San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-16
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.

I. NJ. Vaughan. well known railro q
man OF Guadalajara. Mex. arrived in The
city last night.
The Southern Pacific pay car, which
has been out west making the boys
hearts happy, left for Houston yesterday
| evening.
| j. i. Maloney, commercial freight agent
for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, ar
| rived in the city last night from bust
| ness trip over the road.
The family of John NJ. Knight returned
| from an extended visit TO Chicago and
| New Orleans yesterday. having been
gone ab ut three months.
c. W. Bien. general traffic manager OF
| TIE Southern Pacific, is expected IN the
| city from Houston today. He is making
| trip over the road and from here will go
west.
In the past two days the Southern Pa
citc has handled about 800 cOlOred Bap-
lists, who were here attending the con-
vention, and have left for their various
homes.
Col. c. c. Gibbs, land commissioner for
| the Southern Pacific, has returned to the
city from trip to Houston. accompanied
by his family, the latter having been Wis
iting NavaSota.
The West Texas Methodist conference
meets in BeevIlle, on November /, in an
nuaI convention, for six days. The San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass will sell tick
cts at reduced rates, for the occasion.
j p. Atkinson, contracting freight
agent for the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe at Houston, has resigned that pos
ton and accepted a more lucrative posi-
ton on the San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass,
Since the Headquarters Of the cheap px.
cursiOn rates to st. Louis and Chicago.
Captain knight, of the Southern Pacific
reports good business. The jOvial t,ck'I
agent sold about twenty-five tickets "u
of San Antonio to Chicago yesterday AM
expects TO do as well today.
Tie San Antonio and Arkansas Pass is
the first to announce reduced rates for
the tall meeting of the San Antonio Jock,
nv club. which commences on November
:, and continues until the llth. Tickets
will be sold at one fare for the round trip,
from all stations along the line.
Commencing today the chair cars on
the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass, be-
tween Corpus Christi and San Antonio,
will be discontinued. The chair car ser
vice between Houston and San Antonio
will continue as usual, however. Hereaf-
ter the rate will be p cents for any dis
lance, for the use of chair cars on that
road.
The Richmond and Danvile railway
piedmont air line) is now running dining
cars on trains Nos 81 and 80, between
Montgomery, Ala, and Greensboro, \: C..
according to a circular received by Cap.
tain John NJ. knight from the general
passenger department OF the Southern
Pacific at Houston.
The San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
will. on next Thursday run an excursion
train to Houston and Galveston. with
privileges of stopping AT Houston. cket>
will be good until October % and will b.
sold 10 Houston at 50 - and to Galveston
At $50 for the round "trip. The train
will leave the depot here at9:l5 cIoct
In the morning.
T. A. kelrus. travelling auditor for the
International and Great Northern, ar
rived in the city this morning TO CHECK
out Commodore RigSby. who leaves fOr
the Worlds fair NEXT Wednesday. and
will be relieved by Clayton f. Wood. The
genial Commodore says that large rum
her of San AntOnianS will leave for Chi
cagO on Wednesday night.
p. Woodbridge. of the general passenger
department of the San Antonio and
Aran>as Pass, returned from Dallas yes.
tprday morning, where he attended the
quarterly meeting of the Texas rate men.
rhe new rate sheet will be out soon after
general passenger agents and rate clerks
of Texas lines will be held in San An
tonic.