San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-17
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
A DAY KNOCKED OUT OF THE
WEEK AT TEMPLE.
Bright Budget of Railroad News
Gathered From Various Sources by
the Rumbler and Prepared for the
Light.

Gathered From various Sources by
the Rumbler and Prepared for the
Light.
The Santa Fe Railway company
in their great effort to reduce the
expenses of the road have struck
the shop force in Temple a heavy
blow. First thirty-one men in the
various department were laid off,
and now, in order to not reduce the
force, there has been a day knock
ed out of the week. On last Sat
urday the shops were idle except
for such force as was absolutely
necessary to handle engines in SER
vice. The men are not disposed to
complain. They recognize that
the form of reduction is the best
that could be chosen and they all
hope for speedy improvement in
affairs with the moving of the cot
ton crop.
ALONG THE RAILS.
Ed. Lyons, chief clerk for
superintendent Dave Forbes of the
San Antonio division, contem-
plates trip to Chicago the latter
part of this month.
j. Markham, former cotton
clerk for the Southern Pacific, has
returned from a trip to Beeville.
Claude Hunsucker, engineer on
the east end of the Southern Pa
cific, has left for Del Rio to take
charge of employees at that station.
On Sunday next the Brother
hood Of Railway Car Men will eX-
cursiOnate from Houston to Gal
weston on the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe and large number of
tickets for the occasion have al
ready been sold.
Louis Richter, messenger for the
Wells-Fargo Express company,
running between San Antonio and
Eagle Pass, will, beginning today,
run between SpOtfOrd and Eagle
Pass, and continue that run for
about thirty days. This change
is made on account of the heavy
business at present on the Eagle
Pass branch of the Southern Pa
cific.
J. NJ. ABBOTT, the local agent for
the Southern Pacific at Seguin, has
returned from a pleasant visit to
the Chicago Columbian exposition.
The friends of Charles Brown,
4 "a II YsD lrI In h.
Pacific east end, will be pleased to
learn that his wife who has been
seriously i'll at their residence on
Milan street, is on the way TO re-
cOvery. Mr.. Brown resumed his
run yesterday morning.
A popular freight agent said to
the Rumbler yesterday: 81 prefer
reading the LIGHT to any paper in
town."
Two cars of green fruit arrived
in the city from fresno, Cal,
yesterday. They were re-iced here
and then taken to New Orleans.
w. A. Polk, chief clerk in the
land department of the Sunset and
Central, was here today removing
his family to San Antonio. They
left tonight, very much to the re-
greet of their many Houston friends.
News.
w. H. Mealy has received the
of superintendent on
the Mexican Central railway, with
headquarters at TampicO, Mex.
Mr.. Mealy was formerly superin-
tendent of the middle division of
the Mexican National railroad.
The Master Car and Locomotive
Painters association will hold its
annual convention in Milwaukee,
on September -.
The San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass has distributed hangers over
the city announcing "twO cheap
excursions from all stations along
the line to Corpus Christi, Rock
port and Arkansas Pass" The first
excursion leaves on August 10 and
the other on August 26.