San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-26
ECHOES FROM WEST END.
HDQR'S DAILY LIGHT,
WEST END. Oct. %. 1871.


so in connection with resuming the
subject of r. r. In q recent verdict
against the s. p. Mr.. Smiths 5000
were considered light, on appeal from
Justice court; that was the highest
sued for. Judge Felix McCord was
called Judge of the 10th district when
the 18th is our own district. On
Saturday the S. p. boys were not
paid Off for October, they received
their pay for September and that is
certainly quick enough and fair for
road that has to cover so much alb
sorbed milege. AT another place, in
comments on the r. r. commission,
the Express mentions that by its coal
rates from Eagle Pass it had made
3 monopoly of the Indian Territory
coal and the road it is shipped over.
Now the old Eagle Pass rates were
restored on complaint from that
point; it is not right to thus ignore
the existence of the nearest (Lytle)
mines, nor ought the only line to San
Antonio from the Indian nation, the
/. & q. n be charged with being
monopoly for accepting freight from
coal mines. But what will appear
strange is that the Galveston Harri-
burg and San Antonio h. r. has
grown frightened at the steady atti-
tued of squatters on its reservation in
this city" Now If said r r. acquired
title to their reservation by purchase,
it need not take fright, no one has a
right to squat on it, and it would be
far better to collect rents from those
who do, than be contented with an
Acknowledgements of tenantship. Is il
cd II. r. reservations, for all rail
roads, Ito build a union depot, ware.
house, storage, baggage room and
etc., and if this is so, ought not so
much of the donation. as is
not used, by railroads revert
tack now after so many years,
to the donors; or unless it was given
exclusively to Col. Piercs's road
ought not either the donors or all our
three roads share alike in the reve-
nues that could be derived from &C.
| cupation of the surplus grounds.
During the lifetime of Col. Thomas
Wentworth Pierce-a charitable and
kindly man to TeXas-whO himself
made many donations to cities and
towns along his route, he used only
enough of the reservation for legiti.
mate purposes, but since the ;. p.
manages the G. II. & S. A. it laid the
reservation full of old iron, tracks,
trucks, etc so that | did not think
there was room enough left for squat.
tiers TO get in; not all these tracks are
absolutely needed, and are but dead
squatters In conflict with living ones.
| don't think the r r. reserva lion was
ever intended tor foreign corpora
ton, with headquarters at San Frau
cisco, but only TO a Texas enterprise.
That the Houston officials are but
mere figureheads is easy to rememb Der,
for quite recently fourth vice presi-
dent Mr.. Stubs. Of San Francisco,
made the appointment of Mr.. Ripley
as manager OF the freight departments
for several Texas roads, including the
Sunset. l think that it was again
only a misprint when lately the 3. p.
general superintendent. Mr.. w. G..
Van Week, was termed the attorney
general, in ruling as to how Texas
executive officials had to conduct
themselves on his trains while con-
veying nagro prlsoIers. l believe
that Mr.. Van Week, who is said to be
studying law now, did this in obedi-
ence TO higher orders, for, as far as |
know, he does not yet deal in law or
justice; at all events, when Mr.. Cul-
person at Austin upset the Houston
attorney generals laws, he was
not fought by injunction. These
might be good grounds for
an eDjOinIng in another matter,
wherein the s. p rapacity is again
apparent. Years ago either our city
or some ofits cItiZeDs, contracted with
Col PIERCE to give San Antonio an
"Immigrant Home" Col. Pierce ac-
copied donation and carried out its
purpose; Col. Pierce is dead, and the
: p. now receives a monthly rental
from hotel man and a saloon in the
abandoned Home OF the Immigrant,
now diverted from its original pur-
poses. Could not q part of that in.
come be turned back to the city or
those citizens? Read the article AL
legged Violation of the Demurrage
Law" and note again the contrast be-
tween our liberal Arkansas Pass and
the other roads. On the slightest
provOcatiOn, even at the entrance
of colored passenger into Texas the
big roads use the interstate commits
sion az taunt to the state commits
sion, which allows So demurrage per
car for every "a hours after notice to
unload. The s. A. p. complies with
the state law but uses the first chance
to favor its patrons on interstate
freight and creates kick against its
liberslity, by the others and for once
Mr. Reagan's ruling finds approval in
voracious San Francisco and New
York. | will not be unjust to the
present graspiDg S. P. and repeat that
it is the best equipped line here; and
the old @. II. 4 s. A. had no better
friend than / in Texas. But even