San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-08

lulS morning. lie says JndU Ill Une
month of August the "Katy" sold
400 tickets at Dallas. He says that
the passenger traffic out of San
Antonio over the "Katy" cannot
be surpassed.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RETRENCH-
MENT.
The Southern Pacific has made a
reduction i'm the relay operators
force. T. l.. Ennis, who is now re-
lieVing Ed. Lyons as chief clerk for
Superintendent Forbes, has been
laid off as relay operator, on ac-
count of dull business. The work
ing hours of W. f. Livingstone
have been reduced to six, and f.
II. Bednark now works two chairs
alone, caused by the reduction.
One house gang and one quarry
gang have been laid off on this
road, making five gangs in all that
have been laid off in making re-
trenchments, as follows: One pile
driver, one bridge and one paint
gang. These gangs are all COM
posed of men living in San An
tonic, and $1,000 worth of vouchers
have been issued by the road for
the payment of the different gangs,
\ WORTHY RAILROADER.
Probably one of the best all
round railrOaders in the city is Mr..
p. Fahpy, the genial agent for the
Southern Pacific. This gentleman
has at different times filled the
positions of clerk, telegraph opera
tor, train dispatcher, and in fact
every position pertaining to rail
road lines, and he has been con-
nected with some of the leading
lines ofs the country. Now he has
received instructions from Air
brake Constructor Cox, who was in
the city short time ago, and APP
pointed to have charge of the air.
brake acoustics in San Antonio.
Mr.. Fahey will, however, still act
as agent for the road.
PUFFS OF THE IRON STEED.
Yesterday forty-three cars of
New York steamer freight passed
through here en- route TO California
and fOrty-five cars of Sunset
specials passed through.
Mr.. Ed O'Brien, of the Southern
Pacific commercial agents depart
ment in this city, will be married
on next Tuesday evening to Miss
Josephine CARA, popular young
lady of this city. The marriage
ceremony will take place in the
San Fernando cathedral.
General uperintendent John
Grace, of the Monterey and Next
can Gulf, was in the city yesterday
and left for Chicago last night.
This is his first visit to this cOun-
try in twelve years. He says that
despite the general complaint of
dull time, the Monterey and Next
can Gulf has never experienced
better times than at present.
This is the time set for the an
nual meeting OF the stockholders
Of the San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass. They were to have met last
Wednesday, but owing to the lack
of quorum adjourned until YES
terday, when they again failed to
obtain the sufficient number of
members to transact business. Mr..
MOnserrate says there is nothing
Of importance to transact, unless
some of the stockholders bring up
something.
a train of the Southern Pacific
has been chartered to run from
Houston to San Antonio on Sept.
18th, the occasion being the state
encampment of colored troops to
be held here on September 10, Is
and II. The train will consist of
six coaches and baggage car.
S. G. Fry, night operator on the
Southern Pacific at Lacoste, is Wis
iting his brother A. X. Fry, dis
patcher's operator at San Antonio.
THE TRUE LAXATIVE PRINCIPLE
OF the plants used in manufacture
ing the pleasant remedy, Syrup of
Figs, has a permanently beneficial
effect on the human system, while
the cheap vegetable extracts and
mineral solutions, usually sold as
medicines, are permanently injuri-
Gus. Being we'll informed, you
will use the true remedy only.
Manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co.
SURVEYS, PHAEToNs AND CAR
RIAGES.
The finest in the market and the