San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-25
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
Personal and General News of the
Roads of the Citu

y
Hay, grain and oats are also com.
ing in in large quantities. The ar.
rival of this produce exceeds any
at one time for the past year OF
two.
Seaboard trains via the Gulf.
Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
are making fast time. A freight
train laden from the last Mallory
steamer made the run from Gal
weston to Purcell in twenty-seven
hours and forty-fiVe minutes. This
puts Dallas freight down at desti-
nation in sixteen hours and FORTY
five minutes.
The traffic contracts between the
Southern Pacific and Houston &
| Texas Central and the Santa Fe,
which have existed for five years,
expire in few weeks. 1t is semi
officially stated the agreement will
not be renewed, but that the Hun
tington roads will use the Inter-
national and Great Northern tracks
into Galveston instead of the San
ia Fe.
Thomas CrOnin, formerly the
| roadmaster of the Houston, East
! and West Texas, who has been
promoted to general superinten-
dent of that road, was presented
with an elegant set of silverware
by his brother railway men, among
them j. l.. Thomas, the popular
rOadmaster Of the /. & G. N, who
returned from Palestine yesterday,
where the presentation was made.
The Jacksonville-Chica rate
trouble is not yet settled, and the
decentralization is spreading to
other places. 1t may yet lead to
one or two Withdrawals Of strong
lines from the Western Passenger
association.
1t is again said by those who con-
slider themselves in a position to
know, that the Missouri, Kansas
Il Texas cOntemplates a line of |
steamships from Galveston, as an
outlet and an inlet for the con-
stantly increasing traffic of that
road.
j. J. Ryan, the general master
mechanic Of the Southern Pacific,
returned this noon from FL Paso,
where he had been in company
with the general local fireman Ed. |
Ryan. They had been over the
road on an inspection tour in the
special car "Victoria."
H. o. Skinner, night operator at |
COmstock, and w. II. Donovan,
night operator at Spofrord, are in
the city on visit for three weeks,
having obtained leave of absence.
Miss Hattie Howle, formerly of
San Antonio, is relieving Mr.. Skin
ner and jeremiah Hoover is work |
ing for Mr.. Donovan. Mr.. Hoover
was recently presented with fine
baby by his amiable wife.
A 25-pound rock, dropped
from the highest point of the
Pecos bridge, requires exactly five
seconds before it strikes the ground
below.
L. p. Peck yesterday received one
carload of furniture from the
east.
J. H. Douglass, the handsome
chief dispatcher, is confined to his
room with an attack of illness.
Since last Sunday the Southern
Pacific handled ia cars of west
bound steamer freight. Three car
loads of steamer freight arrived at
the Sunset freight house from New
York yesterday, for local mer-
chants who are already receiving
their fall goods.
c. H. Guenther & Son yesterday
shipped one carload of "Best" flour
to Del Rio, over the Southern Pa
cific.
The following beer and ice ship
ments were made from the local
breweries since Saturday, over the
| roads of the city. The City brew |
cry shipped one car to Seguin, one
car to Alpine, one car to Flatonia ,
and one car of ice to Luling, all
over the Southern Pacific ;the Lone
Star shipped four carloads to Aus |
tin for the encampment, over the !
L. d q. N, and one car to Victoria
| over the Sunset.
d.. j. Markham, the cotton clerk
on the Sunset, was forced to take a
leave of absence on account of the
prevailing dull times. In the bag
gage department Charles M. Hath
away, seal checker, was laid off on
account Of the dull times. His
place will be filled by H. l.. kstelle,
night Waterman, until business
picks up.