San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-21
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
Items Picked Up at the Depots, Of
fees and Along the Lines.

MO and Gulf Shore depot are not
marked with much activity at
present. Trains are running daily,
however, and men are still at work
on the bridges. Two additional
sidetracks were constructed this
week near LAYER mia.
A consi derable lot OF wood has
been hauled to San Antonio from
Lavernia, over the road, since last
Monday. Three carloads came in
yesterday, and two each Of the pre-
ceding days OF the present week.
This wood is being sold by the
cord at 1915 a cord. A resident at
West Effd had fifteen cords de-
livered to his place yesterday.
A RATE WAR AVERTED.
Mr.. George LuptOn, Of the San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass passen-
ger department., attended a meet
ing of the passenger men at Fort
Worth yesterday, which was called
for the purpose Of settling differ
ences in passenger rates from
Texas to Chicago, st. Louis and
Louisville, existing between differ
ent Texas lines. The Katy had an
nounced second-class rate of
$2l.50 from Houston to st. Louis
and the Texas and Pacific, to pro-
tect it's own interests, then an
nounced rate of $lS over its line
to the same point. The Rock
Island, the Santa Fee, the In
ternational and Great North
ern and the Cotton Belt
finally threatened to make a
reduction of $3.50 in it's Chicago
rate. This would only result in
rate war, and while it would not
benefit any line it would prove dis
astrous to all the lines. Eleven
lines were represented at the meet
ing and it was agreed to withdraw
all secOnd-claSS rates to any point
outside the state, so that hereafter
there will be nothing but first
class tickets sold by any railroad
to any point, including Chicago,
st. Louis and Louisville.
BETWEEN STATIONS.
Thomas Barnes, brakeman on the
International and Great Northern,
and Miss Annie Rieden were mar
ried last night.
H. c. Sheik, operator on the
International and Great Northern
at Laredo, died last Tuesday after
a brief spell OF illness. Operator l..
l.. Albertson has been appointed
to take his place.
Conductor Joe Morris, Of the
Southern Pacific, is back at work
after spell Of illness.
The Pullman Palace Car COM
pany will put on extra cars be-
tween San Antonio and New Or
leans during the Mardi Gras fes-
tivities. Ticket Agent Mcmillan,
Of the Southern Pacific, already re-
ports large demand for berths,
and says he is prepared tosaccom-
odate everybody.
The recently burned switch
shanty Of the S. A. & A. p. railway,
at the West Commerce street eros
sing has been replaced by new
and much better one.
Roadmaster Thomas, OF the |. &
n. railway, who took such an active
interest in the recent unsuccessful
Callaghan political campaign in
this city, returned from Laredo
yesterday, where he has been since
the election OF Mayor Elmeu-
dorf. He says he found the
news had preceded him; also re-
ports that he had lost heavily on
the result in fact had lost $4,000
cash, some valuable real estate,
and also heard, incidentally, that
he had left the country. His pres
ence and liberality, Of course, was
sufficient refutation OF these cal
umnies.
The /. and G. n. railway has
placed a very pretty and unique
signal house on post at its West
Commerce street crossing, in read
mess for placing Of automatic gates
at this crossing. The house is
perched on strong pole, about Ia
feet of the ground, and is equipped
with a wheel-Iike device for throw
ing the gates, much as a
steamship has helm wheel
1t is presumed the signal man as
cends by ladder to his roost and
the ladder is then taken away, in.
surfing him from unpermitted des-
cent, except in cases Of cyclone.
NEW ORDER.
General Weiss has issued an or
der, presumably through his as
= sistant, forbidding passenger
/ from standing on the real
platform of cars. An or