El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-31

tue cDdiu gang.
The west bound train was hours
late on Saturday. The delay was
caused by waiting connections at New
Orleans.
Conductor Wellington of the Mex
lean Central r. r. whose child was
buried Saturday afternoon, will return
to Mexico in few days.
w. r. Martin, division superintend-
ent of the G. H., returned from Sam
uels, where he has been inspecting the
water wells of the company.
The Mexican Central pay car was
expected to arrive at 2:3O Saturday AZ
ternoop. 1t has been delayed five days
on account of losing the pay roll.
A car load of immigrants passed
through here Saturday evening. They
come from Lisbon, Portugal, and are
on their way to California where they
will be distributed among the Vine
yards.
The illinois Central, when the work
of construction now in progress is
completed. will have at New Orleans
the greatest gravity yards in the
United States. They will be three
miles long and half mile wide and
con tain forty-eiRht miles of track with
a capacity for $500 cars.-Exchange.
The American Car and Foundry
Company has closed contracts with the
Illinois Central railroad for 500 100, 000-
pound capacity cars, and with the De-
lswsre and Hudson company for 25O
80, OOO-pound capacity coal care. Rail
roads generally are preparing to pur-
chase large mum bers OF cars for fell de-
livery.-G lobe-Democrat.
According to the latest advices from
Tampico, about 600 people will leave
that city on the special train which the
Mexican Central will run to the capital
on.account of the feast CT Guadalupe
on August /, and with those received
at intermediate points, the total num-
Der of pilgrims which the train will
bring in will probably be close to 1000.
n eralG.
Two car loads of Bartlett pears
passed through here Saturday, con-
signed to T. 81. Thompson & Co of
Houston, Texas. Mr.. Thorn pson thinks
that the farmers of this country are
m sking a big mistake in not putting In
pears. He says that the soil and clim-
ate are naturally adapted for the rails
ing of as fine Bartlett pear as Cali
fornia ever produced.
The estimated gross earnings of the
Mexican National railroad company
for the third week of July were $780,
SAG, 800 against S112, 922 SO for the same
of $13, 1924 80. The estimated gross
earnings for the first three weeks of
July we're 1852, 1853. SO, against 1897, $780,
80 for the same period of last year,
making an increase of $35, 062 o.
Mexican Herald.
VIM. Maui, the G. n. engineer of
main tenance OF way, with head
quarters at Houston, arrived Saturday
afternoon in his private car with his
wife, child, and nurse. Mr.. Maui in
conjunction with Superintendent
Martin has been inspecting the water
wells of the company, and Is well So
igstion. He leaves on his special this
morning for Houston, Texas.
o. Clarke of the auditors Office
has been appointed travelling auditor
of the Santa Fe, with jurisdiction over
a part of the middle division and all of
the western division. This Office was
made vacant by the transferring OF J.
E. Hutt of the Chicago division to the
3 General Offices. L. j. McQuade took |
Mr.. Hutt's place, and Mr.. Clarke, be-
ing in line of promotion, was given the
uditorship.-Topeka State
Journal.
It Is learned that there is q confer
ence of the officials of the Fort Worth
s. Denver City railway being held in
Denver for the purpose of considering
Santa Fee over the Denver road from
Trinidad to Fort Worth, where it
would again be turned over to the |
Santa Fee. AS it Is now, the haul by
way of Newton, Kas., is over 300 miles
the longest. 1t is thought the deal
will be made.-Kansas City journal.
The roadbed on the extension of the |
Southern railway from OaXacs south |
ward, has passed the town of Coyotepec |
and is now near the city of Ocotlan,
some twenty kilometres from the city |
Of Osxacs. Work is being pushed &C.
lively and General Manager Morcom |
from Oaxsca to Ocotlan ready to be in |
for the services of the pub |
lie on the 10Th of September, the great |
rational holiday.-Two Republics.
Wells, Fargo & Co. are forwarding
every few days over the Santa Fe, |
Prescott and Phoenix line, in specially |
constructed refrigerator cars, equipped |
for passenger train service, carload |
shipments of Thompson seedless grapes
destined to the eastern markets.
There is a large acreage of these |
grapes in the Salt River Valley, and as
they ripen from six to eight weeks |
earlier than in any other section, they |
are in great demand.-St. Louis Globe |
Democrat.
A reporter was treated to a sight |
last evening on board the east bound |
train, from the effects of which he has |
not recovered yet. There was on board |
a Mrs. Beck, who is just returning
from Alaska, after two years stay in
that country, and has been one of the
very fortunate ones. She has two very