San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-06
IN RAILWAY ORIOLES.
Mr., Wilson, of the Gulf Shore, Will Ar.
rive Tomorrow-0ther News.

Mr., Wilson, of the Gulf Shore, Will Ar.
rive Tomorrow-0ther News.
Mr.. N. T. Wilson, the newly APP
pointed general freight aud pas
penger agent Of the Gulf Shore, will
arrive in the city from Houston to-
morrow morning to assume duties.
Immediately upon his arrival he
will take trip over the road.
Mr.. Wilson, although comparative
ly unknown as an official, has some
experience in the railroad business,
having been employed at different
times by the Santa Fe, the Katy
and the Houston, East & West
Texas roads.
The Houston Post, under the
head OF ga Good appointment"
gave him the following send.off
Friday: "Mr. n. T. Wilson,
who Is recognized as one of the
best posted freight men ir the
state, and who in the past ten
years has held important positions
in the traffic departments of the
leading railroads of the state, has
been appointed general freight and
passenger agent OF the San Anto-
MO and Gulf Shore railway. For
more than year past Mr.. Wilson
has been citizen Of Houston, be-
ing connected with one of the
railroads centering here, and he
has a number OF friends here who
will hasten to congratulate him
over his deserved good fortune.
He returned from San Antonio
yesterday, whittier he had been in
vited by the officials of the road
for conference, and will leave for
San Antonio tomorrow night to
assume the duties of his new posi-
ton, the appointment becoming
effective on Monday, September T."
ENGINE PUFFs.
The Southern Pacific inspection
party is expected in San Antonio
about Wednesday.
Major Hank Small, of the South
ern Pacific building and bridge
department, left for Rockport yes
terday, accompanied by his wife.
S. Billow, private secretary to
General Monserrate, of the Arans-
as Pass leaves for Fort Worth to-
day to attend the Republican state
convention.
J. G. Sutton, state secretary OF
the five allied. orders of railroad
men, arrived in the city yesterday
to attend the convention. Repre-
sentatives from Texarkana, Paris
and Big Springs have also arrived.
John Nelson, Billy Cole, Memo
Rodliff and Louis Haby, jolly
quartette of Sunset boys, left for
the Medina yesterday afternoon in
a well equipped camping outfit on
fishing trip.
Mike Mulligan is again in charge
of the Sunset yards, since his re-
turn from Rockport, and Matt
Ryan, who has relieved him, left
for Galveston last night on a vaca.
ton. Before leaving Matt made
round OF the jewelry stores and
said he is not coming back all by
himself.
The passengers OF the Arkansas
Pass train, going to Kerrville, were
amused yesterday. afternoon at a
burro running along the track
ahead of the train for about fifty
yards. The engineer pulled the
whistle, but the burro would not
clear the track. He finally fell
near the trestle bridge, near San
Fernando street, and looked around
as II to see how long before the
train would hit him. The engi-
neer stopped the train in time to
save the burrow, and he was lifted
from the track to allow the train
to proceed.
Roadmaster A. P. Blue, of the
Southern Pacific, came in last
night from Marion, where the con-
vict gang is at WORK bsllasting tbs
roadbed.