San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-21
AMONG THE RAILWAYS.
News and Notes of the Gulf Shore
and Other Items of Interest.

, Thus far about twelve miles. O
r steel have been laid and work il
progressing nicely.
The road crosses some beautifu
fields and the scenery along thu
line is splendid.
The rails used are Of extra good
quality and speed is already made
at rate OF twenty-five miles an
hour.
| Telegraph poles are up and wires
strung for a distance of six miles
The road will have its own tele.
graph service, being one OF only a
few in the country that owns its
telegraph service, the other roads
leasing their service from the
Western Union.
The steam pile driver, which pro.
pels itself, is here and will begin
work in few days.
Caboose No. 100 has arrived and
number Of cars are expected in a
few days.
President Davis is still in the
north and will be gone the next
ten days.
Louis E. Nehr has been appoint
ed brakeman on the Houston diyi.
sion of the Southern Pacific.
Albert S. Lockwood, Of this CITY,
occupies a position in a railway
office in Mexico.
Sam Mason, of Niles, Mich, and
VIC. Clampitt have been appoint
ed brakemen on the Houston
division Of the Southern Pa
cific.
The Southern Pacific pay car left
New Orleans for the west Monday
morning and will be in San Anto.
MO on the 2Sth.
Messrs. w. M. Carpenter and Sid
Buchanan made trip over the
Gulf Shore Monday and were de-
lighted with what they saw.
Division Superintendent J. T.
McQueeney, of the Southern Pacific,
returned today from a business
trip to Houston.
III. j. Glasscock, pumper on the |
Southern Pacific at Rosenberg,
died last Monday. He was an old |
employe of the road, and leaves a |
wife and family.
Lee w. Earnest, "cow coroner
Of the San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass, was in town last Monday,
meeting old friends.
The San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass will run a special excursion
to Houston tomorrow.
Edward Fisher, timer in the
Southern Pacific shops at Houston,
is in the Santa Rosa hospital for
treatment for a broken leg and arm,
and also for burns, sustained while
at work. His wife is here with
him.
Although the cotton shipping
season is drawing to a close, Mon.
days receipts at Houston were d.
SOB.
Thomas Ewing, a brakeman on
the Southern Pacific, fell from the
top of a car on moving train near
Houston last Monday and was Sc
riously hurt. The extent of his in
Juries are not known.
The following young mon from
the general offices of the Houston
and Texas Central at Houston,
have been accepted and will Join
the benedicts in the near future,
one or two having already an
nounced the joyful day: w. C.
Mcclellan, f. j. Henninger, J. B.
Lubbock, Jr., of the general
freight office, and G. w. Moore of
the auditors office.
From Santiago, Mexico, comes
the following: "a stir has been
created In railway circles in this
by the mysterious disap-
pearance Of G. w. Hustled, the chief
train dispatcher OF the Mexican
National railroad of this place. He
left his desk several days ago and
nothing has been heard from him
since. 1t is thought he. has met
with foul play"
Miss Ellen Beach Yaw and com.
pany came in over the Information
al and Great Northern from Waco
this morning.
w. V. Galbraith, superintendent
OF stockyards Of the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas, headquarters at Sc.
dalia, Mo-, came in from Demson
this morning.
Mr.. j. B. Brooks, travelling
freight and passenger agent Of the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass.