San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-05-05
AROUND THE RAILROADS.
A Circular of Interest to Merchants
Other Bright News.


The following circular has been issued
by Auditor w. L. Mawry. of the Inter
national & Great Northern Railway,
which will be of special interest to the
merchants of San Antonio. The circular
calls the special attention OF agents, of
the connecting lines and shippers and
reads as follows:
Attention is called to the United
States Treasury Department., Circular No
30, series 1893. printed herein, amending
previous regulations governing the eX-
pOFtatiOn of shipments Cotton included)
from the United States TO foreign cOun-
tries bySrail.
1T will be seen that the amended regu-
latiOnS ma Ike it optional with the shipper
10 mail the Owners Manifest to his
agent at the border for delivery TO the
custom house officer, or to entruSt it TO
the Railroad company. to be carried along
with the goods. When the manifest is
mailed TO the border, forwarding must
note an way bill: Owners Manifest
mailed to name and address OF party TO
whom mailed, and when Manifest ac-
companies the shipment, note on way bill
Owners manifest attached
1T will not be necessary TO have Own
pr'S Manifest sworn to. as heretofore, 1t
being sufficient for owner or his agent to
certify to its correctness in the manner
and form shown herein. A supply OF
blank ManifeStS (Form Alb revised will
be furnished by this company on appIlca-
ton.
The instructions governing the pre-
paratiOn of car ManifeStS do not apply to
forwarding agents or shippers In any
manner whatever.
'Attentlon is specially directed to Arti-
Gle No. 3, wherein is is recommended that
Owners Manifest be delivered to the |
Railroad company by shipper, TO be car
ried along with the goods, instead OF
being mailed direct to the frontier.
Agents should see that shippers are
fully posted on the provisions of this cir
CuLar.
FREIGHT TRAFFIC,
The scents at the various freight depOtS
of the civ are marked with unusual &C
tivity at this time of the year. However,
the wool traffic is not as heavy at present
as is usually expected but it is gradually.
Increasing and the regular heavy run OF
wool. that is looked for around this time,
will be the feature, as the session ap-
prOacheS The wool traffic OF the Inter
national and Great Northern consists
chiefly of shipments. The latest wool
receipts over the Sunset route were &c
sacks from the west.
Corn and live stock traffic is light on
the various roads. comparing with that
of last year al this time. Corn was then
chiefly shipped into Mexico for the StriCk- |
en- drOuth sufferers.
Thirty cars OF live stock were loaded at |
Kyle on the International and Great
Northern railway this morning, to Be
shipped to st. Louis i'm the afternoon, and |
twenty five cars are being loaded at Aus
tin, on the same al. which Will be |
, shipped to $. Louis tonight.
Four cars of steamer freight passed
40
New York and bound for California to-
day.
MISCELLANEOUS MENTION.
Gen"ral Freight and Passenger Agent |
!. Z. GpIoraitu, of the International &
Great Northern. is in the city from head
quarters, Palestine, On business for the
road.
Superintendent K. b. InneS. of the San
Antonio Division Of the Sunset Route. has
left for Houston to arrange for a new time
card, to take effect about May IA
The little daughter OF Conductor S. V
BetterS. of the Southern Pacific. was
Chri>tened yesterday and named Edwina
Alma in honor Of Mrs. Betters.
Mr.. I. u. Campbell. father of the gen
era manager of the international ana
Great Northern. is in the city from Long
view eli brief visit.
over the International and Great North
ern yesterday. They are quartered at
Fort Sam Houston.
Paymaster J. T. Cunningham. Of the
International and Great Northern, has re-
signed that capacity for that road. He is
succeeded by A. Cunningham.
A, wagon of the Merchants Transfer
company r1n into l.. Franks wagon at
the Sunset freight house. The latter
vehicle came GU with a broken hind
wheel and bent aXcl.
{. NJ. Aiken'S horse became frightened
at an electric motor a the Sunset freight
depot yesterday. and. on eudeavoring to
run away. slightly injured its leg. Be
You'd Thu no damage was sustained by
neither vehicle nor driver.
L SAD END.