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A GREAT RUN.
A Special Saturday Makes Sixty-Three
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Mics 1ef HOUR vi ille COGGdIllUS.
There was a run made over the Cor
ralitoS road Saturday that was marked
incident in the history Of local rail-
reading, and is well worthy of special
mention.
The railroad people wished to show
the governor how we'll they were doing
things along the line, and so ran a
special out for him to see from actual
observation. The party Included tiftee n
invited guests, in which were Governor
Ahumada, Collector Bauche, Mayor
Arriola, Commercial Agent Comfol
of the Mexican Central. Auditor E. w.
Place of the Corralitos road and Train
Master w. A. Place. Engine No. ?,
pulled The train with Robert Steward
at the throttle and Conductor M. S.
Sellers in charge.
The special pulled out of Juarez at
II % a. M, and arrived at siding No.
at 1l:0l q. M, making the run of 4
little over twenty miles in little less
than twenty siX minutes. When it is
then taken into consideration that the
engine is equipped with old fashioned
lubricators necessitating the shutting
Off of steam in order to oil the valves.
that the speed had to be reduced around
six curves which have not yet been
braced, as we'll as through the gravel
pit where large force of men were at
work, also while passing siding No. l,
and that the run was made over new
road, fifteen miles of which was up a
one to one and one half per cent grade,
it will be seen that it was really an
extraordinary performance. The speed
ran up to sixty-three miles an hour
after getting up onto the mesa. The
governor and party were very much
pleased with their afternoon's exper
fence, and could readily see that the
Corralitos people not only knew how
to build road, but how to operate one.
Manager Ramsey has a fine force of
men working under him, and Colonel
Sellers knows how to handle a train in
good shape.
While New York city is a tremen-
dOus commercial port, she lost lots of
trade last year in the way of exports.
The Philadelphia Press analyses it,
and says that while in 1895 New York
sent out 30 per cent of the breadstuffs
exported: last year though the volume
of those exports was greatly increased,
New York sent out only % per cent.
OF provisions in 1895, New York sent
out 81 per cent, and in 1896 only II per
cent. The exports Of cotton rose last
year $50, 301 900 over those of the pre-
ceeding year, or Al per cent. the eX-
ports of cotton from New York remain
ed almost unchanged. Galveston about
doubled in cotton exports last year.
The increased trade of Baltimore, New
Orleans, Mobile and Galveston has been
very great, while New York has fallen
of seriously.
A shameful record, says the Rail
road Age, is that. presented in congress
by Representative Hubbard of Missouri,
in support of his bill to provide the
death penalty for the crime of train
robbery. 1t shows that in the past six
years there have been 1873 stOppages Of
trains for criminal purposes, as re-
suit Of which seventy-three persons
were killed and fifty-eight wounded Nv
shots. In 1896 alone, there were re.
ported twenty-three :hold-ups." in
which thlrtyy-cJwo passengers and train
men were killed aud many injured. No
in the world, except the Unit
ed States, has permitted this infamous
crime to flourish. No measures too
severe can possibly be adopted for its
suppression.
With the first of the year, plan for
the issuance of clergy permits was put
into effect on the railroads of the cOun-
try. Heretofore, a clergyman, or other
individual entitled to the special rate,
made application to each road for a
permit, but under the new rule, the
Individual lines surrender all power
over these tickets. Clergymen will
make application to the clergy bureau.
which will be established by the central
passenger committee, and the officers
will examine into the credentials and
other data, and if they are convinced
Of the right of the applicant to a re-
1uo ed rate, certificate is granted.
The new time card on the Texas &
Pacific, which became effective yes ter |
lay, makes it necessary also, for a
change of time on the Pecos Valley
line. The time from Pecos north to
Roswell will remain as it is, but the !
train will leave Roswell going south at
l2:45. instead of 2:45 as now. The train |
On the Texas & Pacific, from Ell Paso |
10 Dallas. passes Pecos two and d half |
hours earlier than on the old schedule, |
and the wait at Roswell must be short |
sned to allow the valley line to make |
People coming down from Silver
City bound for Ell Paso will be glad to
earn that the Southern Pacific has a |
fast freight leaving here almost every
evening for Ell Paso at $40 local time. !
Very frequently there are extra
freights going down during the after
noon for which permits can be obtained
from the agent.of the S. P.CO.-Deming
Headlight.
1t is probable that in a short time
all railway cars will be lighted by
electricity generated by means of !
power furnished by the revolution of
the car axes. The first railroad in the
vest to test this system of car lighting
IS the Santa Ee.