San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-09
INSPECTION OF WATCHES.
Railroaders' Time-pieces Must be in
Good Order.

least twice year. IhlS is dOne IN Ofuer
to ascertain the accuracy OF the time
pieces. II the watches fail to keep good
time, they are rejected and the owner
notified TO get another. Without reliable
chronometerS danger would OF course al
ways be imminent on railway trains.
The time for the Semi-annual inspection
of watches on the Southern Pacific Is the
months Of January and July of each year;
therefore, the time is about at hand Tor
the watch inspection to begin. After the
inspection is over, and the time-piece
proves satisfactory, the owner receives
certificate to that effect, which he hands
in to the superintendent of his division.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
G. L. Gill has been added to the force
of coach painters on the Sap.
Seventeen men were laid off on the
Southern Pacific yesterday on account OF
dull times.
During the past month the Sap laid off
sixty men on account OF the stringency OF
| the money market.
w. d. Van Cleave, road foreman Of en-
gines for the SAP, has gone to Corpus
Christi on business.
E. w. Quinn, switch engineer on the
S P. has gone out west to spend vaca-
| ton for fifteen days.
Brakeman w. j. Craig, of the Southern
Paclnc, mas gone 10 beaumont W spehu
| his summer vacation.
George Clavin, checker in the s. P.
Yards. has quit his job and gone to Corpus
| Christi to fish and hunt.
Rocky Mountain" Nourse, operator on
| the s P. at Glidden, is indisposed and is
| laying off. He is being relieved by Geo.
| Todd
| G. w. Baxter, travelling passenger agent
| for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
is in the city and leaves for the north
| tomorrow.
Southern Pacific freight engine, No 5S1,
was turned out of the shops yesterday
and will go out for trial today with VIII
| Forbes in charge.
Andy Atkinson, s. P operator at Stat
| ford. is unable to attend TO duties on ac-
count of Illness, and j. B. Jones is doing
the work for him.
Ed Walton, the popular brake on rhe
| s. p, left for Galveston last night TO take
| in the surf baths. II. A. Miller is on duty
| during Eds absence.
Engine No. 661, of the S. p, went out
on local yesterday. being the first trip
| since turned out Of the shops. IL. n.
| Norton is the engineer
Engineer |. J. Miller formerly of the
| Skidmore run on the Sap, has taken the
| Yoakum run and Mickey Daley has re-
| ceved the Skidmore run.
| I'M. Murphy, agent for the Sunset at
| Gonzales, is in Houston on business and
pleasure. His chief clerk, Il. E. Wy
att, has charge of the office In the mean
| time.
The San Antonio and Arkansas Pass eX
poets to make a number of heavy wool
| shipments over the Kerrville branch In
| few days consigned to the wooden mills
| of Massachusetts,.
| Hank Small, of the building and bridge
| department Of the Southern Pacific, re-
turned from Eagle Pass this afternoon,
where he had been to supervise the con-
| struction Of wagon bridge.
L. F. Barnhart, formerly hoster on the
| Sap at this place, has gone TO Corpus
| Christi to fill :he vacancy created by the
\ resignation of F. P. Wareham. Pat Smith
succeeds Barnhart in this city.
Louis BOltz, the efficient young stem
| ographer for Superintendent Butcher, of
| the Sap, has been grained u ten days
leave of absence and will leave for La
Grange and other places next Friday.
General Superintendent w. G. Van
Week Of the Southern Pacific and Divis-
| ion Superintendent ID. T. Forbes returned
from the west yesterday in the private
car Texas" Mr.. Van Week left for
Houston last night.
w. Luke, the we'll known passenger
conductor on the Sap, is the recipient of
a handsome gold watch chain, presented
to him by a wealthy Cuban on his train
the other day. Will treasures the gift
highly and it is beauty.
The Trunk Line Passenger association
has decided to put on one-fare rate for
the round trip from all points In the
Trunk territory to Washington, D. c.,
for the biennial encampment of the
Knights of Pythias, tickets to be sold
from August % to 20, good for return pas
sage until September 6.
The International and Great Northern
will put on special car between here
and Waco on June 10 on account Of the
state convention OF the Peoples party to
be held at Waco on June 20. The car
will leave here at $3.50 o'clock Tuesday
morning and will be ready for the return
trip at thu close of the convention.
A. NJ. Conaty, coppersmith on the Sap,
has returned from Hannibal, Mo-, where
he had been attend the funeral of his
brother, who was killed on Decoration
day, while on his way to decorate his
fathers grave. Deceased was riding Oh
a train, which broke IN two, and being
caught in the disaster, he had his neck
broken.
Ben Pickering has returned from st
Paul, Mimi, where he has been to attend
the convention of the Switchman'S Mu
tual Aid association, and resumed duties
on the Southern Pacific. Henry Koepke,
of the Sap, has had his leave of absence
extended another month and will spend
that time visiting points in Minnesota
and other northern states.
Summer Prices,