El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-27
ACHANGE
IS COMING
Both Southern Pacific And
Texas And Pacific
Roads
WILL ALTER THEIR TIME
Will Make Closer Connections
Beginning December 15-More
Satisfactory Arrangement-The
Probable New Time.

1t is now practical certainty tnat
the running time both of the Southern
Pacific and the Texas and Pacific will
be changed, The change will be made
on Decemoer The T. & p. train
will come into Ell Paso in the morning
again instead of at night, as at pre-
sent. aud the Southern Pacific east
bound will reach Ell Paso between five
and six, city time, in the evening that
passeD gers going out on the Texas and
Pacific may connect With their east
bound which Is To leave here at about
seven p. m.
The original and radical change in
Southern Pacific time made q month
ago was surprise to the railroad
world, and particularly to the 7. & p.
people, who were knocked out of their
connections by it. 1t has developed
that this change was due to the
startling fact that the increasing hold
ups had determined the 5. z. to run
their passenger trains through New
Mexico and Arizona in daylight at all
hazards.
The Cochise hold-up in September,
when the robbers got away with $780,
600, was the particular act OF vandalism
which finally decided the officials of
the system on the present time, with
ont regs ID to connections.
The r suit has been a let up in train
robberi, 9, but an inability to live up
to the schedule On running time. Not
only have passengers been incon-
venisp ced by the delays and by misc
ing connections here and at other
points, but the employees of the road
have themselves been much thrown
out in the routine work.
When the change was made, the
Texas and Pacific found it impossible
of q nj oh q
get into st. Louis in time to make
connections for the east. The run
from here is made in forty-eight
hours and the T. & P. must get out of
here by seven o'clock in order to get
into ST. Louis by seven O'Clock the Sec
ono venipg. A later arrival there
would miss connections with all
train cut, which leave between and
$50.
Sine it could not make such a con-
nectiOn, the T. p. simply changed
went out of Ell P aso in the morning.
Passengers either way over both
roads had to make a layover of IL
hours in this city.
The time has been so unsatisfactory
to both roads, however, that now they
have gotten together, and change In
schedule on both roads will make con-
necEo Spossl ole.
The cannon-ball will leave ST. Louis
over the Iron Mountain at Z O'Clock
In the morning. Coming on to the
Texas and Pacific tracks at Texarkana
is will connect with the westbound
from New Orleans at Fit. Worth, ar
irving without change in Ell PasO at
about seven O'Clock on the second
morning. The through sleeper from
St. Louis will then be. coupled onto q
switch engine and run up to G. b.
station, to go right Con out on the
Southern Pacific west bound. This
through St. Louis sleeper. put on sew
ersl days ago, now is held over here
IL hours.
East bound, the Southern Pacific
time will be so changed as to bring
the train in here about 6 o'clock, and
con pectiou may thus be easily and con-
ven1ently made with the new T. P.
east bon nd which will leave here at Z,
and run into ST. Louis 48 hours later,
IN time to make close connections for
the east.
The new time will be far more salts
factory to both roads and to the travel
ing public than the present arrange
meut. which is unsatisfactory to all.