San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-15

chile stands. Why? Becausel
Eight Sunset specials came In last
night. ~. 49,,
Superintendent McQueeny has re-
TUNED from Houston. -.r--n. L.,
The Southern Pacific is handling
considerable stock the past.few days.
Martin Casey Of superintendent
Innes' Office IL laid up with an A.
tack of rheumatism.
at the Arkansas Pass depot, where the
electric cars stop.
Col. Uriah Lott left on special
yesterday for Rockport aud Corpus
Christi, on the Arkansas Pass.
The new station of Altare, on the
Arkansas Pass near Eagle Lake, has
been opt ned.
The entire Waco branch Of the
Aransas Pass railway Is being bal
lasted and placed in fine condition.
This mornings 1. Il G.. N. train, due
here at $40 o'clock is 8 hours Late,
and will De in at $40 p. m.
One of the track ballasting gangs
of the Arkansas Pass, of ABOUT 20 men,
is now working near Altare, the new
station.
Six carloads Of wool consigned to
Boston middlemen, left San Antonio
. yer the Arkansas Pass railway yes
terday.
Conductor Forgason of the Southern
Pacific took out his crew last night
after laying Off on account Of sick
ness.
J. Frey, superintendent OF the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas road,
was In the city yesterday with
party of friends, coming down In q
special.
The gross earnings of the Texas
and Pacific for 1890 were 81 800, 995,
the largest In the history of the COM
pany.
The steam shovel on the Arkansas
Pass railway is now getting out grav-
ell at the pits near West Point, to bal
last the road.
Telegraphic reports announce that
good rains fell yesterday all along
the lines of the Arkansas Pass rail-
way.
Alamo brewery now stands ut the
Arkansas Pass depot. The brewery 10
increasing its capacity.
A man living on the old Mockert
place near the Arkansas Pass depot,
INDUCES in shooting within the city
limits yesterday afternoon he fired
his gun Off three times, but q police
man Is now on the lookout.
The Arkansas Pass depot has been
greatly increased in capacity by the
new addition of over 100 feet of new
buildings. But the roof leaks and
the boys don't like umbrellas W hilest
work at their desks.
Scarcely day passes that corpse
is not brought In on the trains OF the
Arkansas Pass railway from Kerrville,
Boerne and Comfort. The poor con.
sumptives die when bad weather
commences.
The Primrose and West Ministries
arrived at 4:l0 on the Southern Pacific
yesterday and gave parade shortly
after. They met with no mishap be-
tween San Antonio and Houston, but
| the day previous got a little mixed,
because their locomotive and another
one tried to pass each other on the
same track between Houston and
New Orleans.
Mr.. George z. Stevens, travelling
passenger agent of the Mexican Ma
tional, will leave Laredo on the l4h
of this month in charge of an excur-
sion of people from the United States:
This will be the first of series of
personally conducted excursions over
the Mexican National, which will
doubtless become quite popular.
The Southern Pacific In carrying
IL cars of hogs from Kansas CITY IN
route to the CITY of Mexico yesterday,
covered the distance between RoseD-
berg Junction and Eagle Pass. S43
miles, including two changes of en-
gines, q stop over at this point to feed
the animals and the repair of pair
of wheels on one of the cars, in four
teen hours and fifty seconds. which is
considered getting things down pat.