The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-20
Notes and Personals.

n, Noel assistant general freight agent
OF the Katy spens Yesterday I'm Calves
ton.
j, b. Morrow travelling passenger agent
OF the Katy has recovered from several
| days sickness.
Andrew Vann of the Southern Pacific
car department left last night for Birm-
ingham, Ala.
The touring officials of the Hous on
Est and West Texas are expected back
from Shreveport this morning
Division Superintendent w. h. Scott Of
the Santa Fe, with headquarters at
Temple, was in the city yesterday.
Colonel J. c. Andrews, Southwestern
passenger agent OF the Southern, has re-
turned from a trip over in East Texas.
II. NJ. Mayo. chief of the literary bu-
rea, Sunset Lines. has had a reNpse
Of the grip and is reported quite sick
agpin.
Tine stockholders of 1.-THE Illinois Ger
trail viii on the 29th vote on the lues-
ton OF increasing the capital stock OF
the company to $66O0O,GO0.
Fierce Hoffman, travelling secretary TO
President Russell Of the Mobile anS Ohio,
is dangerously i'll ait Mobile. and his
friends are considerably alarmed.
Western roads have agreed to make
the same rates this year as last year for
the Aa3rdi Gras celebrations at New Or
leans and Mobile. February 14-19.
j. L. Branch has been appointed solicit
Ing freight agent of the Choctaw Okla
hcma and Gulf ait Atlanta, Ca. and Frank
Griffin travelling passenger agent at MenS
rhis.
The excursion over the Galveston,
Houston and Henderson to Beaumont to-
day promises to be in keeping with the
big gusher the crowds are going TO see
record breaker.
The Trunk Line association rules and
those of the Central Passenger assocla-
tion With regard 10 theatrical or party
rates and baggage regulations for such
parties are now identical.
The Great Northern has decided to
build a 155-mile cutoff from Great Falls
10 Browning, nnd extending into the new
Atlln mining district This will reduce
the distance between Kalispel and Butte
by 200 miles.
Mr.. F.. A. Johann is appointed general
agent az the st. Louis, Charlottesville
and Memphis Railroad company with Of
fees in the Laclede bufhing, ST. Louis.
Mr. Johann is widely known and is very
popular lin business ctrcles.N
1t Is recalled here that Ike Cohen, who
| died at Austin yesterday morning. WdS
formerly railroad man in Houston. In
tine eighties he was private secretary
to Mr.. Foster. who was ait that time
practically general manager OF tine Hous-
ton and Texas Central
Waiter Ford, travelling freight agent
of the Delaware and Lackawanna system,
with headquarters at st. Louis, and Ar
thur l.. Wylie travelling freight agent OF
the wabash. witt headquarters at the
same place, were in Houston yesterday
on business and pleasure bent.
TIE Northern Pacific and ;he Great
Northern have notified their agents that,
beginning February /. passenger rates
In Montana will be reduced from cents
| 10 s cents per mile, 1t is expected the
oregon Short Line. the Great Falls and
Csusda. the Burlington and other roads
VIII do likewise
Finty-one roads reporting for the fourth
week of December show gross earnings
of So. 46S Ola, against Sl0.995.634. being
an increase OF S1.472,3s0. Forty-two o.
the roads show increases and nine de-
creases. From January OF last year the
saHge roads earned s424, 500 9ls. against
s3eS Ia, 9647. being an increase of $41.-
1sS $50. For the longer period fo-y eight
| al me roads show increased AMI three
| decreased earnings