San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-03-05
Ehe Daily Eight.
MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1894.
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
Items Picked up at Depots, Offices
and Along the Lines.

rived here from the west yeSter-
day, en- route to Houston.
1t is estimated that one hundred
and fourteen tramps were killed on
the Union Pacific last year.
II. A. Kearns, travelling auditor
of the International and Great
Northern, is in San Antonio today.
Six cars of California steamer
freight passed through San An
tonic over the Southern Pacific the
first two days.
Andy McDermott, brakeman on
the Southern Pacific, west end, is
on a lone fishing and hunting trip
at DEVILS river.
On account of the reunion of Con-
federate veterans at Birmingham,
Ala, on April % and %, Texas roads
will charge one fare for the round
trip.
A train of stock was shipped
from Cotulla to Chicago over the
International and Great Northern
yesterday afternoon for the mar
kets.
Ed. Colbert, formerly brake
man on the San Antonio and Aran-
sas Pass and lately on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas, at Taylor, is in
the city in quest of "sit."
General Freight and Passenger
Agent f. J. Martin, of the San Az
tonic and Arkansas Pass road, says
the reports of "heavy losses Of
cattle, caused by the cold spell last
month" are greatly exaggerated.
Fireman Bill Lerick, of the
Southern Pacific has been trans
ferred from the Ell Paso to the San
Antonio division. His many San
Antonio friends are happy to have
the genial Billy amongst them
again.
The estimated gross earnings Of
the entire system of the Chicago,
Rock Island ana Pacific, both east
and west of the Missouri, for Feb
ruary are $1,234,7S6, a decrease as
compared with February, 1898, of
$99,97S.
The rate war now in progress be-
tween the Southern Pacific and the
Santa Fe will prove disastrous to
western lines and business is grad
ually declining on other lines
since the Inauguration Of the cheap
rates on the Santa Fee and South
ern Pacific.
f. S. Benson, general auditor of
the Iowa Central with headquarters
at Marshalltown, Ia, arrived in
the city over the |. & G. n, this
morning, in special car No. %. He
left over the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass for ROckpOrt this
morning, and will return WCdnes-
day morning.
The nOrth-bound passenger of
the International and Great
Northern, due here at 1880 p. IN.
was one hour and half late yes
terday. The cause was that the
engine died at Medina and Pat
Monahan and Link Burke were
sent out with an engine and pulled
the train to San Antonio.
Following are the names of the
directors of the Monterey and Mex
lean Gulf railroad, recently elected
in New York city: Geronimo Ire
vino, Jose La CARA Galan, Nicolas
Regules, all of Mexico August FIRE.
sec, of Brussels; Paul Fuller, Jos.
King, Joseph Richardson, George
w. Seligman, and Thos. B. Bullock,
of New York.
Hank Small, of the building and
bridge department of the Southern
Pacific, left for FL Paso this morn
ing, to superintend the cOnstruc-
tion of the new bridge over the
Rio Grande. The stone work of
the bridge is expected to be COM
pleted within the next thirty days.
The bridge, when completed, will
be 1900 feet long.
George Gould and party, who
were in Texas last week on an in
spectiOn tour Of the Gould property,
left Houston for New Orleans last
night. Gould is now chiefly in
terested in the proposed extension
of the international and Great
Northern from Columbia to Bra
zoria. The people of Brazoria agree
to pay four-fifths of the cost of
bridging the Brazos at that point
Baron Randolph Natili, general
agent of the Morgan line at Nor
gan City, La, arrived in San An
tonic over the Southern Pacific, in
the special car Morgan" this af-
ternoon, accompanied by Mr.. w.
p. Mott. They will make a
trip up the San Antonio and Ar