San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-03
RATIFIED OFF THE RAILS.
Talked by Telegraph, Told by Train.
Men and Taken i'm Transit.

A large quantity of wool was brought
in by the 5. A. +. yesterday.
The Sunset shipped 1000 bags OF wool,
for Boston, last night.
Sam Hunt, the Katy live stock man, is
in town.
! j. d. Wilson has been appointed special
! policeman at the Arkansas Pass depot.
Work on crawling and widening the
Southern Pacific track between FIatonia
and Pierson, has been completed.
A. G: Parker, live stock agent of the n
~ Il. N, went out on the road ruSting
for beef.
Mr.. Jones S. Irving, representing the
American Refrigerator Transportation
company, has taken up his desk with the
|. & Il. n. people at their up town Office
The |. & &. n. are doing all unprece-
denied live stock and general freight
business, just now, keeping their yard
and Office forces on the continual move.
A. S. Dodge. general freight agent of
the NJ, K. & T., and Daniel Ripley, gen.
eraI freight agent, III. & 7. c., came up in
an M, K. & Il. special, from Houston,
yesterday.
The Sunset freight office force has had
such rush Of business the past two days, |
neceSsitating the force to put in a couple
of hours work after dark, to keep abreast |
with the move.
Mr.. p. b. Goodwin, assistant ticket |
agent and stenographer |. & G. & n. up |
town office, has returned from Houston |
where he was Joined in the bonds of ma |
trimony to Miss Emily Lucas, popular |
young lady of the Bayou city. Mr. and |
Mrs Goodwin have taken up their home |
at - South street.
The managers of Texas railroads at
their meeting in Galveston June l. adopt
ed resolution rendering the Texas rail-
way commission their hearty cooperation
lin aScertaining all facts and information
rates, condition and operation
of the roads; and the railways of Texas
will meet with the commission for these
purposes at any time the commission may
DESIRE"
In an article to the National Journal
ist, contributor undertakes to show the
benefits certain railroads have received
from a liberal reduction in rates from
Chicago and Cincinnati to Boston for the
National Editorial Association convention
in the Hub. Five hundred and ninety
three editors and their wives took advan-
tage of the rates, representing three hun
bred papers. After convention time, the
contributor in question, clipped from
the different papers 1900 articles
and editorials in which reference was
made to the roads, to- the scenery and
the improvements. These measured 81.
100 inches of columns. Although but 300
papers were represented, numerous
articles were reprinted by hundreds of
,ther papers. The result" continues
he contributor, 'shown at this time, is
hat the Erie routes from Chicago and |
Cleveland have been more extensively
,atronized han ever before; the New
England and Fitchburg routes have also
.ained considerably in the western bust
less, and all are more than, satisfied that
heir editorial investment was very
profitable"
The Southern Pacific, so to speak. has
carely time to shake the multitudinouS
leads of perSpiration from it's brow, so
,usy is it kept handling the vast lot of
reight seeking its destination over this
Dad. There is such a lack of motive
,Ower to handle the freight, that
he road has been compelled to resort to
he use of passenger engines to move their | 9
reights. For the month just closed they
handled through San Antonio 1870 cars of
california freight, % trains Of Sunset
reight, ISL cars of cattle, 1925 bales of
otton, 1925 cars of gravel at the CibOlo
,its, 1885 cars at the Glidden pits, besides ,
'ast train loads of lumber and local
reight. In order to keep up with their
leavy freight shipments the road has Sc
ured Is new freight and IA switch en-
lines. The first of the switch engines,
he latest, heaviestd an hest grade of
wheelerS, arrived here
and is now being put in ship
haDe by the round house force