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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-02
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On June 80, 1901, there were 39.5S4 loco
motives in the service Of the railways.
which was 1921 more than were in use the
preceding year OF the total number Of To-
eomotlves 1O,1S4 are classed as passenger
locomotives, 22,sS0 as freight locomotives,
500 as switching locomotives, the remain-
der, COZ not being classified
The total number Of cars Of all elias ,es IN
the service Of the railways on the date
stated was 1,55O, s33, there having been an
increase of 99,095 In rolling stock Of FMS
class. or the total number OF cars 35.a6g
are assigned to the passenger service,
10 the immediate service of the railways
These figures, however. do not include ears
owned by private companies and frnG that
are used by railways, as no returns for
them are made to the commission
The report under review contains sum-
maries 10 Indicate the density OF equip
nient and the extent Of It's USE. L appear $
therefrom that the railways az the United
Stntcs used on an average 202 locomotives
and 1926 cars per 1860 utlcS 0f line, that
Ja.631 passengers were carried and 1,7OI,
COS passenger miles accomplished per pnS-
senger locomotive. aud that - i92 tons %
freight were carried ana 9, 1876 ton niles
accomplished per freight locomotive. En-
bracing IN the term equipment" hrth ioro-
motives and cars II Is noted that the total
equipment ~ railways ri he enN Of the
] year was 300 All OF tbs number i.lG4,-
CAS- were lifted with train brakes tie In
crease In this item being l5S,8il, and L5a9,'
$40 were fitted with automatic couplers, tae
Z Increase being 145, T0S Nearly al cpom1
/ tiyes and cars in the rasscigcr service
/ were fitted with train brakes. and IL 10, ~
| locomotives assigned TO that service SNsU
1 were fitted With automatic couplFS PrAc'
tically all passenger cars wcrc fitted with
automatic couplers. RPEArrrg freight
{ equipment n is observed that nenr.y MI
freight locomotives were '1llrpeh Win
automatic coupiers or i.H4.82s cars n
! the freight service, 1,9Ti,75s we're attcd
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ME-. WnlIer a Anderson.

Anderson, Texas September Major c.
{. Walter. president Of the Velasco Brazoi
aud Northern railroad, of Houston accom-
panied By c. u. Coon OF G. Il. Coon & CO..
railroad contractors Of San Antonio were
here today having come from Stoneham
over the old Texas Northern survey from
Stonehnm to Anderson,
Major Waller was IN conference with o
number Of the prominent railroad citizens
= Anderson but both Mir Waller und az
citizens refused To give out any informant y
as the result Of the conference, 1t i a vel
known fact however. that Mr.. Coon hfs
the contract for the binding Of the Nclas
60, BRACES. and Northern from suearland
north to Hampstead. and II Is reasonable
to suppose that Messrs Waller ana Coon
are looking over the route from Iicmpsteid
to Anderson with n View 81 building "a
Anderson However, President Waller
would not say that his line would come 4
either StOneham on Anderson but that
they would build through Grimes county
Mr. Walters many friends In Anderson on,
very glad to see the success he IS making
Ia railroad circles
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MILEAGE AND CLAssIFIC ALTON. OK
RAILWAYS

On June 30 1901. tho total single track
railway miIeaee In +ha TTnitod s+otes u,os
Ia, 30 !, STATES "US
Is''Z5t'44 miles, this mileage having In
creased during the year 1891 90 milcs This
incrense Is erenter +bo, that for on,. ot,,or
year since 1898 excepting 1900, when 1t
was 40Jl,12 miles. The sixteen states ana
Territories for which nm incrooso Jc wiz
ogn IN svo.ss 90 100 L.. =, 80
follows: Alabama. Colorado Georgia III
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Bingham Boys Leave for AahevIIle.

