San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-05-09
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
Items Picked UP at the Depots, Of
fees and Along the Lines.

The Union Pacific has again be-
gun cutting rates.
"A. Wilson, general agent for
the Chicago and Alton, at Fort
Worth, is in the city.
Charles M. Parkerson, night
clerk in the Sunset freight office, is
down with the measles.
superintendent j. T. McQeeeney,
of the Southern Pacific, left for Sc
gum yesterday to attend court.
PHI. Coombs, commercial agent
for the Cotton Belt at Houston, ar
rived in San Antonio last night.
James G. Furlong, agent of the
Hicks Stable Car company, with
headquarters at Fort Worth, is in
the city, working up live stock
business.
A crayon artist visited the South
ern Pacific offices yesterday after
noon and number of the boys had
their faces portrayed, and will
turn them towards the wall.
Reports state that freight rates
between st. Louis and Colorado
are badly demoralized and that a
special meeting will likely be held
within few days with view to
adjusting existing troubles.
VIM. Mail, assistant to Presi-
dent Coils P. Huntington of the
Southern Pacific, left for the east
this morning, accompanied by
General Manager j. Kruttschnitt
and General Superintendent VIC
Van Week.
Beginning next Saturday the
Southern Pacific, shops will close
every Saturday afternoon in order
to reduce expenses. Notice has
also been given that eight hours
constitute a days work until
otherwise ordered.
An athletic club was organized
at the Southern Pacific depot last
night. 1t will consist chiefly Of
Southern Pacific boys. Considera-
BILE interest is being manifested in
the new organization, and it prom
ises to be one of the leading clubs
of that kind in the state.
AS mentioned in the LIGHT a
few days ago, the proposed road
from San Antonio to Brownsville
is receiving considerable attention
from business men and capitalists
and it is likely to be San Antonio's
next road. The proposed road is
meeting with general encourage
ment.
&C. Curtice, travelling passenger
agent of the Vandalia line, with
headquarters at Fort Worth, and
j. w. Campbell, travelling passen-
ger agent for the same road, with
headquarters at indianapolis, left
for Houston over the San Antonio
and Arkansas Pass this morning,
after spending a day in San Anto-
Mo.
l.. S. Daniels, train dispatcher Of
the Victoria division of the South
ern Pacific, with headquarters at
Victoria, arrived in the city yes
terday afternoon. Mr.. Daniels is
one of the oldest telegraph opera
tors in the state. He received and
delivered the telegram announcing
jeff Davis presidency of the Con-
federacy.
Superintendent d. T. Forbes, Of
the Southern Pacific, left for Gal
weston in his special car last night,
accompanied by his family. Mr..
Forbes went to the Island City to
meet his brother-In-law, DIR. j . A.
Robertson, of Stratford, Ont, who
is in attendance at the convention
of railway surgeons. DIR. Robert
son will come to San Antonio to
spend few days.
Said a ell.known local freight
man to a reporter for the LIGHT
yesterday: "The outlook for the
maintenance of freight rates is not
promising. Each line declares it.
self willing to hold up the rates if
all rha other lines do the same, but
by the time harmony is secured in
one locality, somebody cuts the
rates in another, and by the time
this is fixed, the first fellows are at
it again."
The Little Rock, (Ark.,) Press
says that "Colonel Uriah Lott is
going to build his railroad all over
Arkansas, and his plan is to make
Little Rock the terminus.
Branches will be run to Pine Bluff,
Fort Smith and to points in the
Indian Territory, If he builds ac-