San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-03-09
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
Special Car Business on the South
ern Pacific-Other News.


ern Pacific-other News.
Yard master Michael Mulligan
of the Southern Pacific, and his
efficient force are kept constantly
busy this week handling special
private cars, containing prominent
railroad officials and northern Wis
itors. Thus far not day has
passed this week that regular
Sunset passenger train coming in
to or going out of San Antonio had
not a special car or two attached.
Two sections of No. 20 pulled
out of the depot today with three
specials, which arrived in the city
yes terday, one being the "Sacra-
mento" with f. Hawley, assistant
general traffic manager OF the
Southern Pacific and general east
ern agent of the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass, with headquarters
at New York, Oh board. Mr..
Hawley is accompanied by a party
of prominent New Workers, and
they left for the west this morn
ing, going to Mexico via Eagle
Pass.
Another is a special car of the
Houston and Texas Central, hav-
ing on board j. G. Schriever, traffic
manager of the Southern Pacific
(Atlantic System), with headquar-
tiers at New Orleans, who is also
accompanied by party of friends
and en- route west.
A Mexican Central special, occu-
pied by f. R. Moss and a party of
wealthy Bostonians, arrived over
the Southern Pacific from the Hub
City yesterday morning, and left
for the City of Mexico today.
All of the occupants of the above
named cars spent yesterday in San
Antonio, taking carriage rides
through the city, and visiting the
principal points Of interest.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
Major VIC. Lewis, the live stock
hustler of the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe, and father Of the we'll
known Senator Perry Lewis, re-
turned from a trip to San Marcos
this morning. He will leave to-
night for North Texas. The major
states that about eighty per cent.
ofTexas fed cattle has been shipped
to the northern market up to date.
"The New South" which APP
peared at the Grand opera house
in this city recently, purchased
tickets of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas from the agent at DenisOn,
amounting to $l,55O.5O for fourteen
members, for Taylor, Waco, Fort
Worth, Ell Paso, San Francisco,
Portland and Kansas City. A SINH
lar sale was made a few weeks ago
to the cole Olson" company.
J. f. Buchanan, the popular dis
patcher on the Houston division
of the Southern Pacific, spent yes
terday in Seguin, which he attend
ed mistletoe party.
J. NJ. Hamilton, manager of the
Western Union Telegraph office, at
Cuero, arrived in the city last
night and left last night and left
again this morning.
1t is stated that the Santa Fe
has had stock train, running at
an average of thirty-five miles an
hour, photographed and will use
the photo as an ad.
George HarbOn, brakeman on
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas,
had a finger amputated at DenisOn
last Tuesday, as a result of an ac-
cident last week.
The annual meeting of the Mis-
souri, Pacific will be held at st.
Louis on March -, and President
George Gould will be in attendance.
A work gang consisting of
seventy-five COnvicts is engaged on
the San San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass in improving the roadway.
M. D. Monserrate, general mana
ger of the San Antonio and Aran-
sas Pass, returned from Houston
last night.
T. A. Harms, travelling auditor
of the International and Great
Northern, arrived in the city last
night.