San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-14
INTEREST TO RAILRoADERs.
Items Picked up at the Various
Depots and Offices for the
Light

the Southern Pacific yesterday
He was taken to the Wells-FargC
Express cOmpany's office, where
he remained over night, and left
| for San Francisco today. sport
has travelled considerably, but has
not yet completed tour of the
globe. Railroad Jack" has visited
all parts of the world until death.
| Nobody really owns the dog and he
is put in different hands at his
various destinations on his endless
tour.
\ cOlOTed excursion will arrive
! from Houston over the Southern
Pacific tomorrow morning. The
| train will consist of sixteen coaches
and will be divided in two sections.
The eXCurSiOnistS come 10 the Ala
mo City to participate in the en-
campment of cOlOred troops on
Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
j. +. O'COnnOr, former operator
on the Southern Pacific at Del Rio,
is in the city, from Norman, Okla
| homa. Mr.. O'COnnOr has embarked
| in business in San Antonio and
will make his future home here.
He has bought out the railway
supply store, at the corner of Aus
tin and Eighth streets.
During the absence of Edward F.
OBrien, the assistant commercial
freight agent OF the Southern Pa
citic. who in company with his
young wife, is now EN- route to the
Worlds fair and Kalamazoo, Mich,
Edward Davis, of Houston, will fill
his position in Mr.. McMillan's Of
flee.
The Rock Island proposes eX-
tending into Greer county. a
survey has been made from Rush
Springs, in the Chickasaw nation,
through Fort Sill, and soundings
are being made on the north fork
of Red river for a suitable crossing
into Greer county.
The San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass and the International and
Great Northern are hauling large
numbers of cOlOred people today
and tOmOrrOW,WhO will attend the
encampment here. They are COM
ing from all points along the roads.
Thomas G.. George, general agent
for the Southern Pacific at Eagle
Pass, was in the city yesterday, ac~
cOmpanied by his wife. They have
just returned from a visit to the
Worlds fair. and left for home in
Eaalc Pass this morning.
W. f. King, private secretary for
Superintendent w. G. VanVleck, of
the Southern Pacific at Houston,
passed through the city yesterday
morning en- route to UValde,
whittier he went on business for
the road.
y picnic and concert has been
arranged to take place at New
Braunfels on next Sunday. The
International and Great Northern
will run an excursion for the Occa-
sion.
Railroad business is reported as
improving at Hampstead on the
Houston and Texas Central and
cotton from north Texas is expect
ed to be moving rapidly within
week.
The division headquarters of the
Santa Fe will be removed from
Fort Worth to Cleburne. The
shops and rOundhOuses, however,
will remain at the Fort.
The San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass will run positively the last
cheap excursion of the season to
Corpus Christi and ROckport next
Saturday.
a. j. Wemple, engineer of No.
100 at BOnham, who had his ankle
sprained a few days ago while
mounting his engine, is slowly re-
covering.
Conductor Buchanan, of the
Houston and Texas Central atHOus-
ton, has returned from a visit to
the Columbian exposition.
l.. p. Martin, trainmaster of the
northern end of the Santa Fe, with
headquarters at Cleburne, has re-
signed that position.
Hugh Burns, the well known
railway engineer at BOnham, it the
father of ten-pOund son.
A freight car was derailed at
Flatonia yesterday, but no trains
were delayed.
DR.. Bleim has returned and
can be found in his office, Mackey
block, as usual. g ct