San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-04-18
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
A Short Sketch About Mr.. Samuel
householder Railway News.

Senger agent or Jne AtldLViN SSS
tenn of the Southern Pacific COM
PAW, with headquarters at New
Orleans, La, to succeed w. =. Wa'-
son, was born at Louisville NY,
June 3, 1853, entered railway ser
vice on January IA, 1874, tslnce
which time he has been consecu-
lively from January IA, 1914, 10
1876, clerk in the ticket depar1-
ment, from 1876 to 1873 he was
ticket accountant, from 1910
to 1882 chief clerk IN
the passenger department.,
1882 to 1884 assistant passenger
agent, 1884 to 1885 district passen'
ger agent, January %, 1886, to Feb
ruary l, 1891, general passenger
agent. all on the Kentucky rail-
way. May l, 1890, to February L,
1891, general passenger agent OF the
eastern division of the Newport
News and Mississippi Valley; rep
ruary |, 1891, to January 3, ASSIST
ant general passenger agent OF tne
Kentucky Central and DIVISION
passenger agent of the Louisville
and Nashville. January, 1872, up
to the time of his appointment on
the Southern Pacific he has been
division passenger agent OF the
Louisville road, with headquarters
at Cincinnati, ..
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
There will be a meeting OF the
general passenger agents and cnle1
rate clerks of Texas lines at New
Orleans on May 2, to arrange for
summer excursion rates to go into
effect next June. Messrs. P. Wool
bridge and George F. Lupton, will
represent the San Antonio ana
Arkansas Pass.
James Todd, switchman on the
Southern Pacific at Houston, who
had the fingers of his left hand
mashed several weeks ago, while
coupling cars, and is in the Santa
Rosa hospital for treatment, is on
j the way to recovery, and will leave
for Houston in few days to re-
sumo duties.
Messrs. Jourden Campbell, Sam
Whitsett, w. f. Tom, of Campbell
ton, and H. S. Tom, Of Floresvllle,
and George West of Oakville, con-
shutting a committee of the pro-
| nosed San Antonio and Browns
Vile road, arrived in San Anto-
Mo yesterday in the interest OF
that road.
He. Archer, southwestern pas
senger agent of the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern, with head
quarters at Dallas, who has spent
several days past in San Antonio
in company with his wife, having
lust returned from a trip to the
City of Mexico, left for home yes
terday.
The oldest official in the railway
service in the United States is
Samuel Sloan, president of the Del
aware, Lackawanna and Western
whose headquarters are in New
York City. He was born December
%. 1917, in Ireland, and has been IN
railroad service continuously since
!. 1854.
The general baggage agents o
: Texas lines will meet at the Nav
1 erick hotel in this city next Satur
4 dav. There will be about tifteer
= in attendance and they will b.
d accompanied by their wives ant
i families.
c.. l.. Batemau, baggage agen
g for the International and Grea
Northern, reports heavy increas
Q of baggage to the north and east
y which is accounted for by northern
d and eastern tourists returning
home.
= Of4.495 miles of railroad on. tn
> Great Northern in Minnesota, nc
l. exceeding 200 miles is in opera
% ton. This is due to the strike G
l. the American Railway unioi
which was declared last Satu
- day.
= Mr.. A. P. Blue, the popular an
:, efficient roadmaster Of the Soutl
10 ern Pacific, returned from Glidde
No Yesterday afternoon. He repor
9. good rains all the way between )
If gum and Glidden.
r. P.W. Clement, formerly stor
keeper on the Victoria division
the Southern Pacific, with hea
re quarters at Cuero, is in the city f
he a few days.
We The City brewery expects ten
he frigerator cars from the north in
We few days, owned by and special
OF manufactured for this brewery.
Is J. R. McGregor, travelling pr
TX % fhn Oman al