San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-12-29
WAGNER & CHABOT
THE FAIR.
AMONG THE RAILWAYS.
Items Picked up at Depots, Offices
and Along the Lines.

and Along the Lines.
Nice-President George Sealy,
General Manager B. F. Yoakum,
and the directors of the Gulf, Colo
RADIO and Santa Fe, emphatically
deny that the receivership for the
road is a foregOne conclusion that
the selection of the man only re-
mains, and that the matter will be
arranged before the week closes.
The road will continue to be OPP
Grated under its present independ-
ent management, according to
Sealy and YOakum.
1t now appears that the extern
sion of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas will be built from Lockhart
to San Antonio and will cross the
San Marcos river equal distances
between San Marcos and Luling,
somewhat near Folks mill. 1t
will run about equal distances be-
tween New Braunfels and Seguin
and touch no principal point be-
tween Lockhart and San Antonio.
Mr.. Z. j. Martin, general freight
and passenger agent for the San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass, re-
turned from a business trip to
Houston this morning. Mr.. Mar
tin expects his mother here from
San Francisco, Cal, tomorrow.
John Daley, foreman of work
train No. =, of the Southern Pacific.
and Dick Smith, assistant foreman,
waived examination at FlatOnia
yesterday afternoon and were
placed under $500 bond each, which
they gave and were released.
About four hundred ,tramps ar
rived in the city from New Orleans
over the Southern Pacific Wednes-
day night. They are en- route west
and are camping about three miles
east of the depot, in the vicinity of
Government hill.
Mr.. &. Fahey, the genial agent of
the Southern Pacific, as well as the
freight office force were kindly re-
membered by the San Antonio
Transfer company and received a
lot of cigars and fruits and candies
for Christmas.
Ernest Muenzenberger, chief
clerk for Commercial Agent Homer
Eads, of the Iron Mountain and
Missouri Pacific, has recovered
from an attack of la grippe and is
at mis- desk again today.
Tony Mahavier, H. E. Smith and
Berry Balls, of the transportation
department of the San Antonio
Rapid Transit line, left for the
Medina today, on deer and tur-
key hunt.
J. H. Hagen, cashier in the Sun
set freight Office, expects to leave
for his former home in Beardstown,
KY, about the middle of next
month, on visit to friends and
relatives.
John w. Evans, agent for the
Southern Pacific at Uvalde, is still
confined to his bed at No. 500
North Flores street, this city, suf-
fering from serious attack of la
grippe.
iiohh oihdll, cupCllhtthdShO VI
buildings and bridges of the South
ern Pacific, is the inventor of a
new patent car-coupler, which
promises to be a success.
Ira H. Turner, of the baggage
department of the San Antonio
and Arkansas Pass, is daily expect
ing his wife, from a visit to friends
and relatives in Illinois.
J. Pierpont Morgan bought the
New York Northern for the New
York Central, at a foreclosure sale
in New York City yesterday. The
price paid is 81 100000.
c. G. Remelin, travelling car agent
for the Missouri Pacific, with head.
quarters at Dallas, is in town, cir
culating among the railroad men
of the Alamo City.
p. H. Coombs, commercial agent
of the Cotton Belt, arrived in the
city from Houston this morning.