The herald., 1897-03-08
TRACK AND TRAFFIC NOTES
Transcontinental Freight Association to
Be Recognized
The Southern Pacific Tires Of Fluctuating
Rates-A Texas Company Formed.
4 Great Northern Wreck

been set on foot for the reorganization
of the Transcontinental Freight ASST
ciation. The Southern Pacific is behind
it. For that very reason it is likely to
succeed, for that road has been the
chief hindrance to an agreement being
reached in the past. For several years
transcontinental freights have been in
a very unsatisfactory condition owing
to the determination of the Southern Pa
cific road to divert all California busi-
ness to its Sunset route or Its PACING
Mail steamship line. In carrying out
this policy, it has insisted that the same
rates should obtain from Chicago to
San Francisco as were in effect from
New York and points in eastern terri
tory.
Under such conditions no eastern
freight destined for California could
take the Chicago route. The Santa Fe
road, which is the only through compet-
itor the Southern Pacific has, energet-
ically resisted this policy and the con-
test has kept rates continually as
turbed. The Southern Pacific seems to
have tired of this state of affairs and
now appears anxious to have rates re-
stored and placed on firm basis.
Hence il has set about having the asso-
citation reorganized.
A NEW COMPANY.
DENVER, Col, March IA special to
the Republican from FL Paso, Tex,
SAYS: The Ell Paso Southern Railway
company was organized in this city to-
day with a capital of 100000. The in
corporators are ]. p. Ramsey, general
manager of the Rio Grande, Sierra
in
course of construction in Mexico; j.
Fewson Smith. of Salt Lake; E. w.
Mead, of New York; ]. H. Mckinney,
]. d. Matthews, L. P. Atwood, Max
Weber, l.. S. Welch, 3. w. Duke, of Ell
Paso, and Lieutenant Winan of Fort
Bliss. The company is organized to
build the Ell Paso terminus of the Rio
Grande, Sierra Madre and Pacific, and
to conseruct the bridge across the Rio
Grande provided for by the bill which
passed congress last month.
A BAD WRECK.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., March T.
Train No. on the Great Northern, due
yesterday by way of Fargo but unable
to get through on account of the Storm
was sent about by the way of Crooketon.
AS the train was about reaching Manor
with two engines, it broke a rail, throw
ing the forward engine off to the left
anu the StcOlQ eHBlIt 10 the tight, KILL
ing Fireman Lamb and fatally iniurng
Engineer Harry Ewenloch. The wreck
was caused by ice in fiange.
WANTS TO BUY.
WACO, Tex, March &c. p. Hunting
ton wants to purchase both the Waco
and Northwestern and the Texas Cen
trail railroads and thereby extend the
Houston and Texas Central from Bre-
mond to Albany. A notice has been
published in Martin. Waco and other
points, that the legislator will be asked
to pass a law authorizing the Houston
and Texas Central to acquire both the
Waco and Northern and the Texas Cen
trail railways.
A NEW SURGEON
DENVER, March IA special to the
Republican from Albuquerque, N. NJ
says: j. ]. Frey, general manager of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad, has rendered the position of
chief surgeon Of that railway to DIR. j.
p. Raster OF this city, who is now chief
surgeon of the Atlantic and Pacific, and
Dr. Raster has accepted, to report at
Topeka, Kan, for duty on the 14th.
A FREIGHT COLLISION.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 7-On
the crossing of the Mineral and Southern
railroads at North birmingham this
morning two heavy freight trains col
lided at right angles. Both locomotives
were wrecked and several cars sm2 shed
The trainmen jumped. but Engineer
Ryan, of the Mineral train, was caught
in the debris and fatally injured. Engi-
neer Frank Mosby had an arm broken
and was otherwise seriously injured and
an unknown tramp was fatally scalded
An Aged Hurderer
NEW BLOOMFIELD, Pa, March T.
Hugh Smith, aged 70. of Madison, was
arreated L. st rieht H..