The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-12-27
ALL THE WAY FROM FRISCO.
Express Packages Make the Trip in Care
of the Fargo Company
Prospects for a Fight Between the Gould
and Huntington Syndicates.

San Antonio, but will not open an Office in this
city until all-rail connection is made between
San Francisco and New Orleans. They are
| operating in conjunction with the Pacific Ex-
| press company, an organization controlled by
| the Huntington syndicate and in opposition to
| the Texas Express company, an organization
| controlled by the Gould syndicate Their
opening OF an office here is ANTICIPATED by rail
| road men rs the precursor of declaration of
| open war on the Huntington party by Gould
| and his hackers. This would be fraught with
| great interest to the entire public and involve
| the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio,
| the Texas Pacific, the Iron Mountain and
southern, the INTERNATIONAL and all the other
Texas railways in which the Gould and the
| huntingdon parties are Interested Besides
the immense power which Wells, Fargo
Co. can themselves use it is said
| that the influence of even the most
remote associates of the Huntington
| party will be brought to bear to crush their
competitors. 1t is known that for some time
the relations of the Gould system to the Gal
weston, Harrisburg and San Antonio and other
Huntington railways have not been amicablc.
and therefore the chances seem favorable to "a
battle royal between the railway giants, the
scene of which will be Texas.
BY persons who pretend TO know whereof
they speak the statement is made that Wells
Fargo u Co., have anticipated opposition by the
Gould syndicate and have made arrangements
to meet it by establishing Offices throughout
the state and engaging in business for such low
| rates of compensation that the Texas Express
company will be forced from the field or com
PEELED to submit an offer to compromise The
Developments will be watched with interest by
| railroad men and the public generally,
OF COURSE HE Is.
Indigestible cake and bad cigars are no
longer sold Oh the international railway by
agents of the Southern News association but
by agents of the New York News association.
The change of agents was made a few daysagO
by Mr.. Gould, the millionaire gr3ibbcr of uncOn-
sidcrcd trictS. OF course Mr.. Gould is stock
holder in the New York association.
MAKING MONEY.
The Texas ana Pacific, the Iron Mountain
and the New Orleans Pacific Railroad are re-
ported to have their carrying capacity, both
freight and passenger, taxed to the utmost.
| number of new engines and cars will soon be
put on to answer the public demand
SUNSET EXTENSION.
Col. r. l.. Prircc, president of the Galveston,
Harrisburg and san Antonio railway, and Mai
Converse, the general manager, are at 'the
front, inspecting the construction work pro-
grcssln2 toward the tracks of the southern
Pacific railway. The two roads will be connec-
ted about the Eth of january next.
HERE TO CORPUS CHRISTI.
Sufficient subscriptions have been obtained
to warrant Mr. y. GlsSc!t, who is engineering
the scheme for establishing Il railway from
| here to CORPUS Christi i'll applying for a char
! ter for the proposed corpus Christi and San
Antonio railway. The work Of surveying will
| soon be begun.
| AMICABLY ARRANGED
! The troUbIe between the Kansas City, Fort
Scott ana Gull ami the st Louis and San Fran
cisco has been aIhicably arranged, and yester-
| day rates were quoted Via the Frisco tOall
points on the Gull road as tar as Fort Scott.
| This trouble has been going on for some time
| A new local tariff will be issued by the Frisco
| line.
! VTHwS BY THE 1.-TWO REPUBLICS"
The railroads already render ii practicable to
| send machinery cheaper to some Of the great
mining regions. Fuel may also he obtained at
prices which do not in the United States pre-
vent the profitable use OF machinery. When
| next year the Mexican Central and National
| railroads are extended from the frontier to
| Zacatecas and San Louis POtOSi respectively,
| coal may be procured in abundance from the
Texan fields on reasonable terms.
In view of the foregoing considerations we
| look for Il great mining revival in which Amer
| lean capital and skill will play a prominent
part.
| RAILROADS.&C. wARIIkE PURSUIT.
| EtairOading in MeN leo appears to be attend
! ed with unexpected difficulties. The people of
Sonora, especially, seem to have novel ideas OF
| the duties and responsibilities of railroad men,
| as recent occurrences prove. 1t is related by
gentlemen recently returned from there that
on the arrival OF the first train from GuaymaS
| to HermOSillO, the conductor, engineer and
| brakeman all of them Americans, were arres-
| ted because the train behind time.
Mexican having lost his baggage by his own
carclessncss, an American baggage master was
| arrested on sa charge of stealing it. There
won the case in Court but was fined $40 on
general principles. As another illustration OF
! the peculiar prejudice Of our Sonora neigh
b0rs against railroads. it is said that a Mexican
having jumped off train while in motion and
injured himself, the conductor was arrested
and when last heard from was still in Jail, the
friends of the jumping Mexican Offering to
compromise the matter and let him out for
500.
HEADLIGHT FLASHES.
Hugh Burns, a rajlrpVd CONTRACTOR recently
on the intGrnatiOua arrived from Trinity river
yesterday
The hospital scheme of the Sunset is still in
allegiance,
y. II, Kicker and Frank l.. Lee wcll-known
railroad contractors cunuectcd with the Inter
national. are staying at the Mcnger.
Palmer, one of the owners of the Mexican
National railway, is expected 10 arrive soon in
this city.
Though its rolling stock has been greatly in
| creased the Vera Cruz railroad has more freight
than it can possibly handle. EarEjngs on the
Leon line are at the rate Of ever 5000 a mile
per annum.
The date 4Ct to-. tie finishing of the nenvor
ana Rio urtudt railway through to Salt Lake
City is February -.
the locomotives of the international railway
Whenever an engine can be spared it is sent to
Palestine to receive the crates. Nos. 9 and 15l
are now there.
Baptist Church supper.
The little folks of the Baptist church. SUNDAY
school were entertained hY Iu.uhcrs of the
church last evening. They themselves CON
| tribulCd tn the evenings pleasure by deliver
! ll., reltiUtiOHS and 10y singing. Music was fur
niShcd 10y the church choir, led by Prof Huut
supper was spread i'll the church hlseurut
! tpd enjoyed by all present, spme gOA prrsOus
! The affair was managed pI Nr. T. {, Everett,