El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-29
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The management of the Mexican
Central are having plans prepared
covering designs for latest passenger
train equipment and the probabilities
are that in the near future that the
Central will run thorough vestibule
train from this city to Ell Paso.-Mex-
| Herald.
The Arizona & New Mexico road
this week received the iron work for a
new turn table, which will be mounted
at Clifton. 1t has also purchased an
| engine, coach and number of freigh t
cars from narrow gauge road up in
Iowa, which has gone out of business,
and they arrived this week.-Prospec-
| tor.
OF American railway earnings in
1895, 6S per cent was derived from
freights, "a per cent from pas engers,
and per cent miscellaneous. The
moved was 81 cents and 48 cents upon
each passenger carried. The addition
of but one cent per ton on each ton
carried in 1895 would have been 3d.,
439 742.
At meeting of the creditors of the
Galveston, Laporte and Houston rail-
road held at Galveston all the credit
ors came in on an agreement by which
the road passes into the hands of G. P.
Huntington or the Southern Pacific
road. The recent consolidation with
the Galveston and Western gives the
Southern Pacific an entrance into Gal
weston and land for wharf facilities at
that point.
Superintendent H. U. Nudge of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe compa-
ny, exhibited to an interested party a
few days ago, deed that will convey
the San Antonio bridge to the county
of
county keep the bridge in repair aud
always keep it as a free bridge. The
conveyance, which was prepared by
Judge Waldo, will be turned over to
the com missioners on their accepting |
the terms at their next meeting.-San |
Marcial Bee.
In 1893 the freight rate upon 7O,26S |
miles of railway then built averaged |
2.21 cents per ton per mile for 1853 ,0OO,- |
900 tons carried: In 1892 the rates
averaged .S39 of a cent for 1853 800, 900 |
tons carried upon 279, 1852 miles of rail
way, producing gross freight revenues
of $743. 1874 SOL. the rate for 1873 being
over 263 per cent, of that in 1895. At
the average rate charged in 1893 the
freight earnings in 1895 only would
have been 1,219, 344, 900 more than
hey were-over eighty millions more
han the entire Indebtedness of the |
states and territories in 1890.
General Manager Julius Kruttschnitt
Of the Southern Pacific company, re-
Sunday evening from trip to
Il Paso and left again last evening on
IN inspection trip over the company's
ines between here and Portland. The
purpose of his trip to Ell Paso was to
upervise the work of repairing the
lamage caused by the high water in
he Rio Grande and the breaking of
he levees which resulted in the flood
ng of the lower end of the city. THE
amage had practically all been re-
'aired by the time L reached Ell Paso,"
aid Mr.. Kruttschnitt yesterday after
Don, 'and 1 devoted my attention to
he problem of providing against re-
urrence of the difficulty. We built
hree miles of track around the break |
there the road was washed out, and l {
hink it was one OF the neatas5 pieces
f hurried railroad construction ever
The three miles of
emporary track were surveyed, graded,
aid with ties and rails, and put in
hape to permit the running of trains, 1
'ithin the brief period of forty-eight $
ours. The recent trouble will cause
ne people of Ell Paso to take precau-
Onary measures to prevent a recur- :
ence of the flood. We shall in all
reliability find it advisable to ems
.rge and strengthen the levee, -
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