San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-26
RATIFIED OFF THE RAILS.
Talked by Telegraph, Told by Train
Men and Taken in Transit.

Supt. Merriam, of the 5. A. p, went
; south over the road, yesterday.
Harry Fracker, of the Arkansas Pass
| freight office, is taking lay on
| Supt. McQueeny OF the Houston diVi-
sion, returned from Houston, yesterday.
| The Southern Pacific pay car was on
the road, yesterday heading for san An
| tonic.
Receiving Clerk Hamilton Raynor, OF
| the s. A. p. freight office, is laid up with
an attack of the grippe.
The Southern Pacific has sent out an
additional force to the break on the levee
to work on the road there.
The Ohio and Mississippi road earned
in the second week in March S9O,652.52:
increase over 1890, s5,253.54.
The difficulty between the T. p. and
NIX. & L. over cattle rates and cattle.
shipments. is still far from settlement.
1t is stated that the New York Cen
trail is to build handsome union depot
at Syracuse. The present depot is too
small.
The Wisconsin Central contemplates
shortening the line between Chicago
and Lake Superior to the extent of 100
miles.
Mr.. ChaS Daniels. of Palestine, has
taken up his new duties as rate clerk in
the /. & 6. N. general offices, vice Geo. L.
Brown, resigned.
1t is said that the Michigan Central
cOntemplates appointing an auditor
whose special duty will be to look after
passenger conductors.
The special car Henry NJ. Stanley"
carrying on board the distinguished
African explorer and party, arrived over
the s. p. this morning.
The S. A. P. boys were paid off yester-
day by PaymaSter Wagner. The pay car
left here this morning. to do the act of
kindness all along the road.
Mr.. w. E. Holt, who has been holding
down the car clerk desk at the 5. A. p.
freight office has been promoted to claim
clerk, vice Harry Franklin, resigned.
Commercial 1OoO-mile tickets issued for
use on the Nypano or Chicago and Erie, |
are now valid for passage over the Erie |
lines west of Buffalo and Salamanca.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas people |
nope to formally open the HillsbOro d. |
vision for through passenger service on
April l. The recent wet spell has delayed |
things somewhat.
The management of the jacksonville |
Southeastern road has created a new
position, that of Commercial Agent, with |
udIJGTS dJ L 0OIId, anu ". VI.
on the 1st OF next month, takes the new
Office.
The opening OF the Canadian Pacific /
office in Buffalo has stirred up something |
of row in the Buffalo Railway Passenger |
Committee. 1t wishes the Canadian |
Pacific to join the committee, but the |
latter politely declines.
The Fort Worth and Denver road has |
announced that 1t will TRANSPORT free of |
charge all veterans, wives or |
widows of veterans to the BRENNAN.
Texas Veterans convention TO be held at |
BRENNAN, April 20 and 2lst.
The Ohio Railroad Company, with |
office at Parkershurg, w. Va, has decided |
to construct bridge across the Guyan-
dOtte River and extend its railroad from |
GuyandOtte to the new town of Kenovv. |
a distance of eleven miles.
President Ingalls,. of the Big Four, adj |
dressed a letter to General Superin- |
tendent Peck; he, in turn, TO give its con- |
tents to the division superintendent, |
speaking in very complimentary terms of |
the manner the transportation depart |
mcnt had been operated the past two
months.
The new arrangements between the
Pennsylvania and Richmond terminal
systems, for better train service, are
nearly completed. They will be entirely
satisfactory to both parties, and are eX
pected to increase the business between
the two roads materially. Formal an
nOuncement Of the detailed changes will
be made in few days.
A new ticket brokers' association has
been organized, to be known as the
National Association of Ticket Brokers'
There will now be three associations in
the field, namely. the National, the
American and the Guarantee Brokers'
Associations. The new association is
organized by members of the old organi-
cation who became dissatisfied.
The cause of the suddenness with which
the New York Central people took con-
troll of the Rome. WatertOwn and OgdenS-
burg road was that they learned that the
Canadian Pacific was making move to
secure it. With control of this road the
Canadian Pacific could with but little
trouble secure an independent line into
New York and Boston over the Fitch
gurg road.
A letter from the general freight agent
of the S. P. at New Orleans, to CONNER
cial Agent McMllen of this city, states
that the road is shipping all freight eX
cept live stock and such freight as will
not stand transferring, without delay.
The work on the incline which that road
Is building along the break on the river,
is progressing finely. He states that the
present difficulty will be overcome in
reasonably short time.
The San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
has entered, heart and soul, into the stock
shipping business, and some large haulS
have been made the past few days. The
road has just received an order for 1000
cars for stock, to be delivered within ten
days, from Alice and Corpus Christi, to
points in the Indian Territory. 1t will
keep the boys hustling to keep abreast
with heavy stock shipments this season,
which will be made from the rich stock
region Of Texas, whose very heart is
pierced by the S. A. p. road.