San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-25
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The |. & g. n. picnickers Saturday,
after day of out door fun, returned 10
the city at $50 p. m. on their special pic
mic train.
The Southern Pacific now changes
coaches ar this place in the through
east and west trains. 1t had always been
almost impossible TO Unload and
load the baggage car here in the short
time allotted for this purpose. Therefore
the baggage and coaches are now drawn
to the depot and loaded on the second
track. The through east or west pasSen.
ger then pulls up on the first track and
discharges its passengers and baggage,
and makes its transfer to the other train:
The through SleeperS are detached and
added to the outgoing train.
The l. & G. n. passenger wreck now
stands in the yards of the company where
it is inspected by many curious spectators.
The boiler was robbed of its truck wheels
and showed between the floor and roof of
a STOCK car. The driving wheels them
selves were perched upon the truck
wheels. The cab was a complete wreck
and tender was much worse.
The visiting conductors took in the
city Sunday, visiting all the places of in
terest. The quiet, gentlemanlv behavior
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of considerable comment. They arrived
on the south bound |. & G. n. yesterday
morning and left about midnight yeSter-
day for Houston.
The rain last night was pretty general
all along the three roads.
The receivers of the S. A. P. in Judge
Kings court, yesterday, made application
to build the extension to Waco, proposing
to do so by issuing S350,0OO worth of re-
ceverS' certificates of stock, bearing 6
per cent. interest, and the application
was cOnditionally approved. June 9th
has been set for the final approval.
A one fare round trip rate has been
made by the Southern Pacific road, for
the unwilling of the confederate mOnu-
ment. at Jackson. Miss. Tickets are on
sale May 81 and June l, good to return
ten days from date of issue.
Chief Clerk Luther J. Parks, of Cen
eral Superintendent Van Weeks office, at
Houston, was in town, yesterday.
The S. A. p. general passenger depart
ment, which had heretofore been crowded
for want of room, has been removed to
the third floor. where two elegant rooms
are now occupied by Mr.. Andrews and his
assistants.
A new card. giving the limited and I'M
limited rates from all functions on the S.
A. P. to every point on the line, has been
issued by General Passenger Agent An
drewS. for the use of his ticket agents.
The rates mentioned go into effect June l.
Al. RatcIiff, the enterprising travel
ing passenger man of the Union Pacific,
old time Overland Route is in the city,
d distributing the neat and tasty literature
of his road, from the handy little vest
pocket memorandum to the neatly
engraved IA page book, descrip-
tive of the western resorts of
health and pleasure. Mr.; Radcliffe
saws that while the travel TO Denver and
points last summer. was very
heavy, it is expected to be much greater
this year especially from the south and
southwest. He also has a scheme on
hand whereby series of great excur-
sions are to be run from the main points
in Texas to and through the great yell
low Stone region. The expenses of the
trip including hotel fare, sleeping car
fares, railroad fares, stage fares through
the park and elsewhere. drives, etc, will
be $3.50 from Omaha. Neh.