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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25
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Horace G. Burt the new president
of the Union Pacific railway company,
began his railroad career in 1857 as q
rcdman on the Vandalia lines.
The Railway Gazette is authority
for the statement that before July LIST
there will be contracts let by the var
ious railroads for the construction of
3S, 900 freight cars, $50 locomotives and
liza pa ssenger and baggage cars.
President Ripley of the Santa Fee has
made proposition TO the populists of
Kansas to lease them passenger train
for year at rental of 81 per mile and
let them take the receipts of the train
so that they can ascertain by being in
the business of Transporting passen-
gers if exhorbitant profits are made, as
has been alleged.
Ed Dickinson, general manager of
the Union Pacific, has resigned to be-
come manager of one of the SYSTEMS
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway COM
pany. His place with the Union Paci-
fic is takenby Ed. ST. John manager of
,he Seaboard Air line. Mr.. Dick inson
has spent mo of his railroad life with
the Union Pacific, having risen from
the position of station operator.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25

ing and bring in a fortune to the in
ventor that would dwarf in com pari-
son the receipts for his novels. But,
judging from later developments, 1t
would seem that writing was more re-
munerative than iuventiDg railroad
ties. The trouble with the metal and
stone sleepers is that they are not elias
tic enough There is no give to them,
and besides making travel over them
very uncomfortable, they wear out the
rolling stock at fearful rate. A few
of the railroads have stone sleepers on
heir lines running through large
cities, where the rate of speed would
of necessity be slow; such as the New
York Central on its Fourth avenue tun-
mel, but here high rate of speed is
demanded nothing yet has been dis
'Overed to answer the purpose OF the
old-fash;oned wooden ties.
The new invention will be OF the ut
most importance to the country at
large, for the item of railroad ties is
one Of the most prominent In our forest
products. There are over SOC. DOC, 600
ties in use today on all the railroad
lines of the country, and the annual
reaches upward of 100000 ties. 1t
is estimated that about AIT ties. or Is
per cent of the whole, are required for
renewals on each mile of track. Thus
the railroads use about 20 per cent of
the total consumption of lumber in this
country for ties. The different roads
have their preferences for differ.n
kinds of wood, and the relative i'm
Dortance of tte,trees is shown in the
10, owing figures. OF the $4,000. 600
ties used for enewal each year As, O0O,
600 are of oak, II, 500, 900 of pine. g.
sos, 900 of chestnut. 100000 of cedar,
2 500, 600 of hemlock and tamaract,:
2, 500, 600 of red wood, 1.5OO, QUO of cy-
press ond the balance of various
woods.
The rapid denudation of our forests
to suppl the railroads with ties is one
# the most serious problems that the
forestry division has to face. 1t is be-
lieved that within thirty years the
railroads will have destroyed most of
our forests, if something is not done to
limit them in their use of ties.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25
Independent of Union Pacific.

In order to secure entire indepen-
dence from the Union Pacific, system
the management of the the I'm
ion Pacific, Denver and Gulf
railroad has decided to relay
the track between Fort Collins and
Cheyenne that was torn up by the old
Union Pacific manag ement when in
control of the Gulf road, and thus con-
meet the Wyoming division with the
Colorado lines Five or six miles Of
track will also be built between
Greeley and La Sale to connect the
Julesburg branch with the remainder
of the system In this manner the en-
tire trackage of the road will be
brought into connection, and Gulf
trains will not be compe]led to pass
over any portion of the Union Pacific
line. When the Gulf is reorganized it
is understood that exte 1sivs branches
reaching from the Cheyenne Northern
will be made in Wyoming. a..
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25
The Mexican Central railway b.

me 7,S Mexican ca Ms eotra Ctr, raiaway mas
of Information which is prepared to
furnish reliable data as to lands, their
price,, titles and resources, whether
grazing, mineral or agricultural; about
the mining industry; about the desir-
able locations for manufacturing en-
terprisf 8. or any general information
relative to the resources of Mexico,
latent or developed. Address either:
A. v. TEMPLE,
Mgr. Bureau of Information,
Mexico City.
G. A. MULLER,
Coml Agent, Ell Paso,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25
PAPER RAILROAD TIES.
An Invention Which May Help to Save
Our Forests.


