San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-02
News Of me Railroads.

superintendent Thomas Hume, of the
International, was our on an inspec-
ton trip oven the o yesterday.
H. c. Fairy, a railroad man of Fair
Oaks, Ark, is in the city and is at the
Arcade. He is on his way to Mexico.
Fireman w. II. Woods, of the Inter
national, has been called to Palestine
to help out in the rush of wheat to
Galveston.
The Al. G.. Field MINISTRIES left over
the Arkansas Pass today in their pri-
vate cars, Dixie" and "Erlander" for
Victoria.
Assistant General Superintendent
George l.. Noble n General Freight
Agent G.. H. Turner, of the I~nterna-
tional, were in the city yesterday.
A letter from James N. Murray,
a popular fireman on the Internation-
al at Palestine, states he has gone into
the life and accident insurance bust
ness.
r. B. Webb, travelling freight agent
of the Iron Mountain, returned this
| afternoon from a two weeks trip to
North and West Texas. He reports
business picking up.
Conductor w. H. Turner, of the In
ternational, has gone to Horton, Kan
sas, to accompany his wife on her re-
turn home after an extensive visit to
friends in California and Kansas.
James NJ. Steere, manager of the San
Antonio Freight Bureau, is in Austin
today to present a petition of local
merchants to the railroad commission
in the interest of the Alamo City.
Conductor John w. Haley, of the In
ternational, who was shot in the Nc
Neil train robbery, is moving about,
but is still carrying his right hand in
a sling, and will not be able to resume
his run for some time.
The Gulf Shore is beginning to bring
in cotton from Stockdale again. Mr..
Thomas, the superintendent, says there
is a lot of it down there if h owners
decide to sell it, but at present it
is being held for better prices.
At a meeting of the San Antonio
Bureau yesterday the ques-
ton of making San Antonio a centre
for Wool traffic was interestingly dis
The Bureau will meet on the
second Wednesday of each month at
4 o'clock in the afternoon.
International passenger engine No.
"a, which was recently crippled at Co
tulla, was sent to the shops at PaleS-
tine today to be entirely overhauled
and will also have a new boiler. In
the meantime Engineer John DECKER
will take another engine.
Col. T. M. Barrett entered upon his
1uties yesterday as chief clerk in the
Arkansas Pass depot freight office. Mr.. |
.arrett's knowledge of the freight bus |
ness is ineXhaustive and as he has
he rates OF all points between here
and st. Louis at his fingers ends, it
Will be seen that the Sap has captured
prize in him.
Commercial Agent C. Fahey, of the
Southern Pacific, is in receipt of the
following telegram from General
Agent H. A. Jones: You may
nov receive freight for all points via
Orleans, except Mobile and Mont
somery, Ala, and points located in
and Mississippi. This does
not include seaboard n Morgan line
business. W
The Arkansas Pass great
y reduced rates to San Antonio from
Ill points on account of the State Bap-
lists convention and ministers confer
ence, November 3 to II, and also ex-
,ursion rates from San Antonio to the
coast on November IL. A rate of one
fare for the round trip is announced
'or the meeting of the Grand Chapter
If Eastern Star in San Antonio, Nov
,mber 9 to u.