The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-11
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL
The Metropolitan Street Railway Of
Dallas Chartered.
IT IS TO ABSORB THE PRESENT LINES
Rev. Smoot Celebrated the Twonty-sith
Anniversary OF His Service as Pastor
for His Church.

Austin, Texas, November 1o-Articies Of
incorporation Of the Metropolitan Street
railway company Of Dallas were tled TO.
day In the secretary of states department.
capital stock S4,50o,O0o The purpose OF
this corporation is the construction. ac-
curing and maintaining aud operating a
street railway ana suburban belt lines of
railways within and near the city OF Dal.
las for the transportation OF passengers
ana may also construct and operate a
union depot. The directors are A. X.
Bonita, John Frost, Charles II. Bryne.
Henry &. Coke, all of Dallas and GUY b.
Trip Of Boston. This means a consolda
ton OF al the street railway systems or
Dallas and the granting Of the franchise
Is said to have caused a big fight.
The charter OF the Standard Fire Insur.
ance company was filed this morning In
the office of the secretary OF state The
headquarters of this corporation are in
houston. The business Of the company is
70 Wllle insurance on all classes of prop
erty against loss by fire, storm and light
mpg, on the mutual membership plan. In.
corporators, Edgar s. Putnam, Houston;
Clarence l.. Bradley, Houston Albert A.
uehse, Houston. No capital stock
The -Chaney company Of Bonham
MED IT'S charter with tile secretary Of state
today. The lncorporators are r. i. CLANCY,
a. Gale; James s. Crawford. {. A. Wheel
er ana Z. w. 1. Williamson; capital stock
$4,000. Its purpose is to buy and sell
goods, wares and merchandise.
Inc Leeper-Evans Il Rotan company also
MED It's charter with the secretary of state
{ouay; Incorporators, j. w. Rotan, J. d.
Leeper, X. o. Evans and Joe r. Hail;
headquarters Leonard Texas; capital stock
Slu,OOO, and its business the purchase ana
sale of goods. wares and merchandise.
INC charter OF the'Texas Botanic Medical
Association Of Physicians and Surgeons
was Med with the secretary Of state to-
DAY; lncorporators, A. b. keathley, NJ d..
Dallas; II. De Long, NJ. D., Paige and r.
=: heebie, N. D.. Pittshurg. The purpose
or this association is to foster fraternal CO.
operation among physicians OF all schools
with the view OF promoting progress in ali
branches OF medicine; no capital stock.
To Survey Armstrong County.
Austin, Texas, November 10.-Mrl NJ. e.
Ragsdale of Brentwood, one of the state
surveyors, is in Austin in consultation
with Land Commissioner Rogan with a
view of making working sketch of the
surveyed land in Armstrong county SO as
to make complete connection by actuai
survey on the ground of all the old sur.
veys in the county. and to determine how
much vacant land there Is in that county.
The sketch has ,practicalli been com.
pleted and Mr. Ragsdale will commence
the survey with corps of assistants the
latter part of this week.
Ihe settlers III the county have been
trying for months to get a trst-class sur.
veyor TO do the work, but on account of
the demand for the official aud profession
al services of the State surveyor, 1t has
been entirely out of the question for one
of them to do SO until now.
Or, sncot's Pastoral Anniversary.
Austin, Texas. November 10.-Dr r. X.
Smoot, pastor of the Southern Presbyterian
church of this city, in both literal and
fgurative sense, may be said to be the
pastor of the Texas pulpit. Yesterday
was the twenty-sixth anniversary OF his
passionate, which was not overlooked by
either pastor or people
Dr. Smoot selected for the text Of his
sermon on the occasion mo man can come
to Me except the Father which hath sent
me, draw him, and win raise him up
at the last day
Though preaching the same gospel to the
same people for one year more than a
quarter OF a century the sermon showed
that the doctor had lost none Of his char
acteristic enthusiasm for the work of mis-
life, nor none of the fervent cloquence
with which he presents the truths of the
gospel to his congregation. His sermon
yesterday was somewhat REMINISCENT, and
long service for his people. the congrega-
tion leaned forward, listened with intense
interest to every syllable that fell from
their ,eterlp pastors lips
IL is believed that Dr.. Shoots twenty
six Yeas of continuous service for This
church Is not equalled by any other
preacher Of any other denomination In