San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-29
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
A San Antonio Boys Appointment
Railroad News.

Railroad News.
Mr.. Tom Shields, a well known
San Antonio boy and foreman in
the copper shops of the Mexican
Intern ational at San Luis PotOsi,
Mex, will arrive in the city over
the International and Great North
ern this afternoon on a visit to his
mother and friends. He will re-
main here about week and then
leave for Kansas City, Mo-, where
he will accept position for the
government as live stock inspector
for Kansas City, which goes into
effect Feb. Is. His new position Will
net him an income of $1,000 year
and he will be allowed a two
months vacation annually. He
was formerly in the copper shops
of the Southern Pacific in this city
and from here he went to Piedras
Negras to take charge Of the shops
of the Mexican International.
Later he took charge of the shops
of the NJ. |. at Laredo and from
there he went to San Luis PotOsi,
where he has been the past two
years.
BETWEEN STATIONS.
G. G. Braden, the we'll known
contractor, has issued a circular
requesting all labOring men that
are out of work and are willing to
work, and wish to get work, to at
tend the railroad mass meeting
to be held at the County court
house tomorrow night in response
to a proposition from Capt. Will
liam Davis, for the building Of the
proposed San Antonio and Gulf
Shore road. a bonus of 100000 is
required.
The quarterly meeting of passen-
ger agents of Texas lines will be
held here tomorrow morning. The
members of the Texas Rate sheet
will also meet here. Railroad
men will be in attendance from
all parts of the state. An eXcur-
sion will probably be run to Rock
port next Wednesday for the pur-
pose Of showing the visitors the
beautiful country along the San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass.
Milton Everett, of Rockport,
spent the Sabbath in San Antonio.
He says Messrs. E. Hough and S.
Morrill, expressed themselves de-
lighted with Rockport and that
they promised to give a good &C
count of that section and other
points along the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass in Forest and Stream.
o. H. Thomas, of the Thomas
Manufacturing company, Of Little
Rock, Ark, is in the city circulat-
ing among old friends. Mr.. Thomas
was at one time in the freight de-
partment of the Southern Pacific,
and also Of the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass in this city.
w. Howard, engineer on the
Pacific, running between
FL Paso and Sanderson, is visiting
in San Antonio. He will be trans
ferred to the Houston division next
week and is spending the mean
time with friends here.
General Freight and Passenger
Agent f. j. Martin, of the San An
tonic and Arkansas Pass left for a
visit to San Francisco, Cal, yes
terday morning, accompanied by
his wife.
j. II. Wallick and company ar
rived in the city from Houston
over the Southern Pacific yesterday
morning. He has his own special
baggage car.
The Southern Pacific pay-car was
due here last week, but was delay
ed at Weimar on account of bad
wheels. 1t arrived in the city this
morning.
VIII Jonas, son of County Com
missioner Jonas, expects to leave
for Kansas City shortly to accept
position in railway office.
William Orgille of the Building
and Bridge department of the San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass, is in
town from Yoakum.
Chief Dispatcher Harry Ander-
son is suffering from another at
tack of neuralgia.
Howard w. Peak, railroad man
of Fort Worth, is in town, stopping
at the Menger.
Tommy Green is again on duty
as day call boy on the Southern