El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-12
The Sunset Limited.


Offices here have received othcia
nosice that ire "Sunset Limited" VII
start from New Orl ans on the morn
ing O. Novem her and from san Fran
cieco On the afternoon OF the . n a
stated 10 the n ERALD some time AZ
the Limited will be run three TIME,
week this season. The first train Sil
reach here on the IN ornipg " the ~
going vet Nv engines lave Gee
put OF for the Limited this year and
IL expected 10 make time thal
ever befU-s. Every tra!n will CARR
diuing car lud will b. among the hnes
trains in tne world.
Sailors Pass through.
Excursion Agent Dickson passes
through this mJrniug with twenty
i've tourists. TxCnty OF them came
from New York ami Philad=lphia and
1--we 90, oa st New Orleans. T1ey ar
ali going TO California Two OF the
passengers on the tourist car are A. l.
Rebel and Gun Lung, who left the U
5. gunboAt Bancroft; a. Key West. The
former VAS seaman 1od the latter Q
steward on this boat, but their time;
have expired ard they on their way
TO San Francisco to get their dis
charges. Daring the Spanish war
Rebel was on the guuboat Marietta
which block ade I'd the ports OF Cuba and
also accompanied the Oregon from San
Francisco to Key West, she trip that
caused go much une asiness for the
Oregon for fear IL would encounter the
Spanish feet whea comparatively
alone.
Great Scarcity Of Laborers
The White Oaks people are having
NO little trouble in securing MIXERS to
work the Captain mines, although
several are sent up every week.
The company has orders on hand for
every ton of coal taken from the mines
and President Eddy said this morning
that be could find a mark in e. PAso
for three times the present output IL he
could only get II out OF the mines. The
Mexican Central stBrds ready to use
all they can get but up to this time
they have had very little from this
field on q couot of the Inability Of the
company to mine it.
Twenty six miners were sent mp to
she mines this NOR Mug and Mr. Eddy
says ne expects quite q number from
Alabama In q few weeks. The COM
pany expects to bridge over the labor
question shis winter and be able to
bettsr supply the demand.
The Rock Island White Oaks Survey
CompIeie.
H. A Sumner, chief engineer of the
FL Paso Northeastern railroad. spent
this morning in the city on business
with c. b. Eddy, president of the road.
Mr. Sumner says he has completed
the preliminary survey to a connecting
point with the Rock Island and was
here to report his progress to the pres
ident.
THE result of the survey was sur
prisingly good" said Mr.. Sumner.
land we will yet be able to make some
improvements. l am now going over
the line revising my work and max
ing some changes in curves, etc. We
met the Rock Island party beyond the
Pecos river and learned that they had
also done the preliminary work and
were making n revise. / can say moth
ing with regard 20 the company's pur-
poses but can say that the survey
will be thoroughly satisfactory"
The Rock Island has several parties
in the field as has also the White
Oaks. which would indicate that the |
work is being rushed with all posi- |
BILE speed. President Eddy was seen |
this morning and he stated that there |
was nothing new to be given out but !
he hoped to have some news for the /
public after the election.
On the Mexican Cen
trail And Word On the Future
Of the Republic.
when our new hospital al AGuAsca-
lientes IL completed 1t Will be the
dnest Of the kind west OF S.. Louis"
said DR.. Squires. chief surgeon of the
Mexican Central, az the Sheldon last
night. 1--WE will have rooms for $50
patients and have the most comfort
Aole and convenient quarters / ever
law. Il will be completed come time
next month and there are many surge
pms 10 the United States that would
Ind IL interesting to 90 down there
md inspect Il.
THE Mexican Central is already the {
anest read in Mexico" he continued,
and the Improvements it is putting in {
his year will put the road on . par
With ma1y OF the boastiog roads of ths
essi. The company is now putting
rock ballast on it's lines In the rainy
districts and anticipates very little
trou bic from washouts in that section {
10 the future. The new custom house
and other Improvements st TampicoJ
aro about completed and there are
lew roads in the Upited States that can ,,
osst Of such fine terminal facilities.
re ach she west coast at MaZatlsn AID
will then be reaching ail of Mexico
hat ts worth reachinR."
When asked what the road had In
store for Juarez the doctor ssid: I'VE !
will do little for JuareZ for the people
over there are doing SO little for
Every section of the re
public Is improving except the north
ern border and the people up here will
have TO show q disposition TO advance
before any of the larger companies
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