El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-10
Will Take CHARGE At Once

MIL Take Charge At Once
HGlessoD, who recently resigned
the position of Gulf. Colorado q Santa
Fe division freight agent, has been
app 1inted contracting agent OF the
Cotton Belt with headquarters az Hous'
ton and will lake charge OF bis ne"
position at once.
President Robinson an IL. D.
A A Robinson, president OF the
Mexican SeDtr2l, has Gad ode degree
of doctor of laws conferred upon him
by the University of Michigan and be
may now write his name A. A Roolo-
con. LII. D. Mr.. Robinson was once
general manager OF the Santa t'e.
Likes CIoudcroft
q. NJ. Levison, of Toyah, road
msstsr of the T & P, returned last
evening from Cioudcroft where he and
his family have been since Tuesday.
His family " IL remain for some time
yet Mr.. Lsv!s,n Is favorably i'm
pressed with CloudcrOft.
Speed Limit.
The manageme ut of the Santa Fe has
Issued au order 10 the effect that the
new consolidation engines OF that COM
psny shall not b. run at q greater
under very urgent circumstances.
Ore Over the White Oaks.
Ore shipments are OF late becoming
rather common occurrences over the
White Oaks rout, Two or three cars
are received eve few days. This is
evidence Of the feet that the country
through which MS road runs Is COM
ing to the front ss q mining region.
He Has Signed.
tst, but for the past several months
machine forman az the Ell Paso foun-
dry, resigned his position at the latter
pace because, SO the G. II. boys say,
there wasn't as much brass there to
work on as he used to have when he
worked for the L. & N.
Economy On The Santa Fe
The Santa Fee company is prsctioing
economy in large chunks all along their
lines. In Las Vegas they have trans
ferred the storehouse from the super
inteudent's to the mechanical depart
ment and the lumber yard to the SUI
perintendent;s department, the changes
resulting in the discharge Of seven men
~ that point.
TWO Sick Engines.
Freight engine 95l, which was Ia the
Marathon wreck, was put under the
care of the G. H. mechanical surgeons
weeks to get her in shape to work |
again. Engine S14, which was in the
Paisano wreck, WAS taken into the |
round house to be repaired.
the offices.
The general offices of the South west
ern Mercantile company will be moved |
from their present location in the |
White Oaks depot to Captain about
the 18th. The idea is TO concentrate
sll the departments OF this big concern
Us much as possible. A local office
will be retained IN the White Oaks de-
Dot ard A J. King, cashier for TIE
company, will remain in chsrge OF II.
Heavy Traffic Everywhere.
Many of the railroad corporate lions
have issued their reports for the fiscal
rear ending June 30, and on all Ct them
The gross traffic has reached unprece-
iepted dimensions. This increase is
iue to a considerable extent to the i'm
nense passenger traffic, which in many
sections has been greater than ever be-
ore. The passenger traffic has been
70 large on several of the western lines
hat the com panies have been unable
% secure sufficient number of coach
IS TO handle the business offered and
he freight traffic has also held up
veil.
another Great Trunk Line.
For the last fifty years the city of {
Memphis has been 1ndulging in dreams |
Il Q great through line across the con-
inens by way of Albuquerque and now
he Commercial-Appeal thinks the
lreams will be realize within the next
:.ghseen mouths. 1t says that the
purchase of the Fit Smith road by the
;hoc:aw, OkIahoma & Gulf gives
dem phis direct western outlet as far ,
IS the middle of Oklahoma, with au-
,ther section being constructed as fast .
"a men and money can build it, which
viii extend the line through to Amar- !
10, while the locating engineers Sre
.lready at work OF the section ex-
ending fro11 m.riilo to Albuquerque,
vhere il will correct with the Santa :
Pa Pacific aud the great through line
V Inc Pacific will be complete.
The Trdns-Siber ian Railway.
The trans Siberian railroad will be ,
ON pleted at the present rate of work.
ng in about two years, the cost prob
bly, considerably exceeding the
risinsl estimate of Sl73 500, 900. Some
f the engineering features are of par
ocular interest. There are many
rid ges On the line, tue Siberian rivers
generally running northward into the
Lrctic ocean, or across the line. The
most important bridges are those eros
ing the Irtysh, the Obi, the Yenisei
nd the Selenga rivers. The first two
these are each about $3.50
eet long, and the third
nd fourth each about q mile in