San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-06
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
A Stenographer Resigps-other Crisp
Railroad News.

A Stenographer Resigps-other Crisp
Railroad News.
The charming Stenographer for Super
intendent J. Il. McQueeney, OF the South
ern Pacific Houston division, Miss
Eugene Lattimer, has resigned to accept
a similar position in the Office Of the gen.
eral manager of the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass road, Mr.. NJ. ID. MonSeratte.
Miss Lattimer has been in the employ of
Mr.. McQueeney for two years, and her
departure from the Sunset is sincerely re-
GREETED by all who knew her. she VIII be
succeeded by Miss Herman and she can
rest assured Of the utmost courteous
treatment, for which the Sunset boys are
known.
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS.
Under the head of New Railway APP
pointments" in yesterdays issue Of the
LIGHT was an item that Mr.. E. r. Nor
ton has been appointed travelling freight
agent for the Santa Fe, with headquar-
tiers at Dallas. This error was on the
part of the compositor and proof-reader
Norton; also the name Of w. Ii. Gleason
was changed to W. H. Ellison by the typo.
CD GCKED HIM UP.
Mr.. c. P. Fahey, the popular and gon-
ial local depot freight agent of the Sun
set route, was checked up yesterday by
Auditors Fl S Spangler and w. B. Car
ricre, of that road. The latter'S headqdar-
tiers are in the citv while Mr.. Spangler is
from Houston. lie left for home this
morning.
A COSTLY RIDE.
On last Sunday number of passengers
riding in street car no Austin street,
had their new clothes Soiled by railroad
soot,'whIch was discharged from an en-
CINE on an outgoing Sunset freight
Among the passengers were number OF
ladies, with light dresses which were lit
orally ruined with grease; also, number
Of gen tlemen will have to provide them
selves with new Sunday clothes, as re-
suit of the misfortune.
Personal AND GENERAL.
Eight cars of the Hicks Stable Car
company arrived from the east over the
Southern Pacific yesterday. They will
be taken west today to he loaded with
cattle and will then be shipped TO Chicago
for the cattle markets.
Barniby Cunningham, the efficient
Waterman Of the Sunset freight house,
resumed duties yesterday. He laid of
last Saturday to show friend Of his
around town.
Forty cars of New York steamer
freight passed thrC Lgh the city yeSter-
day over the Southern Pacific en- route
to San Francisco, Cal, and forty five
cars have passed through here today.
Switch engine, No. 7l2 of the Sou h.
ern Pacific was derailed by an opel
switch last Sunday afternoon, and al
most turned over. IL took five hours u
replace The engine. But little damage was
done and this was repaired in the shops
yesterday.
Miss Alice Pyle. formerly operator for
the Southern Pacific at DEVILS river, but
now of D'HaniS, has returned % the lat
ter place, to resume duties as railway OPP
orator, after having spent several days in
San Antonio with friends.
The local train dispatchers report a
large amount of work at present.
John Murphy, formerly section fore
man at Eagle Pass on the Southern la
cifc. has taken charge of the Sunset
yards in this city.
Dispatcher }. NJ. Booth, of the South
eru Pacific, leaves next SUNDAY for Salt
Lake City. Utah. to attend the annual
convention of the International Train
DSpatcherS' association.
Elmer Marshall has been appointed to
succeed r. n. luneS as yard clerk of the
Southern Pacific and Mr.. Marshall will
succeeded by II. HuSker, Jr.. son of the
bill clerk 10 the Sunset freight Office.
Hank Small left for the west this morn
ing TO repair damages of the buildings
along the Southern Pacific sustained by
the recent cyclone in the vicinity of Del
Rio.
Martin Sprague, inspector for the In
ternatiOnal and Great Northern, is in the
city.