San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-13
RAILROAD RUMBLINGs.
Railway Cars Destroyed at Pinto
Other Railroad News.


J were destroyed by fire at Pinto
Quarry, AS miles west of San An
tonic. About thirty men were EN-
gagged at work in the quarry anC
they lost all their wearing apparel
with the exception of what they
had OH at the time. Major George
Cunningham, the general foreman
of the force and manager of the
quarry, arrived in the city yester.
day to make purchases and replace
the burned articles. The Southern
Pacific will also send new lot OF
ears out to the place. 1t is not
known how the fire originated.
SAP OFFICIALS RETURN.
NJ. ID. Monseratte, the general
manager, and r. III. Innes, the gen.
eral superintendent of the San An
tonic & Arkansas Pass, returned
over the Southern Pacific yester-
day afternoon, in a special from
Houston. They were accompanied
by George w. Butcher, superin-
tendent of motive power; William
Barry, superintendent of buildings
and bridges, and E. F. Gregory, as
sistant superintendent of transpor-
tation. Mr.. Monseratte stated to
the Rumbler this morning that
they had been on general inspec-
ton tour and that the road was
found in good condition. The
force of workmen has been in
creased at the sections on the road
and in the shops, the road-bed and
the rolling stock are being placed
in good condition for the cotton
shipments. Mr.. Monseratte also
reports a heavy rainfall at Hous-
ton on Monday, which extended
few miles. He says the country in
general is in a very dry condition
and that rain is urgently needed.
AN OFFICE ABOLISHED.
Circular No. 10 has been issued
by the San Antonio & Arkansas
Pass, declaring the office of the
trainmaster abolished.
Mr.. E. F. Gregory, who has held
the position OF trainmaster, has
been appointed assistant superin-
tendent of transportation, with
headquarters at Yoakum.
LOCOMOTIVE PUFFs.
B. F. BlOunt arrived in the city
this morning from Palestine.
William Barry, of the Sap left
Woo ly,,,,, thic
Major w. C. Lewis is in Edna
today, shipping cattle for the San
ia Fee.
H. w. Hammond, of the Iron
Mountain, arrived in the city this
from Dallas. He leaves
again tonight.
Homer Eads, who has been in
the city since Monday, leaves for
Dallas tonight in the interest of
the Iron Mountain.
A. P. Blue, the roadmaster, and
T. c. Fry of the Sunset wood yard
will take fishing trip to Eagle
Lake next Sunday.
Two fiat cars of Pecos sand stone
arrived over the Southern Pacific
yesterday for the new county
courthouse.
w. H. Gleason, the CONNER Cial
agent of the Santa Fe, is at present
in Central Texas doing business
for that road.
The City brewery shipped one
carload of beer and one carload of
of ice to Marion over the Southern
Pacific yesterday.
A new device for sending tele-
graphic messages has been launch
ed. 1t entirely does away with the
services of the ordinary telegraph
operator end is combination of
tells tells one Of telephone and type
Tplts from&,l fSeight receipts
from >ssion like "sterday consisted
of prodC'lndue sevtrity on Ine loo
6. b: BoeIeses, who of all others are l
o oiiT no OF: 70, fo,sr the burdens of id
one car of potatSSpblem of the empl
la & Son. ~es is already
The body of Jake taroblems tt
conductor on the Sap, wE"tatesm
killed at Chiffon, near Waco, -
the night of July IL, by falling
from a train and breaking
his neck, was taken to Ca
nal Dover, o., this morning, for
burial, under the auspices of the
Order of Railway Conductors. The
deceased was we'll known in Texas,
and five years ago was passenger
conductor on the Cotton Belt.