San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-03
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
PREPARING FOR A REGATTA AT
RocKPoRT THIS MONTH.
Bright Budget of Railroad News
Gathered from Various Sources
by the LIGHT Rumbler.

Milton Everett, the popular hotel
man of Rockport and formerly con.
nected with the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass railway in this city
reports the contemplation of hold
ing a grand regatta at Rockport
the latter part of this month. The
Board of Trade of Rockport will
hold a special meeting tomorrow,
at which the various committees
will be appointed. The citizens of
ROckport will leave nothing I'M
done to make the regatta a grand
success and they will have the
hearty cooperation of the San An
tonic and Arkansas Pass railway.
BETWEEN STATIONS.
The San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass will run an excursion, on
next Sunday, to Kerrville, the
train leaving the depot here at s 80
o'clock in the morning.
The picnic of the st. Joseph's Or
phan asylum, at Leon Springs, on
the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass,
will take place on Saturday, Au-
gust >.
E. T. Jeffries, president of the
Rio Grande road, is appointed re-
ceiver of the Rio Grande Southern,
upon the application of Otto
Mears, president of the latter.
The Southern Pacific passenger
train from the east was over one
hour late yesterday afternoon.
j. Ed. Buchanan, second track
dispatcher on the Southern Pacific,
left for the Chicago Worlds fair
last night. He will be relieved by
c. w. Burkholter, until he returns.
Thirty-one cars of New York
steamer freight passed. through
the city over the Southern Pacific
yesterday en- route to San Fran
cisco.
Cliff MOrrel, of the engine er's
corps, of the Southern Pacific, at
Houston, was in the city yesterday,
on his return from the PecOs high
bridge. He left for home last
night.
Bob Clarke, the former railroad
man, but now the Well-known
wool-shipper, yesterday shipped
700 sacks of wool from HOndo City
to West, Bristow & Co., the wool
buyers of Boston, Mass, over the
Southern Pacific.
j. w. MILAN, the former switch
man in the Southern Pacific yards,
is learning for the ministry, and
leaves for the north today to COM
plete his studies. He will in the
future be known as Rev. J. w
MILAN.
Eleven cars of Pecos sand stone
arrived over the Southern Pacific
yesterday for Dugan & Kroeger,
to be used on the new county
court house.
A. w. Terry, the auditor for the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass,
has had car load of household
goods shipped here from Louis
vile, KY, and will make his flu
ture residence on Carson street on
Government hill.
A number of minor changes has
been made in the supply depart
ment in the San Antonio and Ar
ansas Pass general offices.
The New York Morgan Line
steamer freight that formerly came
over the Southern Pacific will in
the future be transported over the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass.
The latest receipts of such freight
for San Antonio merchants
arrived on the steamers"Excel
and "El Sud-" and was taken to
San Antonio over the Sap yester-
day.
1t is reported here that Conduc-
tor Steele and Section Foreman
Smith of the San Antonio and Aran
sas Pass road have divided a re-
ward Of 81 200 for the capture of
the train robber, j. d. May, at
Breckenridge several weeks ago.
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