The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-21
CAR SERVICE MEETING.
Annual Session of the State AssOcia.
ton Has Been Held.
SupERISTENDENTS ALSO ASSEMBLED
committee Appointed at the Latter
Meeting to Confer with Commission
Relative to lnterlookins Switches.

On wednesday at the Offices OF the assn.
cation In the Klam building ia Hopsfor
vas neld the annual meeting OF the Texas
var Service association, and also Of the
Association of Railway Superintendent. !,
Texas. 'u'enuents OF
me manager, Major Charles b. Peck.
made the usual report. showing the onsr,.
t'on OF the Car Service association, n.
selher win financial and detention records
IoE inc year. the same by individual roads
COMPARISONS, distribution Of accounts etc
the showing for the association was com,
s sors very, good having handled s2l. es7
aS dgNlnSt ild,SOg for the nrecadiut
seS9t, q gain Of i0S3TS cars ar fheso ~ ps
1V...uol' or 9f.fo per cent were released
c %i5fn s 5he free time leaving only 225 per
siieSt " on}ie 20 demurtage. There was a
sne assocla&jon, detention Of cars by CON.
slg1ees, ana the Texas record is now aSyrn
~ - a9ls' against 80 before the formo.
United States N'"'i"ps III rue
n, Inc following is an extract from the 70.
ne aroot;ne Important event of the wear
80 Hhtctlhg your association was tho Gal
weston storm, paralyzing for neer,v q
51ielth our great seaport. DESTROYING Inn
gafes OF cars and diverting traffic to other
enect of that storm on the Galveston ~ IIn Dns
py Stating that while there was n direcf
loss IN the month OF Septenlber of 505S
SON wd Iae fr fGnIe9 61d loss for the sea-
70 70, ihe credit OF Galveston lines that not,
WitSianding the destruction of tracks
w WndrEes, elevators and all the appliances
81 a great terminal, they show a decrease
n average detention Of lie OF day. eduly.
aient to 1919 ears for one dnv"
EN- me manager was reelected by acclama-
board was the substitution of Vice Presl.
cent u. =. Keller of the Fort Worth and
Denver City for ] V. Goode, late gen,
eral superintendent of that line
~
Immediately upon the conclusion OF tue
car service meeting, the Superlntendents'
association convened and transacted rou.
tine business, the principal new business
being the consideration of recent act
of the legislature in re-interlocking
switches, and a committee consisting Of
W. G Nixon. general superintendent OF
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad:
j. w Maxwell. general superintendent OF
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad,
and J VI Lee, superintendent Of the Hous.
ton and Texas Central railroad was ap-
pointed to confer with the railroad COM
mission as to the particular interlockiug
device approved of by the commission and
their views as to distribution OF the eX.
pense thereof The committee was ordered
to report ut call meeting one mouth
hence. This was considered very i'm.
portant subject. involving an expense OF
more than Il million dollars. and. In the
opinion Of the superintendents. could not
he fully Installed within the time allowed
under the act
Major Peck was reelected president. as
were the other officers, the only change
being the substitution Of MIR w. 2.
Green or the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe
for Mr.. Golden of the Galveston Terminals.
~
Major Peck having referred in bis annual
message to the death OF their late 1850
ciate, Mr. w b. Mulvey. Mr.. ]. NJ. Lee
of the Houston and Texas Central. sup
ported by Vice President Nixon of the
Santa Fe, offered the following resolutions;
Whereas The occasion of This annual
meeting is saddened by tho seemingly I'M
timely death Of our associate Mr. W. Il.
Mulvey. of the Texas and New orleans
railroad, a valued member Of this assocla-
tlOn; and while we gan not defer our ~
bors we do pause to pay tribute TO hls
memory, therefore, he II w
Rcsolvd That In the death Of w. u.
Mulvey, superintendent OF the Texas ana
New Orleans the SuperlntendentS asS0cia'
lion and the railway officials OF IeNas
have sustained a great loss, second only
70 that of his hereaved family. 10 whom
our respectful and sincere confidence is
rendered. 80, -, "a.
deiiberati ons ont of respect for and IN
time 10 attend the funeral OF our late as
soclate. occurring on this day.
Tho above were adopted and inc assu,
| Citations adjourned and In q BODY attenneu
| The funeral OF their late associate