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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1902
Page
8
Partial timetable notes list departure and arrival times for multiple lines including Grand Central Depot and Santa Fe Congress Ave Depot. Mentions crews, Sundays, additional Sunday specials, and connections to Galveston and Tralee routes with various train numbers and stations.
June 22 notes show Rev M J rawi conuictins a protected meeting, Mrs Guier A South with her niece Mrs W Stewart, and Miss Kate Davidson visiting Miss Laila Parsons. Mrs Sallie Scott travels with her helper to Clarendon, Mrs M J Tuckey and G W Douglas visit Estellene, Henry Kirby of Honocite attends velativen events, Milas Maye Bites of Beaumont linked to Millan Garrett, and more local notices.
Within twenty four hours of 8 pm on dates listed a sequence of weather changes is noted starting with June 2 and ending with June 28. Entries describe threatening conditions variable skies cooler days moderating warmth after the 28th.
Palestine Texas announces new timetable changes with the introduction of a return to two daily trains in each direction to San Antonio.
An advertisement claims Chamberlain's Colic is the best medicine for bowel complaints in children and adults. It asserts universal availability and urges readers to buy it through local druggists.
Fragmentary OCR notes list summer resorts including Asheville and Virginia regions on the Southern Hallway. Mentions of locations such as Houston Texas and nearby resorts appear amid garbled text with missing dates and names.
A long feature notes the Sunset Limited's claimed two thousand mile route from New York to San Francisco at high speed and compares twenty hour New York Chicago runs by the Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central. It describes trial runs, timing variances, and remarks by rail officials about performance and safety. A separate item summarizes a Houston to Galveston trip in fifty five minutes and cites a Railway Age letter about railway management and customer service.
A circulated notice from the Assistant General Freight Agent Gower directs agents and affiliating companies from Burlington to Pacific lines. It orders continued straight track arrangements and travel tolls, tying Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railways to joint actions, with mileage and route mileage to be applied across lines.
Homer A Thino former railroad auditor resigns from Banta We to join Haskins Selle a prominent firm in New York and Brooklyn offices. He led the Georgia Railway and Corn Steamship lines for five years and previously held executive railway roles. He reorganized routes and allied companies for the Santa Fe system and studied at Woodburn College.
Ten citizens guaranteed the required sum as talks continued on the Great Northern route into Dallas. Officials including Trice Steadman and Judge Stellman pursued details, with plans to have the railroad in operation by early April and Whitsboro to finalize bonds. Barnett Gibbs indicated completion of a bond package and a nine million capital injection to support the Jamestown Tank Island project entering Dallas by next November.
Baton Rouge June 6 representatives of the ratification round faced a setback as a constitutional amendment by Attorney General Union would enforce railroad commission orders. The measure imposes a daily penalty on railroads for resisting orders or court rulings. The bill passed the house on a long minority report amid debate. Supporters argue it would force compliance while opponents warn of constitutional and procedural hurdles. Fast-bound note: Galveston Texas June 2 reports the Beaside Special of the Galveston Houston and Hen.
A proposed rail route from Meuwen to Cimarron North Fork area stirs Western Kansas towns including Enid with optimism for regional connections. Dr TD A Jones of Lovellville reports telephone experiments from a moving train, showing voice transmission on a rolling carriage with limited contact losses. further tests planned before final results.
Division Passenger Agent McMillan reports shipments of the Twelfth and One Hundred and Twenty Fifth coast batteries bound for Fort Trumble. They are expected to pass through Houston at 7:00 a.m. on July 7. A second corps of engineers under Major J. Blacktey will reach Sherman on June 28 to locate the Sherman-Lawton railroad section northward.
Mr. Allen, vice president and general manager of the Missouri Kansas and Texas company, arrived in Dallas this morning on a routine Texas trip, coming from St Louis. He is conducting one of his periodic inspections of the firm's facilities in the state.
The International and Great Northern offers a special round trip summer rate to Botale. The deal runs daily through September with October options available.
Report describes several railway officials and agents passing through Houston and Galveston. Names include E Moore Souther Ta East Barnard. McMien Southern Daria. Hird westergly Wy Laws. Donnell Galveston receiver. Andre son Southern Pacite. and others. The piece notes their movements and duties with passenger, freight, and administrative roles.
The June 21 issue catalogs numerous new enterprises across the nation. Entries include factories for machinery, canning, lumber, ice, oil, cotton, and chemical products from Georgia to Kentucky and Texas to North Carolina, with many value points noted such as 100000 to 2000000 dollars.
Notes detail several individuals returning from trips and en route movements. WW C Connor Jr of Frisco came back from a wet trip, trainmaster Wisbee of the Moutten and Texsas Central was out on the line, N W Miller of East and West Texas arrived yesterday on a trip to Sta W, Kin Ensign traveled to the Central, and Xixon of the Late Pe came from Galvastop last night in private matters with Auditor Van Zandt of the Santa involved.
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