The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
Notes and Personals

hcisht Tathc Tor the past month.
~ W. r.. Fagin. general agent NJ rho
Svutnern facinc at FL Paso. Is In the city
g Vice President c. II. Markham n, rho
health. 'fu'' iesdiuihg MS
Mr. j. A. Lowell, assistant resident
snglheer Of the International and Great
northern, Is In town.
d. me Texas Central suffered considerable
damage from the BRACES overflow In Bosoie
county, near Whitney.
Mr. A; Jones, freight traffic manager
on the southern Pacific, has not VET re.
turned from New Mexico.
MI mr.; G. W; Cunningham. right OF way
agent or the International and Great North.
ern was ID the city yesterday.
Mr., J II. Hin, manager OF the Calves.
ron, Houston and Henderson. ana Treas.
uItF van Aistyne are In the city.
NJ H. Leeds has been elected president
or the Chicago Rock Island and Texas,
succeeding II. A. Parker, resigned
Mr E Il Ross, travelling freight agent
OF lhe Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe has
gone on leave Of absence 10 Chicago.
Mr.. T. G. Beard, assistant general freight
agent OF the et-Central lines left last
hght Tor two weeks vacation in Can
The inability Of steel companies to deliver
material to locomotive builders according
Germ
Manager Jetr n. Miller and Engineer A.
V. Kellogg returned home last night after
a brief tour OF the Houston and Texas
Mr.. W. H. Taylor. general passenger
and freight agent of the Houston East
and West Texas. has returned from a tour
of his line
Mr. W F. connor, Southwestern pas
senger agent of the Wabash, with head
quarters at Dallas. is IN Houston on his
regular trip.
Cornelius Vanderbilt has advised exhaus
tive experiments looking toward substitut-
ing electricity for steam on the entire Cen
tral system.
low rate excursion has been arranged
npy the Houston East and West Texas and
the Cotton Belt from Stuttgart Ark To
Galveston August ?.
F.. The various roads have made rate to
~. Louis and return Of $3.50. limited to
october 81. The rate to Kansas City Is
now $31.S0 Hannibal $3.50.
Trains will run to Magnolia park today
on me following schedule Leave San Jacln-
to street depot at 9 a. m, IL a. N. and
p m and eyery hour thereafter.
The Rock Island is still on a dead run
Tor Galveston. Hartman is after II with
whip at top speed The new road Is 200
miles from the Houston and Texas Cen
tral.
A new, form Of, signal has been installed
by the Illinois Central In Chicago. 1t Is
operated by carbonic acid gas aud con.
trolled by electricity, eliminating cumber-
some mechanical devices.
General Manager Murphy Of the Cincin-
natl, New Orleans and Texas has perfected
for first aid to the injured arrangements
that have been highly complimented by
the Association Of Railway Surgeons.
A seaside excursion from Shreveport to
Galveston has been announced for August
.. Popular rates are named from all sta
lions on the Houston East and West Texas
and Houston and Shreveport railways.
The international and Great Northern
announces n round trip rate Of $50. 20 to
Butte, Mont, account Of the international
Mining congress. Tickets on sale August
bel Der So - anu - 'S'''H '''"'' 'ep'S"
Mr.. Sam II Dixon of the Houston East
and West Texas immigration department
arrived home this morning. He has been
along the line Of the Houston East and
West Texas.
Santa Re Freight Traffic Manager Biddle
says; IF n road Is to be built to shorten
Roswell TO Albuquerque or from Amarillo
TO Albuquerque. Such a line would give a
200-mlle shorter distance.
a'way employees are not permitted to
wear red shirts or other red clothing while
on duty This prohibition went into effect
many years ago when a trackman wearing
a red flannel shirt and being mistaken for
q danger signal. caused jay Gould TO lose
a race
Mr.. Harry Abbott. who at present oc-
cupies the position OF city passenger and
ticket agent for the Southern Pacific at
New Orleans, has been appointed TO a sim
liar position on the Southern Pacific at Ell
Paso. He will assume his new duties on
August l.
Many phenomenal runs have been re-
ported of late, but none have so far equaled
regular passenger train on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy made an average
OF nearly 100 miles an hour between ley
and Wray, Colo.
TO Shreveport Friday, August l, leaving
here at o a. m. The round trip rate Is
81 30. Accommodations will be provided
also for white people. There VIII be a
for the visitors and tickets are good to
return up to Tuesday night.
train dispatcher, whose patience was
exhausted, sent a peremptory order to a
delays. The conductor sent this answer:
The wind is high and hard to tow,
Ny train Is heavy, steam Is low.
Coal is poor aud full Of slate.
This is why 49, is late
The new shops Of the Fort Worth and
Denver City at Childress, Texas are near.
Ing completion and will be among the best
modern railroad shops OF the country.
Colonel S. F B. Morse Yesterday sent
a telegram TO Mr.. j. j. Byrnes, Thomas
A. Edison's Chicago agent. desiring to
know why ne had not come to Texas, &C
cording 10 promise. In order TO perfect the
work OF photograpblnf the resources OF
Texas for a moving picture exhibition at
the St Louis exposition and all over the
world. The details OF the plan were pub
llshed In The Post some time ago. Colo
mel Morse's aim Is to exploit the resources
of the state by means Of kaleidoscope pic
lures and Mr. Edison's agent had engaged
10 undertake the work.
Mr.. George Graybil Of the immigration
department Of the Southern Pacific Is in
the city Mr. Grnyhil conducted the silver
cornet band OF Shebyville III. which nc
companied the immigration agents on their
recent tour through Texas Mr.. Graybiil
saws the visit of the agents TO this sec
ton will he productive OF lasting bene-
Ats Contrary to TIRE expectations of some
of the visitors they encountered every
where a rare hospitality. intelligence and
business activity and the stock, lands end
improvements were better than they eT-
pected to find. They are all Texas en-.
thuslasts after having had glimpse OF
the Empire State Of the South
The Wabash railway is the one that
hrst announced cut rate to New YORK ana
Atlantic CITY. II aimed az bringing the
Baltimore and Ohio and other roads m
terms After the plan had succeeded the
Wabash having accomplished It's design.
withdrew the low rate. The Wabash mas
lately acquired many thousands OF acres
OF Virginia coal lands and VIII enter into