The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-31
THE RATTLE OF THE RAIL.

electricity ms n power In machine shops
Is being experimental with by the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific roads.
John Mccoy, soliciting freight agent of
me santa re, and Mrs. Mccoy have re-
turned 10 Kansas city after n trip to Gal.
weston, Houston ana other Southern cities
The Rock Island has completed preliml.
nary arrangements for the speedy extern
sion OF It's line from Anadarko, /. r., to n
point on the main line near Arlington I
i" a distance of sevcnty-siX miles
Employees Of the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois are to be presented with semi.
clear record ON January 1. Those who have
received no demcrit marks during the past
twelve months VIII he given nifty merit
marks Many OF those who have received
demcrt marks Will have the same reduced
In number as an incentive to better work
Regarding the report that George Gould,
working with Nathaniel rhayer, had Sc.
cured stock control Of the Kansas City,
Fort Scott and Memphis aud that The
memphis route" would be made an indie
pendent property Nathaniel Thayer is
quoted as saying; This Is n ridiculous
story. The St Louis and San Francisco
owns every share of stock In the Kansas
CITY, Fort Scott and Memphis, both com
mon and preferred, and the property could
not be divided"
The Great Western management has de.
cided to spend S250000 In cutting down
mississippi hill" which Is between tnyer
Grove and Rich Valley, a few miles out
Of 81. Paul The grade. which is now
80 81 feet to the mile is 10 be reduced 10
90. ~. The work will take several months
and will necessitate the excavation of 500
600 cubic yards. Besides reducing cost Of
I operation the cut Will enable the company
/ to reduce its passenger time out and into
/ ST. Paul by Ave minutes.
| Vice President w. c, Brown OF the Lake
shore Is quoted TO the effect that on the
I hrst OF the year fremen. engine men,
switchmen and train men will be granted
Increase gve
TEN. General Superintendent Smith OF the
Lake Shore In Chicago yesterday said that
although he had no onicial notification re-
egrdtng the matter he understood that all
the hig Eastern systems were rontcmplNt-
Ing material increase In wages "a bring
them on a parity with the western scales.
In their annual report just issued the
railroad commissioners OF Arkansas saw In
connection with railroad extensions in that
State lnat the White River railroad n
branch OF the Missouri Pacific system, Is
being built from point north OF Bates
Vile M the White river In the direction Of
the zinc fields Of Northeast Arkansas The
ST Louis and North Arkansas railroad has
been extended from Eurekn Springs 10 Har.
rison' The Ozark and Cherokee Central
railway, the Fort Smith Western railroad,
I the Arkansas aud Choctaw railway and the
/ South Missouri aud Arkansas railway have
| also made considerable progress In con.
/ structlon.
Charles NJ. Hays, former president Of the
/ Southern Pacific, is back at his old post as
/ general manager Of the Grand Trunk rail-
4 way OF Canada. He reached Montreal last
Tuesday. George H. Reeve, former general
/ manager and his wife left NJ once upon his
/ aAyival for California, where they will
make their home, With the advent OF Mr.
! HAYS there are many rumOrs regarding
! probable changes In the Grand Central
/ Stan, but nothing win be known dehniteiy
until Mr. HAYS has become thoroughly con
I versant with the present requirements OF
( the road Many railway OFFICIALS think p
the Central Vermont to join Mr.. Hays on
| the South Pacific before that system came
under the control OF the Hartman inter
on the Central Vermont or get some Other
responsible position with the Grand Trunh
system.