The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
rasscn niger bureau points will be withdrawn

PassC niger bureau points will he Withdrawn
Oh September 80.
A. L. Pcllaton succeeds !. H. Ginct as
city ticket agent for the Southern railway
at St Louis, the latter having resigned
G. J. Webb of Topeka has been appointed
chief clerk in the office OF President Ripley
Of the Santa Fe succeeding II. +. L0ut2.
The ST. Louis Railway club, at its meet.
ing just hold, adopted resolutions of condo
lence on account Of the death Of President
Mckinley.
on September 80 the Choctlw will as
Springs Western from Little Rock Ia Ben
ton and will operate its own trains from
Memphis to Hot Springs.
The officers n the American Association
final arrangements for the annual meeting
Of the association. which will be held In
Los Angeles In November
The Southwestern lines have granted a
plus 81 for the international fair az san
Antonio, October 1890, tickets on sale &c
tober 1917, with return limit of Novem-
ber ..
f. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic mana.
ger Of the Southern Pacific. and his rhief
clerk George Gardiner. have left Clncn-
nati for Chicago from which point they
will return to their headquarters at san
Francisco.
Second Vice President and Traffic Mana.
ger ]. L. Holden of the Choctaw announces
that on September % through passenger
ger service will he inaugurated between
Memphis, Tenn, and Sayrc, O. T., dis.
lance of 627 miles
the line of the Nashville Chattanooga and
st. Louis for the companys fiscal year
ending luly 30 last, shows total earning
ST62o l2775, operating expenses S5,lll,'
125.52 net earnings S2,5G,0O2, %.
At the annual meeting of the stock.
holders of the Nashville, Chattanooga aud
St. Louis company. held AT Nashville, the
only change in the directory was the cleo
tion Of w. II. Cole to hll the vacancy
caused by the death of G. NJ. Fogg.
Decatur Axten, chairman of the board; y
Bionserrate. president; Charles G. Hickok,
frst vice president, and ]. NJ. Ferris, sec
ond vice president are officers recently
announced by the Toledo aud Ohio CeA
trail. which is now a part Of the Hooking
Valley system.
The annual report Of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and ST. Paul railroad shows: Gross
earnings, So 8G9,ol2. an Increase of S4si
crease of S443,334; net earnings $li,Syl,
500. nm Increase of S927. CD. surplus. s., 1873
aTT an increase of $63l .695.
The traffic managers of the trunk lines
and their Eastern connections are In favor
of an immediate strengthening Of the
Oceau freight rates In order that the rail
roads operating between New York and
Chicago may have a stable foundation on
rates
The joint agency Of the Trauscondnen'a
Passenger association lines has issued q
report In connection with the EpWorih
League convention at san francisco in
July The expense Of maintaining II wa'
S2342. while its income from the extension
OF tickets was SGSs0 The number q
tickets validated was 1851
The filing Of articles Of incorporation d
the Logansport and Toledo Railway com
pany discloses that the Eel River road
which was formerly operated nv the Wa
bash, has been acquired. in the Interest o
the Pennsylvania company, and will b'
operated In connection with the Teri,
Tiaute and Logansport, which is nov
operated by V. T. Malott as trustee.
An interchangeable mileage ticket Is pro
posed TO he established in the territory
west of the Missouri river. 1t will be o
the book FORM with coupons 70 be ok
changed at Offices for local tickets. Tn
minimum mileage to be snl1 will be 300
miles for 500. with a $50 rebate. The ter
ritory will be divided, one of the tickets
being good between the river and an
Rocky mountains and the other west Of th'
coast.