San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-06
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
Items Picked up at the Depots, Of
fees and Along the Lines.

Items Picked up at the Depots, Of
fees and Along the Lines.
Messrs. Thomas C. Purdy, vice
president and general manager of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas,
with headquarters at st. Louis,
Mo-; A. A. Allen, general superin-
tendent, with headquarters at Par
sons, Kas.; ID. Miller, traffic man
ager, headquarters at st. Louis ,
Cary A. Wilson, chief engineer,
headquarters at Parsons, Kas., and
j. w. Maxwell, superintendent at
DenisOn, Tex, constitute an inspec-
ton party now making tour of
the state in the interest of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas.
A bOilermaker on the Interna-
tional and Great Northern at Tay-
lor, named Casey, attempted to
kill another employee, night be-
fore last. The difficulty was Great
ed through several of the old boiler
makers being discharged, who
were replaced with new ones from
Palestine, of which the man Casey
attempted to kill, was an en-
plOyee.
j. III. Wallace, assistant engineer
maintenance of way of the Pacific
system of the Southern Pacific
company, is in the city from head
quarters at San Francisco, Cal.
During his stay here he is % guest
of General Freight and Passenger
Agent f. j. Martin, of the San An
tonic and Arkansas Pass.
j. f. Buchanan, the well-knOwn
dispatcher on the Southern Pacific,
left for Seguin this morning to
attend the fair. He will preside
in the Floral Hall, for which de-
partment he has been appointed
one of the judges.
Duncan Hayes, cOmmissary
agent for the Pullman Palace Ca}'
company at New Orleans, who was
visiting his mother in this city the.
past month, left for the Crescent
City, via the Southern Pacific, last
night.
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Cotton Belt,
held at st. Louis last Tuesday, the
old directors were reelected. The
directors meet for organization in
New York on the 24th inst.
w. ID. Lawson, travelling passen-
ger agent for the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas, and Hal Howard, as
sistant ticket agent for the South
ern Pacific, will leave for Chicago
on the cheap excursion.
Captain John M. Knight, the
popular local ticket agent for the
Southern Pacific, wears a smile to-
day, on account Of the good bust
ness for the cheap excursions to
Chicago and st. Louis.
Division superintendent John t..
McQueeney arrived in the city yes
terday from trip over the HOus
ton division and reports good rains
in the Brazos bottom.
w. H. Crush, general passenger
agent for the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas, is in the city, from his head
quarters at Denison. He leaves
for home tonight.
T. d. Cobbs, attorney in the land
department of the Southern Pa
cific, left for Washington, d. c., to-
day at l 80 p. m, on business for
the road.
Col. G. c. Gibbs, general commits
sioner of the land department of
the Southern Pacific, will leave for
Houston tonight.
One train of livestock was load
ed at Sabinal yesterday afternoon
and went east via the Southern
Pacific.
j. j. Ryan, general master-me-
chanic on the Southern Pacific, is
in the city from Houston.
p. III. Coombs, contracting
freight agent for the Cotton Belt, is
in the city from Houston.
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