The bingham boys" have ended ulHr
vacation at home and left IN Louis.
vine and Nashville through sleeper last
night at 1850 for Ashevlle. y. c., where
they VIII resume their studies At Bingham
college The party was composed Of min :
teen Texas students. chareroned by Alr.
Percy w. Morrow. COMMERCIAL agent ~
Houston for the Louisville AMI Nrs.ivlis.
Mr Morrow stated last night that hn
lad made every arrangement for their com
ftrt aud all anticipated a deliehtfui t-ip.
Binghfm's Texas contingent made n very
favorable impression upon the b nae folks
and the schnQ could have no better ai-
yertisemeut than the personal appearance
students
The boys spent the day IA Houston, en-
joylnG The events o. LABOR Day.
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were 1000 less OF foreign companies cars
ON the Pennsylvania lines.
Just II year ago the Houston and Texas
Central formally absorbed the Central
Texas and Northwestern the Fort Worth
and New orleans, the Austin and North
western dud the Gvanite Mountain aud
Marble Fails
man IN TnGian Territory has sued the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas for 5000,
charging that while he was asleep another
passenger inflicted severe knife wound
on him. lie alleges ncgligence on the part
Of the company In not atf0rdlng proper pro
lection TO its passengers against drunken
persons
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with train brakes ana l.isA,o1O with auto.
matte couplers
EMpT.oYrs.


The number Of persons In the employment
Of the railways Of the United States as re.
ported for June 80. 1901. was l.0Ii ,l69, or
an average Of J4s employees per 100 miles Of
line, As compared with June 30 1900 the
number OF employees Increased $3.50, or 10
per leo miles OF line The classification OF
these employees shows that 1922 were en-
ginemen. 47,1Bd urcmen a2.Oa2 conductors,
and 4H3 other trainmen. There were
4rotd switchmen. iagmen and watchmen.
Emitting 3l01 employees not assigned to any
OF the four general divisions OF employment,
II appears that the services OF 3s,sl0 EN-.
ployes Were required for general adminls.
tration. 3i3.IlT fpr maintenance OF way and
structures. .4lS for maintenance OF equip
ment and 470,ll1 for conducting tTansporta.
tion.
One summary in the report contains a
statement OF the average daily compensa.
tion OF the eighteen classes Of employees FOR
ten years beginning with 1892, and another
gives the total compensation paid to more
than % per cent Of the railway employees
Tor the fscal years 1895 to 1901 Tho
amount paid In salaries and wages to EN-.
ployes during the year ending June 80 1901,
II Is seen, was $6lOTl3,TOl, winch was $685..
44s,st0 In excess OF what was paid during
l.OO. The compensation OF the railway EN-.
ployes for 1901 is equivalent to 592T per
cent OF the operating expenses or the rail-
way companies and 3s44 per cent OF their
gross earnings.
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not leave hoT on journey without
Hilf q chsvlher,ain's collie cbo,.ra
fDiarrhoee Henrfy. Il Is aIlrsss car
~ be needed snd can not be procured
B sou are on board the cars or steam,
Y l. pleasant. ssfe and reliable. For
~ all druggists
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-02
CAPITALIZATION AND VALUATION OF
HALFWAY PROPERTY.

The amount Of railway capital outstand-
Ing on June 80, 1901, was Hess, l7T.99t
This amount, on a mileage basis. repre-
sents a capitalization OF SOS per mile
OF line. OF the total capital stated S5,sO6,-
507,104 existed in the form of stock, of
which S44T5, 400, T21 was common stock aud
St,331, l5T 1888 preferred stock. The amount
which existed in the form of funded debt
was $5,SS1, $50, sS7 This amount comprised
the following items. Mortgage bonds,
S504S,S11, GIL; miscellaneous obligations
and equipment trust obligations, SOS, llt
123. The amount of current liabilities
which is not Included In the foregoing hg-
ures, was $620, 403, 4l9, or S3266 per mile
Of line
The amount Of capital stock paying no
dividends was 81, 29,02l ,020 or 1913 per
cent OF the total amount outstanding.
| Omittlng equipment trust obligations, tue
amount of FUNDED debt which paid no in-
ing dividends, So per cent OF the totll
amount outstanding paid from 1 TO I per
cent 1887 per cent paid from 4 to per
cent 1O.H per cent paid from to per
cent, S.Il per cent paid from 6 TO Z per
cent and b.67 per cent paid from Z to 5
per cent. The amount OF dividends de
clared during the year was $3.50, 1874,
which is equivalent to a dividend OF o
per cent on the amount of stock on which
some dividend was declared The amount
of dividends declared in 1900 was $139007,-
972, The amount Of mortgage bonds pay.
ing no interest was S19S, 98S. or 393j
per cent; of miscellaneous obligations, SiS,-
U72, 4S9. or l43O per cent, and Of Income
bonds, $50, 1855 TAG, or 1890 per cent.
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San Antonio Texas, October "a 1901
Or T.. w Hall, 81 ioue Dear Sir Re.
mixing TO your inquiry. VIII say your Texas
Worder Halls Great Discovery has cured
me of kidney and bladder trouble, and /
can cheerfuliy recommend It. Yours truly.
OTTO LfMBURGEa.
Proprietor fulton Market.
Residence col Bueua Vista street.
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PUBLIC spRy1CD or RAILWAYS.


