The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-04
THE RATTLE OF THE RAIL.


plcted a magnificent new passenger station
at Dover. y. j.
President Clements OF the Rutland says
that his company Is not interested In the
bridging of the st. Lawrence at Montreal.
General Kuropatkln, the Russian minister
Of war cut the first sod for the now Rus
sian railway from Tashkend to OrcnhurG.
BurUngtou's Chlc1ro.I.os Angeles daily
train service with Omaha, k1nSa" civ
ana the Santa Fc resumed Oh November 4.
President Cassatt of the PENNSYLVANIA
has denied that there Is any intention o.
absorbing the Philadelphia and Erie, as re-
ported.
The Akron route of the Pennsylvania and
Erie. established for the Pan American
season, will not be made permanent as was
expected
Radical changes in the southern clnssih
cation. the most important Of which have
been published went into effect on No
Vcmbcr ].
The New York state board Of railroad com
missioncrs has authorized tho Hudson Val
Icy Railroad company to issue q $4,000
coo mortgage.
f. NJ Pomcroy has bccn appointed acting
Pacific Coast agent OF the PeunSylyauG
lines ana ne star Union line to succeed
a. S. j. Holt.
The Southern Florida and Gulf Coast.
capitallzcd nj 100000 has been char
tered II is to run from Fort Pierce to
Punta Rossa.
Contracts for improvements In Mississippi
to cost 100000 IN addition to other work
heretofore awarded have been made by the
Illinois Central.
C. A. Peabody Jr.. has been elected
director of the Delaware and Hudson. I'm
place Of Alfred sautvoord. lie represents
John Jacob Aston
wabash traiumcu and dispatchcrs have
tc go 10 school and pass an examination
two or three times Il year as to their
knowledge Of orders
The use Of the mcgaphonc IN calling
| Trains In the waiting rooms OF the rail
roads az Buffalo has demonstrated its de-
| STABILITY and value.
A 54Ofeet steel steamer to carry 1850
tons cargo Is building on the Clyde in
England for the Johnston line between
baltimore and Liverpool
At Pattonsbwg, Mo. John w. Gates,
through his agent, II. c. Wright. has pur-
chased the Kansas CITY and Northern
Connecting railroad for Ss00,0O0
/ IT is rumored that the Denver and Rio
/ Grandc will put down third rail on the
| between Sal!da and Grand Junction.
/ IL is denied 10y General Manager Potter
Of the Baltimore and Ohio thar the West
! Virginia Central viii be bought Senator
| Elklns says the road is not for sale
g. c. Riley. formerly chief clerk of the
car service department % the Rig Four
/ has been appointed superintendent OF car
service on the Chicago Great Western.
II is again denied that the Santa ZEE Is
10 take over the Colorado and southern.
/ but il Will continue 10 operate the trains
Of that road between Denver and Pueblo.
The new terminal station Of tine Jack
| sonvillc st. Louis railway was opened with
an informal reception by tho officials at
| Jacksonville Ill. The property cost 500
! Rumor says that the PENNSYLVANIA Is
soon to have control or ownership of tho
| Pennsylvania and Northwestern extending
| from Bcwood 10 Horatio, seventyseyen
! miles.
!. r. w. Davis. engineer Of maintenance
! Of WAY If df Vigiyu a hp Chi.
| caEo aud Alton. has resigned to take scry-
| Ice with the Chicago and Erie Novem-
| Der 10.
The only changes in the Big -Four d.
man in place Of George A. Farlow and
| Waller T. Bliss for one year TO succeed
the late George T. Bliss.
II is reported that General Superintcnd-
cnt Michigan Of the Grand Trunk has
| rendered mis- resignation and In q short
time will retire. 60 become general man
| ager Of the Canadian Northern
! Under a short term lease just made the
| Bradford. bordell and Kinzua has added
| to It's system that portion OF the Ptishurg
and Western between FoXbureh and Orms-
! by Junction, Pa, line lo4 miles long
now steamship line between Savannah
! 0ud New York Is now am assured fact,
| The steamers will mako lumber their
chief, II not only cargo from the former
| port.
| 1t is believed Western roads win with.
| draw theatrical party rates owing 10 the
government insisting ON having them for
/ the movement of troops over land grant
| roads.
! An industrial department is To bc cs-
| lishod hy the Chicago and Alton railroad.
! T. $. Wilson, who has been ticket agent
| az the company at Mexico Mo, has been
| appointed industrial agent.
! Homcscekers' rates IN Colorado now ap-
| ply only TO points west or Sedalia, those
| hy Denver. Colorado Springs and Pueblo
| having been Withdrawn la order to pro-
vent scalpers handling the tickets.
| Frrthcr evidence Of the intention of The
| LNckaWanna 10 make q strong bid Tor
business wherever It can he had Is seen In
| the fact that the company Is 70 open an
| office IN Denver apout December ].
On the Monon few DAYS ago n regular
train ran from indianapolis to Chicago In
nine miles being covered ln six inmates
or at the rate Of ninety miles an hour.
Oficlal announcement Inns been made ~
/ tho appoint ment Of G. X. Morrison SUI
perintendent. and f. ID. Tucker as train
master OF the Chicago and Council Bluns
aud Racine and southwestern divisions OF
the 81. Paul.
Under consolidation Of Reading and
Jersey Central agencles the New England
| territory has been divided between George
| w Sonners and George W. Hammond, aud
samuel g. Schenck viii represent both
roads In Pttsburg.
The Office Of the assistant 10 the general
| manager In the Cleveland office Of the
| Wheeling and Lake Erie has been abolished
| and the duties OF the 0inee, lhtludlnE the
purchase ot supplies, viii be assumed by
the general manager
The New York New Haven and Hartford
i railroad has closed one Of the biggest con
\ tracts ever given by any road, ordering
100 freight ears and thirty locomotives
ten swilcherS. ten for passenger aud ten
Tor mogul freight service.
G.. W. Bartlett formerly supFintendent
| Of the Dunkirk Allegheny valley and
Plttsburg railroad. with headquarters In
/ Duuklrk has been appointed general SUI
j pehntendent Of the South shore railway