San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-15
IN RAILWAY ofR(LEs.
Items Picked Up at the D.pots,
Offices and Along the Lines.

Items ticked UP at tne O'poIs,
Offices and Along the Lines.
Colonel Pete Valley, the veteran
ticket puncher on the Southern Pa
cific, has resumed his ru4 after a
The family OF Resident Engineer
+. B. Cushing, OF the Southern Pa.
cific, Is visiting in Comfort.
Harry Van Cleave, fireman on
the Southern Pacific, left for Co.
lumbus last night, whittier he has
been summoned as witness in a
damage suit, in killing a race
horse.
A party of Denver tourists ar
rived over the International in a
private car this morning en- route
to Mexico via the Southern Pacific.
Engineer AL. Horner and Fire.
man AL. DevIne of the Texas and
Pacific were crushed to death in a
wreck near Fort Worth yesterday
evening. Both live at Marshall
and leave families.
Rev. j. d. Walker, father of Dis.
patcher j. A. Walker, of the South.
ern Pacific, died last night at his
residence on West Commerce street,
and will be buried this afternoon
at o'clock from the Prospect Hill
Baptist church.
"A. J. Weatherly, for several
years night Waterman at the Sun
set freight house, was attacked by
stroke of apoplexy early yester-
day morning and was found at his
post of duty in an unconscious
condition. He was taken to his
residence at No. 200 Sharer street,
where he died shortly after noon.
He leaves a wife and child. The
funeral takes place this afternoon
from the Crosby Street Methodist
church at 8 o'clock.
Assistant Superintendent f. F.
Gregory, Of the Arkansas Pass, head.
quarters at Yoakum, is in the city.
City Passenger and Ticket Agent
Rigsby, Of the International, re-
turned this morning from Camp
Verde, where he spent Sunday
with his mother and sister.
DR.. G. E. Keller, surgeon Of the
Southern Pacific at Marion, is in
the city accompanied by his daugh.
ter.
Mr.. George F. Lupton, of the
Arkansas Pass passenger depart
ment, said to reporter for the
LIGHT this morning: "The Aran-
sas Pass has had excursion tickets
on sale to San Antonio every Sat-
urdsy for nearly two years. These
rates were put on in order to en-
courage Saturday travel"
Chief Engineer Schirale, of the
Asansas Pass railroad, left for
Mackeysville this morning to lay
out a branch track from the main
line to the proposed site Of sewer
pipe factory, which will be about a
mile long.
a grand union deepwater cele-
bration will take place at Corpus
Christi and Rockport beginning
August 5 and continuing for five
days. There will be yacht racing
every day and 600 in prizes will be
offered. The Arkansas Pass will sell
excursion tickets August 3 and A,
limited to the 10th.
Superintendent OF Roadway
and Bridges William Berry, Of the
Arkansas Pass, left for Houston to-
day, to look after the work on the
extension of the line from the ter
minus to Buffalo Bayou, to connect
with the new cotton compress Of
Slayden & Robards. General Man.
ager Monserrate will leave for
Houston tomorrow, to see how the
work Is progressing.
The city detectives have recov-
cred a stolen valise from a vacant
lot on North Laredo street, which
evidently belongs to railroad man
named B. j. Langston, formerly
with the Gulf, Beaumont and Kan
| sas City railway.