San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-12
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Talked by Telegraph, Told by Train
Men and Taken In Transit.

Captain Bill Davis, of this city, has been
appointed general superintendent OF the
| Corpus Christi and South American road,
! with headquarters at Corpus Christi.
The committee to inspect the sites for
the state militia encampment this sum
mer, consisting of Adjutant General Ma
| brey, Major General Roberts, Brigadier
General Stoddard, Colonel GeorgeIimPle.
man, Colonel Gurley, Colonel Alsdorf
! Faulkner and Captain Green went to
| Arkansas Harbor over the ). A. +. yes
terday.
| NC. Boyd, travelling car accountant Of
the NJ. K. 4 T., was in the city yesterday.
Fourteen cars of cattle brought
| in from Tioga by the International
and Great Northern yesterday,
were transferred to the Southern
Pacific. and hustled over that line to
| Spofford.
The usual weekly train of hogs went
over the S. P. to Eagle Pass, yesterday.
The Southern Pacific sent twelve cars
of wool to New York, last night.
Supt. Innes, Of the San Antonio divi-
sion, s. P, has returned from trip west.
The rain of yesterday morning is re-
ported to have covered the stretch of
country along the track from Austin to
Pearsall. 1t had also rained over the en-
tire San Antonio division of the s. p. and
as far as Flatonia on the Houston divi-
sion Of the road.
A Mexican named Miguel Gonzales,
working at Muldoon on the s. A. p,
worked his way to Flatonia and came to
San Antonio on the Sunset passenger
train yesterday afternoon. He was
too sick to move; and was
p. depot. A physician was summoned.
and his wants were attended to. After
laying on the platform for over an hour,
he was taken to private room near by.
The Southern Pacific loaded As cars of
stock, on the Victoria division, yesterday.
They were moved to Houston, and from
that point, over the H. & 7. c., to Car
lyle. !. T.
A very strong current OF electricity, evil
IDENTIFY from the trolley wire of the street
car company, played havoc in the dis
patcher'S office at the Sunset, com petely
demoralizing one of the instruments,
and endangering the lives of the
operators. At five o'clock. yesterday
chanan had taken his active fingers from
the instrument, a volume of smoke arose
and the magnets of the instrument began
to burn, giving forth a cracking noise
and blush flame. At the same time one
of the instruments in the Western Union
telegraph Office at the depot was burnt
The vulcanized rubber coating was soft
ened, but after cooling off, became hard
ened again. 1t was not rendered useless.
These two instruments were connected
with what is termed pony" wire. lead
ing through the city to up town offices or
to the depot. These accidents are liable
to occur at any time, and should the in
strument be in use at the moment, would
probably result fatally to the operator.
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trolley pole of the street cars flying from
the trolley wire and striking the pony
wire.
The formal official Inauguration OF the
Monterey and Mexican Gulf road soon
to be completed to Tampico, will be held
Sept. 10th.
Mr.. Peter B. Goodwin of the I. & G. n.
uptown office, has returned from iving
trip to Houston.
j. E. Galbraith, general freight and
passenger agent of the |. &, G. N, has re
turned to Palestine
The l. & G. N. has made a round trip
fare for the delegates attending the
Worlds Fair convention at Fort Worth,
which meets tomorrow. The fare
is 1856.
General Passenger Agent r. w. An
drews, of the s. A. p, accompanied the
committee. which went over this road to
inspect sites for the next state militia
encampment.
The rate on wool as it stands at last re-
pOrts,is per hundred pounds to New York,
s1.10; to Boston, S1.2s. The old rate was,
to New York, Sl.56; to Boston, s1.76. The
northern and eastern buyers, for various
reasons, held over from buying. and as a
result they became pressed for the staple
When the market opened and they made
their deals, they naturally looked out for
the fastest time in conveying the article.
The Southern Pacific people claim that
their is the recognized time annihilator,
and thus they made number of good
shipments. The management of the 9TH
er roads put their heads together, and a
cut in the rates was made. The Sunset
people say that all they did was to meet
the cut. They disclaim having started the
slashing. Wool is still arriving in the
city in large quantities, scarcely more
than one half of the product being in.