Our Forests.
A new ella =tic metal sleeper is soon
TO replsce the old wooden ties, says
the GlOba-Democrat, On the New Jer-
sey Central railroad if experiments
now being made on branch of the
line prove successful. The new sleep
err is really a metal incased core of
wood pulp, hardened and compressed
SO as to make it tough enough to resist
the shock of the heavy wheels of the
express tr-iEs passing over it. and yet
sufficiently resilient to break the
rough. pouniiDg sensaio ion that is com
uupicated TO the cars from hollow me-
tai sleepers. The core Of wood pulp is
first cast into a mold Of the proper size,
aud tLen hydraulicly pressed, after
which it is Incased ia it's metal cover
log. This metal sheath is in reality
only a chemical composition, which
helps to preserve the sleeper for an
indefinite period. The sleeper is
thrown into a large tank of this liquid
com position and left there for two
hours, after which it is allowed to dry
and harden. Ire composition of zinc,
copper and other irgr, dients dries into
the sleep r, and makes an air and wa
ter proof covering.
1t ia estimated that the new railroad
s'eepers will ass fifty We rs when SUBJ
jected to the hardest XII nd of wear and
tear on the railroads unless injured by
some sharp tool. The life Of ordinary
wooden s,eepers is about seven years.
They begin to decay after the thi d
year, aud by the sixth and 50 venth
they are soro' ten that they are Of little
service. The injury to them comes
through the action Of the rains. SHOWS
and heat ard cold. Various preserva
tives have been painted over the wood
en- ties to make them enduring. Or
the Pennsylvania road wO' den sleep.
ers have been sos ed for days in crude
petroleum oil to ZEE if their life could
net be prolonged The New York
Central has tried various other con-
~ uuds to solve the question, even go
| ing to the ext ent of pa nting the sleep
trs on short brs nee with white lead
But i. has be en- gener ally proved tina
| this work would not p y, unless TIT
| ties could b. p tinted fresh every sec
| ond or third year, ar d this could not b,
done UNI es- the sie' pers were taken VI
and the W d RS de ainted as we'll a
the top. The cost of the paint an,
boz was most enough to buy -anl
replace tie old ties with new ones.
| Metal ties ave been exper imentet
with time and again. Gen. Lew Wal
lace was reported to have invented
metal tie some ten years ago tina
would evolutionize modern railroad
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25
Santa Fe Private Cars.

The private cars used by the officials
of the Santa Fe are as follows:
Car 212 commissary department.
Car PA Avery Turner, assistant gen.
eral SUPERINTENDENT.
Car 2l5 II. U. Nudge, general super
intendent.
Car PIG G. M. Higginson, assistant to
the president.
Car PIT j. Frey, general man
ager.
Car 21S Paul Morton, third vice pres
ident.
Car PIG E. P. Ripley, president.
Car 22O Aldace F. Walker, chairman
of the board.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25
Increase of Travel.

During the yea' 1897. 937.517 piece
&, baggage wer h n lied in the bags
gage room at the Kansas City union de-
pot. This issan average of 1900 pieces
day ard shows an increase over 1896
of Al, 734 pieces.
handled at the union depot last year
was 45 ,194 ,305 hounds. an increase OF 5
per cent over 1896, and the number OF
bicycles which passo d'through the bag
gage department was 3,641, against e.
$50 in 1895.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25

of the City of Mexico, formerly of Chi
cago. Mr.. Pritchard W ling to put
up deposit of $4,000 n3 az, cent
bends with the governu Mt as felt
that the terms of he con, ion will 10
complied with and the road he'd to
completion. Mr.. Pritchard is ..cs.d
by Mexics capitalists who are inter
ested 10 seeing the road built. 1t is
stated that the loss to the original
company through their failure to carry
out the enterprise is about $50, 900.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25

The best saive in the world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
blains, corns, and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give pei,
feet satisfaction or money refunded
Price Is cents per box. For sale by
w. A. Irwin & Co., wholesale and re-
tail auoutS
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25

thorities have combined forces ard are
securing the Sierra Madre mountains
in search of Black Jack and his gang
who have been known to rendezvous
in the northern part of Chihuahua for
some time. says the chihuahua En-
ternriSe.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25
For Over Fifty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain. cures wind collie and is
the remedy best for diarrhoea.
TWENTY-FIVE cents q bottle.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25
Pure Hveeuia Ice

Made from distilled water. Ask
your family physician or druggist as.
to purity and healthfulness of our ice.
Telephone No. IA
ELPASO ICE & REFRIGERATOR G.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25
Hold~n.s Positive Pile Cure.

