San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-04
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
Items Picked Up at the Depots, OF
fees and Along the Lines.

Items Picked Up at the Depots, Of
fees and Along the Lines.
} Freight traffic is reported very
heavy on the Southern Pacific and
the crews are all kept constantly
on the jump.
j. M. Murphy, agent for the
Southern Pacific at Gonzales, is
laying off and his duties are being
attended to by Relief Agent j. f.
Shuptrine.
| c. Noessels has been appointed
station agent for the San Antonio
and Arkansas Pass at Runge to sue
coed j. f. Cabaniss, who has re-
signed, and will start farm near
Cane Island, on the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas.
Thus far this season 1867 bales
OF cotton were shipped out Of
Runge.
The Fast Mail company came in
over the International and Great
Northern from Austin yesterday
and left over the Southern Pacific
for Houston this morning.
The Georgia Minstrels arrived in
San Antonio over the Southern Pa
cific from Houston yesterday and
left for Laredo via the Internation-
al and Great Northern this morn
ing. They will return tomorrow
morning over the same road.
w. Littlefield, agent for the
Southern Pacific at Columbus, and
brother Of Commercial Agent Lit
tlefield, Of the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass at st. Louis, is off on
a vacation.
Two Raymond-Whitcomb excur-
sions will arrive over the Southern
Pacific next Thursday from the
east. One is found for California
and the other for Mexico.
Frank Woods, formerly conduc.
tor on the Southern Pacific, but
now on the Katy at Dallas, is in
the city, visiting old friends.
Southern Pacific passenger train
No. 20, was three hours late from
the east Yesterday. The cause Of
the delay was an engine Of freight
train beng derailed at Stella, a sta
ton west of Houston.
G. A. Quinlan, general manager
OF the Houston and Texas Central,
passed through over the Southern
| Pacific in his private car yesterday
from Mexico en- route to head
quarters at Houston.
The first installment Of the Ellis
colored colony for Mexico, arrived
over the Southern Pacific this af-
| ternoOn from the east. The train
consists of six coaches containing
about 300 colOred people. Most of
them come from Alabama.
The Sunset limited arrived in
San Antonio from the west two
hours late early yesterday morn
ing. The delay was caused on the
Ell PasO division. The train made
unusually fast time between San
dersOn and Houston. The run
from San Antonio to Houston, a
distance OF 2lO miles, was made in
four hours and forty five minutes.
The train consisted Of five heavy
vestibule cars and was full of pas
sengers.
A nice rain fell between New
Braunfels and San Marcos Friday
last week.
"Ferny" Griffin, operator on the
Southern Pacic at Luling, who was
recently married to popular
young lady OF San Marcos, has re-
sumed duties at his desk. They
spent part of their honeymoon in
San Antonio.
The Tavary Opera company left
over the Southern Pacific for Hous-
ton yesterday, and an extra coach
and baggage car was required to
transport them.
f. r. Mcbride, brakeman on the
Southern Pacific, had his left hand
mashed while making a coupling
at Flatonia last Saturday. He was
brought to San Antonio and DR..
Graves had to amputate the first !
two fingers. He is now in the hos |
pital. His wife is at pres sent at
Lafayette, La.
The San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass passenger department an
nounces rate Of one fare for the
round trip to San Antonio from
all points in Texas on account of
the convention OF the Texas State
Cattlemen's association, which
meets here on February II to II.
j. Martin, general freight and
passenger agent of the San Anto-
MO and Arkansas Pass, has returned |