San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-16
RAILROAD LOCALITIES.

{. =. Marlack. resident engineer Of the.
international and Great Northern rail-
road. is in the city.
Lost Car Agent W. q. Palfrcy. of the
Southern Pacific. left for the north ycSter-
day.
The International and Great Northern
had two trainlOadS of stock yesterday
from PCarSaIl To Chicago.
Claim Agent V. V. Damon. of the Aran-
>aS Pass. is in the city
The pay car Of til" international and
Great Northern came in from the north
last night. and after distributing the nee
cSSary among the boys her" left this
morning down the line.
The number of people who are seeking
homes in and around Bee county, has
considerable significance. The LIGHT
rUStlCr has had his eye on this stream for
two months and during that time some
thing like 100 families passed through San
Antonio To look for homes in that section
The last party passed "Wednesday, and
numbered fifteen. all coming from Carlo.
III. These humC->ccllcrS are in a great
measure attracted 10 Texas by the effect
i've advertising of the Arkansas Pass rail-
road.
The light in which railroad corpora
tons are regarded by the dcni-
Z"nS Immediately along the lin" is cN-
empilicd by some recent experience OF the
|. and G.. n. road. a section gang in fill
ing Il small hole in the rOad-bCd. had OC-
caSion to 90 on farmers land and gath
or WhcclbarrOw full Of stones and
placed them therein. The farmer imme-
diatcly called on the railroad authorities.
demanded pay for those rocks. threatened
to bring suit and raised Cain generally.
and yet h" and many OF his n"iShborS
were cultiValing the right-Uf-Way right
up to the track. Some 300 Of these have
been served with notice to quit and the
road is freely denounced as tyranicaI
There are a number Of rairoand boys in
this city. although generally gOOd-naturcd
fellows. who are addicted To practical
Joking. One of their faVoritc methods OF
pcrpctrating jokes is To buttOn-h hole an
unSuspicOuS newspaper man and cOnh-
! dcntially impart some news of dOubt1h
| authenticity. The case in point Is WHARF
| it was announced to the world through
| the columns of the LIGHT. that one of the
| boys had gone to Shreveport. La:. to be
married. Upon his arrival home h" was
| met by a party Of his friends. who over
| Whcmpd him with CONGRATULATIONS. much
| to his disgust. and leading 90 a Subsequent
| interview with the haplCSs scribe Ii
! those iOkcrS don mend their ways. some
| thing is going to drop. and that too with
the momentum of thousand Of brick
! The Arkansas will hay" three special cX-
! CurSiOn trains tomorrow. one to River
| side park to the picnic Of 81. Mark EpiS-
! copal church Sunday school, on" to Bra
| dcn,S park. on account of the picnic of the
| NJ. f. church Sunday school. and one To Il
Baptist school picnic at Bcrg'S mill.
| General Manager J. Krutschntt, of the
| Southern Pacific. arrived ip town yeStrr-
day evening and >p"nl today in the city.
| leaving for the west this evening.
Live Stock Agent VOccker of the
| SOathcrn Pacific. reports more orders
than he can conveniently fill owing to the
scarcity Of cars.
The recent floods have caused the South
crn Pacific to pay great deal Of attcn-
| ton to strengthening vulnerable points,
| anc i'm the vicinity of streams likely to get
on a tear the track has been raised 50 that
by next year they will be out of harm
| reach.