San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-21
RAILROAD RUMBLINGs.
Sap Trains to the Grand Central at
Houston-Other News.

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Houston-other News.
Manager Monserrate of the SAP
told the Rumbler this morning
that on and after August l the
! San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
will run passenger trains into the
Grand Central depot at Houston
They will go over the G. H
& S. A. and H. & T. c.
tracks from Blodgett, a new june
ton station, four miles west OF
Houston. The trains will leave
Houston at 9:15. o'clock in the
morning and arrive at Houston in
the evening at 7:lO o'clock. Work
on the new depots and telegraph
| office at Blodgett, is progressing
rapidly and will be completed by
the first of next month. This
station has just been created.
RAILWAY FORCE REDUCED.
Dull times caused the Southern
Pacific to reduce it's force of en-
plOyes for the present. The yard
crew, consisting of "Smoky" Eggle-
stOn, one engineer, fireman and
three switchman, was laid off last
night. Tomorrow night four men
will be pulled off the baggage and
freight department, on account of
the present dull business, until
business picks up.
BEER SHIPMENTS.
Notwithstanding the dull times
prevalent at present, the breweries
still to do good business as well as
the beer-saloOns. The Lone Star
yesterday shipped one carload
over the Sap. Two carloads of
Lone Star beer were shipped over
the /. & G. n, one to New Braun
fels and one to San Marcos. Over
the Southern Pacific, the Lone
Star shipped three cars, one to
HOndOCity, one to Fayetteville, La,
and to Columbus. The City brew
cry shipped one carload to Cuero
over the San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass.
ALONG THE RAILS.
Robert Williams, the lineman,
arrived in the city from Del Rio,
where he had been repairing the
Southern Pacific wires. He left for
Lozier this morning, to put an
electric alarm bell in the dispatch
er's office.
J. B. Bonner, superintendent of
telegraph, of the Southern Pacific,
with headquarters in New Orleans,
was in the city yesterday, inspect
ing the wires. He left for the east
last night.
Thomas L. Freeland, superin-
tendent of the Crescent News COM
pany has gone to Lafayette, La,
where he will take charge of the
railroad hotel.
In the past three months Gen
eral Manager Monserrate of the
San Antonio & Arkansas Pass has
received nearly four hundred let
tiers from railroad men, applying
for situations on the road, from
general manager down to track
walker.
The Funeral of William Dolan,
who died of brain fever. took place
from the residence of William
Carr, near the electric power house
on Tenth street. yesterday after
noon at 5 o'clock. He was former
ly foreman of a bridge gang on
the Southern Pacific.
Division perintendent John T..
McQueeney and Dave II. Forbes
returned from trip to Houston and
Galveston yesterday. Mr.. Forbes
while in Galveston enjoyed bath
in the salt water. He says it is
Just immense and he has been re-
duced in avOrdupOis. Mr.. Forbes
went west this morning and will
return tomorrow.
H. w. Hammond of the Iron
Mountain will arrive in the city
tomorrow from trip to North
Texas.
l.. J. Polk of the Gulf, Colorado
& Santa Fee, is eXpecte d in the
city from GalV estOn tomorrow.
II. F. McCandless, travelling pas.
senger agent for the Queen & Gre.
scent, is in the city from Dallas
| He leaves tomorrow.
w. Berry, uperintendent OF
buildings and bridges Of the Sap
returned from Kerrville last night
He reports good rains at Kerrville