San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-18
RATIFIED OFF THE RAILS.
Talked by Telegraph, Told by Train
Men and Taken in Transit.

Mr.. John Lieck, the long and short
man OF the Sunset freight office, treated
the boys with some birthday cakes.
) The Houston division of the Sunset
| dispatchers Office sports beautiful
boquet IRON one of the fair operators IN
the Seguin office
| The Southern Pacific loaded 30 cars of
/ stock at Harrisburg, yesterday, for Indian
| Territory. They go via Rosenberg juno
ton over the G. c. & S. f.
| Conductor Joe Morris came in from his
/ run east yesterday afternoon, with
| splendid boquet of flowers from Houston.
| Engine 672. with Engineer Walter Jor-
| dan at the throttle. will bring In the pre-
sidential party, Monday morning at nine
| o'clock.
The Sunset depot will be tastefully deco
ra ted next Monday with flags, buntings,
notices and shields, for the arrival of
President Harrison and party.
Under the new schedule which has
gone into effect on the Louisiana diviS
ion of the Southern Pacific, the pas en-
ger trains leave Houston at 10 p. m. and
arrive at New Orleans at 2:15 the next
afternoon, making good time for all trains
going north and east.
The trains, especially those arriving in
this city, are always well filled. A good
travel is also reported to points west of
here.
The San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
special car, Telcalco, was transferred to
and attached to the east bound p. m.
train. 1t contained the committee of Cit
liens which goes to meet President Har-
rison and party at Galveston.
Operator Jno A. Walker. of the Sunset
Office, is down with the measles. Il. l..
Ennis has temporarily been summoned in
his place.
Talking of the recent order issued by
theI. e q. N, limiting the fast running
of the passenger trains to 80 miles an hour,
and placing the freight train limit at
eighteen miles an hour, a freight man
who was laid off fifteen days for letting
his engine creep up four miles above the
eighteen, said that the late Receiver Eddy
was to great extent responsiblefo for these
snail crawling limits, as he termed them.
why, when Col. Eddy was in his private
car, coming over the road, and the engi-
neer would undertake TO improve his
time, the Colonel would spring from his
seat as though struck by an electric
flash. The conductor was summoned and
that engineer had to tone down his en-
CINE to stage horse trot. Yes, sir, Col.
Eddy was nightly afraid that the roa-
would gain reputation as making fairly
respectable time"
A good rain is reported along the line of
the S. A. P, extending a short ways up.
along its northwestern end. The S. p. and
l. & G. n. also report heavy rains along
the lines.
The trains were all on time yesterday.
General Manager J. E. Galbraith of
the l. & G. \. went north over the road
yesterday afternoon.
Travel Passenger Agent w. F. Corners,
of the Wabash road, is in town.
The Southern Pacific has
made four cent round tripI rate for
the Texas Pharmaceutical convention to
meet at Houston next month. The tickets
will be put on sale on May 18th and 12th,
good to return May nth.
The l. & G. n. has just heard from an
exceedingly good run of cattle to st.
Louis. Ten cars of stock were loaded
at Eagle Pass at six o'clock on the after
noon of April 18th, and routed via San
Antonio, over the /. and G. n. and Iron
Mountain roads, for st. Louis. They
made the run from San Antonio. to st
Louis, distance of 93l miles, in A hours
Is minutes, actual running time, which
does not include the lay over and feeding
at Little Rock, Ark.