El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-30
ON TO GUAYMAS.
Rio Grande, Sierra Madre and Pacific
Will Connect With the Coast.

Will Connect With the Coast.
The Mexican government has long
been DESTROYS of wholly Mexican con-
nections with Guaymas, thus avoiding
the long detour via Ell Paso and Ben
son in the United States The extern
sion of the Mexican Central from
) Guadalajara to Ameca is step in the
right direction, but it is necessarily
slow, and but step. So word comes
from Guaymas that party of English
engineers, capitalists and contractors
have left that port in sailing vessel
for Topolobampo. from which port they
Will make preliminary survey for
railroad up the Fuerte river, to connect
at Corralttos with the railroad now
building south from Ciudad Juarez,
opposite Ell Paso, Tex. The party is in
charge of Engineer j. Gurdon, G.
Stephenson.
This means that the Corralitos road
| on reaching the Sabinal and Corralitos
districts will continue beyond to Guer-
zero, and then over to the Fuerte river
and thence down to the Pacific coast.
In fact Manager Ramsey and Chief En-
gineer Smith of the Corralitos road
and the two New York capitalists with
| them are now beyond Corralitos and in
| the great belts OF timber peculiar to
that country, and through which the
road will run.
1t is safe to say that the railroad will
not stop when Corralitos station is
reached. but that construction will
keep right on, This new line will be a
big thing. not merely for Juarez, but
to FL Paso.
TEXAS RAILWAY SURGEONS
The State Association of Railway |
Surgeons elected, at Dallas, the follow |
ing officers for the year 1897: Presi- |
dent, W. II. Monday, of Terrell; vice |
president, A. B Gardner, of Bellville;
second vice-president, G. M. Rosser, of
Dallas; third vice president, G. B. Eos
cue, of Waco; secretary, Clay johnson,
OF Corsicana; treasurer, A. A. Bailey,
OF Richmond. Drs. Miller and Foscue
were reelected m remit ers of the execu
tive committee, DR.. Lightfoot being
elected to succeed DR.. Monday. Gal
weston was selected as the place of the
next meeting to be held on the second
Tuesday in August, 1897.
Gov. Miguel Cardenas. of Coahuila,
has been offering liberal house to the
company that would build a railroad
from Saltillo to Tervino on the line
of the Mexican International road. His
offer attracted the attention of Amer
been formed to build and operate the
road. The federal government also
gives the company subventlon OF
$4,000 per mile. The road will pass
through rich mineral region.
The new name of the Pennsylvania
line is the capital route. The Penn {
sylvania passes through the capitals s
of Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and t
New Jersey, and has quick connection q
to Washington.
The interstate commerce commission d
has been requested to furnish the
senate with all the testimony adduced
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grain to the gulf, and the rates charg-
ed for transportation thereof.
Mr.. A. Pogue the Western Union
line repairer has been to Deming and
in the interest of his
company.
Several japanese engineers, who are {
aking notes in this country, are now a
making a careful study of the methods :
of railroading pursued by the Pennsyl- r
vania lines. This system is considered 7
one of the finest in existence.
Fred II. Russell, for several years
general yardmaster for the Santa Fe
road at the local yards, but since leav- t
ing here, the trainmaster for the COM a
pany at Kansas City, passed through v
Albuquerque this morning for Ell Paso. i
On his return north he will stop over r
in this city and enjoy several days as \
the guest of Col. W. T. Philpot.-Alb. b
Citizen. LII
Last Saturday afternoon tramp a
tried to get out of town on the brake E
beam of an east bound freight train. Z
In some way, just how no one knows
'or no one saw the accident, he fell
from the brake beam onto the track,
wheels passed over his neck, nearly
;evering his head from his body and l.
causing instant death. No paper nor I
my memorandum was found on his 81
body by which he could be identified. &
He was buried at the public expense. J
Lordsburg Liberal. fC
A bill has been introduced into the IL
Texas legislature by Representative J.
J. Welch-to provide adequate penal
les by incompetent persons who shall
engage in the occupations of loco
motive engineers or train conductors.
There are 12S schools in the state of h
Sonora, with 373 principals and "a il
assistant; the attendance is 5000, and the W
expense is 81, 1856 50. a.
Bank leases for houses or storeroon.s, o.
pest form. For sale at HERALD lob -