Of tan Galveston, Houston and
Henderson road. These three gentlemen have
been on the ground personally ami have d.
rooted ese work being done by the men I'M
der them.
All tho roads are running trains today on
regular schedule. although there may be
some delay in reaching terminals owing 10
tho consested aondlfion OF the tracks ana the
tact mat theFe is but one bridge across the
pay from virginia Point, which all three
/ Lines viii use unHl the new douhe-track
steel bridge can be constructed. The con-
struction OF this new steel bridge will prob
! ablv consume two months and Swhen COM
j pleted u Will be ten feet higher Than any Of
| tne old tresties were; i IS understood that
THIS new bridge Will be built under ehe
supervision OF chief Engineer Boschke OF the
southern Pacific and that It will be usel
lointiy by the Southern Pacific the Santa
70 and tho Galveston. Houston ana HendeT>
sen Under traffic arrangement
The Southern Pacific billed out yesterday
for export through New Orleans 1000 bales
OF cotton originally bGlled TO Galveston
These shipments do not include any or the
cotton caught in the food 1t is estimated
that there was In Galveston and en- routa
between Houston and that port over 1000
bales which must still be ACCOUNTED for.
President Hubbard OF tho New York cot,
ton exchange recently telegraphed to tho
houston Cotton Exchange asking whether
tho report was true that large quantities OF
cotton consigned to Galveston and supposed
to have been lost. wore safely held in Hous-
Secretary Warner OF the Houston exchange
wired in reply as follows 'About 1.tOl
bales Galveston cotton here which has been
~.
Much more known 20 DO held IN the eoun,
try"
It is expected much of this cotton will go
to New Orleans.
General Passenger Agent Parks OF the
southern Pacific has issued the following
circular IN regard to train service into Gal
no An Agents and Connections.
Commencing with sunday September o.
through sleeping car lines will be resumed
! N and out OF Galveston on tho Galveston.
/ Houston and Northern railway, and sleeping
car tickets may be sold on regular lines INTO
Galveston commencing With this dSte ana
out Of Galveston commencing tomorrow.
Outl further notice the following trains
VIII be abandoned; Leaving Galveston: No, p
I;iQ a, m; No 4, 1890 p. IN, Leaving Hous-
ten; No. o, l.40 p. M No. T. 725 p m
1 Nos and TO- running between Houston
season. L. j. Parks,
/ q. p. and r. A.
! NJ. l.. Robbins, general passenger agent Of
the Houston aud Texas Central railroad, has
notified all agents as follows
! You can resume sale OF railroad and sleep
| ing car tickets to Galveston via the Houston
and Texas Central and Galveston, Houston
Z and Northern. Train schedule as follows;
S9uthbound leave Houston A. M. and 9,l5
a. M; northbound leave Galveston 500 .. m
and s;2A y. m Cancel circular No. STA
The tEtight departments Of both the South
ern Pacific ard the Houston and Texas Cen
tral have notified agents and connections
that they are prepared 10 receive all frelgh.
for Galveston and intermediate points.
II 10 understood that similar notice has
been issued by both the Santa Fe aud Gal
weston. Houston and Henderson roads.