San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-23
Ratified OFF THE RAILS.
Talked by Telegraph, Told by Train.
Men and Taken in Transit.

1t is rumored that dining cars will be
put on the Santa Fe route after the first
OF April.
Geo. w. Hubbard, commercial agent of
the Mexican National, was in the city
yesterday.
The plan for the reorganization of
the 5. A. p. has been made public through
a circular issued by the projectors.
Dispatcher Martin Jones Of the South
ern Pacific Office third trick, has accepted
the position as chief dispatcher on the
Mexican International, with headquar-
tiers at POrfrio Diaz.
The Texas Pacific immigration asSo-
citation, in connection with the Texas
Pacific road, is arranging to run special
immigration excursions from all north
western and northeastern points curing
the coming summer and fall.
The Southern Pacific officials at Hous-
ton profess to be in utter ignorance as
to the status of the waShOut near New
Orleans, owing to the condition of the
wires between Houston and that place.
AS far as they know, everything remains
the same as at last report, but they do
not make this statement officially.
The union railway meeting called to
convene at the Odd Fellows hall Saturday
afternoon was attended by some two hun
dred railroad men. representing the vari-
Gus railroad orders. Like a similar meet
ing held some weeks since, the matter
of federation Of railway employees was
discussed, but nothing definite was done.
1t was decided to call another meeting
within the next thirty days.
The item in this mornings paper that
no freight has been received from New
York since the waShout on the Sunset hit
the nail square-in the neck. The fact is
that when the break in the levee occurred
the Morgan line steamers unlOaded at the
Galveston wharveS instead of AlgierS
and the Southern Pacific has been hand
ling New York freight as quickly and
satisfactorily as heretofore. The report
or evidently got his information from
some brakeman or equally we'll informed
official.
About a quarter past seven, Sunday
evening. locomotive standing before the
South Flores street crossing OF the s. A
=. track, run into a street car, crossing
the track at the time. The street cal
was struck Squarely in the centre and
thrown off the track, but the engineer
reversed the machine before more ScriOu!
damage was done. A lady passenger O
the street car had her leg broken by beinS
thrown from her seat. She was taken Il
her home WHEREVER injured limb was set
The street car was again righted ant
moved on to the stable.
Eight miles west of here. on the South
ern Pacific road, Saturday night. a forme
trackman of the company named Thoma
Wilson, missed his footing in mounting
passing freight train, and had his RICH
foot crushed by the wheels of some car
passing over it. He was brought to tn
city and taken to the Santa Rosa hospital
where, however. he was refused admis
mission, having neither money nor tn
necessary permit from the railroad com
pany or city authorities. After waitini
hVe hours in the hack, he at last secure,
an order from Mayor Callaghan by whic
ne was admitted into the institution. Tn
injured man was removed to the count
hospital Sunday morning, when DIR. Cliff
ford amputated the foot.