San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-04-24
BY ELECTRICITY.
A New Way of Lighting Up Rail
way Coaches-Railroad News.

| way COaches-RallroaQ news.
Mr.. Boyd Anderson, of Eagle Pass, the
inventor of new device for lighting NJ
railway coaches by means OF electricity
was engaged yesterday in putting into
place storage battery at the Southern
Pacific depot. His invention was given q
| trial last evening and was met with the
hearty approval by all who witnessed it,
The light furnished by Mr.. AnderSon's
invention is brighter than the ordinary
electric lights. In the event that the
| new invention will be adopted by railway
companies for Illuminating purposes, one
battery of thirteen cells will be placed in
each coach. A small machine will be
placed in the locomotive OF the train,
which will be under control of the loco
motive engineer, and be Will have entire
charge of the lighting up of the train:
With electric lights instead OF oil, there
will of course be less danger of fire in
case of a wreck. which nearly always re-
suits, and many people lose their lives
In the flames.
Mr.. Anderson made a similar test, but
not on railway COACHES, at the st. Louis
exposition iD 1891, and it proved success
full. Last nights test, however, was the
first for lighting railway coaches. In or
der to better assure success, Mr.. Ander-
son has decided to give his new invention
trial every night of this week.
ALONG THE RAILS.
c. P Huntington, was elected president;
j. kruttSchniht, vice president; G. Il.
Leger, secretary, and p. j. Huber, treas
urer, of the Texas and New Orleans at a
meeting at Houston yesterday. The d.
Gates, of New York; j. Kruttschnitt, c.
w. House, E. w. Cave, E. P. Hill and w.
G. Van Week, OF Houston.
Yardmaster Mullgan, of the Southern
Pacific, is in receipt of letter from w, B.
Martin, formerly fireman on the South
ern Pacific in this city, dated New York,
stating that he left New York on April 20
for South Africa.
Engineer E. A. Gum, of the Southern
Pacific. after a Seige with the measles,
has sufficiently recovered to resume du-
ties. Four of his children were also down
with the same atflictlon.
Engine No. GA, with Engineer NJ. J.
Best in charge, was taken out of the
Southern Pacific yesterday and placed on
trial. 1t pulled out west bound freight
this morning.
James O'Tooe, the popular assistant
general yardmaster of the Southern Pa
ciic, has returned from a trip to Monte
rey and other points in Mexico, and re-
Sumed duties.
Colonel J. L. Pennington, general live
stock agent of the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe, with headquarters at Fort
Worth, arrived in town this morning.
The depot and yards of the San Antonio
and Gulf Shore road will be located at
the corner of Burnet and Walnut streets.
The depot will be brick structure.
E A. HtrShfield, the local railroad
ticket broker, has been appointed travel
ing passenger agent of the Union Pacific
with headquarters at Fort Worth.
James Stewart, we1gher Of United
States mails on the Southern Pacific,
spent Sunday in the Alamo City and left
for FL PasO yesterday morning.
D. s. Taylor, general agent for the
Crescent News company In this city, has
returned from a thirty days visit to
points in Arkansas.
Yard master Morrison, of the Arkansas
Pass, is about to take on himself cOnnu-
bal honors. The happy bride will be
Miss Fitch, of Alice.
L. Hohenthal, commercial agent of the
Southern Pacific at Houston, left for
home yesterday afternoon, after spending
two days here.
Thomas L. Freelaud, superintendent of
the Crescent News company, is in the
city. trying San Antonto's famous sui
phur baths.
T. G. George, general agent for the
Southern Pacific at Eagle Pass, is in the
city and will leave for home tomorrow
morning.
A. J. Vaughn, night switchman on the
Southern Pacific, who had his hand
mashed about six weeks ago, has resumed
duties.
Superintendent j. T. McQueeney, Of the
Southern Pacific, is making hand car
inspection trip over the Houston di-
vision.
The next meeting of the general bag
gage car agents of Texas lines will be
held at Fort Worth on next September
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Agent Fahey, of the Southern Pacific,
reports beer shipments picking up since
the warm weather has set in.
Travelling Auditor w. b. Carriere, of
the Southern Pacific, passed through here
from the east yesterday.
One carload of oranges arrived over the
Southern Pacific from California yester-
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