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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1902
Page
6
Fragmentary timetable notes detail arrivals and departures for multiple lines including Central and Grand Central routes. Entries reference No 6 and No 8 trains, Sundays only services, and special Sunday schedules with various arrival times and destinations across Galveston and surrounding connections.
In Mexico City President Bulwell of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railway arrives with financiers Bog Hiahmen to back the project. Eagle investors flag concerns over management and spending while orders for 60,000 tons of rail are placed in Kingston. A possible New York stop may follow as work continues on the Pacific coast route.
Weather notes show a colder trend with temperatures dipping below hours of eight. Elmer and Amona Pierce claim timid warmth and moderation while Schmidt, bows ton, Texas, acts as sole agent.
An incomplete text fragment references medical cures and a Dr. Vache contact. It mentions Woolley and other unclear names, with scattered notes about afflictions and conditions. The readable parts imply guidance to write for more information, but no clear event, date, or outcome is evident.
Fragmentary OCR shows a 1 pm departure from St Louis to New York with limited train features including club car dining car sleeper cars and various agents and offices listed. The text is garbled with incomplete names and routes and an address at 1102 Texas Avenue appears.
The Texas Railroad Commission reduced the cotton rate by 2 cents for Galveston Commerce Chamber in the September hearing, instead of 8 cents. The order amends tariff No. 10 to add 6 cents per 400 pounds for most routes, with a 2 cent per 100 pounds reduction for local delivery versus shipside delivery, effective October 22.
Chief clerk John W. Wilkinson of the Southern Pacific passenger department notes rival rate experts may have copied a recently published rate. He explains that most lines have agreed on a winter to Texas round trip fare of a little over one third for travel from many points to winter tourist destinations. The system plans extensive use of the Texas route to attract the National encampment in Washington and other linking schedules with New Orleans and Denver.
The Katy railroad secures from Granger and Georgetown citizens a sixteen mile link, donating land for a line to Austin by way of Grapger to Georgetown. The deal includes purchase of a depot site and land tracts, with the route entering Travis county from the west. Judge Millet and local committees finalized terms with President Molise of the Katy.
Texas truck growers association holds general meeting at Timpson on October 17 to discuss marketing, pricing, and quality control for peaches and pecans. Delegates will elect representatives to the State convention and plan a central organization to handle products for producer interests. The plan was outlined at a Houston meeting and endorsed by attendees at Athens gathering.
The Galveston Houston and Hendcraft changes a Sunday special timetable. The train now departs Central depot at 1 60 p m and International and Great Northern at 2 p m with Galveston arrival at 5 10 p m No intermediate depots are served. Return from Galveston is at 10 59 p m reaching Puaton at 10 p m for the midnight service to all city parts.
Mr. Parker vice president of the Rock Island visits Fort Worth Texas en route to Chicago after touring the west. He aims to confer with railroad officials on extending the line from Worth to Dallas and Houston, with other route considerations noted.
A bridge collapse and wreck near Longview disrupts the Texas and Pacific line between Grand Sulli and Willd Pulay II. The incident delays trains for hours with no injuries reported. Palestine officials report Ty Harrie resigns as Fort Worth Division superintendent and H. Irvin named to oversee Will tave headquarters at Alariin.
William Cotter is appointed manager in charge of the Missouri Pacific and St Louis and Iron Mountain and Southern railroads, overseeing leased and independent lines. Headquarters will be in St Louis.
Palestine Texas Sept 2 6 Mr le roy Trice a general teenager of the International and Great Nocthaee left this morning for a two weeks visit to New York where he goes on railroad emphasis aims at travel notes
Notes from Galveston show Percy W. Morrow at home in Soulaville and Nashville while railroad officers such as Aponte Ely Epaign Newaum Moree and W F McClure visit on business. Central dispatches say trains run on time after heavy rains, with Galveston Howton passenger service satisfactory. Multiple executives from Southern Pacific and related lines were in the city, including vice presidents and managers, as crews work on the railway. Local events include lectures by Parmern Institute staff and Little Giant crew movements after an official inspection.
The advertisement touts Munyon's Witch-Hazel Soap as a dual use toilet and skin remedy. It claims quick relief from chafing eruptions and irritation, improves delicate skin, and offers affordable 15 cent price, replacing higher priced French soaps in many households.
The article describes a busy schedule with traveling agents and officials visiting exhibitions. Notable names include C Woolf and Harry Archer, while Y Allwater oversees Southern Paddy interests and Texas agricultural samples. The piece notes preparations for the Southern Pacific industrial exhibit in Chicago.
An unclear OCR snippet shows monetary figures and codes such as 2,010, 420N6, 40,071 and 0,044 with no coherent context or identifiable entities. The fragment suggests a ledger or stock-related entry but lacks readable names or dates to confirm specifics.
A garbled early TM report details tug movements at Sabine Bay on September 20. It mentions oil cargo, vessels like Cineclare and Vue Monarey, and arrivals from New Orleans and New Osled with crews and port transitions.
Fragmented report shows a residence near Kosse attacked by fire with a missing resident. It cites San Marcos as a residence of someone named Toxin and mentions an insurance payment and a school building fire at Small Wills Point with a ball at Binall village.
Sealy records report the Santa Fe pump house burned overnight around midnight, estimated loss around 280 dollars. Rural notices reference Petty and a destroyed hay barn, unclear details and dates, while a separate Waxahachie item notes Jim Oliver acquitted on a Cherry Court charge last Thursday.
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