The number Of passengers carried during
the year ending June 80. 1901, as shown
~ the annual sports Of railways, was
801,27s, 121, showing an Increase for the
year Of 3O,412,s91, The number of pussen-
gers carried one mile-that IS, passenger
mileage 1883 5sS, 444, there being an
increase IN this item of 1,3t45s1, POI There
was an increase in the density OF passenger
ttathc, as the number OF passengers carried
one mile per mile OF Inc la 1901 was
81 Ill and In 1890, 50, POS
The number Of tons of freight carried
during the year was LOSE, DO, 440, de-
number Of tons OF freight carried one mile
that is, ton mileage-was 1907, I36,O40
The increase in the number of tons
carried one mile was j,1T7,gTS,710
The number OF tons carried one mile per
mile OF line was i6U,414 These figures
show an increase IN the density OF freight
| traffic of 25,O4S tons carried one mile per
milo OF line.
The report contains q summary of freight
traffic analysed on the basis OF commodity
olassihcations, and also summary iudt-
eating IN some degree the localization Of
the origin Of railway freight by groups OF
commodities
The average revenue per passenger per
mile for the year ending June 30, 1901, was
/ 2.Ol3 cents. For the preceding year 1t was
2,OO3 cents. The revenue per ton OF freight
| per mile was 600 cent while for 1900
1t was OI2O cent. An increase IN earnings
per train mile appears for both passenger
| and freight trains. The average cost OF
running a train one mile also Increased.
1 The percentage of operating expenses to
! earnings w0s CASE per cent
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A TEXAS WONDER.
HALLS GREAT DISCOVERY.

one small bottle Of aalrs Great Discov-
cry cures all kidney and bladder troubles.
removes gravel. cures diabetes seminal
emissions. weak and lame backs. rheuma-
tism and all irregularities OF the kidneys
and bladder in both men and women, regn-
lates bladder troubles In children. II nor
sold by your druggist, win be sent by
mail on receipt OF 81 one small bottle ia
two months treatment. and VIII cure any
case above mentioned Dr. E. w. Hail.
sole manufacturer, p. O. Boa 12e. st. Louis,
Nc. send for testimonials. Sold by all
druggists.
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STATISTICS OF RAILROADS
Cleaned from the Report Of The In
terstate Commission.
EARNINGS AND EXPENSES INCREASED
But the First Much More Than the Lat
ter-Nesrly Half Of the Stock
Pays No Dividend.

From SUMMARIZES which will appear in
the fourteenth statistical report OF the in
terstatc commerce commission, prepared by
It's statistician, being the complete report
for the fiscal year 1901, for which pre-
liminary income account was Issued in De-
cember 1901 the figures In this advance
statement are obtained
The text of the report Will contain about
eighty summaries of railway statistics in
detail. In order to locallze the statistics
to considerable extent they are, as rule,
presented for each OF the ten territorial
groups into which the country IS divided,
as well as for the United States as whole.
The tables giving mileage capitalization,
earnings, expenses, etc, by roads, viii up
pear as usual In the body Of the report.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-02
RAILwAY RNcEIvEnsnIPs.

