El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-24


The Pecos Valley and Texas & Pa
citic roads have put on oue-fare rate
to the Horticultural Fair to be held at
Roswell. Good for return till DC
tober 10Th.
Grant Bros, contra ctOrs OF Los An
geles, have $50 men at work in Rail-
road pass, nine miles east of Wilcox,
changing the $. 2. grade so as 10 avoid
washouts This work and that of like
character to be accomplished on ORA
COON summit will give the three camps
employment Until March next. The
supplies are brought from Wilcox.
General Passenger Agent w. j.
Black has formally notified local agents
that the California limited will be re-
sumed on the Santa Fee system about
she middle of October. IL will run
twice week in each direction, prOba-
oily on thu same days of the week as
last year, except that during the
month $ of January and February it is
likely that an additional weekly date
will be added.
The Union Pacific Railroad company
las Cancelled all joint freigh and pas
senger rates with the Ore gon Snort
Line, 10 take effect on October 1. All
,reighG will thereafter go via Rio
irande lines and their Denver and
Pueblo connections. The ultimatum
final, and sweeping in its scope. II
las caused the greatest sensation in
railroad circles here.
The Railway and Engineering Re
view says in speaking OF the meal SER
wee of railroads: If railroads catered
less to the wealthy classes and endeavor-
"a TO furnish batter accommodations
people of moderate means at reason
10 e prices, there might be MOI e of a
disposition on the part of the public TO
regard such corporations in a spirit
Of fairness than is at present ap-
parent"
The Railway Review says in speak
ing of the meal service on railroads:
if railroads Catered less to the veal
thy classes ana endeavOred to furnish
better accommodations to people OF
moderate means at reasonable prices,
here might be more OF a disposition on
lie part of the public 10 regard such
corporations In spirit OF falrness than
is at present apparent
A passenger who protrudes his elbow
through window in a railway coach
when passing through a tunnel SO that
il strikes timber near the sides of the
ar is held, in Clark VS.. Louisville
aud Nashville Railroad company (Cy.) J,
To be guilty of such negligence that he
cannot recover from tie carrier, al
though his elbow was protruded in
and did not extend more
han one and one-Lalf inches beyond
the outer surface of the side OF the
car.
The Pullman sleeping car porters
nave now organized, and the travelling
pu bile Will lose the few rights it had.
La fuiure the porters syndicate will
have a scale of prices which tie travel
or will have to pay, nUleus volens, and
If he should have The temerlty to CD
lect, his name will be blacklis ed, and
every car porter in the United States
will have his aname aud h N spotted.
The porters have for years been get
ling good pay from the public, and
when the worm turns Mr.. Pullman
nay be compelled TO chip in.
Pennsylvania railroad men say thai
he experiment of using o l on the
Dad Bad, to allay the dust nuisance, has
proven highly satisfactory on the
thirteen miles of road of the Washing
on lire on which it has b. en- tried.
rne work Of oilink the entire forty
niles of roadbed between Baltimore
md Washington will now be pushed |
o completion. To do this, Will re-
Iuire about 100000 gallons of the |
luid. Southern railroad officials |
AVE been watching the experiments,
nd will adopt the oil plan on their |
iu es.
Railroad officials in Chicago are once |
more in a stew of excitement over a |
investigation by the in'er-
tate commerce commission. Sub
,oen as have been received by large !
umb Der of traffic officials of Chicago
astbound roads to appear before the |
commission at hearing to be held in
hat city on September ID The hear
ng will practically be a continuance
+ the investigation made of trade
nem bers a alleging cutting OF grain
priDg Of the complaint of Chicago
oard rates between Chicago AID New
FORK. Several witt esses who appeared
: previous Investigations admitted
hat rates had been cur, but no evil
ence could be obtained thai would
asten the guilt upon any particu ar
tficials.
The second annual report of the San
a Fe railroad company for the fiscal
esr ending June 30, 1897, il made
ublic. The following is summary
the operations of the system for the
seal year: The total earnings from
peratio' $3.50, 621. go 10: total operating
xpenses. 80, e67, 1851; net earnings,
!, i54 0i1.29; receipts from other