San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-09
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track would 90 in. In . conversation
ct the old postoesice Mr.. Yoakum
told me that If I would give him the
ground he would put the tracks in on
the Hickman property.
"Do you remember the timer"
"Yes, sir. 1 proposed giving the
land to the road and he SAID: No
give Qne the property and will put
in the switches myself"
The witness was here turned over
to Mr.. Denman and the cross exam
ination began.
Denman-"Wha is your feeling to.
ward Mr.. Yoakam?"
"I aSn not frienu ly with him."
"You are very unfriendly are you
not?'
ave are cool and don't have much
to saw to each other"
when did your friendship cease?"
"a oout year ago"
"Have you taken any interest in
trying to get Mr.. Yoakun removed?
II have got my feelings that l
would like TO see him out. L have
thought OF going of his bond."
"Did you go to Mr.. Macnamara's
house with Mr.. Niles to see ABOUT
Yoakum's removal?'
1--WE went there to zee il We couldn't
settle the strike. 1 never spoke with
Mr.. Niles about petitioning Judge
King to get Mr. Yoakum removed. !"
"Did you 60 with Mr.. Niles up to
the club to see Judge King?"
"Yes, sir; but nothing was said
then about Yoakum's removal"
did you leave the club with Mr..
Niles?n
II do not remember"
"Was Niles on Committee of the
railroad men &C that timer"
''No sir; he wss operating with two
or three friends of mine to try to stop
the strike. 1 contend that Mr.. Yoa-
KUN was really the cause of the
strike. nave said that thousand
times, but never took any steps In
regard to his resignation
"You bad . good deal of feeling
against Mr.. Yoakum at that time
didn't your"
II didn't feel kindly towards him"
MORNING SESSION.
Civil Engineer Chas. Shirley, of the
3. A. P. Co, was sworn. II am
draug of the s. A. P. road. !
have profiles of the road between AL.
tair and Houston, showing the grade
There Is an ascending grade. One at
milepost 10, east of Colorado river,
9-l0 OF q fooI, 1400 feet long. Milepost
140. east OF Wallis, $40 of foot,
1900 feet long. Mile post l42, near
Fulcher, foot, $500 feet long A five
per cent grade. Mile poet l44, per
cent grade, $500 feet. / get this data
from the locating engineer.
BY penmap-What i, the grade
from Muldoon to Affair?
ut lie o maximum grade. / can't
cay, have no profile here for the
grade from Muldoon to Altar. An
$40 grade rises that much In foot
and so forth. L am an engineer.
don't know how these trains 60 over
these grades. The general tendency
of the road lie down hill from Affair to
Houston. Nearly level for "a miles
this side OF Houston, These places
are only occasional rises. The highest
grade from Muldoon to Affair is per
cent. There are good many grades
ON this part of the road. IL 10 the
toughest part of the raod. The grades
are longer. 1 don't know anything
about capacity of traiDs."
To Newton he said this is the only
profile we have.
Mr.. Cooper was called and sworn.
He testified as follows: My name is
A, g. Cooper, I have been auditor of
the 3. A. P. road since August 1887.
have made estimates for 1891 for the
cost of freights over the road. have
estimated the gross revenue of 25 600
cars of stone, 20 tons to q car, for train
mile, at q rate of IS cents per ton,
based on an expense rate of IS 27-l00.
l have the statistics for 1891. They
were nade up in my office.
DenmaD objected to the testimony
unless witness qualified as an expert.
This is special not q general con.
tract.
Court don't know what they
have introduced him for, as an &C.
countant or an expert Newton again
asked the question and DenmaB again
objected. Witness was then asked if
he was aU expert.
"Yes, l have been in this work for
Is years. Ikept the general accounts.
These statistics were made up from
TIE ditteIe emit depar tments of the road
1 made this calculation n q basis OF
$4,000 cars of stone, 20 tons each, S3S
trains OF SO cars each, 75c per ton, Mul.
doom to Houston, distance l57 miles
going 157 miles and returning on 9
basis of 65 25-l00 per mile. This would
be SIS per car, 1876, 900. The expenses
314 miles, IS 27-l00 per mile, $l70,.
72l.52. A profit of 500, 27s 40. Ton
mage Is 900, at 20 tons, OF 100000 tons
On basis of l57 miles, the trsini
would pull rs, 500, 600 for mile. Fol
this service the gross revenue pei
mile would be 7S-100 mills. Tn,
eypenee would he 9 1S-100 nills