El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-14

had this week to consider schedule
to be submitted by the employees.
"Wes" Derr, formerly with the 9.
Fl. & S. A. at this point but later OF
Bisbee, Arizona, is now employed mere
by the E. P. g. N. E. as blacksmith.
Fourteen box cars were destroyed at
the smelter fire last night. Ihey De,
long to various companies and 1t WILL
take some time to determine the loss.
Four cars of cattle arrived vest ,rday
over the Mexican Central ana ~ere
tran sferred to the Texas 81 Pacific to
be shipped to Cuba. They were In
bono.
New box cars for the Mexican Cen
trail are being taken across the river
daily loaded with coal. This company
is preparing for the rush which 10
bound to come next fall.
AS fast as the wooden cabs become
worn out on the G. 81; q 5. "A. engines
they are replaced with new steel cabs.
Two of these new cabs were unlOaded
| in the G. q. g. S. A. yesterday alter
| noon.
The special train which conveyed
Superintendent Hurley, and staff OF the
Santa Fe, to this point left last night
at IL O'Clock for the north over that
| line to complete their tour OF inspec-
ton. They passed the smelter about
As minutes before the fire broke out.
| The excursion travel to Los Angeles
has revealed the need of better facili-
ties to reach the Grand Canyon OF the
Colorado and the result will doubtless
be that the railroad projected from
| Williams, Ariz., to the canyon will be
pushed to completion. The side tracks
at Flagstaff were filed with Pullman
coaches, the occupants OF which await
ed their turns to make the trip to the
canon by means of the stage line ply
ing to that region. But this matter of
transportation to the canyon, it is said,
| will soon be settled. J. 81. Richards
& Sons of Holbrook, Ariz, have the
contract for building the first fifteen
| miles of the Santa Fe and Grand Can
yon from Williams Ariz., north, and
have completed four miles OF grading.
The preliminary survey has been com
pleted to the Grand Canyon OF the Col
orado river, sixty five miles, and the
the graders. Contracts will soon be let
for an additional fifteen miles of road.
I-Ex.
The M K. & T., Is rushing things in
the way of repairs on the flooded dis
trict. They now have all their breaks
bridged over for the passage of trains,
with the exception of the large one at
Brazos river, and the water has not
fallen sufficiently to permit Of their
doing snything at that point. The
iron span across that stream is still
standing, but is several feet out of line
and will require considerable work to
get it back in position. The company
has an abundance of material already
on the spot and everything is In readI-
ness to begin work as soon as they can
get at it, and they hope to be able to
get trains through by the first of next
week. All of their trains are now run
on time, being made up at Taylor.
The b. & T. c.. is also rushing the
work of repairing, being in better
position to go right ahead than the
Katy, on account of the waters having
fallen so much faster where it covered
their tracks. They have q large force
of men at work on both sides OF the
break and hope to have matters
Strengthened out in about ten days.
Denison Herald.