El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-02
Industrial and
Commercial.

On the 9th henequen had risen to 26
reals the arroba In Merida and 264 in
ProgresO, Mexico.
The ella Bend, Arizona, canal sys-
tenn was advertised for sale agaiu yes
terday The date is November Z.
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 d permit to
do business 10 Texas by the secretary
of state. This corporation will opera
Santo Tomas coal mines in Webb couu-
ty.
The projectors of JacksborO's TEX
big hotei let the contract for building
il At Sl4 500. 1t is to be three stories
high, bu 1t of blu /, 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
proba bility the leak of large under
ground petroleum lake.
The Las Vegas Telephone company
is oracing and lining up its poles,
which carry between seventy and one
hundred wires, with a view to replacing
the latter with cables. The company
will put up two cables having capa-
city of one hundred wires each.
The contention of the American
company regarding its canal copce--
sion from the government If Nicara-
qua is sustain. d. the commissioners
| were asked TO keep their decision Sc
cret from every one but President Ze-
laya and the cabinet ministers hut it
has leaked out. The com issi oners de-
cided II is said, tina: the contract ex-
pires Oct 20, 1899.
The Mexican consul in Kansas City
has written 10 his government that by
the end of November Mexican oranges
will find Re ady market in the United
States, and that he has paved the way
for large importat ion of Mexican
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 q maximum OF S3 per
box.
Before the snow flies, Bisbee. Arizona,
| will see new warehouse (5OxS5) OF
brick, an addition to the east side
warehouse, and a second story attach
mept 10 the general store. These are
company improvements and marked
improvements will be mani fest next
spring, aud these will be Copper . Ieen
properties. Further mark of prosper
ity instigated by the prosperous Cop
per Que, n. 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 The
Ward line a direct Veracruz liue has
been established, and boats will leave
New York every Saturday, going TO
Havana, Progreso aud Veracruz. The
first of the boats to sail will be the
"Seguranca" which leaves New
York tomorrow. According to Agent
Alien of the Ward line more passen
gers are applying for passage to Hava.
ma I'll an the company can accOmm 90 ate
A bout fifty persons will be obliged &c
wait until the next steamer.
About this time last autumn there
: was some discussion of a project for q
national quarantine to supersede the
; numerous irregular and irresponsible
and harrassing restrictions imp sec
upon trade and traffic intercommunica
ion between states and localities
Tnere had been such an exhibition q.
local jealousies, commercial rivalry
and general incapacity mixed up with
the quarantine restrictions, tei ding t(
; produce pa ic and to impose unneces
sary haroshps upon persons and com
! munities as we'll a. to seriously inter
fere with the business of transporta
ton companies and to obstruct traffic
and industry of all sorts, as to sugges
the necessity for some systematic anc
effective plan of quarantine which
would be less burdensOme.
1t Is reported that prominent at
, torney of M xico City will soon pro
| coed to Isla de Carmen off the coast o
Campeche, where he will close con
tract for the purchase of large trac
of land. This land is to be devoted tC
the cultivation of the cocoa palm On 6
very extensive scale and the erection
of works in which all parts of the co.
coanut are to be converted into val liable
merchandise. The fibre will oe wOrke {
into mating and also a packing to bt
used in warsbips between the armol
and the body of the vessel. The oil ir
the nut ls TO be pressed out an6
worked into palm oil and soap. Final
ly the milk of the nut is to be diStil &c
after a fashion in use in India, where
it produces a much sought after liquor
This is probably the first attempt at &
cocoa plantation on q large scale IL
J the republic and should it turn on
successful it will undoubtedly FIND
} many imitators as the cocoa palm i
plentiful in all the southern states o
the republic and can be cultivated with
: out much difficulty.
j. G.. Kite, a prominent Denver to
, bacco merchant, is registered at tn
Claire. Mr.. Kite, in speaking of thu
] market, this morning, on leaving fol
? Espanola, said that the opening of tn
Cuban and Puerto Il can ports a
5 United States ports Will not affect tn
} general tobacco markets in To
j United States proper for some fifteel