San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-03-31
'THE FAIR
WAGNER & CHABOT,
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
Items Picked Up at the Depots, Of
fees and Along the Lines.


fees and Along the Lines.
The International and Great Northern
is reducing expenses at Taylor by de-
creasing the force of employees.
Charles Scherle, chief engineer of the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass, has re-
turned from trip down the road.
Baron Randolph Natili. the little dip
lOmat," agent for the Southern Pacific
at Morgan City, La, spent yesterday in
SantOne.
The special car Texas" with Mrs. w.
q. Van Week on board, arrived here from
Mexico over the Southern Pacific yester-
day, and left for Houston last night.
John Long, special officer of the South
ern Pacific. with headquarters at HOuS-
ton, was in San Antonio the past two
days attending TO the legal business for
the road.
The wage question of the Union Pacific
is still in Statu quo. The general solicitor
of the road proposes that the question be
referred to a commissioner, but the prop
ositiOn is not met with approval.
Sidney Miller is now in New York
closing a contract for rails, ETC., for the
Brownsville Corpus Christi railroad. He
expects to leave for Corpus Christi in a
frw days to begin work on the road.
J. B. Bonner, superintendent of tele-
graph Of the Southern Pacific, with head
quarters of New Orleans. was in San An
tonic yesterday and put up Milliken
repeater here. BE left for home last
night
On account of the increase in business
the Southern Pacific has been compelled
to put on two new crews. They are Con-
ductOr James O'Day and crew on the west
end and Conductor O. p. Godfrey on the
east end.
A revised statement of the earnings of
the Union Pacific for January, including
the [ nOn Pacific, the Denver and Gulf
and the Fort Worth and Denver City
lines, show: Gross earnings, s. ,272, Gal;
decrease, $3.50, 35l met, $535, 23l; decrease,
$419,42S.
Beginning today the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas sleeper Of train No. >. will run
from Franklin Junction, No. to st. Louis
instead of by Hannibal, as heretofore.
This will improve the service of the Katy
and make the distance a great deal
shorter.
Mrs. W. S. Herrin, wife of the general
solicitor of the Southern Pacific, whose
residence is at San Francisco. Cal, ar
rived in San Antonio in the Directors
Car" yesterday, accompanied by her fam
lily and left on No. II for New Orleans
last night.
Secretary Of War Daniel Lamont is ex-
pected in San Antonio over the Southern
Pacific every day. He left Washington
last Sunday and is en- route to California.
He is accompanied by his family, travels
in a Pullman special and has a large
corps Of servants with him.
L. NJ. johnson, general manager of the
International MeXiCanO, with headquar-
tiers at Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, Mex, ar
rived in San Antonio in his special car
''Sabinas" yesterday to take home his
family that has been visiting here. They
left on No. 20 of the Southern Pacific this
morning.
The Southern Pacific. the San Antonio
and Arkansas Pass and the international
and Great Northern report heavy live
stock business over their lines. Each
road handles on an average about five
trains daily. Most of the cattle is being
shipped to the Indian Territory for
paSturage.
Colonel w. p. SiddOns, superintendent
OF the car department Of the Information
al and Great Northern, with headquar-
ters at Palestine, arrived in the city
Thursday night in the special car No 81,
accompanied by his wife. Colonel Sid
dons left for home last night, while his
family remained in San Antonio until this
morning.
c. P. Huntington says he is still a
member Of the Central Pacific and that
he is on the best of terms with Mrs. Stan
ford. a report to the contrary nOtwith-
standing He says the road is S3,OOOOOO
in debt and that amount could be raised
In two hours if necessary. The San Fran
cisco Examiner says: Isaac L. Requa
has been elected president of the Central
Pacific Railroad company and the follow
ing were chosen directors: James Gum,
George LathrOp, K. p. SChwerin, w. IL.
Mills and c. f. BrethOnton. This gives
only six members to the directorate, there
being vacancy yet to be filled. 1t is said
that Huntington, Croker and Searles have
been selling Central Pacific stock, and
That at the present moment they hold on
ly few shares Of these securities, while
the Stanford estate probably holds more
Central Pacific stock than all the other
original interests combined. In other
words that the Huntington Croker
SearleS interests have left the Stanford
corner In hold tho Sapk