El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-18

TO do so, and in order that all may
have a chance to help, out small
amount is expected from anyone. The
probable cost Is S:35 The money put
! in the hox viii be counted each right,
and VIII N enough 5 secured, the flag
will b hought. Our fleet will socn be
heard from AID when the news does
come, We should have flag to hoist
over the works"
! A railroad man from ea = Texas was
in Town yeste day and says the rail
road busin--- IS booming. Work is
| being has,en.a on the Cotton Belt
j round house. shops and turntab es at
! Tyler. Tex he sad. 1T is thought
| they will De Re ady for occup4ncy by
June ID. The roupdhouse will contain
twenty stalls and otter buildings will
be built 10 proportion. a two story
building will be built; the first floor
will be utilized storehou-e and the
second story occupied as offices for the
master mechanic, claim agent, and
other officials. Ma or r. L. Vanzandt,
of St. Louis. has the cont act. He aiso
said many uncom pliU ent4ry things
about n appearance of toe depOt- in
El Z IS }, bI, of course, IL won't do to
mention that.
7. P. Lockett, brother of the. cattle
man, was town yesterday from the
LOckett & Curentan ranch m the
Qua 1alape mOu rtains. He says there
l. just ahout enough grass there to sup
ply the cattle with feed but not much
more. Rain is badly needed. When ask
ed as to the number of cattle running
on or around The mounta u, Mr.. Lock-
EFT said There is splendid grade
OF cattle running in that vicinity
m pstly all grading He~fnrds r. P.
Bane holds The Target cattle interests
in that section of the country. Then
there is Bob Hail. a \ Cox. d. Nor
rison, L. CotTelt, p. Black, 6. Haw-
kins, J. Browntield, J. Helms. Mr..
Smith, and the Cox Brothers, Most
with Van Horn, Texas, as their post
office, and have large cattle il tcrests
near the Guadalup :. With little
more rain we would be al right"
"S'x weeks ago. said a railroad man
yesterday. 1.-The Kansas City sme tier
had shipped from some "a away town
in MeXico,a car load Of 20 d ore which
closely resembled sand AT err waiting
for the car to show up at the smelter
in Kansas, until it was many days
overdue, the general manager request
ed all concerned railroad officials to
trace it. The tracing was negun and
vigorously executed. Every yardmas-
ter ana agent from point of leaving to
destip alton was a-keG to report the ar
rival of the car and it's departure. The
car was finally located in the general
yards OF the line and niSDoS ton was
shown of some. The master mechanic. /
when asked concerning the COZ tents of
car, said it contained an inf riOr quail
ity of sand, which he had burned for
use on the engines. but, being too poor
do fnr hot
for hallasting. This clos d the matter,
so far as the employees were concerned
but it is said the railroad company
will have to pay sl9S per ton for
the sand
Look here" yelled an S P. en-
ployee to TIE HERALD man yesterday.
as be took the follow ng clipping from
his pocket: IF you don't believe we
are living in land Glowing with mi X
aud honey" just cad it. Tho follow
ing is the cause of his hilarity: ''Tne
highest paid rajlTO d ploye 10 China
is he telegraph operator, who receives
81 80 gold per month: engine drivels
receive IS 90 to Sl3.3S gold per month;
br akesmen, section band and Ia rorers
receive 81 Us 70 81 30 gold per month.
The fare on the Tien sin Picking line is
approximately 1.55c gold per mile: on
the other roads it i 10: gold A
railway from Sh anghai to WOO-unp
four teen miles, is now being built by
the Chinese themselves: the grading
is about finished. The com prehensive
plan OF She0g, director general of the
Imperial Chinese railway administra-
ton. calls for a truck line. 300 miles
long, from Picking to Canton: a line .
from Shanghai up the Ya1gs e valley,
$500 miles, and a line west from Can
ton, ] 800 miles y
Regarding the purchase of the Hi
dalgo road in Mexico. OF which there
has been so much said of late. the
Evening Telegram. Published in the
city of Mexico, prints the following
significant statement: The Evening
Telegram is able To state upon the
NOS reliable uthority that the first
iusta meut of the purchase price of
the Hida'go railroad was deposited ia
the Nat Onal bank of this city within
the last few DAYS. The purchasing
party il an Ang O-FrencN combination.
The delay in the conclusion of this
N 1st i'm portan. railroad deal has been
the time that Wa o. cupied in register
ing the company under French and
British laws. Py the end of the month
parties from LOydOn viii arrive here
to take over the existing line. and
construction will be immed a,elv COM
menced. 1t is understood that AL
'hough the road will go TO Tuxpan q
branch will be built TO Tampico from
d point near IXquachau, shortening
the direct railway distance between
here and Tampico 600 kilometa
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