San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-02-03
1.-The Fair" HouseMrnishers
AMONG THE RAILWAYS.
improvements on the Southern Pa
cific Telegraph-News.

Mr.. j. h. Bonner, superintendent OF
telegraph of the Southern Pacific, with
Headquarters at New Orleans. was in the
city yesterday and left on No. - today
Mr.. Bonner came here from Houston for
the purpose of putting a quad set in the
telegraph office of the Southern Pacific.
This device will enable the road to send
four different messages owe the same wire
at the same time between here and HOuS
ton or between here New Orleans, there
by increasing the telegraph service of
that road four times. This improvement
is made on account OF the heavy business
between San Antonio and New Orleans.
Formerly the operator at San Antoni o
could work with only one place at a time
either Houston or New Orleans, whereas,
when the new device is ready for opera
ton, San Antonio can work with HouS-
ton and New Orleans at the same tim
and vice versa.
Another improvement will be direct
communication between New Orleans and
FL Paso. This can be obtained by put
ting in half set Of Milliken repeaterS on
the wire between San Antonio and FL
PasO, when the quads are in working or.
der, and thus throw the wire into the
quad. In this manner New Orleans
can work with FL Paso another operator
at New Orleans can work with Hous
ton and another man at Houston can
"OIh WIN Sdu huIOulO, Kali over IDt
same wire and at the same time without
creating the least conflict between the
various operators.
The device is no new one, having been
invented in 1884, and is cOmbiua-
ton Of inventions of several
leading electricians, among them the
great Edison. 1t is used in nearly all the
Western Union telegraph offices, but
Houston is the only city in Texas, besides
San Antonio, that has the quad sets aud
Milliken repeaters on the Southern Pa
ciic. They are expected to be completed
In this city next week.
BETWEEN ST ATOMS
Trainmaster Thomas Hume, OF the Inter-
national and Great Northern, is having a
new sidewalk placed in front Of his resi-
dence on Zavalla street.
T. ID. Lewis, clerk in the Office OF C. F..
Huntington, president of the Southern
Pacific in New York city, is ia town. ac-
cOmpanied by mis- wife. en- route to Du-
range and the City of Mexico.
The quarterly meeting Of the Texas
Rate Sheet committee, which has been in
progress in this city since last Tuesday.
next meeting will be held in New Orleans
next April.
The LIGHT calls the attention of In
quireT," regarding the height of PecOS
bridge, which was given in yesterday af-
tornOon'S issue. The figures should have
read 1928 feet. 81 inches, instead of 327
feet, and was fault of the com positor
The committee OF the San Antonio and
Gulf Shore road, appointed by Hon
John Ireland, of which Hon. w. W .
King is chairman, will meet in the rooms
of the Board of Trade in the Stevens
building tonight at s o'clock TO hear and
consider a proposition OF Capt. VIM.
Davis for the construction of the road.
Hereafter, when vacancies occur
among engineers In the passenger service
OF the Missouri, Kansas and Texas. the
oldest freight men, if competent. shall
have their places, according to a bulletin
posted at DenisOn by the master me-
chanic. The order Is meeting the ap.
prOval of all interested.
w. c. Rigsby, of the International and
Great Northern, reports heavy passenger
traffic this morning. Nearly one hundred
and fifty excurSiOniStS came over from
Austin TO witness the football game this
afternoon and large nun: Der of Austin
ties and San AntOnans, went to Laredo
TO witness the bull ffiht.