The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-13
THE RATTLE OF THE RAIL.

The Northern Pacific has discontinued its
North Coast limited train service for the
winter
General Manager Henderson is not to give
up his connection with the Reading Coal
and Iron company.
The dcsirabilty Of ncetylene gas az an
illuminant for passenger cars Is being test
ed on the Luckawanna.
Consolidation OF the InterColonial with
the Canadian Pacific has been indorsed
by the HalifaX board Of trade.
J. II. Stacy, who has been in the insur-
ance business In Atlanta. has taken Serv-
Ice with the Plant system in the passenger
department.
Four handsome new Pullman sieepcts
have been placed Ia service on the Chcs
| ap'ake and Ohio, between New York and
| ca cinnsu,
President Ripley Of the Santa Fe saws
! that THE rate situation Is not satisfactory,
though no worse perhaps, than II Is most
of the time
| Denial has been promptly given to the re.
! port that the Kansas city, Mexico AMI
! Orient Is being negotla ed for 10y the Clay
| Pierce syndicate
! The supreme court Of Ohio has decided
| that q railroad company may, on short
! distances, charge the nearest multiple Of a
| three cent rate.
| During November the Reading loaded
| 22IlSl tons, or 5000 carloads Of coal into
vessels at Port Reading, as against 2l6,.
| olo tons In October
The appointment Of o. CorueUsen as
| superlntendcnt Of the Fort Dodge division
OF the Chicago Great Western has been
Officially announced.
The car record office Of the Cleveland
| Lorain. and Wheeling will bc removed &c
Baltimore and consolidated with that OF
the Baltimore and Ohio
Jersey Central employees viii not he
| granted passes after January |. II Is SAID
the company will sell them pass books al
| n quarter Of cent a mile
There is little likelihood OF the presl
dents Of Western roads holding any NOR,
quarterly conferences, They have failed t.
produce the results hoped for
Coloue' u. S. Orr general agent In st
Louis OF the Baltimore and Ohio South
western has resigned to become presiden
OF the Missouri Trust company.
Dining cars are now operated by tn,
Illinois Central In and out OF New Orean'
on the New Orleans division, on the Chi
cage limited and the fast mail
Nine bridges, spanning Ave large rivers
and costing about Si3,oO00o0, are being
built or have been planned for the Penn
sylvsnia lines east OF Pttsburg.
When navigation closed not more thar
1000 tons of freight remained at the hea,
of the lakes and had to he forwarded h.
rail instead OF the water routes.
Passenger officials Of Western roads hav,
been In conference In New York with rem
resentatiyes OF the trunk lines relative I,
kootenai rates, but no definite action ha
been taken
City Ticket Agent B. Kelsey OF the Bill
, -Four has been promoted 90 travelling pa,
senger agent and transferred from Indian
, apolls to Marion, Ohio, 10 succeed Capta!l
D. NJ, Patterson.
Two men are said 10 be under conslderl
tlou for general superln tendeut of tn
Glover Leaf, s, ]. CollluS, who formerl
held such position on the Wisconsin, be
Ing one OF them.
Travel from the Northwest TO Scaudina
Wan and European countries, 1t Is said
Will not he more than half this year wha
IL has been In past seasons, because wage
are so high and labor so scarce.
James r. Crutchdeld, general agent O
the Louisville and Nashville at Chicago, L
which point he was transferred from Ncy
York, has resigned. His successor is j
A, Rldgely. who has been contracting agen
10 Mem orleans.
James L Turk has succeeded A. q. Nc
Cansand as superintendent OF the Wi
arlington and Columbia division Of tn
Reading He has been division englnce
OF the Reading and Lebanon division. MI
, McCausland rema-ls as superintendent o
the Atlantic City division.
An expenditure of several millions b.
the Santa Fe is said to be proposed In OF
I der 10 increase the average train tonnage
, aud this includes reduction OF % pc
cent In the grade OF the mountain line III
Idea is also 10 he In shape for the struggl
for Oriental traffic when 1t begins.