San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-04-06
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
Items Picked Up at the Depots, Of
I.innnc

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last night all the way from Kerr
vile to Pettus and between 4oa-
KUN. Houston and Waco. The sky
is cloudy south of Pettus as far as
Corpus Christi, and it is likely it is
raining around Alice and Corpus
Christi now.
Mrs. S. Billow, wife Of the secre-
tary of the general manager OF the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass,
| left for Victoria this morning, &C
companied by her children to visit
Mr.. Billow's mother. She will re-
turn in time to witness the battle
of Flowers"
Superintendent J. T. McQueeney,
OF the Southern Pacific, returned
from a trip to Houston yesterday.
| He reports heavy rain and slight
hail storm at Converse, and says
that the rain extended from Kirby
to Marion.
| xThe International and Great
Northern handles on an average
one hundred cars Of livestock to
be shipped to the Indian Territory
from points south of San Antonio,
principally from Cotulla and
| Pearsall.
General Freight and Passenger
Agent E. J. Martin, of the San An
tonic and Arkansas Pass, expects to
| leave for the north tomorrow night
to attend meeting Of the Southern
Railroad and Steamship associa-
ton.
y Eight trains of stock arrived at
| the Southern Pacific depot between
the hours of last night and Z 30
this morning, shipped from Uvalde,
Dryden and other points west, to
the Indian Territory for pasturage.
Roadmaster |. n. Thomas, of
the International and Great
Northern, is at present at Taylor,
making new yard and putting in
a new sidetrack. The new depot is
occupied since last Monday.
! William Porter, night clerk in
the Sunset freight office, expects to
leave for his home in Clinton, KY,
on the 10Th. He will be succeeded
as clerk by one of the present en-
ployes in the office.
A Mexican named Martin Gar
cia was run over and killed at
Spofford early yesterday morn
ing, while trying to jump on the
pilot of Southern Pacific engine
while in motion.
A good rain, lasting one hour
fell at Medina on the Information
, al and Great Northern yesterday
morning and light rainfalls are
} reported south as far as Devine.
A number of trunks of the JEFF
freys Lewis company were helC
at the International and Great
g Northern depot yesterday, while
9 the company had pulled out.
General Manager NJ. D. MOnser
ate and superintendent Of MOTIVE
Power r. H. lines, of the San An
) tonic and Arkansas Pass, have re
: turned from Houston.
The San Antonio and Aransa
Pass is handling on an average on
=, hundred cars of live stock daily
= y for pasturage, being shipped to tn
20 Indian Territory.
r Local freight business is repOrte
)" slack on all the lines at present
Is owing to the general depression G
y business throughout the countr!
The rain report Of the Souther
., Pacific gives the extent of rainfa
=; all the way from Comstock, wet
= of here, to Houston.
id The Southern Pacific handle
~ thirteen trains Of livestock aftt
at midnight last night, going bot
east and west.
ne Four cars of Pecos sandstor
9y We're received for the new cOu
Is house by the Southern Pacific tn
an morning.
he Three cars loaded with ste
rails for Mexican roads, came
over the Southern Pacific today.
IN George Norcross' automatic cou
. Ter is being tested today in Il
~ Southern Pacific yards.
,c- PIP. Coombs, agent Of the Cote
its Belt at Houston, arrived in 81
ng Antonio last night.
Sc. Bill Wingland, engineer on t
Cotton Belt, is in the city fro
Pine Bluff, Ark.
nd A fishing party of u to Is S.
.Si- boys to 60 to the DEVILS River,
on being made up.
I'm Arthur DAILY, passenger CO
es- ductor on the Mexican Central,
Z in the citV