El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-16
Patent Fuel Tests.

Patent Fuel Tests.
Tests of oil as fuel, made in the nav
have not so far proved satisfactory
Pate ut fuel, made OF coal dust and Tar
Was found TO yield ne arly as gooo re
suite as coal-Memphis Commereia
Appeal.
Need Burninu on Central Branch
The Central Branch will burn en-
weeds along its tracks. a wee o-Durn
ing engine WAS received at the Atcnlsoi
shops this morning and went west sni'
afternoon in charge OF Master MecnanIt
Weller and Division SuPe TIN m
De Bernardo. for q trial Trip Ahe
engine will burn weeds at the rate Of
ak miles an hour.-Topeka Journal
uah the Sierra Mojada.
A division of the Kansas City. Mex
ioo and Orient railroad between Chi
hushua al d Preside del Norte on the
Rio Graude border will run through
Lte Sierra Moiada mining c,mp, which
contains some OF the largest silver
PRODUCING mines in Mexico. The
survey for tn is Fart of the line ts abou
completed.
Santa Fe's 20 New Locomotives.
The Santa Fee lie receiving bids for
the construction of 20 heavy passe niger
engines. Bios have been received at
the Chicago Office from five or six COM
panies. The bids will be opened and
the contract given some time during
the week. These engines will be
the most powerful on the
road They Will be assigned to SER
vice ip the mountains.-Exhenge
Asks $4,000 Damages.
Chss. Stuart, q Santa Fe fireman ct
Mulhall, 0. T., has filed suit in the
district court against the Santa F'e for
$50, 900 damages for injuries sustalned
In rear end collision at Mulhall in
October. 1898. Stuart was hurt in the
back, shoulders and stomach. He
was in the Topeka hospital for some
time and went back to work but says
he was compelled to quit on account
of his ip uries. A
One peculiar feature of his injuries
Is the fact that he has lost all sense OF
smell or taste.-Topeka Journal.
Bad Place Fer ScaIpers.
Philadelphia has been wiped off the
ticket scalpers' map. The four scalpers
who tr ed to do business there during
the republican national convention
came to grief, were convicted, and II
The Pennsylvania had not interceded
the qusrtette, 1t is the stated, would
now be breaking stone. AS 1t ts the
four were let off with fine of 5000,
which three of them paid. and the
fourth went to prison. The Law of
Pennsylvsnis ia very strict in regulat-
ing the sale of railroad tickets and
sclspsrs have been cautioned to keep
out of that state.-St. Louis Republic.
Horatlo LYONS Killed.
Horatio Lyons, well known In Ell
Paso, was killed at Globe Saturday. He
was brakeman of the Globe, ella Val
ley and Northern railroad: they went
up to the mines for load of ore when
the BOX car that he was standing On
vas pushed off trestle and he fell
. Dout thirty feet, breaking his neck.
He was young man about % years |
old and had been working on the road |
for several months. His mother and |
sisters live here. His body was
brou ght to Ell Paso Sunday night and |
The funeral will be held Tuesday morn
ing a, Nagley and Lyons undertaking
parlors.
New Car Lights For the Santa Fe.
Chas Dorman, the representative of |
the Colum bian Electric Axle Light |
company OF New York City, Ia in the
city and with Milton Player Is putting
The new axle lights on the passenger
cars of the Santa Fee.
The Colum bian is supposed to be |
most perfect, combining all the good |
points of the other systems. This COM
psny wss consolidated with all other /
sBle light companies recently and the
axle ligh, put in the market by this
company was adopted at the standard.
The Santa Fe will first equip all the
sars which were formerly equipped
With the electric light. After this the
lights, and following this the rest of
he equipment will be fitted with the
Ixle lights as fast as the material may
,e obtained.-Topeks Journal.
10 Have Private Railroad.
Harry Landa, a prominent capitalist
u New Braunfeis, is here on private
business, says an Austin dispatch. The
most Important piece of news Mr..
1anda knew was that he is going to
,uild railroad from New Braunfels
n Comal county to Marion, eight
niles distant, in Guadalupe county, on
he Galveston, Harris burg and San
Antonio railway, thus giving the
German city two lines. In {
packing OF the project he said that I
lryeyors will be in the field next
1ee6, and as soon as they agree on q
rscticsl route, work will begin and
be road hurried to completion. II
Mr.. Lauda and his mother own the
II mill, grain elevator, roller mills,
lecsric light and ice plant at New G
all of which are operated I
y water power, furnished by the
alters of the Comsl river, held in
aS6rYe nv n dam Mr. IQnda ia all