El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-25


The S. F. sent double header north
last night with cattle.
Engine sol of the 8. P. is receiving
q general overhaullng.
H.R. Nickerson, general manager of
the Mexican Central, Is on tour or
inspection over the line.
Twenty-four iron pillars, Is feet
long, were placed in position for the
new 8. P. water tanks yesterday.
s. P. switchengine No. 767 was in
the repair shop yesterday having
new spring placed under her tank.
Yardmsster Scott of the S. P. went
to California yesterday, where he will
ioin his family. He is of for sixty
days.
The T. p. stock yards we're well
crowded with cattle yesterday. They
were from the Mormon colonies OF
Mexico.
Foreman Campbell, of the S. p. well
service, was busy today with bis force
removing and cleaning the strainer on
No. we'll.
The found alton for the White Oaks
round house is rapidly nearing com Pile
ton, and the brick men will begin
work in q few days.
F. Challinuer. and r. J. Hunt, who
have been the guests OF Conductor
Place and wife for the past two weeks,
have returned to Cincinnati.
There are about 800 punches eft
shingles piled up in the 7. P. yards to
he used on the new coach sheds and on
the addition to the roundhouse
81. Diers returned to his home In
Nebraska yesterday. He says bis cat
tie will be shipped to him by the way
OF Eagle Pass, Texas, thus depr1v1ng
our roads of the profitable pleasure OF
handling them.
The Ell Paso ball club would like to
meet a team composed of railroad men
next Sunday. There is some good
ball material among the railroad boys,
and If they conclude to play 1t will be
a very interesting game.
The Texas and Pacific has placed or
ders with the Rogers Locomo'lv i've works
for ten new freight engines. says the
Dallas News. It is expected that de-
livery will begin about June L. This
road has also placed orders for lOOO
freight cars and this will soon begin
arriving.
A special from Galveston says that
Galveston railroad has been asked to
make rates on some large shipments OF
cattle to be made from several points
in Texas to Cuba for use of the United
States army. The places from which
the shipments are to be made nor the
point of export are given out.
The Texas aud Pacific is quoting
rate of 80 cent per 100 pounds on sugar
and molasses straight or mixed car
loads, minimum $4,000 pounds, from
New Orleans and 10 cents per hundred
| on same from Shreveport to their sta
| items in Texas, Abilene and east.
This rate to become effective May Il,
expiring May 81, 1898, after which
date the present rates will be restor'
| ed.
Gross earnings for eighty -one Amer.
lean railroads for the fourth week o.
April aggregated $40 osl' Soa' an IN.
ponding period of last year OF ST.
Sos. $50, or 1883 per cent. For the
month of April 40 roads report gross
earnings of $44, $50. O66, an increase al
com pared with the corresponding
period of last year OF S5,976, e69-
Elk.
ForecIosers sales of roads formerly
controlled by the Union Pacific are
scheduled for the following dates: At
Gibson, Colorado and Pacific at Con
cordia, Kan, May %, upset price $780,:
600: Atchieon, Jewell County ano
Western at Mankato, Kan, May "a,
upset price $50. 600; Central branrt
Union Pacific, Atchison Kan, May 70
upset price $500, 900.
It is hinted that the T. P. are pre-
pairing to put in the compressed All
system in their shops here. The coacf
cleaue-s are anxiously awaiting de-
velopments in this line, as they con
tend that nothing compares with com
pressed air for coach cleaning: While
it is not positively stated that the
plant will be put in, it is hinted strong
liy enough to warrant publication.