El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-05
Industrial and
Commercial.

On the 9th henequen had risen to ~
reals the arroba in Merida and 264 in
Progreso, Mexico.
The ella Bend, Arizons, canal sys-
tenn was advertised for sale again yes
terday. The date is November 7.
Last week there were twenty-eight
steamships and two schooners in the
port of Galveston; and thirteen steam
ships, five schooners and five barks in
the port of Sabine Pass. Tex.
The Rio Grande Coal company of New
Jersey was to day granted a permit to
do business in Texas by the secretary
of state. This corporation will operate
Sauto Tomas coal mines in Webb coun-
ty.
The projectors of Jscksboro's tTex.)
big hotel let the contract for building
it at S14, 500. 1t ia to be three stories
high, built of blus limestone aud COM
pleted within four months from the
date of contract
A small oil spring discovered some
time ago by Mexican family on the
southern bank of the Rio Grande, very
near Juarez, has been pronounced by
American prOspectOrS to be in all
probability the leak of large under
ground petroleum lake.
The Las Vegas Telephone company
is bracing and lining up it's poles,
which carry between seventy and one
hundred wires, with view to replacing
the latter with cables. The company
will put up two cables having Il capa-
city of one hundred wires each.
The contention of the American
company regarding its canal conces-
qua is sustaine d. The comm issiOners
were asked to keep their decision Sc
cret from every one but President Ze-
laya and the cabinet ministers but it
has leaked out. The commissioners de-
cided it is said, that the contract ex-
pires Oct. 20, 1899.
The Mexican consul in Kansas City
has written to his government that by
the end of November Mexican oranges
will find a ready market in the United
States, and that he has paved the way
fruit after that time. He is of the
opinion that the price will be but
little, if any, Low er than in former
years, expecting a maximum of Sd per
BOX.
Before the snow flies, Bisbee, Arizona,
will see a new warehouse (50xS5) of
brick, an addition to the east side
warehouse, and second story attach
ment TO the general store. These are
| DaHy LII buQ IHdFk6Q
Improvements will be manifest next
spring, and these will be Copper Queen
properties. Further mark of prosper
ity instigated by the prosperous Cop
per Queen. There is no guessing W hat
the company will DO on top of earth,
fenced IN as Bisbee is.-Orb.
| For the first time in the history of sb 9:
Ward line direct Veracruz line has
been established, and boats will leave
| New York every Saturday, going to
| Havana. ProgresO and Veracruz. The
first OF the boats to sail will be the
"Seguranca' which leaves New
Allen of the Ward line more passen-
gers are applying for passage to Hava-
ma than the company can accommodate {.
About fifty persons will be obliged to
wait until the next steamer.
About this time last autumn there
was some discussion of project for -
| national quarantine to supersede the
| numerous Irregular and irresponsible
and harrasslng restrictions imposed
upon trade and traffic in te rcommunica-
ton between states and localities.
There had been such an exhibition Of
local jealousies, commercial rivalry
and general incapacity mixed up with
the quarantine restrictions, tending to
produce panic and to impose unneces-
sary hardships upon persons and COM
munities as well as to seriously inter-
fere with the business of transpOrta-
ton companies and to obstruct traffic
and industry of all sorts, as to suggest
the necessity for some systematic and
effective plan of quarantine which
| would be less burdensome.
It is reported that prominent at
torney OF Mexico City will soon pro-
nod Tclo Ae,( OF ,f
Campeche, where he will close q con-
tract for the purchase OF a large tract
of land This land is to be devoted to
the cultivation of the COCOA palm on q
| very extensive scale and the erection
of works in which all parts of the CO.
coanut are to be converted into valuable
merchandise. The fibre will be worked
into mating and also a packing to be
used in warships between the srmor
and the body of t. e vessel. The oil in
the nut is to be pressed out and
worked into palm oil and soap. Final
ly the milk of the nut is to be distilled
after fashion in use in India, where
it produces q much sought after liquor
This is probably the first attempt at a
the republic and should it turn out
successful it will undoubtedly find
many imitators as the cocoa palm il
plentiful in all the southern states Of
the republic and can be cultivated with.
out much difficulty.
j. G. Kite, a prominent Denver to-
bacco merchant. is registered at the
Claire. Mr.. Kite, in speaking of the
market, this morning, on leaving for
Espanola, said that the opening of the
Cuban and Puerto Rican ports as
United States ports will not affect the
general tobacco markets in the
United States proper for some fifteen
months yet. and by that time the pres
ent West Indian stocks will have neen