El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-04
LINK AND PIN.
THE PECOS VALLEY ROAD.

THE PECOS VALLEY ROAD.
The Pecos Valley road is making all
preliminary ARRANGEMENTS to begin the
construction of the line to Ell Paso.
Last week several crews went out
on the road to sink wells TO secure
water for the construction gangs ana
the engineers are out again TO perfect
the location.
In all probability the Pecos Valley
road will be running in here by next
September.
ADOPTS THE TELEPHONE.
The Northern Pacific railroad has
decided TO substitute the telephone on
its lines for the present telegraph sys-
tenn and will build and equip long dis
lance and individual telephone lines to
take the place of the telegraph where
it is deemed practicabl. The officials
of the road believe that most OF the
teleeraphing that is now done in con-
uection with the business of the traffic
department can be as well If not bet
ter performed by the telephone. The
plan is to place each station on diviS-
ion in direct communication with the
division headquarters and the various
division headquarters are to be con-
distance telephones. In this way much
necessary information of Importance
to the traffic and operating depart
ments which on account of limitations
of the telegraph system must now be
sent by mail. can in the future be tel
ephoned at once The advantages of
such u system are obvious
THE ROCK ISLAND-WHITE OAKS
CONDENSATION.
Since the surveyors have examined
the proposed route of the Rock Island
extension to connect with the FL PaSO
& Northeastern, the Rock Island COM
pany has sent a corps of surveyors into
the field to ascertain the feasibility of
a line to Santa Rosalie. via Clayton,
where connection can be made with
the Colorado & Southern, which will
give the Rock Island considerable bus
mess and furnish a much shorter line
to Denver. as well as to Kansas City
and Chicago. This connection is es-
pecially desirable because it will en-
able the Rock Island to procure coal
from southern Colorado.
r. w. Day. chief engineer of the
Rock Island at Topeka, has been to
Chicago in conference with Chief En-
gineer Dauchy on matters pertaining
to the Rock Islands connection with
the Ell Paso & Northeastern and at Chi
cago they engaged themselves prepar-
ing the plans and estimates for the new
extension til be placed before the
board OF directors for approval at their
annual meeting next week
While the matter of absorbing the Ell
Paso Il Northeastern has not been Off
cialiy considered by the Rock Island
directors. there is an agreement be-
tween officials that will doubtless be
confirmed when the annual meeting is
held. Under the terms already agreed
upon the Rock Island will build from
its terminus below Liberal, Kan, to
santa Resale. n. NJ. on the Pecos riv-
er seven miles north of Puerto de
Luna. The f. p. & N K. will build
from CarriZosa and will have $50 miles
OF track to construct through rough
country while the Rock Island will
build go miles.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
superintendent Martin had his pri-
yate car "Saragosa" hooked on to !
freight train this morning and went /
east for trip over the road
There were sixteen cars of cattle on !
a freight train that arrived from the |
west on the S. P. at 1 o'clock. They |
are going from Arizona to Texas to be |
Bintered.
Beginning December 9th the Santa |
Fe California flyer will have daily !
schedule This will give that road
three daily trains through from Chi
cage TO San Francisco.
The G H. passenger train. due at
7:40 a m. arrived this afternoon a few
minutes after / o'clock. 1t was already
late some and then the freight wreck
at San EliZario held it for awhile.
H C. Borcherding, chief car repair
er and Luke DeYoung a car shop hand
OF the g. H. went out to the scene of
wreck at Devils river but found the
wreck so light that his assistance was
not needed and they returned on the
first train
o. p Trigg. the clerk in the G. H. |
freight house who has been seriously
sick SO long and who was operated
upon for appendicitis. has fully recov-
cred and is back at his desk again,
much to the pleasure of his fellow
workmen
Edgar Newiand night clerk at the
e. h, local freight house. has taken a |
thirty day lay-off and gone to Del Rio
to spend it with his uncle Tom Jack
son. an engineer on the G. H. running
west from that place. He will spend
Christmas with his uncle
A man who ought to know said that
the G. H. pay car distributed nearly
$b5.OeO TO employees at this place Sat
urday- This fact has much to do with
the financial welfare of Ell Paso. With
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