El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-01
SOME OF THE DESTITUTE.

for the amount named had been rem
dered against it prior to this date and
made no defense. Hence this after
noon Judge laugh n took up the case
and rendered formal judgment for the
amount given above in favor of the
Union Trust company of New York
New Mexican.
The Syracuse n. Y, Post says that
people who have been clamoring for
government ownership of railroads
should turn their eyes toward Brazil.
There is an object lesson worth study
ing. The government of Brazil has b en-
operating railroads, and with such poor
success that the taxpayers, who haze
had to foot the deficit every year, insist
upon a change. 1t need not be said
that the railroad business would not
pay in Brazil anyway, for the same
lines which uUder government control
are run at a loss have paid as high as
per cent dividends. The trouble in
Brazil with government management
of railroads is politics. That same
trouble would be found under SIMILAR
cOndit Ons in any country. Politics and
the railroad business do not mix well
together.
The recent accident near Selden.
which resulted in two engines being
buried in the quicksand, was clos
call for Engineer j. X. DeHart and his
fireman, G w. Mckay, in charge of
2O3, the head engine. No. 255. offic sr-
ed by Jake Simmons and Fireman Joe
Fair, was abandoned oy the engineer
and fireman umping into the water
Both FASTENED to the aid of DeHart
and Mckay, who were pinned in be-
tween the boiler and tank, and fully
twenty minutes elapsed ere they were
eXtricated. Mckay is now in the hos
pital with broken rib, and DeHart,
while slightly injured, only took a
respite from duty for few days Jake
Simmons says it was his first cold water
bath in ten years. Had the train been
going the usual speed of twenty miles
an hour, it is likely that the entire
train would have been submerged in
| The sand.-Bee.
1t is asserted that during recent
trials the Heilmann electric locomotive
attained a speed of 90 miles an hour
with a light train, and that it is expect
ed to easily reach a speed of IS miles
| an hour in ordinary running with a
train of $50 tons in weight. The results
of the recent experiences have induced
the Western railway of France to con.
struct two large locomotives on This
| system. The experimental engine
which was capable of drawiog seventy
to eighty tons at 30 miles an hour, es
la blished the contention that the Ell
! giue has great stability, less Vibration
and swayIng than the ordinary steam
| locomotive, that the coal consumption
was about fourteen pounds per mile
when drawing load of sixty-five ton
and that other advantages in the better
regulat on of speed were realized. Th,
locomotive is 81 fe at long and weighs
120 tons, which is greatly in excess o
the ordinary locomotive.
The Southern Pacific company il
preparing to adopt schedules of ton
mage rating for its freight locomotive
throughout the whole of its lines, tn,
plan having been in use with satisfa
tory results on the Western division
for two or three months. Experiment
are now being made, and in order t.
secure uniformity on the widely sonar
at-u d..Is On> vi Gne Col pan,- i.
Texas and some in Oregon-Genera
Manager Kruttschnitt has issued t,