El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-06
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| "i'n aoir io"illes ana were Drought
home this morning.
This wreck delayed the passenger
about four hours and between Long
fellow and Emerson 1t encountered a
washous which delay ed IL an hour or
two more.
The Phelps Dodge Railroad Enter
prises.
| The HERALD S special correspondent
| at Naco, Arizona, writes under date OF
| August as follows;
The Copper Queen Mining Co. have
begun the construction of line of rail.
road from Don Luis, a point five mile
from B,sbee. to be extended most pro.
I badly on to Ell Psso.
This line connects with the A. & S.
E., a 80 mile road from Bisbss to Ben
| son connecting at the latter named
point with the Southern Pacific.
Another line will be built from Naco
| to Nacosari, Mexico, connecting with
| the pr"j scted line 10 Ell Paso at Don
Luis. Messro. Toohey and Roberts,
| the contractors, are busy grading east.
| ward and have about 200 men employ
ed.
The railroad officials ssy the line
will be completed to Ell Paso within
eighteen months.
This WILL open up rioh county,
both In mineral and cattle, and will
assure to the people of southern Arizo-
| ma and Sonora fair freight and pnssen.
gers rates to the east.
Private Cars OF. MilIionaires
Seeing railway officers travelling In
slch luxury. it was not long before
the multi mtllionaires of the country
not connected with railroads began to
follow suit. To-day there are more
than three hundred private oars in the
United States, and in them the owners
live as they do at home having their
own servants, she1r favorite books
and means for amusement in abun-
dance.
One of the latest and most interest
Ing private cars Ia one built for Henry
M Flsgler. It is 70 feet inches long.
At the entrance is large observation
room fitted with reed furniture and
with writing desk and bookcase. The
lterior finish IL of white mahogany.
The car is lighted by gas and the
handeliers are fitted with cut glass
globes There are two staterooms &C.
cessible from the corridor, finished in
white satinwood. The larger is Mr.
Flagler's room. It has q double open
bed, richly carved and q wardrobe with
convenient toilet room adjoining, fit
ted with onyx washstands. The small
er sta!eroom has two bershs, . folding
washstsnd aud toilet convepieuces.
The central part of the car is the din
Ing room.
In IL ars an extension table and chairs
OF white mahogany, and the uphole ter
ings are of green leather with rich
embossings. AT one end of the room is
buffet and china closet. Opposite the
buffet Is a handsome cabinet, with an
onyx fireplace. The upholstery thr ough-
out Is in varying shades of green, with
carpets, draperies and ceiling decera.
Ing -oom IS the pantry, fitted with
chinawsre, lockers and large refriger-
atOr. The kitchen has q steel range
and all the conveniences of kitchen
in a hotel. In the extreme end fs q
stateroom for the servants. The out
side of the car Is painted orange and |
the decorations are in gold leaf.
j. PierpOnt Morgan does most of his |
laad travelling in private car. The |
10 private car named the Stanford.
although IL is known as the Golden Car.
1t is painted gold from top to bottom.
Many private cars of American
have gone to foreign
Cecil Rhodes has used
very gorgeous one for several years In
South Africa. Two of the finest
,ars ever made were built In 1897 for
President Diaz of Mexico. One of the
private cars that ever
passed over the rails Ia A. A. McLeod's
1t is not only palace on
wheels, but it is built in every TT
he best woods could make it. The
'ottom ia so constructed that IL could
srdly be broken in collision. even I
Tere the car moving at the rate ,
fifty miles an hour.
he decorations are of empire de-
ign. The outside Is made of long solid
Mahogany panels, backed by hard wood.
he windows are Gothic and unusually
.rge, the observation end being oom-
he car contains 300 square feet of
lass of all kinds, 100 car is perfectly {
4uipped electrically for calls and ,
Citing. The observation room is fin ,
he'd in vermilion, a costly redwood .
rought from Andsman Islands. There
writing desk in this room. A
.steroom opens off the observation
Dom, and 1t also is furnished in ver-
Iilion. Immediately back
nished in satinwood and richly =
Finished. The passsgeway and din ng l
,om are finished in English oak. The I
deboard in the dining room is of beau
full design, with dou ole doors, at the ,
ottom of which is q safe. Opening off
lie dining room Is another stateroom
uished in ivory and gold, with Q bath
bonn attached. The trimmings of this +
Dom are silver plated, while those of
le observation and first stateroom are
old plated. The staterooms are sup t
lied with closets and washstands of I
[exican onyx. I
SuDt T n Mi1lor,a oar Lnoun ga M
B, on the Pennsylvania system, In
hich Presidant McKinlev rode To I