No Basis for Increase in Railway Rates in Texas
The Texas rail lines report freight rate averages rising from 9.42 to 10.65 mills per ton mile across 1899 1913, yet contend this alone cannot justify higher rates. They cite a 68 percent rise in gross earnings per mile since 1894 1898, with operating income per mile growing modestly, and argue revenue gains outpace costs while weather and crop losses depress demand.
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Texas Lines
Eading
Texas
United States
Railroad Commission
Commission
Ffic
Fort Worth
Denver
T9oo
Rocky Esas
Trinity & Brazos Valley
Houston & Texas Central
San Antonio Council to Hold Bid Calls on Seventy Miles of Sewers and Streets
The San Antonio city council meets Monday with plans to call bids on at least 20 miles of sewer lines and an equal amount of street paving. Project cost may reach 750 000 dollars with 400 000 from bond funds. Sewer bids appear likely. street paving bids may be deferred until engineers complete data. Profiles and grades for sewers arrive from Samuel M. Gray. some street surveys still needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Samuel M. Gray
Fitzsimmons Sued for Divorce by Wife Julia Clifford
In Chicago on May 23 Bob Fitzsimmons the heavyweight boxer was sued for divorce by his wife stage name Julia Clifford. She claims brutal treatment and cites inhumane conduct.
Senate to Open Full Inquiry Into All Railroads
Washington reports that after Charles Mellen's ICC testimony the Senate plans a comprehensive investigation of every railroad. Next targets include Rock Island, Pennsylvania, and Northwestern. McReynolds may face prosecution or resignation as the New Haven report advances. Governor Folk and staff work to condense 2390 pages into a Senate report by midweek.
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Washington, D. C
Charles S. Mellen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Mellen
New Haven
Commission
Rock Island
Pennsylvania
Northwestern
Mellens
Folk
McChord
McReynolds
Obituaries of Haymaker Wallace Gotwalt in San Antonio
Jesse Haymaker 71, longtime San Antonio resident, German native, dies at home. Widow and daughter Jessie Haymaker, a city teacher, survive. funeral plans not made. Joseph Wallace 29 dies at local hospital after arriving from Chicago. body held per uncle John Beard's instruction. Clarence Leroy Gotwalt 22 funeral set Sunday from Shelley-Loring Pederrasne Co. with interment at Mission Burial Park.
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Haymaker
Jesse Haymaker
San Antonio
Mmit Street
Germany
Jessie Haymaker
Wallace
Joseph Wallace
Kentucky
Chicago
Zizik Undertaking Company
Penne
John Beard
Hartford
Gotwalt
Clarence Leroy Gotwalt
Shelley-Loring Pederrasne Company
Mission Burial Park
Funeral for Katherine Wilkes Set for Sunday
Katherine Wilkes dies in a south loop auto crash Friday night. Funeral at 4 pm Sunday in Riebe parlors conducted by Rev. R. Y. Barber, with telegraphic information from her parents. Interment in cemetery No. 4. Albert Barret, steering the ill fated car, is in serious condition at city hospital. six others injured.
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Katherine Wilkes
South Loop
Riebe
R. Y. Barber
Albert Barret
Silver Service for the Battleship Texas
A Galveston exhibit week will display a silver service for the battleship Texas funded by Mayor Lewis Fisher and Texas donors. The old service from the prior Texas, rechristened San Marcos and lost in Atlantic target practice, accompanied the ship in the Spanish American War. The new pieces will be presented by Texas Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls. The Texas details span 565 foot length, 95 foot beam, 27000 tons displacement, and a 22 knot speed with 14 inch main guns and assorted armament.
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Texas
Galveston
Lewis Fisher
San Marcos
Atlantic
Phillips
Inalveston
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire
New
Envoys Hopeful of Peace in Mexican Mediation
The United States faces a choice as Carranza and Huerta factions push mediation at Niagara Falls. Carranza seeks recognition before talks, while U S forces hold Vera Cruz to preserve prestige and potential peace negotiations. Mediation hinges on Carranza cooperation and continued U S involvement.
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Carranza
United States
Mexico
Vera Cruz
South America
America
State Department
Niagara Falls
General Funston
Huerta
Constitutionalists
Douglas
Wilson
Carranza assigns representatives to Niagra Falls mission
General Carranza directs Jose Vasconcelos Luis Cabrera Iglecias Calderon to proceed to Niagara Falls representing the Constitutionalists. The group will delay public instructions pending U.S accreditation and aims to hinder negotiations delaying peace to allow Ciudad de Mexico capture. Defenses and fortifications around Vera Cruz and Mexico City intensify as naval and ground forces shift positions.
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EL Paso
Tex
Carranza
Jose Vasconcelos
New York
Luis Cabrera
France
Iglesias Calderon
San Juan de Ulloa
United States
Vera Cruz
Havana
York
Niagara Falls
Mexico
Nips Revolt In Bud Huerta Foils Army Plot
Huerta exposes a plot by trusted officers and high generals to seize and kill him in Vera Cruz. Police Inspector General Manuel Gasque has been supervising the response as details reach the capital.
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Vera Cruz
Huerta
Manual Gasque
Fore-handed Man and Tramp Exchange Food Plea
Tramp appeals for food to a doorstep lady who declines saying the man is not starving. He quips that prevention is worth a peace of cure, a line attributed to the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Babcock, Staver and Moon Bros
Mitchell
The Retort Pertinent in Baltimore Cartoon Dialogue
A brief dialogue exchange from the Baltimore American features a sharp quip by a male tailor addressing a female customer, highlighting finances and reputational sting in a light, period voice. The line satirizes social expectations and market pressures in a humorous exchange.
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Baltimore American
Villa Orders Army Move to Tor reon and Zacatecas Campaigns
General Francisco Villa’s main force withdrew from Torreon by seventeen trains carrying about 17,000 cavalry, infantry and artillery en route to Zacatecas for campaign operations. The dispatch notes the movement from Torreon to Torreon area as part of the ongoing Mexican campaigns.
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R. R. Russell
J. H. Haide
Geo. D. Campbell
Thos, E. Mathis
A. G. Engelke
R. R. Russell, J. H. Haile
H. C. King JR
Cyrus E Lucas
Wa Bevans
Thos
E. Mathis
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
Pecos
North Texas
St. Louis
Brownsville
Margaret Johnston McAlpin Margherita Giollini
Cincinnati
Naples
Il Pangolo
Fonda
Margherita Giollini
East
Elmira Street
Shelley-Loring Datenaking Co
Automobile Equipmen
Amelia
Alberto Quiroz
Quiroz
Cuidadela
National Palace
Uerta
Vergara
Tejar
Garcia Pena
Navarette
Bud
Frank Bros
Washington Star
Hsrhess
Babcock
Wallace Bros. Go
North Side Main Plaza
Harrels
San Antonio, Texas
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