The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-13
Notes and Personals.

II. o. Ward, claim agent of the Katy at
Smithvtlle, spent yesterday in the city.
w B. Terhune Southwestern agent OF
the West Point route, mas returned from
trip through the State.
j. D. Trammell. chief engineer of the In.
ternationa and Great Northern at Pales.
tine. was here yesterday.
The Santa Fee construction trains are
now within ten miles of San Augustine.
Trains are expected by September l.
A. A. Van Alstyne, treasurer OF the Gal.
weston Houston and Henderson road Mt
Galveston, was in the city yesterday.
Robert Burns contracting freight agent
of the Southern Pacific, Is the proud father
of a fine boy, who arrived a few days ago.
j. Dillon, general freight and passenger
agent of the Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas
City railroad at Beaumont, spent yesterday
in the city.
The Houston East and West Texas is
replacing the track lost during the recent
storm in a manner that makes 1t superior
to the original,
Mr. Henry Of Fort Worth has been ap.
pointed roadmaster of the international and
Great Northern at Hearne, vice J, L.
Tobin. resigned.
f. o. Becker, a prominent railroad man
of St. Louis. formerly Chairman Of the
Southwestern freight bureau at st. Louis,
spent yesterday in the city.
Trains will run to Magnolia park today
on the following schedule: Leave san Jacin-
to street depot at a. m. II a. N. aud
p. m. and every hour thereafter.
j. Arthur Giraud, travelling freight agent
of the Frisco. left Yesterday morning for
Bay Ridge to spend his vacation as one OF
a house party of Houstonians at that place
S. f. B. Morse passenger traffic man
ager of the Sunset-C Central lines left last
night for Colorado Springs TO attend a
meeting Of the Transcontinental Passenger
association.
Ihe Santa Fe has arranged for several
extra chair cars to be attached to trains
leaving Houston at { and 500 a N. and
1:50 p. m. for Galveston. IN order to ac-
commodate the Sunday travel.
II. NJ Mayo, chief of the literary bureau
Of the Sunset Central lines, left yesterday
for Rockport. accompanied by his wife TO
spend, a week, Mr. Mayo will also look
into the subject of grape culture along the
coast while on his trip.
The local ticket office OF the International
and Great Northern is now well supplied
with summer literature of all kinds, which
present beautiful views and descriptions Of
the nunberless cool resorts In which tired
people may ind rest during the hot sum
mer
The valuation per mile of railroads pass
ing through Collin county was set as FOL
miles $500; Missouri, Kansas and Texas,
- miles, $500; Frisco, - miles, 5000,
Cotton Belt 81 miles $3.50; Santa Fe, 26ha
miles, $3.50,
The International and Great Northern
to Shreveport on Tuesday, August ., from
Galveston. Houston and other points on the
lines north of Houston special train
win leave Houston at T;4o on the morning
of August 3, the fare for the round trip
being fixed at SO.
The local passenger department. of the
international and Great, Northern an.
nounces that train No. IL which arrives
here from the north at $50 p, m, Will run
through to Galveston on Monday; July IA,
| In order to accommodate the delegates TO
the convention at Galveston. This train
| will run through on that night only and
the public will please note this point.
! j. D. Bone. commercial agent of the Cot
ton Belt. returned YESTERDAY from North
Texas where he has been looking after the
| peach crop principally around Tyler and
Jacksonville Mr.. Bone says the crop is
immense and of fine quality aud says his
road Is shipping thirty carloads a day out
of that section. The farmers are getting
good prices for .her peaches and cotton
| Is no longer king With them. Mr.. Bone
says that the ice plants In that section
can not begin to supply the demand, and
| ice is shipped there for use in refrigerator
cars from all the big cities in Texas.