The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-11
THE ANNUAL MEETING
VI the Superintendent Association
of Texas Railways.
NUMBER OF ROADS WERE REPRESENTED
Officers Were Elected and Rules Fornou-
lated for lnausuratina the Change
from Mileage to Per Diem Basis.

The annual meeting of the spncr,,,,n
dents Association of Texas was bc,a a.
the car service rooms, Khan building zes,
terday, beginning at II o'clock. Tho fol
lowing representatives were present,
MI c. W. Kouns, superintendent trans.
portation Atchscn, Topeka and Santa Fc.
Mr.. w c. Nixon, general manager cut
Colorado aud Santa Fe; Mr.. Charles Ham.
liton, vice president Texas Central rail.
road; Mr.. Ramsey Cox, supcrintendcnt
Texas Central railroad; Mr.. A. ID. Bethsra
superintendent Missouri, Kansas and Tex.
as; Mr.. A. B. Liggett, superintendent ST
Louis Southwesterui Mr. c. Ludolph, car
accountant Texas and Pacific; Mr.. W. L.
Bisbec tranmaster Houston and Texps
central; Mr. C., &. Jaqua, car accountant
Houston and Texas Central, Mr.. f. S.
Rawlins, car accountant Texnrkana and
Fort Smith; Mr.. w E, Maxson, superln
tendent Gulf Beaumont aud Kansas CITY.
Mr.. ]. s. Hershol, general freight agent
uulf, Beaumont and Kansas City. Mr.. w
L. sheldon, car accountant Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe; MI j. n Miller. manager
Houston and Texas Central aud Houston
EAST and West Texas; MIR r. H. lines
superintendent San Antonio and Aransas
iass; MI e. N Richardson, car account
ant Fort Worth and Denver city Mr.
J. H.: Hin. manager Galveston. Houston
and Henderson, Mr.. n. T. uuill, superIn.
tendent Texas Midland; Mr.. D. $. dallag
West Texas Mr.. L.. h. Conner, vice presi.
uent Fort Worth and Rio Grande.
The election OF officers resulted In the
reelection Of the. following: Charles g.
dent; Il. s. Collins, secretary and treas
urer. Executive committee: r. H. lines
Of the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass:
". u. Green, st. louis Southwestern; ].
NJ. Lee, Houston and Texas Central NJ L.
sebree, Chicago, Rock island and Texas;
Texas. '''''' A''Sa' anu
Mr. Peck was also elected director
houston division In that association at
In July
The principal business Of the meetiHs.
and that which has created much interest
amongst operating officers was the fOrlnu-
lation of rules for inauguratng the change
from mileage to per diem charge for the
use of foreign cars and after lengthy dis.
sion the rules adopted by the American
Railway association We're adopted, with
such notifications as make them workanc
Tor Texas such notifications consisted
III establishing three days as a basis for
switch cars for which reclamation may
be made against the delivering line. Alau
that IN view OF the arbitrary allowance
citation at Galveston, an allowance of Ave
days reclamation should be made on all
export stun passing from or via Houston
to Galveston. said reclamation restricted
! 10 Texas products and upon the lines
| bringing traffic to Houston for Galveston
This was in the nature Of a help-out to
| the strictly Galveston lines Galveston.
| Houston aud Northern aud Galveston
houston and Henderson to cqualize their
short haul and small percentage of earn
| ingS. This arrangement to be operative
for six months from date Of meeting
II was agreed that the new system
| should take effect at 1901 n M. July l..
| Of the present year. Details as 10 uniform
| blanks and methods of reporting az June
| tion points we're settled. and that the
next quarterly meeting Of the association
| should be held at Galveston. September IL.
| Many of the representatives from North
Texas accompanied the Galveston contih-
gent on the A. train, where they spent
| a pleasant evening At the beach and re-
turned to Houston at midnight