The number Of railways In the hands Of
receivers on June 80, 1901, wns forty-hve
from which II appears that there was net
decrease OF seven as compared with the cor
responding date of the year previous, The
number OF railways placed In the charge
Of receivers during the fiscal year 1901 was
ten, and the number or railways taken from
the management Of receivers was seventeen.
The roads under receivers operated a mile.
age OF 2497.1A iuilKs of which 193S.5T miles
were owsed by them. OF the roads man
eyed by receivers. two had an operated mile
age in excess of 800 miles, three between
200 AID 800 miles, and thlrty.thrc less
than 100 miles. Returns for all roads In
the custody Of the courts are not always
available, but MS nearly as ascertained 10
appears that the capital stock represented
by the railways in the charge of receivers
on June go 1901 was 49,47S, 257, funded
debt S54, las. 662, and current liabilities Sl4,-
1920 These figures show a decrease in
capital stock represented as compared with
1900 of S5S61S,59s and in funded debt Of
$50 GA, 800
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y 90 am. Express Train Arrive 9. 10 pm
8.O5 p. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Arrive o.02 a IN
5 a trains leave Grand Genital Depot
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NJ, K & T. Depot Fifth Ward
sr3f 9. 80 a. m. ................Ar Arrive g.. 5 am
sAvt Il 40 ?. m ,....s.... 80. Arrive g. sc pm
fer Galveston Trains see G., H. & H.
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Grand Central Depot
Is.loI5 a. N Arrive No rsa. 5.3s ,, n
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s..fO.O5 a. m Arrive No. ,. 900 am
s....1.50 ?. m Arrive No. 4.i0.25 pm
5000. N Arrive No, $500 pm
Nos. and Sundays Only.
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Grand Central Depot
-...1o,0s am Arrive Nos 7.3o D. N
. Q. Ills p. N AnIve.No.to. 500 a m
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Ofhnd OenUhI Depot
I..o.5s am Afiive No. Ga pm
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|Of ne
|stsln
|islsd|
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Eesc WoIns ltNNc THt 0NHIH TO N'VWkI'
rtrot ir minutes later ihan the abo
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bBILROAD SCHEDULE.
NJ. a Il. c. "a. "a

Grand Central Depot.
S.. ass q. N Arrive No 1000 p. m
s...7.5O m Arrive No 7.o.4S a m
sc. g. 80 am Arrive No. G. 10 80 p N
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-11
NORTH TOPEKA.

TI.eave items for this column with Kim
ball Printing Co.. 912 North Kansas Ave.l
Comic lace and fancy valentines,
James
Mrs Frank Grear went to st. Joseph
this afternoon.
c. F. Cook. of Meriden, was a To-
peka visitor yesterday
John Knoll has gone to the western
part of the state to visit until Friday.
Mrs. NJ C. Holman returned yester-
day from visit of three weeks to rela-
tives in Blue Rapids
The Rochester Reading club will meet
Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
U s George, and the authors Harriet
Reecner Stowe and Edward Eggleston
will be studied.
Miss Heloise Green will leave Satur-
day for Kansas City. where she Will
enter one of the wholesale millinery
houses. After a stay there she will go
to Concordia, where she has a position
as trimmer.
Uniform rank composed of the mem
bers from the South side lodges were
present last evening at the meeting of
Anaity lodge No. 231, <. of P, and con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-11

drum which political party would be in
control of the nations affairs"
In speaking of Butcher" WeyIer,
General Lee said:
''Weyler was not so bad He used to
sass me, and I 'sassed' back-so we
got on pretty well.
"Once when I was about to make a
brief visit to the United States, 1 called
on Weyler to bid him good-by, and 1
said:
Come with me and I will guarantee
of the United States, during which you
will appear in the great and small
cities with all your medals, we will
make a good thing out of it,
NO. he replied, I won't go. They
would kill me
Il assured him that he would be safe
and / came home alone. Som etimes he
and 7 had monkey and parrot time
of it"
as consul general during the terribly
trying days, the rescue by him of IS
American prisoners, the liberation of
CisneroS. the blowing up of the Maine
and the innumerable exciting incidents
of that time.
One day a dirty, ragged man came
into my office. I thought he was one
of the many men who I had heard in
tended aSSassinating me. L put my
be an American who had served with
the Cubans; had been wounded; was
sick. and wanted to get home. I Sc
cured him passage.
WHAT'S your name?' / asked
Funston, of Kansas
And that was the man who shed so
much glory on the name-American."
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YOUNG FORGER CAUGHT
a. SamuelS Was Too Smart For
Fred MOntroy.

