San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-09
RAILROAD NEWS.

Col. w. Mcdonald, commercial
agent of the y. A. p, has been to
Houston.
The Southern Pacific passenger
train on the Louisiana division Ell :
countered q severe hailstorm on We'd
nesday.
The creosote works on the Southern
Pacific at Houston are progressing
finely, and it is expected that they
will be ready for operations shortly.
The bridge near Denison reported
as about to give way, still holds out,
and the M. K. q T. reached Taylor on
time yesterday.
A large portion of the Jennie Calef
troupe arrived here last evening over
the delayed south bound I. & G. n.
G. HI. Lawrence, superintendent of
fencing on the 1. & g. N. is able to
be out again. after being laid up with
injuries received from q fall at the
depot, Wednesday.
The fast time made by the delayed
s. p. passenger the other day, the
train covered the 200 miles between
here and Houston i'm but twenty
minutes more than the Emma Juch
special.
An order was issued yesterday not
to ship any perishable freight or
cattle over the M. X. & T., owing to
the high water In the northern sec
ton of the state.
Serious trouble is reported as ex.
listing between the M. X. & II. aud
4 lr,r Do A.. do
and arrangements except regarding
cotton rates have been cancelled. \
Large crowds are at the coast. at
tending the sale of lots at Arkansas
Harbor. The visitors are scattered
along the entire line, Beeville, Corpus
and other towns being filed with
people.
1t has been reported that at some
future time the Pacific Express would
take charge of the express business on
the Cotton Belt, on which line the
was stated yesterday that the change
would be made in few days.
Mr.. H. H. Hoover, of the Sunset
dispstcher's office, and Miss. U. L..
Tamsitt, also an operator, were uni.
ted in the holy bonds of matrimony
yesterday evening at the residence of
Capt. ]. w LansOn, q well known,
citizen of Uvalde, Rev. ]. A. Baker
officiating.
The Mexican Central road has put
on through Pullman cars from the
City of Mexico to Washington, via
Eagle Pass and New Orleans, making
the run In about five days, says an ex-
change.
The Northern Pacific will extend it's
line through the Sun Valley of Mon.
tana and on through the mountains
to the Pacific coast. This will short
en- its present line 147 miles and give
It an even chance to compete with the
Great Northern which has now the
shortest line to the coast.
Some damaged furniture at the s un
set freight Office which had to be dis
posed of to the highest bidder, was
sold yesterday noon. There were no
bidders handy, so the boys gathered
about freight agent Fahey who was
Strengthening the gcods Ia the most
approved fashion, and 1t Is said that
among the things carried Oft by
Chief Billing Clerk Gazeley was q
sofa, two chairs and cradle-and
the freight Office force has been look
ing wise ever since
The carbons in an electric light
that licked off Clevelands message at
the Reform Club banquet, might
make good yarn, local information
about q cyclone good special, but q
fictitious report of an attempted train
robbery, such as appeared In an after
noon paper yesterday. docs not make
q good local when it Is stamped by
the officials of the road as q fabrlca-
ton pure and simple.
Referring to the first annual report
of the State Equalization board OF
Montana, the Helena Journal OBJ
serves:
But few people appreciate the mag
nitude of the railway systems in op.
GRAFTON In the state of Montana, and
how much of the burden of taxation
is borne by the different companies.
The total valuation of all the lines
amounts to 50, AL ,2l3. This is a Won
derful showing for q young state like
Montana
All out of breath and quaking with
fear of possibly becoming infected
with small pox, the little one-half
horse town of Kyle has pulled down
its gates and refuses to permit any
passenger from San Marcos or San
Antonio to enter the city. Dreamy
little Ssguin has just opened
her eyes and caught on to the fright
She, too, yesterday morning estab
lished q quarantine against this city
On the other hand, Flatonia has found
it Improbable to be cut off from the
life-giviDg metropolis of the state, and
she has let her quarantine drop out OF
existence. There now remains but