El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-14

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Master Mechanic De Young left TO
San Antonio today on business.
| Supt Martin and Mr.. orcherdin:
have gone to SandersOn on business.
T. D. Connoley, Pacific coast agen
of the T. & p. arrived from Dalla
this morning en- route west.
The Mexican Central clerks in tn,
joint warehouse do not like it enc bi
money, while they live in the United
States and have to pay American
| prices.
The 7. & P. trains have been run
ming too fast over the new track be
ductors and engineers have received
orders t. slow up on that particular
piece of track.
There were several washouts on the
| COrralitOs road last evening, and sever
al small bridges went by the board. But
Roadmaster Turner went down the
| line before day break with cOnstruc-
tion crew and the road was open later
for traffic.
There is weeping. wailing and gnash.
ing of teeth in the Corra!itos railroad
offices. The clerical force is being
largely reduced, as the road passes
from the construction company to the
railroad company, and quite a mum ber
of young men will be out of job.
Farmers of the west are now having
as much difficulty in getting freight
cars to remove their crops as they were
a couple of years ago in getting crops
to put into the freight cars. Thou
sands upon thousands of freight cars
which have been standing idle since
the summer of 1893 are now rushing
day and night to carry the abundant
crops of the west.
The contract for the construction of
the first seven miles of the Galveston,
Brazos u Southwestern railroad bas
been let. and work was commenced at
OR near Fsirwood, this morning. Con-
tracts for thirteen more miles have
been closed. The ties have been con-
tracted for also. This is the road
built by L. P. Featherstone and asso-
ciates. Right OF way agents are now
ln the field and are meeting with sue
cess.
It's broken out again in Kansas.
Judge Myers, the district Judge, who
attempted to put the newly organized
Santa E'e system into the hands of
a short time ago, because the
buttons of the conductors we're not the
proper shade of yellow, row rules tb at
he Leavenworth branch of the Santa
t'e has forfeited is right of way. He
'rdered the company to take its trains
If. and is attem pting to give the right
# way back to those from whom the |
company purchased it.
The visits of General Freight gent |
Sargent of the Texas Pacific company |
o Ell Paso, give great pleasure to our |
'eOpie, especially our merchants, who, |
or several years enjoyed close busi-
ess relations with him here. Every |
Il Pasoan that is acquainted with Mr.. |
and nearly all are, know that
one of Ell PaSo'S interests are over
ooked in the freight department of |
he Texas & Pacific. Mrs. Sargent
$50 has host of friends in the city
rho welcome her periodical visits here
18th much delight.
The railroads in al parts of the
Ountry are making great gains in
arnings over this time last year, but
ne western roa1s are having larger
lcreaseS than the eastern. Moreover
be business rally took place in the
'est little earlier than it did in the
asst. This, of course, is largely due to
eavy, and thus the prosperity wave
truck the farmers before it did other
eOple. The entire country, though,
ill have the pro 'perity by the begin
ing of the fall season.
Section Foreman Dan Trahey of the
anita Fe met a terrible death the 9TH
r Cay near Las Vegas. He was rid
,g on the front of hand car which
as followed by two others, all going
t good rate of speed, when Trahey
topped suddenly to save a water keg
'om falling off the car He lost his
alance, fell, and the three hand cars
'aded with men Passed over him. He
as brought back to Las Vegas on
special engine and caboose, but died
a great agony as the special pull
ITO the station. Deceased was ~, and {
caves widow and three small chill
rem.
The Southern Pacific has again START
after water to supply their uses at
lis station. They have concluded that
1e best way to get bounteous supply
to bore for it in the valley, instead ,
digging for it in the mountains,
hich il considered a wise conclusion
he company has analyZed the water
the Warrington we'll and found it the
est for steam purposes of any that has
'er peeu ulsco'efeu III tulS vicinity, |
nd in hopes of getting an abundant ,
lpply it will bore deep we'll on the ,
ght of way as near the Warrington
ell as it can get, which is some two {
lies east of town. The drilling ma
linery was unloaded there the last of
st week. and as soon as it can be put
place drilling will be commenced.
is earnestly hoped tn st the comp4uy
i'll be succe-sfu in securing an abund-
1T supply of water. With it secured |
lere will be many changes here that
i'll be of gre at Importance to the ]
'wn, and naturally the citizens are ,
lXiOus to see them made.-Llberal.
He Got Left. s
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