San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-27
RAILROAD NOTES.


The Sunset pay car will he here
Monday.
The next road to adopt the gate Sys-
TEN is said To be the International.
William Thornhill, formerly agent
of the Arkansas Pass at Cameron, Is in
the city. spending n few days with
friends.
Leon Bednark, who has been in the
city visiting his brother, Frank Bed
mark, left for FL Paso yesterday to
accept a position as operator on the
Southern Pacific.
4 Gates excursion passed through
over the Southern Pacific this morn
ing from Mexico, returning east and
will stop Mt New Orleans during Mar
di Gras.
III. G. Clark, general superintendent
of the Missouri Pacific, headquarters
at St. Louis, passed through over the
Southern Pacific this morning in his
private car, accompanied by his fam
lily on their way east from a trip TO
Mexico.
Arthur Gordon. formerly well
known switchman on the Southern
Pacific in this city, has returned from
tour of the east and resumed work
again in the local yards for the same
company.
Richard Ringgold, formerly a ma
chinist in the Southern Pacific shops,
has left for Cuba, where he will en-
gage in railroading.
John Pagan, a popular brakeman
on the Southern Pacific, who has been
suffering with a severe case of rheum-
atism and who has been spending sew
.eral weeks at Topo Chico Springs,
Mexico, returned yesterday much i'm
proved In health.
]. T. Maloney, Switchman in the
Southern Pacific yard, has resigned.
Charles Harding, formerly engineer
on the Arkansas Pass and later an en-
Gineer at the Saspamco sewer pipe
company, near Elmendorf, has re
signed his position and moved back to
San Antonio.
James Anderson, a conductor on the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas, is in the
city on few days visit
The visiting railroad men who have
been wintering in San Antonio, are
packing their grips and will soon take
flight to the north and east.
very much pleased at the passage Of
the biacklisting bill by the Legisla-
ture, but say they would be much more
so il the penalty was three times as
much as 1t will be.
4. r. Dodson, of Chicago, represent
ing the Railroad Employers Life and
Accident Policy company, of New
York, was in the city yesterday bust
ling up business.
G.. G.. Roland, formerly a San AntO-
Mo railroader, better known as ''Tril-
by" Is in the city and is the guest of
lake Baglin, at his home on Mesquite
street.
"Blondy" Hougb, a well known rail-
roader of this city, is now in the City
Of Mexico, employed as brakeman on
the Mexican Central.
Jack Kinney, conductor on the
Mexican National, is in the city for
medical treatment.
George Reed, n passenger conductor
on the International, has patented a
new reversible headlight to be used
on locomotives. Mr. Reed claims that
his invention will throw light on any
object on any kind of curve and that
he will soon equip one of the Inter
thSlhtS Win u IOl Al NCsl.
Harry Walters, formerly an engin-
Ger on the Gulf Shore, has accepted |
position with the Saspamco sewer |
pipe company, as chief engineer.
w. II. Weeks, of the Cotton Belt, !
whose title is now general livestock |
agent" is in the city.
George A. Hill, of Austin, the well |
known excursion man, is in the city |
to get up another excursion to Mexico. |
f, o. Becker, general freight and |
passenger agent of the Galveston, |
Houston and Henderson. is in the city |
from Galveston.
]. T. McCarty, who is 10 relieve Bob |
Fife as commercial agent of the Katy |
in this city, arrived this morning from |
Denison. while Mr.. Fife goes 10 Den
iSOn.