Sufferers use it. Relief will be speedy
and cure positive and permanent If di-
rectiops are strictly followed For sale
Kelly by & Pollard, druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25

she is a bright, healthy,
cheerful wife they will be more and more
happy as the years go on II she is weak
and ailing and incapable there won't be
much happiness for either of them.
A woman makes a grave mistake who
married life handicapped by physical
weakness or disease. 1t is her duty to be
in the best possible condition to support
the duties of wifehood and motherhood.
If every young woman who knows of or
suspects any unhealthy condition in her
physical makeup would seek competent
professional advice she would save herself
much future modification and misery. DR..
R. w. Pierce, chief consulting physician of
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
of Buffalo, N. Y, gladly answers conhden
tial correspondence from women free of
charge and gives careful fatherly and pro-
fessional advice to suit the individual case.
He has, for thirty years been recognized
as among the most eminent of living spe-
cialists in the treatment OF diseases pecul-
lar to women His "Favorite Prescrip-
ton " is the only proprietary remedy in the
world designed by an authorized, educated
physician specifically to cure female troub-
les His great thousand page illustrated
book the Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser" will be sent free for II one-cent
stamps TO pay the cost Of mailing only.
For 81 stamps heavier cloth covered copy
will be sent.
Barbara A Mudd, of Indiancreek. Monroe
Co. Mo-, writes &" I am very thankful for what
Dr. Pierces Favorte Prescription did for me.
was all broken down from nervous prostration,
relief than from all the doctors. Your Favorite
Prescription did me a world of good"
The oQuick constipation cure - Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets: Never grippe.
Accept no substitute or imitation
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25
NAV Yet Be Completed.

The concession for the Mexican
Southeastern railway, which was re-
Gently declared forfeited by the Mex
lean government, will probably be
transferred to William II. Pritchard,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25
Napoleon j. Roy,
T he Fashionable Tailor,
SHNN0N RIAGY APPASTTR P0ST0RRIG

made on q Texas railway, viz, eighty
one miles per hour. The rest of the
issue is profusely illustrated with half
tones including the Texas built engine
1l6 of the T. & P. and the quarterly
generally is credit to the editor.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25
BOuuillaS Notes,

BOQulIlaS Notes.
The two 5-tou boilers were success
fully hauled across the river last week
and delivered at the Consolidated Kan
sas City company works at Boquitlas,
Mex.
A number of wagons arrive daily from
Marathon with heavy timber and ma
chinery for the smelter which now be-
gins to assume considerable proper
tiOns.
Electric lights will be placed at the
two cable supports on each side of the
river.
Telephone connection will be COM
pleted between the smelter works in
Mexico and the Offices on the Texas
side in few days.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25
Horace B. Stevens,
Real Estate and InSur-
anCe Agent.
| Solicit Collection of Rents
and make no charge for
Advertising.
FOR SALE

NORTH STANTON STREET, near
Hildebrand residence, 2 lots; $500.
One-third cash.
NORTH KANSAS STREET, St lots
for 500 cash.
UPSOM AVENUE, between N. Ell
Paso and Santa Fe Sts., As feet for
5000; one-third cash.
NORTH OREGON STREET, corner of
Rio Grande, 175x175. Room for
houses. CHEAP.
MESA AVENUE, 2 lots, corner, for
500.
IDAHO STREET. lots at sacrifice.
BUSINESS CORNER, Mesa avenue
and Texas street. 115x60 feet. A bar
gain and terms to suit.
IL LOTS on San Antonio street facing
Magoffin homestead.
TW O LOTS on East Overland Cheap.
ONE LOT, near Mesa school.
6OxI2O feet on W. st Overland street.
BUSINESS PROPERTY, paying $40
per month, for $4,000
"a $500 will buy a row of houses paying
$64 month.
MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS and
small cash payment will buy 7-room
brick house, 116 Upsom Avenue.
Ga N. OREGON STREET brick house
rooms. Easy terms.
407 N. Ell PASO STREET, rooms,
400 N. Ell. PAso STREET, rooms.
brick.
BRICK HOUSE of rooms on North
Stanton Street; southeast corner; .
pleasant home.
NEAR S. p. DEPOT, on N. Kansas
Street, broom brick.
GOOD PAYING LODGING HOUSE,
15 rooms.
LARGE BRICK RESIDENCE. CEN
trally located. Suitable for fashion
able boa ding.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25

