The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-08
THE SIS. AND S.ABSORBED
official Papers Have Been Filed in
the Department at Austin.
FORECLOSURE SUIT TO Be WITHDRAWN
Hearing on the Cotton Rates Has Bee,
Postponed for a Week-Pro-
motions in S. P. Office.

AUSTIN Texas, May I'll. j. IIsggcrmnn
general solicitor Of the Missouri. Kansas
una Iexas Railway company, was here
To-Day In company with Judge Mill.r ~
pailas' state attorney for the road mud
AFTER paving their respects to tho ral,roaa
&C pmission, they fled articles Of cansoli.
daticn of the Miss orrl, Kansas ana Texos
With the sherman, Shreveport and south.
ern railway. A bin was passed at tho
session of the Twenty sixth legislature
@ ~, the consolidation by purchase.
lhey held conference with ATTORNEY
General Ben, and by agreement, the suit
pehuine against the Texas company to Tor
'snit ns charier WIN he dismissed The
sun was originally Instituted by Mr..
,rane when he was attorney general.
o o, Sne ground that the company was con.
s s9h,iiuitpu with an outside corporation,
Mn,cn ~ III violation of the constitution
anu mat It's offices were not nlojntninai
N N Iexas. After the filing of the suit, tho
teSas COMPANY, moved It's general Offices
had G M Sand ana the railroad commission
n i tne ofhces Inspected which mnde 1t
clear TO them that the company was do
iiS business according to law.
would nS agreement Ia d",isp provides that the suit
me act of the Twenty sixth ieglslature
authorizing the purchase of the 'Three
Sitb, road ~ It's extension into Shreveport
general
be maintained in Dallas
Also that the outside corporations re-.
iunu certnln amounts to the Texas com.
pahy' which It had failed to collect on
tne concentration of Interstate cotton
About S14S,0n0 WIS due the Texas com
pally ana Ss3Wo has been returned The
extensions to Shreveport and San Antonio
nave neeh made Within the specified time
Greenvllle, Texas, May 7.-At meeting
In this city yesterday of President Rouse
and party of Katy officials with the nomi-
nal officers of the Sherman, Shreveport
and Southern, the formal and final steps
were taken TO consolidate the last named
with the Missouri, Kansas and Texas ac-
cording to the provisions of the act of the
State Legislature.
According to information given out after
the meeting, the sherman, Shreveport and
Southern railroad will cease to exist as
a separate corporation after midnight of
the 18th, at which time the ownership and
control of the line passes into the man
agement of the Katy. from which 1t was
taken by judicial process during the en-
cumbency Of Ex-Governor Hogg as attor
ney general
BY the absorption of the Sherman
Shreveport and Southern the general Of
ices will be abolished. but Mr.. T. NJ.
AVord. superintendent of the line Is made
jurisdiction embracing the Shreveport aud
Mckinney division. also the Greenvlllc AMI
Mineola line. hls headquarters Will still
he in Grecnville. and 1t Is understood
he will use the same office force with the
addition of another man. Frank Sco6n
over from Mr.. Chatham's department The
passenger department is abolished by the
change and Mr., Chatham is made COM
met cial agcn for the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas with headquarters in Greenville The
men now in Mr., Chatham's office Will he
transferred to Dallas. 1t is understood
but just who or how many of the several
departments will he similarly treated is
not known at the time.
The dlspatchers office will he continued
with Ed Stahl as chief dispatcher and
Messrs Becton and Cain as trick men.
third trick man will be added to the
The auditing department of the Sher
man. Shreveport and southern will he
maintained for month or two In charge
of Auditor Marache and Treasurer Rob
erts, in order to finish up outstanding bust
ness of the old company. on the compile
ton Of this work the force will be trans
ferred to Dallas
What will be done in regard to rebuild
ing the shops here remains to he seen.
still It is given out that both the round
house and shops are n certainty as well
as new yards. the latter to be established
out at the junction.