San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-05-30
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
Items Picked Up at the Depots, Of
fees and Along the Lines.

town.
The Southern Pacific pay car
will be here from the east tomor-
row morning.
Pat Donahue and the Sap bridge
gang are in the city, making re-
pairs about the shops.
Jack Neufer, formerly engineer
on the Sap, is now with the Next
can National, running out Of La
redo.
Joseph Mcdonald and Ed. Stapp,
of the Sap purchasing department,
will be transferred to the round
house on the first.
George Cook, well known en-.
gineer on the Southern Pacific, will
be married to Miss Laura Langley
at the Central Baptist church to-
night.
Thomas M. Barrett, chief clerk
in the International and Great
Northern freight office, is unable
to attend to duties on account OF
an attack of rheumatism.
The Southern Pacific, the Inter-
national and Great Northern and
the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
freight offices closed at noon today,
on account Of Decoration day.
Adolph Fisher, draughtsman on
the Mexican International at Gin
dad Porfirio Diaz, Mex, arrived in
the city this morning to attend the
funeral of his brother, Will, this
afternoon, who died yesterday.
Mickey Daley, one of the most
popular engineers on the Sap, who
has been here the past few days
as extra on passenger on account
of picnics and excursions, has gone
to Yoakum to resume his freight
run.
A. P. Sale, the popular agent for
the Southern Pacific at Hondo
City, has presented Dispatcher S.
X. Buchanan and Superintendent
J. T. McQueeney each with set Of
fine deer horns, to be used as hat
racks.
A subscription list was passed
among the boys of the Southern
Pacific yesterday, for the drouth
sufferers, and they contributed
nobly towards aiding the sufferers
of the drouth stricken section Of
Texas.
A horse attached to a milk wagon
became frightened at switch en-
CINE at the Southern Pacific depot
yesterday afternoon. AS a result
a can of milk was thrown out and
the contents spilled. No other
damages.
The Master Mechanics and Mas
ter Car Builders association will
convene at Saratoga Springs, n.
Y, on June s. George w. Butcher,
of the San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass, and j. Ryan of the South
ern Pacific will attend.
Extras will be in demand on the
Sap on June 10. A number of en-
gineers, firemen, hostlers, wipers
and others are arranging for a
hunting and fishing trip in the
vicinity OF Chiffon, which is to
continue for thirty days.
Baggage car No. &C, of the San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass, run.
ming between here and Yoakum,
was turned out Of the shops yes,
terday completely overhauled
Passenger coach No. 10 will be
turned out in day or two, also as
good as new.
Henry Koepke, the Sap engineer
will arrive in the city today and
resume duties on the first. He has
been to st. Paul, Mimi, where he
attended a convention of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive En-,
gineers. During his absence he
has been ably relieved by Johnny
Conlon.
The Missouri, Kansas and Tex
as has decided to continue the
home seekers excursions to Texas
from all northern gateways, such al
st. Louis, Kansas City, Hannibal
and Junction City during thu
month of June. Tickets will be sole
on the l 9th at one-half the regular
one-way rate plus 81. On June 2:
the Katy will sell from all point
in Texas, tickets at one-half tn,
regular one-way rate plus 81, t,
st. Louis, Kansas City, junction
City and Hannibal.
w. d. Van Cleavo, travelling en-
gineer for the Sap, left for Yoakun
yesterday to inspect the engines a
( that place. Van is popular ma
with the ladies and the last tim
he was in Yoakum, they took hi
new straw hat and had it trimme