The last number of the Texas & Pa
ci6c quarterly is an interesting num-
be-. 1t includes write-up of the
Sunset Limited, hall tone of the
train running at go miles an hour as
the frontspiece, the photo having been
taken by Herbert Bishop of this city
with a kodak. There is also an excl
lent picture of Engineer Hadlock
of the Limited, who has had the
felicity to make the fastest run ever
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25
Cupid's


Lasso.
Its the
way of the
world. Gu
pid discov-
, erS a man
J and a maid
ut t i n G
their heads
tOpether in
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-25

a confidential way. The
little frontiersman throws
his lasso over them and
there you are: two peo-
) pie are made more or
less happy for life. If
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-05-06

Steam Boiler, Engine and Ma
chine repairing. Boilers refiusd
speciality. Pip. fitting and
supplies.
Agents for Noble Refining Co.
Oils and dreases. Feed grinding.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-05-06
Her Borrowed Plumaxe.

A Syracuse woman was in Boston
some time ago, and she had occasion to
get check cashed. being without ready
money. She had no friend who was
easily available, but she went to bank
and presented her checi:. Of course she
was told she would have to be identi-
fed. The cashier of the bank suggested
that she might have one of her cards.
She took out her cardcase, but the card
she produced proved to be that of one of
her friends. This caused her great
deal of confusion, but the accommodate
ing cashier suggested that she might
prove her identity by the initials on her
cardcase. But these, alas, proved to be
those of her mother. Her confusion con.
tinued to increase until she thought of
the initials on her handkerchief. The
marked article was produced to be put
in evidence, but when it was examined
it was found to bear the initials of an
other friend. She was thwarted in every
direction, but the cashier was "easy. )"
Boston cashiers are apparently not as
strict az those III this Part Of the ccun-
try, for this particular one said he
"guessed" that it was all right, and he
Dashed the check. Conductors of film.
fam and three card monte games are di-
lected to Boston for good field of oper-
Acknowledgements Post.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-05-06
WRESTLING WELLS.

Natural Baromctcrs Which Foretell Storms
In Wisconsin.
A freak of nature which is attracting
considerable attention is series of
blowing or "whistling" wells located
in the northern part of the town of Eu-
reha, in Polk county, Wis. There are
six of these hysterical wells, ranging iii
depth from 120 to 1G0 feet. The one
owned by James Collin exhibits most
remarkable features. This we'll is 1870
feet deep and was dug Is years ago.
The first 20 feet was hardpan and the
rest coarse gravel.
Before a rainstorm the wind blows
out Of this we'll with great force, MAX
ing roaring sound that can be heard a
long distance. Tie wind is SO hot that
water placed on the cover of the well
will boil. The wind blows out only be-.
fore storm, and the severity and du-
ration Of the storm are always in exact
proportion to the force Of this current
and its duration before the storm COM
menues. 1t is therefore an accurate and
trustworthy barometer, or vice versa,
with equal accuracy, but remains quiet
in settled weather.
In winter current of air is drawn
in before change Of weather just as
forciDly as it blows out in hot weather.
This current will freeze the water 1870
feet from the surface Of the earth as
quickly as it would at the surface, and,
though many attempts have been made
to use a pump in the we'll, they have
all failed, and number of pumps of
different makes have been destroyed by
the water freezing and bursting the
cylinders and pipes.
The other five wells, which resent BILE
tais che i'll many respects, are all locat-
ed within the radius of about one mile
and vary in depth from $50 to 16O feet.
All sorts of theories have been ad-
vanced concerning an underground pas
cage, but no outlet has ever been discov-
cred, and if there is one it must be a
great distance away in order to foretell
the approach Of storms SO long time
in advance.-Philadelphia Record
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-05-06
One Of Max o'nclrs Experiences.

