San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-26
RAILROAD NOTES.


on a new time card to go into effect
April l6.
The Sunset pay car is expected
here Saturday.
G. w. Billups, brakeman on the
Southern Pacific, left yesterday on
a two-months' visit to Piedras
Negras.
Messrs. G. l.. Filler and M.
Sprague, of the International, are
in the city.
Private car cider" with Mr.. Ca
deza and party on board, arrived
over the Southern Pacific yester-
day.
Colonel w. H. Gleason, CONNER
cial agent Of the Santa Fe, came in
from the east last night.
Mr.. R. S. Fife, the hustling COM
mercial agent of the Katy, re-
turned last night from success
full business trip to Cuero and 9TH
er points.
Roadmaster A. p. Blue, of the
Southern Pacific, came in from
Glidden yesterday and reported a
white frost at Borden and Gid
den.
The Southern Pacific will move
2,400 head of cattle through here
from Uvalde this week.
An attempt was made Tuesday
night to burglarize a house at No.
1717 Pine street, occupied by Brake
men Bullock and Marley, OF the
Southern Pacific.
A little daughter of Fireman
Sam, of the Southern Pacific, Sc
verely burned her mouth with lye
at her home on blackberry street
yesterday.
Ed. and Alfred Gallant, Of Chi
cago, cousins Of Manager w. G.
Van Week, of the Southern Pacific,
who have been here several
months, will leave for Michigan
Sunday.
Operator Frank Bednark, of the |
Southern Pacific, returned to Spot |
ford yesterday after spending sew
eral days in the city.
The Arkansas Pass announces re-
duced rates for the A. NJ. +. church |
conference at Wilmington, n. c.,
May 4 to June l; South Texas
Trustees association, La Grange,
May 2; Southern Baptist conven.
ton, Chattanooga, May to 10;
meeting Of Daughters OF Republic |
of Texas, Galveston, April 81 and
90.
All railroads entering San An
tonic have agreed to put on max
imum rate of S. from all points in
the state, on account of the meet
ing of the Grand Commandery,
Knights Templar, here in April,
tickets to be placed on sale April |
20, and good to return for five
days.
A party of officials of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas railroad
will arrive in San Antonio tomor-
row morning, over the Tnterna-
tional, from San Marcos. In the |
party are President Rouse, Vice |
President Purdy, General Man
ager Allen, General Superintendent |
Maxwell, Division Superintendent |
Mcdowell, and several members of |
the advisory boad. A LIGHT re-
porter learned last night that the |
visit is for the purpose Of taking |
action toward extending the road
to San Antonio, which is signifi- |
can't of the fact that the general |
adviser OF the road is with the |
party. 1t is also rumored that the
Katy will absorb the Gulf Shore
property and come in over that |
line.
Jerry Winthrop and j. Glen
wood, engineers on the Texas and
Pacific, are in the city.
Jack Cantolen, a lineman of the
Southern Pacific, is in the city.
Q. A. Tolkey, a section foreman
on the International, is in the city
for medical treatment.
T. l.. Kean, an engineer on the
Wabash, lis in the city from Chica-
go, and is a guest of Mr.. Mark
Dargin, at his home on Monterey
street.
A. L. Wright, a brakeman on
the Southern Pacific in California,
is in the city visiting friends.
Harry Dowd, brakeman on the
Santa Fee, is in the city.
M. r. O'Fallen, a conductor on
the Monterey and Gulf, is in the
city attending court.
Robert Sadler, formerly secre-
tary of the Gulf Shore, and at pres
emit a conductor on the Mexican