San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-20
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
Hard Times for Railroad Men Seek
ing Employment-New

ing plOynenC-Ne"S.
AS has been announced, the
Southern Pacific has large force
of men engaged in ballasting the
road bed near Kingsbury, and also
in tearing up the old Pecos track,
and taking down bridges on that
line. AS consequence, men are
arriving daily from Houston, New
Orleans, Fort Worth and other
places land applying for work on
the road. The road, having a suf-
ficiency of help at present, the ma
jority of these applicants are there
fore compelled to leave the city in
a disappointed manner. 1t is the
same on the other roads,
and the LIGHT has been re-
quested to state that rail-
road men seeking employment are
advised to seek other fields than
San Antonio, at least for the pres
'ent. "There is general depres-
sion in business, extending from
ocean to ocean, such as the people
of this country have not witnessed
for years, and with no hope of it
reviving until the crop is gathered
and marketed" says the Chicago
Switchmen's Journal. Railroads
have executed a policy of retrench-
ment, such as was never known be-
fore, and as a consequence, thou
sands of men have been thrown
out of employment. Attracted by
the Columbian Exposition many
of the unemployed have come to
Chicago, expecting to find employ.
ment and seeing the Worlds Fair,
until the city is almost deluged by
the unemployed. We would sug-
gest to railroad men seeking en-
plOyment to keep away from Chi
cago."
SLEEPERS FROM KANSAS CITY TO
MILANO.
81 don't see," said prominent
railrOader to the Rumbler yester-
day, "why the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe does not put on sleepers
from Kansas City to Texas, at least
as near San Antonio as Milano,
which is about 100 miles. The
question has been agitated on sew
eral occasions, but thus far the sole
attention of the Santa Fe officials
has not centered on this improve
ment. There are no sleepers run
ming from Kansas City to San An
tonic, you know, and MilanO would
be the nearest point to obtain
sleepers to Kansas City or vice
versa"
ALONG THE RAILS.
The Crystal Ice Factory shipped
one car Of frozen water to Yoakum
O'er the Sap via. the Sunset yes
terday.
The City brewery shipped one
car load of bottled beer to Del Rio,
and one car of keg beer to Schulen-
burg yesterday.
Thirty cars of New York steamer
freight passed through here yester-
day for California, and sixty cars
Of Sunset freight from California
to New York.
Division superintendent J. r..
McQuceney and ID. Z. Forbes re-
turned from trips over their re-
spective divisions this morning.
James NJ. Steer, formerly assist
ant freight agent for the Gulf, Col
OradO q Santa Fe at Dallas, has
been appointed general sales agent
for the Southwestern Coal COM
pany, and will have his headuuar-
ters at Dallas. Mr.. Steer has been
succeeded OH the Santa Fe by Col.
j. w. Turnbull.
a prize party took place on CrOs-
by street last night at the residence
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Cherry, the engi-
neer on the Southern Pacific. Re-
fresl m ants and dancing on the
lawn, on large tarpaulin, were
the order Of the evening. A large
attendance was present.
Colonel w. D. Lawson, of the
Katy, arrived in the city this
morning from Kerrville and re-
ports things splendidly. He leaves
again this week.
Z. c. Curtice, passenger agent for
the Nandalia line, is in the city.
The Corpus Christi Light Guard
Will pass through this city tomor-
row over the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass, en- route to the Aus
tin encampment.
The San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass has announced reduced rates
Tor the pigeon shoot at Eagle Lake
on July 26, y and IS.
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