The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-20
WELLS.FARGO OFFICIALS.
President John J. Valentine and Party
Spent the Day in Houston.
HOW EXPRESS BUSINESS HAS GROWN.
Superintendent r. A. Wells OF the Kansas
City Division Was Also in the
City Yesterday.

President John j. Valentine of the Wells.
Fargo Express company arrived In Hons.
ton yesterday morning and spent the day
with friends and aeduaintances in the city.
Mr.. Valentine came In on the Southern
Pacific private can San Jose and was 40.
companled by his wife. private secretary
nnd Captain j. o. Bradford. prominent
express official OF San Francisco
President Valentine Is a very pleasant
gentleman and has cordial and CHEEKY
good word for all whom he meets lie
came direct from his headquarters in San
Francisco. and did not stop in any city
longer than an hour or SO until he reached
Houston After spending the entire day
here he left last night for New Orleans
From there he Is undecided as to where
he will go.
There is nothing unusual in this trip
at all, said he yesterday. II take these
trips over our territory every once in
awhile. 1t has been about three years
since | was In Houston. see great
change for the better in your city since
then. We left san Francisco last Friday,
and you see we have not stopped very long
In any place since we left headquarters un-
I'll we arrived here
Asked II the express companies were
making any very radical changes or big
improvements, or contemplating doing so,
/ MIR. Valentine said: 1--WE progress com
phrdtNelS VIII lne INllfoaus, OF tiuHSpol'
tation lines If these extend into new
places we extend along with them. A,
present we operate railroad. steamship and
stage lines 42,361 miles We extend north
/ to Victoria, British Columbia; south to Vera
Cruz, Mexico; east to Boston and New
York, and west to San Francisco. We have
the quickest and, we think the best and
safest medium of transportation 10 all the
principal cities of the United States, Can
ada and Mexico.
1--WE do business over 1900 miles of stage
lines. principally in the western portion OF
the United Suites. aud also on several
steamboats,, besides being general forward
ers of express matter TO London, Paris
Hamburg and all parts of Europe, South
America Australia, China and Japan. SO
you can see we do some business
eve will be fifty years old In this com
ing March. The business has grown con
siderably in that time. The original plo
nccrs Of this organization were Messrs
! Wells and Fargo. both long since dead
Our company has grown up with the coun-
ncrcd. I do not mean that We have made
| money on the same scale as the average
merchant Our prices are always the
| same hut we have done and are doing our
share of the business for which we are
| contending. and are very we'll satisfied with
! IT, we do general banking business In
all our various divisions and have d-nc
very we'll indeed with this feature OF our
! business which shows that We were needed
in that line. Our capital stock Is
| SIS. coo 600. ,
General Manager r. A. Wells Of the
| Ennsos city division met Mr.. Valentine
| here. They called on the local representa-
| tives of the Wells Fargo people In Houston
and were afterward taken In charge ny
! many friends and acquaintnnces In lious'
! ton and spent the entire day very pleas.
| antlv The party left early last night IN
the san Jose for New Orleans.