El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-24

There was no stock i q the L. p. stOcl
yards yesterday evening.
G. p. Huntiu gtou, of the 5. p, is or
his way to New York in a private
car.
Freight rates have been reduced on
sugar and molasses on all roads leading
into Texas.
The stock track of the S. +. wa:
empty yesterday for the first time in
many weeks.
J. NJ. Darr, the S. P. coach inspec-
tor, who has been on the sick list, re-
ported for work Yesterday
The work train on the White Oaks
was busy yesterday filling in for the
yards which are to be constructed as
soon as conditions will permit.
S. P. engine No. SO3, which received
a general Overh hauling, went out yes
terday on her regular run. She is said
to be in fine shape.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Bickford. of the
White Oaks road, went east yesterday
to attend the funeral of Mr.. Bickford g
father. They will be gone about two
weeks.
The Iowa Central railway has just
firm for reballaSting the entire road
bed. Burned gumbo is the material
to be used, and over 1000 tons will be
required.
The T. P. transferred two cars of
cattle to the G. 81. yesterday. They
were from Midland, Texas, and were
to be delivered to T. G. Word, at Dem
ing, N. M.
which has for SO long been in the re-
pair shop, was turned out yesterday
looking fine. She went east on trial
trip, and will in all probability report
for duty today.
There was received at Bisbee, Ariz-
ona, Saturday by refrigerator express
q carload of butter, eggs, and cheese.
The car made excellent time from
Kansas City, and will be followed by
one every week during the sumner
months.
The gross earnings of the Mexican
National railway for the End week of
May were S113. 1887 against 1924, 407.-
go for the same week of last year; de-
crease $Il 1903 SO. For two weeks of
May $2lS, 9lO.01 against S229,077.13 for
the same period last year: decrease
so, 167.12.
A combination of ten railroads, in
GLIDING the Santa Fe, Southern Pa
cific, and the Texas & Pacific, have
elected body of men sworn to pro-
secute them before the interstate COM
merce commission for each and every
violation of federal law. The argument
looks big in print but the betting ia
Collars to doug hnuts that it is nothing
more than a mammoth bluff, which
s~H led n no
1t was simply made to deceive the pub
lie and the commerce commission, and
will no doubt, to some degree, serve
the deceitful purpose for which it was
Traffic Manager c. w. Bein, of the
Southern Pacific, returned from the
meeting of the Southwestern bureau,
at St. Louis, to San Antonio, and to q
Post representative he said: Per
haps the most interesting subject un-
der discussion at the recent conference
was the readjustment of rates from sea-
board to Texas points. committee
consisting of rail and gulf steamer lines
had several days dis
when 1 left ST. Louis on Wednesday
n ght it was understood that the COM
miGtee would reconvene some time be-
fore June l. l am now advised that it
is expected that they will get together
about the oath inst. I may say in gen.
eral terms that it is probable that the
rates to Galveston will be lower than
they are today, and that the rates to
interior Texas common point territory
will be higher-what the exact figures
will be 1 am not prepared to judge.
The conditions which prevail at this
time via the gulf routes, OF cOurse, are
not normal and can not be considered
as governing in the future
The total number of reported acct
dents due to broken wheels on rail-
roads in the United States in the twen-
ty-five years from 1872 to 1898 was S11,
being 256 per cent of accidents attrib
uted to defects in equipment. During
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