Once when Max O'Rell was st:j-ina
ut hotel he had OCCASION to Coz. :,
Of the marked incivility and re:::
t. waiter. The proprietor apologize ~
suring Max O'Rell that no such com,
pla;nt had ever been made t.10rc.
When the waiter was reprimanas:. j,c
explained himself thus: "It's not % l..
expected that self respecting Scn,>n in
could wait Oh him with civility. bar
he say va took to the kilt becaus.. erl
feet were too large to get through
trourt rs? London Telegraph.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-05-06
Council Proceedings.

SoASAA IAONO0o4u8Ss
May End, 1898. Regular meeting city
council.
Present, Aldermen King, Price, Hart,
Felson and Short.
Alderman Short in the chair.
Minutes of regular meeting of April
18th read and approved.
The following bills were allowed:
Geo. Parker, work on streets. 81 90
w. c. Short, supplies. 3 O6
]. Solvason, labor. 1 90
T.. L. Price was authorized to purchase
sufficient wire fence to enclose the city
cemetery, he agreeing to take warrant
on cemetery fund for payment.
Cemetery committee requested to
make arrangements for fencing the Gene
terry and getting road opened thereto
by the end of the month.
City marshal directed to make out a
poll tax list and to use poll tax labor in
making road to cemetery and in fencing.
Auditor was directed to receive bids
for the supply Of lumber to the city for
the ensuing year.
The following persons were selected
as jurors to fill the requsition as made by
the county auditor: m. King, Hannes
Johnson, Thomas Roadhouse, G. w.
Ryan. Adjourned,
F. A. WARDWELL,
Auditor
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-05-06
TALL Bull DlNoS.
NE s4ysssapsr Considsrsd . : Dev,e,
For Saving Labor.

NE ekysezaDef Considered - . Device
For saving Labor.
In the tall building it is emphatically
"a condition, not a theory that con.
fronts ua The many storied Office build
ing is necessary product Of certain
economic factors which have operated in
spite OF the architects, and more intense
" in the United States than elsewhere.
This Is what has made it 80 peculiarly
an American product. OF these econom-
10 factors the cost Of land, so common
" alleged as the controlling one, has
really been the least important. Land
IN parts OF Paris and London is as cost
~ as in New York and Chicago, but the
10 story Office building has never come
into vogue there, while, on the other
hand. buildings Of 10 or 12 stories are
not uncommon in American cities of the
second and third rank, where land is
relatively cheap. The causa causans of
the skyscraping monstrosity is to be
sought in the drive and hurry Of Amer
lean business life, and in the accom-.
panying American propensity to save
time and labor. The skyscraper is a
huge labor saving and time saving de-
vice.
Each building is almost complete
CITY, often comprising within its walls
banks and insurance Offices, postoffice
and telegraph Office, business exchanges,
restaurants, clubrooms and shops. The
business man can provide himself with
clothes, shoes, cigars, stationery and
baths; receive and dispatch his mail and
his kilograms; speculate on Change
consult his lawyer and his architect in
their Offices and transact his own bust
ness-all without leaving the building
in which his Office is located. The ex-
press elevator which shoots him up tc
the sixteenth story or drops him with
breathless speed to the basement is a
product of this same American haste
and economy, and without the elevator
the tall Office building would be an i'm
possibility. 1t is the triumphant sue
cess of the skyscraper as time saving
invention which has made it SO cen
spicuous and insistent an element in on.
American architecture - Engineering
Magazine.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-05-06
Tho March Of Civilization.

The March Of Civilization.
Interpreter-Chief Wangbo wants nc
more beads and brass wire. He says you
cannot cross his country unless you agree
to pay his price.
African Explorer-What does he
want?
thirds of the royal.
ties on your next book.-London Tit
Bits.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-05-06
A Little Left.

Little Left.
"All is over between us, said the
young man who had found richer girl
and was trying to take leave Of his old
love.
"You are mistaken" replied she.
Call is not over. In fact, my breach Of
promise suit has not yet begun.
He postponed the transfer of his affec.
tons Fun.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-05-06
WIN 3. s.s..

He-What is the use Of putting all
that trimming on the back Of your hat?
Do you suppose any man can see the
back Of your hat when he meets you?
She-No; but every woman will
when she passes me.-London Fun.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-05-06

Gagged lions, tigers, pumas and ia.
guars take no notice of the men and
women passing in front of them, but if
dog be brought anywhere near the
cage they show their savage nature at
onca