El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-09
Fir st Class Eating House.

! lG E6llrOAQ ShGlu& uUuSS a. 10000
Grandes has been placed under new
management aod Its service is first
Glass, OF ering all accommodations ana
comfort that the travelling public can
wis b for.
Box Factory For Alamogordo.
AlsmoQordo will have within short
time q box factory with cApaclty OF
60 GOO boxes per month. 1t Will De
constructed between the TWO saw miiis
and will mean the employment OF con-
siderable number of factory EandS.
Mr. SHEPPARD Returns.
a. d. Shephard, general freight
ap-nt of the Southern Pacific, who
stopped off here on his way home to
San Francisco from New Orleans, con-
tinaed his homeward journey thls
morning on the west bound passenger.
Increased Shop Force.
A large increase In she number OF
men employed 81 the railroad shops At
AlamogordO ia Csc of the most promls-
ing sigus of An Increase of business In
that section. FOrty-eight men are
now At work whereas only twenty we're
employed q short time ago.
AlAmogordo's Assessment
The total ass e. sment of Otero county
ia SIS 900. 0ft1ts amount the COM
psnies pay on tia following amounts:
Alamogordo In provemens Company,
875, 900: lumbs, company, SlOO.O0O
New Mexico Real Estate Com
paoy, S25, 1000; first National Bank,
$40 O1O, These Sans give total OF
1920, 900.
Safety of Travelling.
r.Du-, "a n.l<es tha remarlx
able statements that while 562 persons.
were killed by lightning In the United
States last year, only 239 passengers
were killed in railway accidents,
which taken into consideration would
make 1t seem that travelling Is safer
than staying at home.
Visitors From the East.
EN-. Maggart, chief revising clerk
OF the b. AZ Houston, and Mr.. Taylor
= stenoRrapher in the office of Genera
Traffic Manager Masters at New Orte
ans, came to this city on pleasure
"trip yesterday and will return tonight
They have taken a great liking to El
Paso aud Mr.. Msggart says he would
like to make this place his nome. we
are sure be would be given . hearty
welcome as Q citizen of Ell Paso.
Good Hunting Beyond Casas 6rAndes
Arrivals from the Sierra Msdre
mountains west of Caeas GraHdes veri-
fy former reports from there that Dig
game is plentiful In that part OF the
mountai They say that bears, lions,
deer and turkeys are more plentiful
there than ever before. Hunting on
the hesd waters of the Casas Grandes
river this fall and winter will ee IN
excelled. Three bears, two black and
one silver tipped. were killed last
week in Cave V alley. forty miles south
west of Cssss Grsndes.
The StraWn Coal Fields
1t was learned today, says Ssrswn
dispatch, that sufficient support has
been assured to ensure the building OF
q railroad from TIE Ssrawn coal fields |
to a connection with the Texas Central
1t DeLeon. Advices from Comanehe |
Indicate that support will be given euf- |
6cient to ensure the construction OF the |
ROAD to that point from where 1t will
be extended to the Llano iron fields |
and on to San 4 ntonio. The coal trade |
from the start will pay interest on the
cost OF the road. leaving local business /
for profit account, and as 1T takes four
tone of fuel to smell one ton OF iron
ore, furnaces will be erected here when
the road is built and the ores from LA
no county shipped here for smelling.
Hard Work, But They Like 1t
The G. 81. wreckinR crew returned
this morning from the scenes OF the
wrecks ~ Marathon and Patsano, bring
ing with them engines 814 and 9Sl that
went down at these places. They are
pretty badly demolished. Ono of the
crew said that they had to work hard
all day and most of the night in q
steady downpour of rain, In fact they
did work all night last night. But he
says the men have no kick coming for
they were given EXCEL emit treatment by
the company, the best ne ever received
from any company under such circum-
stances and he has been in the business
many years.
Serious Washouts on 6. H.
Heavy rains yesterday an last nigh
along the line of the G. q. caused some
serious washouts in that company'sI
road died. Passenger train No. due
by washouts st Devil q River and nea.
Marc I'd on and will not arrive today
The s. p. passenger No. 9 made up
here and went out on time. The de-
Ia ed train will probably get 10 toll
night some time and the passengers
will stop here over niRhs and go on
west in the morning. It has been rain
ing almost steadily for The past week
down in that country and Devils river
10 no longer confined to its bed but 10
eavorting over the fields like spring
lsnb.
Automobile Route. L.
The project for the operation of an
line from Flagstaff to the