El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11
AUSTIN. TEX.
Life In the Capital City Before the
Flood-The International Dam
At EI pdso-Double Header Talk
Ell Qasodns.ln Austin.

Special Correspondence of the HERALD
AUSTIN, Tex, April 6.-This city IL
wet, very wet aud still wettlng. Inc
sun has refused to shine for 10, these
many days; aud the heavens weep, and
the earth absorbs, AMI the feet get wet,
and the umbrella keeps lent, and every.
body coughs and grOwls and kicks and
tries to be disagreeab BILE, except among
those with whom the writer abides.
And amid all this the doctor smiles q
beautiful smile, eats his meals hastily,
accelerates the speed OF bis horse ana
with cheerful alaority sends In his bill.
Austin is il a peck of trouble. Inc
rule or ruin party here Is strong and
full of cussedness. They don't want the
city to own anything.or pay It's debts.
They would own the dam and the cleo
trio lights and water works and every
thing In sight, even unto the offices.
AS good fortune would have 1t the
mayor is just and up right man aod
he is backed by the people, who know
a good man when they get him.
| often think of the proposed inter-
national dam st Ell Paso and wonder II,
when it is com pleted, the cost OF water
and lighting will be as cheap as II is 10
Austin. think the cost here Is about
/ what it Ia in Ell Paso.
Yesterday l called upon the Ell Paso
locomotive engineers who have been
giving their testimony before the rail.
road commission on the subject OF
double headers !" They are j. Q.
Simiuo, Cay Wall aod G. M. Cunning
ham, who have been 10 the service OF
the G. H. 81 S. A. thirteen, ten and
seven years respectively. Their re-
cords are good and their ability I'M
questioned. Their testimony Is favor
able to dou ole-headers on toe South
ern Pacific when the great depende nee
IA
compete with cJler roads this compa-
ny must take advantage of everything
that will enabl, it to transport freight
rapidly and cheaply. Ii they cannot
use double headers Thy will get
larger engines, and this will
throw more men out OF work.
AS to the danger Of runring two
trains as one, they all agree Mat the
more trains there are the EOre danger
there is from collisions. If but one
train traversed a road there would be
no POSSIBLE OF a collision whether 1t
was as ngle or double header. The re-
ductiCn Ia train ews IL was said is
one half. This is not true. The crew
of double header consists of two en-
gineers, two fremep, two brakemeu and
a conductor, seven in all. II the same
train was cut in two there would be
two braKemeu and conductor more,
making a total OF ten. The reduction
in force therefore is three tenths in
stead OF one half. All things consider
ed these practical locomotive en-
gineers are of the opinion that double
headers are all right for the Southern
Pacific, whatever they may be for
other roads
Geo e. .Bovee left for Ell Paso
yesterday. Mr.. Bovee is still holding
down desk in the internal revenue
Office with Collector Flanagan. George
s. Bovee, OF bicycle fame, Is attending
Griffith's Commercial College. Randolf
L. Terry is at the university, elm bling
steadily along up the ladder of fame.
All of these people give Ell Paso a big
boost when called upon for an opini-
on. CORRALITOS.