El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-24
Sparks From the Engine.

9. B. Cox, trainmaster on the Inter-
oceanic road, has been appointed SUI
perintendent of the Mexico division of
the Central railway instead of Mr..
Mulhern, resigned.-Two Republics.
There are two vacancies for en-.
gineers on mountain engines out of
Trinidad. Applications for the posi-
| tions will be received during the next
five days and seniority will be given
the preference.-Las Vegas Optic.
Engines 724, TAO and 1853, which ar
rived in Ration from Albuquerque Mon
day of last week. after having been in
service on the Santa Fe Pacific, will be
rebuilt in the shops and then sent east,
as they are too light for the heavy
work out of Rston.-Ex.
A comparative statement of the esti-
mated gross earnings OF the Mexican
National Railroad company shows earn.
ings to the amount of $119,511.19 for
the s s week OF July, 1899, against
S113, 374.97 for the same week one year
ago, an increase of Sc, 1862. For two
weeks of this month earnings amount
ed to $236, 015.49 against S214, 877. 74.for
the same period last year, q gain of
S21, 137.75.-Ex.
A statement of the earnings of the
Southern Pacific for the fiscal year
ending June 80 has just been issued. It
is complete with the exception of the
June receipts, which have not yet been
made up. For the eleven months
there was decrease of 1854, 429 in net
earnings over the same period of the
year before, in spite of the fact that
the gross receipts increased S2,617, 95S.
The total gross earnings amounted to
S54, 149. TIA and the operation expenses
were S33, O7O, 1872. The latter represent
an increase of 81 1872, O7S over the first
eleven months of the previous year,
which explains the cause of the net de-
crease.-Ex.
Articles of Incorporation for the
Wsshita Valley railroad company
rotary Jenkins of Oklahoma. The new
company proposes to build line of
road from some point on the Chicka-
saw branch of the Chicago, Rock Is-
land & Texas, north and west through
the counties of Washita, Custer and
Mills in Oklahoma; thence northerly
and westerly to some terminal, with an
estimated length in Oklahoma of 100
miles. The principal place of business
pital stock is 800, 0.-Albuquerque
Journal. -t-.
An accident occurred to one of the
work trains on Ell Gran Pscifco re-
Gently. AS the train was going around
the ''Y" at Ofea, down heavy grade |
the locomotive and two cars left the |
track, sthe rear car going into the |
Cocula river A sick peon named Vic
toriano Milendez' was laying asleep on |
one of the water caes when it left the |
rails, and rolling off. was crushed to
d cath. The verdict of the judge in the |
case was that the peon was too weak to |
get out of the way, and consequently |
the car passed over him, causing in |
slant death, There was no one else |
injured and no damage to the engine. |
The cars were slightly damsged.-Two |
If the Texas railroads are acting in |
good faith in their proposition to es-
ia bllsh q traffic bureau in Austin to |
take the place of the Southwest bureau,
which has wound up its existence in |
St. Louis, they will have the co-opera-
ton of the Texas railroad commission |
In their efforts. The suggestion for |
The establishment of the proposed bu-
reau did not come from Chairman John
b. Reagan, OF the International and |
Great Northern road, and was made to /
the commission over a year ago. The |
recent decentralization of the Interstate
rates has caused the idea to grow, and |
there ls now every prospect that the |
bureau will be placed in operation by |
August Is, if the plans for same can be /
and submitted to the COM
mission by that date.-Globe Demo-
crat.