Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-04-24
DALLAS BUSINESS MEN
VISIT TO OUR CITY
Representatives of One of the Largest CONNER.
cial Centers of Texas Spend Short While in
Bryan Meeting the Business and Professional
Men.

the Dallas Cotton Exchange handling
in normal year l2S0,330 balcs of
spot cotton.
Dallas ranks S0th In postal rercip,s
in the United States; 10th Ia postal
money order business; 18th in express
business; 9Th in telegraph business.
Dallas is the fifty.sixth city in popa.
lation in the United States, the pres.
ent estimated population being
1885, 900.
1t is also the financial center of the
Southwest, beng the home of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of the Eleventh
District. the Dallas Bank having $50
member banks, whose capital and sur.
plus amount to $43,274,277.
The special train is fully equipped
with diner, observation cars, barber
shop and baths. so that the members
Of the excursion party enjoy all of
the conveniences of home when max.
ing the trip.
A splendid band OF twenty-five
pieces is carried and special musical
entertainment is provided at all points
visited.
The Dallas business men, on their
sixteenth trade trip. arrived here this
afternoon at 2:35, travelling In a spe.
cial train of ten elegantly appointed
cars. and remained in the city some
40 minutes. Within few minutes
telephone wires leading from the ex.
change of the Bryan Telephone Com.
pany were connected and the visitors
were in touch with all parts of the
city. The band played, Dallas and
Bryan shook hands and commercial
ties were strengthened.
A report of the entertainment pro.
vided for the visitors, the speeches,
etc, during the stay here. will be
give ntomorrow.
i of the party:
Lone Star Gas Company, W. p. Gage.
Magnolia Petroleum Company, A. c.
Ebie. General Manager; J. II. Jen-
kins. Manager.
Drug Store. z. E. Marvin.
Proprietor.
Miller. c. r. and Brother, E. Burnie
Miller. vice-President.
Metzler Brothers. l.. A. Metzler. Pres
ident.
Company. C. l.. Nors-
worthy, President
Oriental Hotel Association, Otto Her
old. Manager.
O'Neil. NJ. Griffin. & Sons. NJ. Griffin
O'Neil, President.
Padgitt Brothers Company. Charles
w. Padgitt, Sec..Treas.; J. Durrell
Padgitt, Director.
Perkins Dry Goods Co.. s. B. Perkins.
President; l.. II. Lewis, V-Pres.
and Gen'l Mgr.
Progressive Merchant" The. II. c.
bennington. Editor and Mgr.
Parlin 4 Orendorf Implement Co.. o.
=. Davis. Asst Sec. and Sales Mgr.
Postal Telegraph Company Of Texas.
w. z. Griffitts. Manager.
Sanger Brothers, |. l.. Sanger, Mdse.
and Sales Manager; Lester Burch
field. Manager Victrola Department.
Sattley Bull Tractor Company. c. A.
Sattley. Manager
Security National Bank, d. Z. Wag.
goner, President.
Brothers and Lewis. Gus W.
Thomasson, Treas. and Credit Mgr.
Southern Methodist University. Frank
Reedy, Bursar.
Southern Implement Supply Co., Au-
gust p. Johnston. Sec. & Gen. Mgr.
Southwestern Life Insurance Co.. r.
L. Bradford. Vice-President.
State Fair OF Texps. r. Il. l.. knight,
President; w. H. Stratton, Sec.
Southwest General Electric Co, w.
r. Houghton. Representative.
Southland Life Insurance Company,
John F. Onion, General Council.
Southwestern Tel & Tel. Company.
p, X. Baker. Genl Com. Supt.
G.. II. Schoellkopf Saddlery Company.
Hugo W. Schoellkopf. vice.Pres.
Tension Brothers Saddlery Company,
]. u. Andrews. Manager.
Times Herald. f. r. Hambrick, Asso.
ciate Editor.
Texas Company, w. II. Noble, Super.
intendent.
Texas Paper Company, r. Lehman.
President.
Texas Portland Cement Company, F.
R. Bissell. President; A. B. Shelby.
General Sales Agent.
Texas Seed and Floral Company,
Charles W. Witbeck. Gen. Mgr. :
Trinity Portland Cement Company,
c. q. Ulrickson. Gen. Mgr.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co..
Chas. W. Davis. District Manager.
Western Union Telegraph Company,
j.. A. OFT, Manager
Western Electric Company. W. J.
Drury, Sales Manager. =
Western Indemnity Company. I'm