San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-21
Ratified OFF THE RAILS.

General erintendent Van Week
returned to Houston last night.
Receiver B. F. Yoakum has gone to
st. Louis on business.
The Mexican Construction company
expects to resume its work In Mexico
shortly.
Galveston Is still talking up It's
through line to Dakota, for all 1t Is
worth.
The plans and specifications for
large new passenger depot at Pales-
tine have been drawn.
Col. Tom Campbell, of Fort Worth,
is being pushed by his friends In his
race for the L. 4 G. n. receivership.
1t is rumored that an attempt Will
be made 10 take the s. A. p. out of
the hands of the receivers In q short
time.
Two new cases of smallpox are re.
ported at San Marcos and the city
council has decided 10 cut off all in
tercourse with the outside world. No
passengers, whatever, are allowed to
enter the city.
The gross earnings of the Union Pa
cific for 1890 we're S25, 452, 479, an in
crease of Sl,959,0l1. The gross earn.
ings of the Iron Mountain road for
1890 was $40, S73,0i7, an increase of
| $3.50, 6lS.
"What's the difference between
time copy and time freight?"
asked the west end man In the dis
! patcher's office, of the east end man.
The east end man stroked his three
| two inch side burns, and with a look
of overlooking wisdom, replied, "The
first takes time and the second
! makes It,"
Three special cars passed over the
1. & q. n. yesterday for Austin, all
of them carrying parties for the in
auguraI ball. One carried Col. Brack-
enridge and party, another, the Pick.
WICK, carried Gov. Evans Of Georgia,
and the S. A. p. special, Telcalco,"
had on board Receiver MaeNatpara
and wife, Col. Houston ana wife,
Judge King and wife and Superlnten-
dent Johnson aud wife.
The west bound s. p. passenger
yesterday afternoon brought III the
body of Frank Barse, track walker
| at Section go. Barse who was suffer
ing from an attack of La grippe,
started from Walker station for the
company's hospital here, but died
| while on the train near New Phila-
| delpia. Arriving here, Justice
Anton Adam held the inquest.
The company has Inferred the re-
mains.
The South western Steamship and
Railroad association has advanced
| the ra tes from New Orleans, Galveston
and Houston to Colorado aud Utah
| to accord with a proposed advance in
| rates t. those points from Chicago
| and st. Louis. The asso
citation in yesterdays session also
recommended general advance III
brick, iron, bridge material, and light
| railroad material, by transferring the
rates from the commodity schedule.
Live Stock Agent F. A. Voelcker,
OF the Southern Pacific, with head.
| quarters at Houston, called on the
boys yesterday. He has to move
! about on crutches, owing IT, the seTi
| Gus effects of vaccination brought
on by the recent smallpox scare. Mr.
| Voelcker is on his way TO Houston
| from tour over the road west. He
reports everything on the line very
satisfactory as far as his department
is concerned.
| Commercial Agent McSfilleD, of this
city, has been confined to his bed for
several days, suffering from severe
| cold, brought on, 1t Is said, by the re-
cent general commercial agent scare
| that arose out of the proposed action
| of the New York advisory board in
| recommending that the various COM
mercial agents holding down the
desks all over the country be invited
to walk the fatal plank. OF course,
| this is q libel on Mr.. McMillen.
"Almost every paper is able to
point out the man upon whom will
| fall the mantle of the late Col. Eddy"
| said local railroad man, "but think
that the safest prediction that can be
| made Is that there will he no receiver
appointed, as the road is to be taken
out of the hands of the receivers,
| making it but a useless expense and
trouble"
The year just closed has proven a
most beneficial one to the railroads of
the state both in passenger and
freight traffic. The local roads report
an enormous business during the past
year in shipments of freights. The
Southern Pacific road in the shape of
local shipments and local consign-
ments, has handled during 1890 some
thing like 1884 solid cars of all kinds
of freight. Merchandise not in full
carload lots, amounted to fully
81 ,474, 500 Id. The handling of cotton
at this point of the road was little
light, being but 1850 bales; wool on
the other hand run up to 1000, 900 los
and hides registered at 5000, 900