San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-12-13
AMONG THE RAILWAYS.
Items Picked up at Depots, officers
and Along the Lines.


son there are no cheap excursions
coming to San Antonio from other
points of the state is because the
people here do not receive them
with the hospitalities they do in
other places, like Houston or Gal
weston. When the citizens Of
those places hear of an excursion
coming they Immediately arrange
for reception and entertainment
for the visitors, this of course, en-
courages the railroad companies
and they can then afford to make
cheap rates"
General Freight and Passenger
agent f. J. Martin, of the San An
tonic and Arkansas Pass, returned
from a trip to Houston, Galveston
and Waco last night, after an alb
sence of ten days. He reports
everything in good condition. He
also says that residents from north
Texas are migrating to south Texas
and with a view of settling along
the road near ROckport. The coun-
try, he says, is looking better, with
prospects of improving.
f. A. Mather, fireman on the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, died
at Denison yesterday, from in
iuries received at Durant, /. r., last
Monday. He was looking out of a
cab window,when the train entered
bridge, and was struck on the
head by timber. His remains
were shipped to Burkett, Kan, his
home.
Freight traffic is completely tied
up on the Louisville and Nashville
between st. Louis and Nashville,
the engineers, firemen, conductors.
brakeman and switchmen having
gone out in resistance of a demand
from the company to handle
double-headers. New men have
been engaged.
Uriah Lott is interested in re-
Gently organized railroad company,
known as the Little Rock, Hot
Springs and Texas, which centem-
plates extending from Little Rock,
Ark, to Paris, Tex. j. p. Nelson,
well known in San Antonio, is al
so a member of the new company.
The second section of a south
bound passenger train of the HOus-
ton and Texas Central ran into the
first section of the train at McKin-
ney yesterday, demolishing cars
and injuring several passengers
and a colored porter. The latter is
going to sue the company.
The Southern Pacific has decided
to break the cheap excursion rec
ord and will run special eXcur-
sion to Houston on Monday, Dec.
Is, for $3.50 for the round trip, tick
cts good to return on the 22d.
Wilbert Irwin, Jr., civil engineer
and roadmaster, formerly of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
at Lacrosse, Wis, was in the city
yesterday, visiting friends. He
left for the east last night.
Phillip O'Keefe, popular rail
road man, was killed at Yoakum
Monday night by being run over
by the cars of freight train Of the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass. No
blame.
D. C. Weatherby, travelling
freight agent Of the American Re-
frigerator Transit company, with
headquarters at Fort Worth, was
in the city yesterday and left last
night.
The LIGHT is in receipt of a
beautifully illustrated flyer an
nouncing the holiday excursions
Of the international and Great
Northern.
One car load Of race horses passed
through here over the Southern
Pacific from the west yesterday en-
route to New Orleans.
Fifteen cars Of live stock were
loaded at the Union stock yards
yesterday and shipped east over
the Southern Pacific.
NJ. Aue, station master at Aue
station, on the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass, was in the city yes
terday.
General Manager Monserrate Of
the Sap, made a flying trip to Ken
edy yesterday and returned last
night.
H. w. Hammond, travelling
freight agent for the Iron Noun
tain, is laid up with dengue fever.
Yn11R cHo1CE- 1870.