San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-20
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
Items Picked Up at the Depots, Of
fees and Along the Ijnas

Wilson Rivers has been chosen
to visit the United States in behalf
of the English holders of Central
Pacific securities, and will leave
London for New York next Thurs.
day.
The Southern Pacific (Atlantic
system), the San Antonio and Aran-
sas Pass and the Austin and North
western have become members of
the pass agreement of the western
and southwestern lines. All annual
passes for 1894 are to expire with
December 81, and are not to be ex-
tended. There are now over fifty
separate companies mem bers to
this agreement.
Mr.. Hank Small, of the Southern
Pacific building and bridge de-
partment, left for the west this
morning to look over matters out
there with Messrs. ID. X. Colburn
and E. B. Cushing.
A carload of Florida oranges
was received by the Southern Pa.
cific yesterday for local merchants.
Mr.. F. s. Guthrie, first trick dis.
patcher on the Houston division of
the Southern Pacific, is ill and is
being relieved by Chief Dispatcher
III. F. Anderson.
1t is reported that Mr.. J. NJ. Alb.
bolt, freight and passenger agent
of the Southern Pacific at Seguin.
is to receive an appointment on
San Antonio and Gulf Shore.
Mr.. John Nelson, known as
"Uncle jack" is in the city from
Paris, Tex. He is an old-time en-.
gine er and has pulled passenger on
the Frisco line, between Paris and
Fort Smith, for several years. He
is a prominent member of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers on the Frisco system.
The Southern Pacific convict
gang left for Cibolo pit yesterday,
where it will be engaged in making
repairs. A convict gang also passed |
through here from Houston last |
night en- route to Ell Paso.
Mr.. George M. Jarvis, resident
engineer on the Southern Pacific |
between San Antonio and Ell Paso,
has received a similar appointment |
on the Houston and Texas Central,
and will make his future head
quarters at Ennis.
The highest railway bridge of
any kind in the world is the Loe
river viaduct, on the Antofagasto
railway, in Bolivia, South Ameri-
ca. The place where this structure
has been erected is over the Melo
rapids in the Upper Andes, and
between the two sides of a canon,
which is situated 10000 feet above
the level Of the Pacific. Counting
from the surface of the stream to
the level of rails, this celebrated
bridge is exactly 1854 feet in
height. The length of the princi-
pal span Is 80 feet and the distance
between abutments (total length of
bridge is S02 feet. The largest
column is 3l4 feet inches long,
and the batter of the pier, what is
known to bridge builders as zone
in three" Trains cross the bridge
at speed of 80 miles an hour.
The automatic gates to be used
at street crossings on the Southern
Pacific and the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass were made at Day
ton, o. They will be erected this
week. Gatds will only be placed |
at streets where the street railways |
cross.
The Southern Pacific west bound |
yassenges was heavily taxed with |
passengers for California today.
Major w. G. Lewis, assistant
general live stock agent of the San
ia Fe, came in last night from a
trip to Llano.
General Manager NJ. ID. Monser-
rate, of the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass, is in Houston attend
Ing a meeting of the Texas Car
Service association.
Mr.. w. III. Gleason, com mercial
freight agent for the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe, returned this morn
ing from a trip to Dallas and other
points. While at Waco Mr.. Glea-
SON attended the first-night's per-
Torrance of Miss Yaw. He relates
an instance of remarkable presence
of mind on the part of Miss Yaw on
that occasion. Prof. Max Dick
was preparing to respond to
an encore for his violin
solo, when lady in the audience
tainted. Excitement reigned and
some one in the gallery cried,
"Firew A general stampede was