El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-06

| of fifty three and One-thtrd miles an
hour, including four stops-swo of then
for changing engines and twenty
eight slow.downs, on account
of running through Incorporated towns
and cities. For one stretch OF twenty
two miles. another OF seventeen miles
another of sixteen miles, ana another
of sixty miles the regulsrschedule time
lie exactly sixty miles an hour. for one
stretch OF twelve miles 1t lie SO. 40 miles
an hour. For another stretch of near
" ten miles IL IL "a Sc miles an hour
Tae weight OF this train is COS 00(
pounds, and IL has seating capacity
for 24S passengers. These are some OF
the achievements Of American railroad
been approached ia any other country
on the globe. Globe Democrat.
Freight Tonnage OF American Road
100000, 900 A Year.
American railroads carry In a year
the great total OF l, 600. 900, 900 tons Of
freight. The freight go carried Is
much diversified, and the rates OF
trasportstio1 are cheap, two important
items In railway freight service L: s.
common belle: that the chief freight
OF American roa 30 10 grain, and that
the earnings of the various roads are
dependent largely upon the ha-vests
OF cereals Indirectly this Is trre, for
large harvests 1t remunerative prices
mean money 70 farmers for other
articles which railroads transport,
but, actually, she profits made by
railroads from the trauspor sation Of
grain are less than from other srti-
Giles OF freight.
Last year the American railroads
transported sc, 600. 600 tone of grain Of
all kinds-vheat, corn, rye, barley,
and buckwheat-while the transport
alton OF anthracite or hard coal WAS
%, OoO. 600, or so per cent more than
tina. OF all she grains collectively.
Coal, which is the easiest and less.
expensive item OF freight to handle,
furnished the railroads of the United
States with their chief tonnage. The
igures of anthracite coal trausporss-
ton are greatly exceeded by those
OF soft or bitumtnous coal transporsa-
ton, which amounted last year to 200,-
900, 600 tons, that is to Say, about one
fifth of the total freight tonnage of
American railroads is 10 bituminous
COAL and nearly 80 per cent
can railroads is In coal, hard and soft.
Another very important item is lum-
Der. The railroads OF the U United States
carried last year 65,OOO,O 900 tons of
lumber, and the development of the
lumber interests, notably in the South
ern states, supplying yellow pine, and
In Michigan and Wisconsin, supply
ing hard woods, Is steadily Increasing.
Another very large item in the freight
business Of the railroads of the United
States is ore, particularly iron and coo.
per ore, and lead and zinc. The rail-
roads transported last year $1,000, 900
tons of ore. Still another item of i'm
portance is stone and sand, usually
grouped together, Of which 81, C00, 900
tons were transported last year.
Since England has become an impor-
sent market for American dressed
beef, and since Germany and France
have admitted IL without invidtous re-
striotions and Western beef has large
ly superseded Eastern beef In the East
ern market. the railroads of the couu-
try have had large business In the
transportation of meat products. Last
year theycarried25,0 0O, 900 tons of these
| Is, 900, 900 tons of live stock, 900 ,0Co
tons OF dressed meats; and 5000 Ooo
tons o! packing house products, of
which ham, lard and bacon are the
chief. Another considerable item of
Americrn railroad freight is four
in bags or barrels, and of
which Is, 900. 600 tons weretransported
l65b year. SOIIOu, GuOuRu que " SilS
most important OF American products,
Is shipped chiefly by steamers except
from field 20 shipping point. al i'm
portsnt item of business for Southern
and Southwestern roads. Seven mill
ion tons Of cotton and II, 1000, 0G0 tons
OF vegetables and fruit were carried
by the railroads last year. Some of
the other large items OF freight ton
mage last year were petroleum, 5000
600 tons: hay, 5000, 900; tobacco. l., 500
wool. 5000, 600; hides and leather, p
sugar, 4, 600, 900: lime brick and cement.
Is, 900, 900 ;iron22, 600. OOO:machinery and
cas.inRs, Is, 900, 600; bar and sheet met.
al, Is, 900, 600; agricultural implements,
z 600, 900; wine, beer and liquor, 3, 500.
600; wagons, carriages and tools, 2, 900.
000, and coke, 80 600, 900 tons. Such
are the chief Items, but they do not in
clude what in railroad designation is
merchandise, dry goods, clothing
and household effects, boots aud shoes
ham and groceries. The amount OF
merchandise" transported 90 Ameri-
can railroads last year was 49, 600 00C
tons. Dairy products furnish 1900,
900, and miscellaneous articles, not
otherwise classified, 10000, 000.-Kau
sas City Journal.
Sparks From the Engine.
VIM. SCHNEIDER has returned from
Toysh and accepted the position Of
terminal hostler for the T. & p.
Fireman w. T. Brown, of the T. &