San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-04-19
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
Reduced Rates on the Southern
Pacific -Notes.

Pacific Notes.
| A. B. lillian is again doing his former
/ newspaper railroad reporting.
w. A. Reinhardt, travelling passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific, was in San
Antonio yesterday.
A shipment OF ripe peaches and cante-
loupes from Mexico, came in over the In
ternational yesterday.
The passenger department of the
| Southern Pacific has announced the
| following reduced rates for the occasion
| referred TO:
J. R McGregor, travelling passenger
| agent OF the Queen and Crescent, left for
| Dallas over the International and Great
| NOrther, this morning.
For the Democratic rally at Gonzales
April 81 will sell round trip book tickets
good to return up to and including April
%, at a rate of fare and third.
Southern Pacific passenger train No.
10, due here are 1:55 p. m. from the west,
did not arrive until 3 p. m. yesterday.
The delay was caused on the Pacific sys-
TEN.
The Queen and Crescent route has is.
sued a neat cardboard m 70 Of the United
States, giving the railroad lines OF the
country and connections with the Queen
and Crescent.
C. w. Ben, general traffic manager Of
the Southern Pacific, with headquarters
at Houston, is eN route home from bust
NJ S. visit to New York and 81. Louis, and
is expected Sunday.
The South I'm Pacific has restored the
old rate of sos 80 for the round trip from
San Antonio to San Francisco since last
Saturday. The reduced rates were as
low as S35 so for the ruuDd trip.
For the Grand lodge of Independent
Order OF Odd Fellows at Dallas, will sell
round trip tickets Apri % aud 26 at
rate of one fare and third, good TO re-
turn up to aud including April 30.
On account of the meeting OF the
Daughters of he Republic of Waco, will
sell round Trip tickets at the rate of one
fare; tickets on SaleApril Is and 10, good
to return up to and including April %.
Whenever Colonel Pete Valley, the
veteran conductor running between here
and Houston, reads of another railroad
WaShOut," he remarks with delight: Il
tell you, there's only one road in Texas"
He means the Southern Pacific.
H. Wisener Hammond, travelling freight
agent of the Iron Mountain and Missouri
Pacific, arrived in San Antonio this morn
ing from an extensive trip to North and
East Texas. He reports everybody jubi
liant over the recent heavy rains.
James Stewart, who was recently aD-
pointed weigher of the United States
mails on the Southern Pacific, between
San Antonio and Ell PasO, arrived here
yesterday afternoon, and made his first
report. He left for Ell Paso this morning.
There were NJ livestock shipments over
the International and Great Northern
yeSter ay. Three trains were moved to-
day from pom south of here en- rOte to
the Indian Territory. The recent rains
have caused the cattle movement to fall
off
The Southern Pacific is putting in
new "Y' at Luling This will enable the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas trains to
turn at Luling, instead of going as far as
LOCkhart, as at present, and the Katy
will thereby save an extra run of thirty
two miles daily.
Superintendent McQueeney, of the
Southern Pacific, stated to reporter for
the LIGHT last evening, that twelve miles
of heavy steel rails have just hee laid
from Columbus eastward, AID that heavy
steel rails will be laid from Weimar to
SChuIenburg shortly.
The PecOS Valley road was constructed
in 1890 from PeCOS City, Tex, point on
the Texas Pacific, nOrIhwrsterIy to Eddy,
eighty nine miles. Work is about com
mrnCrg on an extension of the road from
its present terminus at Eddy to Roswell,
a distance Of about eighty miles. 1t is
expected to complete this extension by
september |. The road will open up an
extensive irrigated section in New MeXi-
co. Mr.. J. j. Hagerman Il Colorado
Springs, Col, is the president of the COM
pany.