A young man giving the name of
Fred Montroy was arrested at 1 o'clock
today by Marshal Stonestreet al the re-
quest of A Samuels, a clothing mer-
chant at 524 Kansas avenue, who charg-
ed him with passing a forged check.
Montroy had purchased goods to the
amount of $3.50, and rendered a check
for $11.S5 signed Geo. Hastens.
The check was on the Topeka Bank.
and was endorsed by Montroy. Samuels
was suspicious, and told the customer
to wait minute and he would take the
check over to the bank and get it cash
ed. He started out of the door and
Montroy grabbed him by the arm and
said, Hold on here give me that
check
Samuels yelled. but Montroy hung on,
and attempted to take the check away
from him. Marshal Stonestreet CHANGED
to be near, and attracted by the noise
he came in and arrested Montroy, talk
ing him and the check to the police
station When seen by a reporter
Afontroy denied having tried to pass. the
check, but would not tell where he got
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ferred the first rank. A smoker fol-

ferred the first rank A smoker fol-
lowed the work.
C. H. Rhodes has returned from Fort
Collins. Colo, where he illustrated judg-
ing poultry at the institute held at the
agricultural college there. Mr.. Rhodes
goes from here to Manhattan, where he
viii illustrate the same at the college
there.
A petition which is receiving many
signers is being circulated by David
Gregg to have Gordon street paved
from Jackson street to Topeka avenue.
AS Gordon. street is one of the n ost
Travelled streets in the First ward, this
improvement iss badly needed.
Mrs. w. S. Bergundthal has issued
invitations for a thimble party to be
given Saturday afternoon, February p,
at her home corner of Jackson and
Morse streets. In the evening Mr.. and
Mrs. Bergundtilal will entertain at
Z O'Clock tea, followed by cards.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ Hale, of Az Park
street, are spending some time at the
home of their daughter, Mrs. Howard
Stuart, 911 Madison street, south, as
Mrs. Stuart has been and is still quite
III with peritonitis. Mrs. J. E. Nc
ter, who is visiting here, is just con-
valescent from the disease.
Alpha Robinson, superintendent of
Station A, who is taking a vacation on
account of his eyes, met with an acct
dent yesterday afternoon in which his
left arm was dislocated at the elbow.
Mr.. Robinson was carrying one of the
Journal routes in Shorey when a dog
ran in his way and in attempting to
avoid the dog he made a sudden turn
which upset the cart and threw hin
out
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Skinner were given
surprise last evening at their home
northwest of town by a number of their
friends. The crowd met at the home
of Mrs A. J. Arnold and drove to the
Skinner residence in express wagons,
ole ~
music, games and conversation. At Il
late hour refreshments consisting of
coffee and cake, which had been pro-
vided by the ladies, was served About
one hundred people We're present.
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FIND POLYGAMY.
Report of Ministerial Alliance
at Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake, Utah, Feb. 1.-THE Minis
terial alliance of Salt Lake has unan-
imously adopted the report of the COM
m1ttee of that organization appointed
to investigate and report on the alleged
practice and teaching of polygamy of
the MOrmOns at the present time This
report is to be used as a petition for
the passage of constitutional amend
ment prohibiting polygamy and will be
sent to the judiciary committees of con-
gress, The report, which is quite
can be produced that polyganay is both
practiced and taught by the Mormons
at the present time in open defiance of
the laws of the state The document
contains numerous quoted statements
alleged to have been made by Mormon
leaders, in which the practice and
teaching of polygamy is advocated and
urged, regardless of mani made laws to
the contrary.