El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-23
THE SUNSET LIMITED.
SUCCESSFUL INAUGURATION OF
THE SERVICE
The Initial Trains Make Time All the
Way Through Over the New
Connections.

The first Sunset Limited of the
season of 1S91-9S-on time at Yuma, on
time at FL Paso-twO minutes ahead o.
time at Sierra Blenca-plump on time
at Big Springs, and on time over the
Iron Mountain to ST. Louis, and the
Chicago & Alton into Chicago.
A marked change has truly been
made this season over the route OF last.
when he Sunset Limited ran over the
Atlantic system of the Southern Paci-
fic, as well as over the Pacific system:
connecting at Algiers-the Jersey City
of New Orleaus, with the Illinois Cen
trail. the Piedmon line and the Louis
Vile s. Nashville. But yellow fever
upset calculations, all traffic, botA
freight and passenger, in and out OF
Louisiana has been cut Off until frost
comes which is not expected under 30
days: and the scare has become SO u ell
established that the travelling public
will steer clear of NV Orleans for the
next ninety days Thus the necessity
of radical change of program, and
that too at an early date, was apparent,
if there was anything to be done at all
with the service this season.
At critical moment General Pas
senger Agent Turner of the Texas u
Pacific bethought him of securing the
eastern run of the Sunset Limited for
Chicago oyer T. & Z. connections to
the north of Texarkana. 1t was also
about this time that General Manager
Krutschnitt of the Southern Pacific
company had in mind to route his New
Orleans freights over the Texas Il
Pacific while the quarantine EN- barge
was on in Louisiana: ard the matter of
the Sunset Limited was taken up be-
tween the two companies. The result
TO % cot
Limited service over the Southern
Pacific to FL Paso, and from there
over the Texas & Pacific, Iron Noun
tain and Chicago u Alton roads: the
Southern Pacific and the Pullman
Company furnishing the train equip
ment, with a semi-weekly service.
The first train left east bound from
San Francisco Monday evening last
made mp of four cars, and as is noted
above made time all the way through.
A representative of the HERALD,
and went through to Big Springs, re-
turning by the first west bound train
which reached this city Thursday at
4: 80 D. m. on time. The east bound
train was met at the Southern Pacific
station by quite cOncOurse OF cftlz ms
and the local representatives of both
the Southern Pacific and Texas & Pa
Citic companies. The train WAS
brought in by Conductor Sam Gillespie,
Engineer J. w. Bruce, Fireman John
Wier, and Brakeman Will Zabciskie,
engine 1890 pulling the train. The
crew going out were Conductor O. II.
Bacon, Engineer E ]. Hadlock, Fire
man Harry Mabee, Brakeman O. S.
Duncan, T. & P. engine 1SS being at
the head of the train. The Texas &
Pacific people at the station, appeared
to regard the situation with marked
mplacency, as though life was beau
tiful to them at that moment, and was
likely to continue SO for long series
of moments to come. At the same
time there seemed to be philosophic
determination on the part of the Allan
tic syste N e. H. people to be cheer
full. ard to put the best foot forward
as far as Sierra Blanca anyhow.
The train started promptly on time,