San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-20
RAILROAD LOCALITIES.

The Southern Pacific has announced
a Sc maximum rate on account of the
coming epcampment.
Mr.. F. A. Lister, superintendent of
transportation for the Arkansas Pass,
is in BORNE.
The Southern Pacific had three
train-loads of cattle yesterday from
various points in the West for the
Northern markets.
Conductor Van Camp has finished
his vacation and is again welding
the punch on the l. & G. n.
Conductor Burd, who has been fill
ing Conductor Van Camps place
while the latter was on vacation,
has resumed his duties on the north
end of the road.
The l. & G. n. daily carries out
NUNS ers of Mexican laborers who are
going to work with the large gangs
employed in "surfacing" up the road
behind the gravel trains.
The Southern Pacific daily carries
west shipments Of fruit and vegeta-
bles that sometimes 60 as far as FL
Paso. A large consignment of melons
went to Eagle Pass yesterday.
There was washout on the South
ern Pacific yesterday near Sanderson,
cutting off travel for some time. A
train was made up at Del Rio, how
ever, which went east on time.
Every north-bound train over the
l. and 6. n. carries large quantities
of fish from the coast towns to north
ern cities.
The colored citizen was in his glory
| yesterday and he made the most Of
| the reduced rates offered him by the
| railroads. 1t Is estimated that there
were 1000 visitors in the city during
| the celebration.
The teachers and delegates attend
| ing the teachers convention at Gal
weston will leave via the Arkansas
Pass Monday morning at S:45 a. m.
| There will be about forty
persons attending from this
place. Two chair cars have been en-
gagged and rate of S. 90 for the round
trip has been made for the occasion.
The Houston and Texas Central has
| announced Sc maximum rate to San
Antonio during the encampment
This is the first time in the history of
such rate for San Antonio.
Ticket agent MacNamara of the I.
and G. n. has presented the LIGHTS
railroad rustler with a splendid rail-
road and tourist guide, gotten up by
| the Rome, Watertown and Ogdens-
burg railroad and it is the best of it's
| class ever seen.
Ticket Agent Lupton, of the South
ern Pacific, reports business good and
he is consequently happy. The tour
| ist travel does not cut so much a
figure as the local traffic but the sales
are greater in one day than the earn
| ings of newspaper man will amount
to during the period of his natural
life time.
The I. and G. n. agent is in receipt OF
communication from point on the
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe line
addressed Santa Ana" AS this did
not happen TO be the name of this
city it was returned with this en-
dOrsement: San Antonio, the pa
iron saint of this city, was a male and
as Santa Ana is feminine, you are a
little Off"
The Southern Pacific people have
as yet tailed to discover the Identity
of the villain who attempted to wreck
the train near Spotford, and the tramp
Thomas Henderson, who discovered
the mischief in time to prevent tie
con templated wreck likewise remains
undiscovered though he would be
handsomely treated If he would make
his identity known. 1t is thought
that the attempted wreck was the
work of Mexicans.