San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-01
AMONG THE RAILWAYS.
The Southern Pacific New Bridge
at Beaumont-Other News.

The Southern Pacific New Bridge
at Beaumont Other News.
The Southern Pacific bridge across the
Neches river at Beaumont is completed.
This bridge is unique in that the power
for turning it is furnished by motor sup
piled from the mains of the Beaumont
waterworks. 1t is the only bridge of its
of General Manager Kruttschnitt. 1t
performs its functions with such ease,
that the span, which is $50 feet long. is
smoothly turned in from one and half
TO TWO minutes. The construction of the
bridge was conducted under the super
| vision of ID. X. COlburn, assisted by
about twenty-five skilled steel workers
of the road The stone used In the con-
| struction of the supports is white lime
formation procured from the Southern
Pacific quarries at Pinto creek in Kinney
| county.
A NEW DIVISION.
The Southern Pacific will soon have
| another division, which will be known as
| the Midland division. and will run from
| Midland Junction due north to the new
city of Eunice. The new line is twenty
| four miles long and about sixteen miles of
| the road is completed and surfaced.
Eunce is located in southwest Louisiana,
| 300 miles west of New Orleans, and which
| two weeks ago was rolling prairie, is
| now dotted with houses. The railway
depot and warehouses are already COM
pleted and work in completing the road
is being pushed rapidly.
HIS DEAREST FRIEND SAFE.
William Rowen, telegraph operator
in ha Sa Nro
for Uvalde last night, as he intended, be-
ing unable to get away. He was very
| uneasy yesterday, as he is also today, as
he has an aged mother residing at
Uvalde, and has been informed that she
narrowly escaped drowning in the raging
waters. Later advices, however, state
that Mrs. Rowen is now well taken care
of and out of all danger, which will be
good news to Mr.. Rowen's many friends.
BETWEEN STATIONS.
This is pay day on the San Antonio and
Gulf Shore road and Paymaster Fry Is
paying out about $4,000 In silver for
work done on the road the past month.
The Southern Pacific pay car arrived
| in town from the east last night. 1t will
not 60 west until the track is repaired.
General Manager Monserrate, of the s.
A. & A. p, returned from RocKpOrt. ac-
companied by his family, this afternoon.
L. w. Earnest, livestock agent of the 5.
! A. & A. p. is in town.
Travelling Passenger Agent EsA. Hirsh-
! field. of the Fort Worth and Denver, left
for Fort Worth last night.
Fred Daggett. of the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass freight department, will
leave for Fort Worth tomOrro on
weeks visit TO friends.
Frank Smith, of the Sap freight de-
partment, is expected from New Orleans
tomorrow. where lie has been visiting the
past week.
General Freight and Passenger Agent
J. f. Gabraith. of the |. & G. N, ar
rived in the city from Palestine last
night.
P. OFT. route agent on the Wells,
Fargo Express company, left for Rock
port this afternoon to take In the re-
gatta.
Baggage Agent Ira Turner, of the Sap,
and j. G. Coward, StenOgrapher for Mr..
Martin leave for Arkansas Pass today to
fish for tarpOn.
The 5. A. & A. p. rain report this morn
ing states that a heavy rain, lasting two
hours, fell at Lexington last night and
that light rain fell at Rockdale all
night
H.H. Wallace, agent for the Houston,
and Texas Central at Calvert, has been
missing since August 22nd, and has not
been heard of since.
What is pronounced as perfect patent
| car coupler was tested in the yards of the
Houston and Texas Central at Austin
| last Wednesday afternoon. The inven-
tors are j. A Roosevelt and Thomas H.
Wheless, of Austin, and the coupler is of
| the Master Car Builders type.
Since the widening of the gauge Of the
| Houston, East and West Texas the Queen
| and Crescent has been endeavoring 10 eff
| feet deal by which they could induce
that road to run a through sleeper from
| Houston over tie Houston, East and
| West Texas TO Shreveport, and thence
! natl and possibly through to New York.