El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-15

The Railroad Gazette translates
from q German publication, of high
character and unpronounceable name,
the railroad statistics of the world
which that publication annually col
lects and collates. It appears that the
railways of all countries gained but
LII miles in 1897, or less than has
been built in this country, in one or
more instances. in a single year. Add
ing the I'LL to the worlds total
mileague of AS, O64 at the end of 1896.
enough to reach around the globe al
most nineteen times. OF this ag-
gregate the United States had 1872, 746
miles on about Al per cent, but our
rate of increase from 1892 to 1896 was
but a per cent, or less than that of
any other great country. This was
due to previous overbuilding, which
was carried to q most injurious ex-
cess, Investing hundreds of millions in
and many of which will never pay q
cent to those, vho furnished most of
the money for their construction.
Germany, France, Russia and India
have been the great fields of railway
building in the past two or three years.
In 1896 France and Germany each
added to it's system 5S5 miles, Russia
SIS, and India TOT. But Russia ex-
ceeded that limit very far in 1897, and
will surpass her highest record in 1898.
Post.
"Who will be superintendent of te r.
minals on this end of the T. P? ' is Q
question which is vexing the minds of
great many at present. An official
when questioned regarding the ap-
pointment yesterday said: General
Manager Thorne is today attending
the funeral of the former superintend-
emit, Mr. Stiner, in Texarkana. and no
appointment will be made until he re-
tinued. that the appointment will
fall where it belongs, to some
old employee of the road. 1t is sort
of pep sion position and was created
for men like Mr.. Stiuer, who have
faithfully served the omDauy for Q
number of years and becomes too OLD
for hard labor. When Mr.. Stiner was
engineer on the T. P. the present gen.
eral superintendent was conductor,
and when Mr.. Thorne received his
promotion he remembered the man
who guarded his life at the throttle for
So state many tha years the You appoint %1Gas
ment will be made from some of the
east end crews, and will be made with
in q few days." When asked regard
ing the posi- bility of young man be-
ing appointed he said that in his OPT
MON such an appointment was very
improbable as it would be doing .
great injustice to the older and more
capable employees.
A special from Little Rock, Arkan-
sas, to the Houston Post, dated June
IL, says of the Lott railroad: It is re-
ported here that the Lott railroad was
sold at Hot Springs yesterday after
noon, but the name of the purchaser
or the price paid can not be definitely
obtained. Charles T. Coleman. spe-
cial master in chancery of the litiga-
ton growing out of the failure of the
Little Rock, Hot Springs and Texas
Railroad company, known as the Lott
road, filed his final report in the Unit
ed States court here Friday. All
claims have been adjusted by the mas
ter, who sets them forth at length
in bis report, of which the
following is the recapitulstion: Claims
of right of way allowed, $40, $3.50;
material furnished, $l1.O56.12; work
and labor. 1886 10000; preferences al.
owed, $47O5 .25; general liens, $4,000:
pecial liens. 1855. S3; total claims re-
ferred, SAT- ,512 80; total clair,s al
lowed, S5S, I44.7 total liens and pre-
ferences, SIP, 564.0S. Under the order
Of the court Mr.. Coler an was ordered
o sell the property in Hot Springs
Yesterday under certain conditions, in
GLIDING q cash payment of $4,000 to
bind the trade, and it is reported here
today that the sale has been consum-
mated.
Local freight officials state that
here is nothing now that obstructs
the way to the formation of locsl
freight association. The chances are
that within the next week or two, or
gauization will be perfected. Who
will be chairman or commissioner, has
not been stated. The freight men
seem to be more unanimous in their
actions and work more tremendously
than tn e passenger officers. The
former appear to settle their diff
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