El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-16

persons. Over the doorway at each en-
! of the car is carved in relief the insie
MIA of the republic.
Next to the dining room is full
! Pullman sleeping section upholstered
in les Their ana finished in antique oak
/ Beyond this is the kitchen, with tn,
most elaborate fittings ana conviences.
| The for ~a~d end of the car is occupied
| by toilet room, wardrobe aud baggage
| locker. These are finished in quar-
ter-sawed oak. The carpets in the
finer a oartment5 are Royal Wilton, ano
the silk curtairs AMI draperies were
manufactured especially for these car:
in Austria.
The cars are furnished with the Pull
man water system, in which the power
for propulsion is supplied by compre ssed
air. The pipes carry the water und err
meath the cars to the bath room and
lavatories. A new feature is introduce
ed for the first time in those cars by
dispensing with the locker ordinarily
found beneath washstands. Ia some
of the compartments additional space
is saved by the use of folding wash
stands, which when closed disappear
within the wal s. The cars are heated
by fireproof heaters.
The Superintendent of the Pullman
company S shops pronounced these cars
the finest be eve" sent out, and cer:ain-
~ the views OF them given in Modero
Mexic" W IL Justify this opinion.
Coli ell Ramon Dry barrola, the well
known M .x'can civil engineer, and
c'ose fir en1 of President Diaz, is in
charge of the train. having gone to
Chicago by the special request of Pres
ident Diaz to bring the train to the
City of Mexico. The oars were the
obje, of much admiration borh in this
city and Juarez ere continuing south.
A SIG, OOO, 900 mortgage was fled in
the recorders Office at Prescott. 1t
WAS from the Santa Fe Pacific Rail
road com any to the Union Trust COM
pa ~, New York.
The shipments of New Mexico live
stock for the year 1897 will go over
800, 900 he ad of cattle. Most CT this
t attic was carried by the Santa Fe
the M ain artery of the ter
I tory.
Mr.. Martin, the new passenger traf-
fic manager of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad. has de clared to his men that
the Sundays belong to them ana their
ard he Is arranging the
schedules of the road so tina. they will
LOU nave " WOTh I'll Udo
John A. Ross, travelling engineer,
was at San Marcial for the last two
days ass sting in the examination OF
candidates for Locomotive engineers. |
Out of ten examined four only passed. |
In the last few weeks twenty-five e |
have been examit ed o. the Rio Grsn1e |
and New MeHico division, and only |
ten ps ssed.-Ciiizep:
n
sny has fled With the California rail |
: ad com mi -sioners it's a1nu rep )r. |
If the Southern Pacific and of the Cen
,rai Pacific for the year ending JuUe |
30, 1897. It APPEARS by the report of |
he Southern Pacific, which, as lessee,
n ,luded the Central Pacific. that the
gross earnings of The operating d part
nent were S1,OOO,O0O lees than the
year before: about 100000 less for
passengers and baggage and about
800, 900 for freight. 10 the pre- cediug
III VIII lie this y ar they were only
,35, PA ,335,
A supper at the Windsor was given
Master Mechanic Geo f. Miller, Tues
lay night, by the railway employees
q honor of bis departure for Ell Paso.
? hither be @ es to accept a similar
ituation with the Santa F'e. Mr.. Mil
er is the Ol6es employee of the rail
way here, coming in on the first train
md having charge of the ec1ine
hops aud motive power department of
he railway since 1889. He came here
rom the T. & p, for which road he
lad worked since it was built in 1879,
It Big Springs end Marshall. Mr.. Mil
err is an len ed AID able machin-
st and has conducted the work in his
department. with economy aud ability
eidom seen in railway matters.
Current.
The Southern Pacific ought to make
rrapgem ents to advertise the Sunset
Limited in the Chicago papers, tel
ng when the train starts from that
illage, and where it goes to. r, can't
y a passenger desire to leave III
own oy the LAKE for sou hern New
lexicO Ind was advised uy friends
ere TO take this trai IA, although the
dvice did not give specific directions
5 to what depot the train started
rom. nor when it left. Nemerous
ime tables printed iu the Tribune and
he Record were examined, and
othing could be learned about the
rain. Persons engaged in the rail-
Dad business, but not connected with
he Southern Pacific, sa id 40 such train
cit Chicago. Thu passenger pur-
ha> ed ticket over the Santa Fe a1d
ad o u axe three changes of cars be-
ore arriving at the proper destina-I
ion. The price of one lost ticket will
e cohsid e able advertising.-Libe
Mexican immigration.
The government newspa2e Gel
IundO," SAYS that contra It has been
il aed between 1,imantour, secretary
I finance, and an English company. It'll
claimed hat this syndicate nnder.