San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-14
Ratified OFF THE RAILS.
Talked by Telegraph, Told by Train
Men and Taken I'm Transit.

Talked by Telegraph, Told by Train
Men and Taken I'm Transit.
Jack Lame. i. & G. N. bill clerk, is still
confined 10 his room, seriously Ill.
Conductor Van Week and wife, wen
| west over the Sunset last afternoon.
| The Santa Fe continues to reduce It's
forces, when and wherever possible.
| Sam Hahn, tax clerk of the II & j. c.
was in town yesterday, from Houston.
General Freight and Passenger Agent
| E. q. Becker, of the 5. r., has returned
| TO Houston.
Station Agent N. w. Grisamore, of the
&G, N, is back at his post, after 3
brief illness.
The western railroad association are
irving to agree to some terms for theatre
cal companies.
Rodger Healy, chief dispatcher on the
Missouri Pacific at AtcheSon, Kas., is in
the city on visit.
A stock train from the south, passed
through here this morning over the l. &
G. n, Dorth bound.
Conductor Pete Valley, of the Sunset
brought In the Sullivan combination from
Houston, yesterday.
Seventy six of the one hundred new en-
gines from the Brooks Locomotive Works
for the Santa Fe road, have been de-
livered.
C. E. Bennett, formerly dispatcher on
the east division In the sunset Office here,
has returned to the city after lengthy
absence.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
road has sent 600 or 700 freight cars to
Southern California to transport the
orange crop.
Dnr n,,in 10
reported to have received S2,OOO,O 600 from
the Nebraska corn shipments, last year,
which will not be coming to the road this
season.
OF the twenty Sunset specials, or can
non ball freightS, en- route east from Ell
Paso and points west, the ninth arrived
at 4:30 yesterday afternoon in charge of
Conductor Geo Wade. These trains are
all making some pretty good time.
Jas. Moore, general live stock agent Of
the Texas Pacific; FL. q. Kreke,
general live stock agent of the
Iron Mountain; Major Nesbitt, general
live stock agent for the Chicago and AL
ton road, have shown their welcome faces
among the uptown offices this morning.
Work on the Shumla cut off, on the
Southern Pacific, is being pushed with
vigor. A large number of new men have
been recently taken to the scene of activ-
ity. Yesterday the road sent out five cars
of graders outfits to the contractors,
Kicker and Lee, who have the work in
charge.
Heavy stock shipments from stations
on the Southern Pacific, west of here, are
being made, In consequence of which,
there is a great demand for single and
double decked stock cars. Most of the
heavy shipments come from Comstock
and STANDARD and are bound for st. Louis
and Chicago markets, only few cargoes
being destined to Louisiana.
The platform of the Sunset passenger
depot yesterday afternoon was crowded
with train men, trackmen, policemen and
hackmen, who turned out to witness the
arrival of the Sullivan Harrison theatre
cal combination, and get look at the
big fellow" Sullivan and lady actress
alighted from an unsupe cted coach and
had almost reached his hack, when some
one exclaimed: There he goes" Imme-
dtately The crowd made rush for their
idol, surrounded the hack to get a look at
the noted pugilist. The crowd chasing
after Sullivan resembled the sight of a
string of urchins following a band on
Decoration Day, except that this crowd
contained old, gray headed men.