El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-02

The railroads are employing lOU,OOo
more men than at this time last year.
1t is hard to keep the run of all the
items of publican luck.
When the winter time card is in
augurated on the Santa Fe, about the
middle of next October, the limited
train service between Chicago and Los
Angeles will be resumed.
There are hundreds of cars loaded
with mammoth steel beams for build
iugs passing over the Southern Pacific
west bound, which indicates that many
steel buildings are being constructed
on the Pacific coast.
The Copper Queen company have, it
is also reliably stated, secured a con-
cession from the state of Sonora for the
building of the road ITO miles, with
exemption from taxation, together with
other important concessions, and no
time will now be lost in carrying out
tneir end OF the agreement.
The Vanderbilts have started in to
squander nearly a million dollars on
the Grand Central station at Forty
second street. In place of the present
three-story brick building, there will
| be six-story structure with facing
of white stucco. The transformation
will be complete in about six months.
| 1t is reported that Conductor Baker
| Maugum of the Mexican Central has
been offered a prominent position on a
| Central American railroad. Mr.. Man
gum served the Mexican National rail-
road for several years in the capacity
of train master and division superin-
tendent, and is we'll known in railroad
circles throughout the republic.
The Pullman company is now build
ing twelve new standard Sieepers, with
double drawiog rooms and extension
vestibules, especially for the Santa
| Fe's limited service. Each limited
train will consist of regular equip
ment of two sleepers from Chicago, IAN d
one from St. Louis, dining car and
composite car, and to this equipme Mt
extra cars will be added, as found nee
essary.
| The Mexican Southeastern is being
rapidly pushed, and 100 kilometers will
| be laid by January ] next. Permission
has been Obtained for the erection of a
temporary dock at Coatzacoalcos, for
| which all material is on the ground,
| and which will be ready for the I'M
| loading of 2 600 tons of English steel
rails expected to arrive at Coatzacoal-
cos about September 20. About the
same time two construction trains of a
| locomotive and ten cars each are also
| due.
Word has been received at Ottawa,
| Kansas, from headquarters, that all
departments in the Santa Fee shops will
be put back to full time, this week.
A bout month ago, carpenter shops
aud rip gang forces were put to work.
ing fifty-fve hours week, but in the
other departments no change was made.
The mechanics, blacksmlths, painters
and others, who have only been work.
ing on an average of about forty hours
a week for the past year and half,
will again be working sixty hours when
the order goes into effect.
The Pennsylvania railroad COM
pany is experimenting with view of
reducing the time between Chicago
and New York on passenger trains. 1t
is proposed to take an hour off the Chic
ago limited between Chicago and Pitts
burg and New York. On a recent trip
made by officials of the road, the run
between Chicago and Pittshurg, 48O
miles, was made in nine hours and thir-
teen minutes, which is three hours less
! than the imited's time. A great many
stops had TO be made at grade cross
ings. To do this, the train made
seventy-four miles an hour for hours
and hours with perfect ease.
In order to move the immense crops
| along the lice OF the Mexican Central
every freight car on that road will be
needed, and in order to meet the in
crease in local freights the Central has
ordered $50 box cars, 12S coa'cars and
twenty-One engines. This is an addi-
ton to an order previously made for
535 cars and twenty engines, part of
which have already been delivered.
The approximate earnings of the Mex
! lean Central whole system for the Sec
ond quarter OF August were S2l6, 103,
against Sl7l ,6S2 for the corresponding
period of 1896, making an increase
of S44 ,42l; increa Sc for the month, S9l,-
$50.