El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-11

The following are the arrangements
effected by the various railroads with
the United States government relative
to the transportation of troops, equip
ments and supplies: Movements by
per mile per capita, including the car
risge in the cars with the troops OF
their personal effects aud equipments;
second, 20 cents per car per mile for
animals, supplies and equipage, when
transported by order of the govern
ment in the same trains which carry
troops in carloads: third, no mileage to
be computed at less than 25 miles;
fourth, the mileage to be computed
upon the shortest practicable route,
the same to apply via all the routes via
ply.
When transportation is specially de-
manded by proper officers of the gov
eminent via longer routes than those
via which short-line fares regularly ap-
ply, payment to be made according to
the lengths of the routes designated;
fifth, if sleeping cars are called for in
the acquisitions for transportation,
such extra service shall be charged for
in addition to the foregoing fares upon
such terms as may be agreed upon
with the sleeping car companies.
Movements by freight train service:
Sixth, the duly authorized published
freight tariff rates on powder and ex-
plosives, either in carload quantities or
less; seventh, the duly authorized pub
lished freight tariff rates, less 25 per-
cent on equipments and supplies other
than powder and explosives, when
transported in car loads at the mini
mum weights established by the Off
thOrized published freight tariff rates,
less 16 per cent on equipments and
supplies other than powder and ex-
plosives, when transported in less than
carloads; ninth, the above rates and
fares by passenger or freight train SER
vice not to apply to the transportation
of cadets to or from the West Point
or Annapolis academies or to the sup
plies sent thereto.-New Orleans
States.
A big fraud against the railroads of
the South west has just been unearthed
in Kansas City. This fraud has been
in the form of forged stock
passes, many hundred of which, it is
stated, have been worked off upon the
public at the expense of the railroads.
"A "OOu1hS VI OIL VIC AIoOo hASh hoSO
suffered has been called for next
Wednesday in Kansas City.
Because of q desire to arrest the
guilty parties railroad men are very
reticent concerning the fraud, though
admitting it's existence. It is stated
however, that the fraudulent passes
are not of one road 3 issue, but of near
ly all of those having Kansas City for
terminus. This seems TO indicate that
the passes are forged, for if they were
OF a single road q issue the superstition
b sd been issued with the knowledge of
the company.
No form OF transportation could be
in this way as easy as
stock passes. They are issued nearly
always by the freight department of
the officials of which have
not the same interest in checking them
up as have the passenger men. 1t Of
ten happens on the very best systems
that no record of such transportation
comes to high officials for several
weeks after it is issued Persons deal
ing in forged tickets of this kind run
little risk of immediate apprehension
1t is not improbable that
the forged tickets have beer
sold through the scslpers.
Kansas City is a good market for
such tickets on account oflthe heavy re
ceipts of live stock. The scheme,
therefore. might rob the railroads OF
of dollars of revenue before
1t was detected.-Buffalo Express.
Press Agent Mills, of the S. P. with
headmasters on Market street, San
is q character reader
and the HERALD'S artist, John Nc
Naughton. who has just returned from
a visit to California. states that he
called upon Mr.. Mills and was dumb
at the disclosures the press
agent made in his tMcNaug hton's)
character. He assure our artist that
there was q crown waiting for him
that his desire to do right
the ''evil tempter" to
such an enormous extent that no
wrong step would be made in this life
to mar his Christian happiness. He
also assured the artist thirst for in