The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-28
RAILWAY NEWS
Progress of Work on the Colorado and
Santa Fee and Other Roads.

The Sunset railway has put on fast cattle
trains to make the run from San Antonio to
st. Louis in four days.
Lumber is being shipped over the Central
and Montgomery division of the Gulf Colora-
do and Santa Fe road at the rate of IL to X
cars per day.
The California end Of the Southern Pacific
Of New Mexico will soon be completed to
Eagles Nest, where it will be connected with
the Galveston. Harrisburg an San Antonio or
Sunset road about October Ist.
Count Joseph Telfener, the general con-
tractor Of the New York, Texas & Mexican
railroad, having decided that the productive
resources Of the country between Victoria and
Brownsville will make the road a paying en-
| terprise, has let contracts to push the tracks
west of Victoria to Brownsville
The Marshall and Northwestern Narrow
Gauge Railroad Company have declined all
bids for clearing the right-of- way and grading,
and have decided to do the work themselves.
A force is already at work. and about 200
more men will be sent to the front this week
Work is rapidly progressing between Leon
and Navasto on the Gulf Colorado & Santa
Re railroad, and connection will soon be made
at Navasto with TIM Montgomery Central, re-
Gently purchased by the Santa Pc AS soon
| as engineers have determined on the perma
nent line from Alvin section to Houston work
will be begun on that line and pushed vigor-
ously.
The Gould and the Morgan railway compa-
| MES are not satisfied with the differential rate
for Texas as betwt en- the Northern and South
ern Atlantic seahoard rates. The question of
| cotton rates is also perplexing them. To adj
just all the differences a meeting of freight
agents was held at Galveston on Saturday, at
which were present Oscar q. Murray, of the
| Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe; S. Frink, of the
Missouri, Pacific & Iron Mountain; w. Ii
Newman, Of the Texas Pacific; George
Schreever, Of Morgan's Louisiana & Texas
railway; ]. Waldo. of the Houston & Texas
| Central; c. G. Gibbs of the Galveston, Har-
rlsburg 4 San Antonio. and O. White, of the
New York. Texas & Mexican. The proceed
ings were kept secret.
| HANCOCK has gone to London, and will
send his acceptance of the nomination from
that great city. Hancock is long range poll
tiaiaH any how.
"They found Mr.. Epson powerless as
candidate, and thereupon they announced for
inacton, unless the organized convention.
composed of large majority of delegates,
would pie dge tn IN to withdraw the name Of
Judg. Hancock, and allow dark horse to
receive he nomination."
No, they found that they had been trapped
by falshood and deception and they conclu-
ded not to disturb the harm ,ny of the Austin
machine by intruding upon its presence. Ii
says, further:
Gas democrats they refused TO obey the di-
| f,f 4 L
themselves democrats they attempted to give
democracy fatal thrust, to DESTROY its proba
BILE power in the district, and to turn over its
representation in congress to the arch radical
of Texas "
They found they could not obey the
direction Of their people without he
trAying them into the hands of their
enemy-the free traders-and so far as turn
ing over the district to the ''arch radical is
concerned. we suspect that our western demo-
Gratis are not so welded to John Hancock as
to take his insults to the democracy as qualifi-
cations to represent them: and that between
Union brigadier that tried to raise negro
regiment to invade Texas, and afterwards de-
MED it, and Union brigader that won his
promotion upon the battlefield they won't feel
hard if the latter wins the fight in the 10Th
district.
We are informed by Maj Burgess, OF
Segun, that correspondence is going on be-
| tween Iones and ireland that will result in
| Joint canvass. We hope it is SO, but if Ireland
goes against our advice he is lost. Jones will
| beat him as bIily as old Sam Houston did
Dick Rlnnels. Old Sam ran independent.
II SEEMS thai the Hancock democracy were
prepared for the worst. We quote from the
Statesman:
The $, tesmon had seen the tendency of
ranks, and it plead Nth the Legislature not to
give US tins cup, which might beray into the
hands OF our Interest foe the district in which
is the capital of Texas. We asked that San
Antonio he given its d.slric'. that this contend
ing element might work itself out of its own
contention. but the cup was presented and the
bitterest gall has been injected into its con-
tents. Still we do not believe the people of
San Antonio and Of the west will endorse the
action of few disappointed poll icians,
among whom there was m re than one dark
horse walking meekly beside the trained
charger.
A series OF religious meetings will be held
at the Macedonia Baptist church during this
week. Rev. L. & Jordan will otliciate dur
ing the absence Of Parson Wright All are