El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19

| Three new crews have been put on
between Las Vegas and Ration.
The Mexican Central has invited
bids for the erection of a hospital at
Tampico.
It is proposed to make the silver an
| niversary of the Santa Fe road a special
feature of the fall festival at Topeka,
| Kansas.
]. w. Barrett passed successful
examination for promotion to a con-
| ductorship, and on Saturday took his
| FIRST train out of Ration.
The gross earnings of the railroads
| of the United States on the first day of
| 1896 We're S4S2 600, 000, all Increase of
$4,000, OOO Of the same day one year
earlier.
The official records of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company show that
| during 1896 it carried over 160, 900
| bicycles in that state, the revenue
from which was something over $40,-
| 600.
| 1t is limited that the Atchison com
| pany cOntemplateS using the water
| power OF the Cataract canyon, from
| the Arizona side, to create electrical
| power with which to operate the rail
road through Arizona.
| One of the most wonderful of recent
| inveatiOns is a roller bearing for car
wheels which does away with the use
of III orican's. There will be no more
| not boxes. One wheel has had test
of 40, 600 miles in the west without
the application of drop Of oil.
y railway employee at Vienna re-
| Gently committed suicide. When his
| pockets were searched a letter was
found in which he left all mis- property,
| namely the rope with which he hal
| hanged himself, to his wife, from whom
he had been divorced ten years.
The car capacities of the Santa Fe
sstock yards on the New Mexico divi-
sion are as follows: Chapel!e, 60; Dor
sey. 1l5: Hoehne, IS: Las Vegas, IL:
Lamy, Is: Maxwell City, .: Ration, Ill:
Santa Fe, +; Springer, SO: Timpas, %;
| Trinidad, 34l; Wagon Mound, B; Wat
rous, p.
| 1t is expected that new time card
will go into effect on the Santa Fe. on
| Thursday, May 9th, [ t is reported
| that a material change will be made
IN the train service at that time, the
| flyer" going off the road and two new
daily trains added, thus giving much
better service to the travelling public.
The car capacities OF the different
! clOCh y dIuS vi III Mo OfdEuS ulNiSlOn
| of the Santa t'e are as follows: Aibu-
quer bue, 467; Deming, 10: Ell Paso,
100; Ell Paso quarantine yards, s.:
| Eng.e, 90: Hatch, +: Las Cruces, s;
| Magdalena, 100; OsceOa, p: San
Marcial. IA; Silver City, 81; Socorro,
President Ripley, Of the Santa Fe
railway, has issued circular forbid
ding employees to engage in other bust
ness occupying part of their time with
out his sanction. Employees in the
purchasing or equipment departments
| are also prohibited from having any
private interests which may give sus-
| piCiOn that the neutrality of the treat
ment of patrons of the road is not OBJ
served.
The New Mexico council has passed
law requil ing every sleeping car
passing through the territory to carry
safes for the protection of the passen-
gers valuables. and Mr.. Pullman re-
spends by threatening to lock the doors
of all his cars when they are passing
through the territory. Between the
two powers, the passengers ought to be
well protected from all robbers, except
the pOrter.-Charleston News.
Tae Mexican Northern raiIro1 run
ming betwe IN EscalDn ard Sierra Moia-
da. is lie ported to be in very thriving
condition Although il runs for a dis.
tarce of 12j kilOnetars through an
arid and barren country. which does
not cOntsin single village, yet the
output OF the mines of Sierra NOjada IS
such that the traffic is very heavy. I
The road did nos cost more than ST.
UO0.O0O 10 construct, yet the early iu- /
come is sOme'hi9g ike $50, 600 or 80
per cent, on the capital employed 1t