San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-26
The Dai1u Eight.
RAILWAY BRIEFS.
A BIG TANK FOR DEL RIO.
Shipments Decreasing - Extending
the Yards-A Bridge Burned
Personal.

CaE Accountant Sellers, Of the
Southern Pacific at New Orleans, is
in the city on visit.
Division Superin ten len t McQueeny,
of the Southern Pacific, has returned
from trip to LAGRANGE.
Engine No. 597 of the Sunset, has
been moved into the shops to receive
new fire boxes and for general over
hauling.
Bridge Superin tendent Bowers and
Roadmaster Thomas, of the l. and &.
N, have finished their inspection of
the second division of that road.
While the trip was rather hot and
tiresome, they found everything in
tip top condition.
The shipments of cattle to the beef
centres have fallen of to a very appre.
ciable extent. which is attributed to
the press of cattle from all
directions Quitting the market and
reducing prices to such figure that
many prefer keeping their cattle on
the range. The recent strikes on the
Illinois Central road have also inter-
fered to some extent to prevent ship
ments, and several San Antonio cat
tlemen have large cOnsignments of
cattle tied up on account of that
strike. But they are worrying not at
all, as they know that the railroads
will pay more for them than they will
fetch in the market.
Foreman Ryan, of the Southern
Pacific this morning engaged num-
Der of carpenters and started them
out to Del Rio to begin work on an
immense tank that the road is build
ing at that place. This tank will
have a capacity of 1000 gallons, and
it will probably be the largest railroad
ply the engines and the round house.
The rec sivers of the International Il
Great Northern have secured All order
from the court of the Seventh judicial
district for the eXten sion of the yards
of that road at Taylor, by the addition
of three miles of side tracks. Owing
to the rapid increase of the business
of the road the lack of room at Taylor
has been severely felt, and it has fIe-
gently happened that the yard at that |
place has been blocked to such an ex-
tent that the pa senger trains were
delayed IN getting through.
Mr.. Chas. NJ. SchiIling, chief
draughtsman in the mechanical de-
partment of the Southern Pacific, has
had his department enlarged by the
addition of an assistant, Mr., Paul
Braun, Of this city,
The + Il q. n, Southern Pacific and
the Santa Fe have aEnoun ced an in ter
point rate OF cents per mile for the
fourth Of July. This rate is not goC d
for points over 200 miles apart. Other
road will follow.
The Southern Pacific had three east
bound Sunset specials yesterday, and
train of stock from Eagle Pass tot
Chicago.
The recent npleasantness between
the Southern Pacific and Arkansas Pass
railways has passed over and both
roads have resumed the practice of
through billing.
Passenger train No. 10, east bound
over the Southern Pacific, due here at
9 a. m. yesterday, did not arrive until
3 p. M. the delay being caused by the
burning of two stringers of Bridge No.
313, four miles west of Langtry, the
train being delayed to walt until re-
pairs could be made A train was
made up at Del Rio, however, and
passed here on time. Train No. Isl
going west was delayed at Del Rio
until the damage could be repaired.
The Leslie party of news paper
writer's who have, since their visit
here been doing Corpus Christi and
Beevile arrived here this morning in
their special coach, MAY Flower"
from the latter place and will leave
this afternoon at $40 for Del Rio and
Ell Paso.