El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-12

regular train to pay off the men along
| the line.
| Bob Lyons was at his post of duty
yesterday In the master mechanics of
flee of the G. H., after visiting friends
in Omaha for few days.
The Missouri Pacific has put in an
export rate of l6 cents on wheat and
| corn, minimum weight 10000 pounds
via Alexandria only.
The Wabash gross earnings for the
fourth week of September aggregated
1898 .O73, an increase compared with
the corresponding period of last year
A large amount of cattle are being
shipped over this division at present,
and heavy shipment of sheep are ex.
pected to begin within the next ten
dsys.-Optic.
The shops at this place are not only
increasing the working hours, but are
adding daily to their present force of
mech anlcs, wipers and round house
helpers
1t is stated that the number of men
now at work in the shops of the Chica-
go, Milwaukee & St. Paul at Dubuque
is the largest in the history of the
road. Business is rushing allover the
system.
The gross receipts of the Inter-
oceanic RAILWAYS for the week ending
October 1st 1898, amounted to S45, 900. Al
against S52.578.99 during the same
period last year, sthe increase therefor
being, 81, All As.
Engineer G. E. Halle, of the G. II ..
has returned from the B. of L. F. con-
vention at Toronto, Canada, where he
was sent as delegate from tx is lod ge
Mr. Halle reports very pleasant trip
and profitable convention.
From September Oath to the 26th the
Pecos Valley & Northeastern handled
shipments of cattle from the three
points of Hereford, Amarillo and
Canyon City aggregating % cars. Not
bad beginning for new road.
The Mexican National will reduce
It's through train schedule between
Mexico City and the United States
nearly eleven hours. This is q result
OF having improved the road-bed and
Observation-Disclosures Enterprise.
These carnival days are q sore trial
to the patience of the ticket agents.
Questions are fired at them in valleys
and rapid fire style, the answers to
wn Oh are expected to be forthcoming
neutrality-suspicious. City Journal.
The Santa Fee Pacific is putting in
stone bridges in place of all the wooden
bridges In johnson canyon. The Santa
Re Pacific is getting to the point where
they can commence to boast of as good
road bed as there is In the United
States.-Williams News.
A concession for railway in the
state of Sonora has been granted to
Mr.. Alfonso Smith, and another for a
railway in the state of Veracruz has
been obtained by Mr.. Federico Men
DEE Rivas; both concessions are now
under discussion in congress.-Oasis.
Harry Edwards. who has been doing
the stenciiing in the G. q. yards at
this point, has been sent down the line
as far as Del Rio to do the same class
OF work. Tom Spivy will do the stem
cling for the company at this point
during the absence of Mr.. Edwards.
Preliminary matters regarding the
building OF the Santa Fe g. Grand Can
yon railroad have been settled and ar
rangements for actual work are now
under way, which insures the success
OF the enterprise. Thanks to the faith
and tenacity of purpose of the men hav-
= Wan oioesSi III CudTSc- w llllanS
News
c. w. Mailer. vice president of the
brotherhood of Locomotive Firemep,
left yesterday TO- California on bust
ness connected with the order At the
recent session of the Broth erhood Mr..
Mailer was reelected to his present DO
sition. His fLiends hope to see him
at the head of the Brotherhood some
day.-Parsons Sun.
Last Monday morning the railroad
shop 'orce again commenced work six
nine-hour days each week This is very
gratifying to them, and as the freight
and passenger business is good over
the Rio Grande division, the train SER
vice men and other employees are as
cheerfully busy and full of content
ment.-San Marcial Bee.
The Mexican Central officials have
received advices that passengers to the /,
States via their gateways need not Sc
cure certificates of non-infection unless |
they desire to do so. They are simply
Intended to assist passengers as a proof
to the inspector at the state line that
they have not been in infec ted districts
within 10 days.-Chihuahua Enter |
prise.
The G. q. was without 4 switch en-.
tr In ul