El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31
$1,000 600 Worth OF Steel Cars.

Ene Baltimore ana ODlO mas Jues
placed the largest order for steel care
in the history of rsilroadinR. IL has
ordered 600 and they will coes 80 sCO,-
600. Four Thousand Of she cars will De
gondolA steel and zoo will be self-
cleaning hoppers- Tho Baltimore anc
Ohio 4. spending more money Tor
bestermeut and equipment than any
railroad In the world.
Burning 6reenbaCks.
Lastrieh, an engineer down IL the
peighoorhood of 6. Il. shops pulled
open the VII stle valve of bis engine
and sp,it-tEe air with tooss for fully
fifteen minutes. The howl that comes
from tina. neighbnrbood this morning
il Logger and louder, II possible, than
the wbisile OF tire locomotive They
10y that IL the man WAS blowing the
istle 20 call scms one they will pass
.us hs; 10 ge, money to engage
messenger boy for him to send after
the fslIox he wants In order 10 have
little more peace when they want
10 sleep. They think however that II
would be On economical measure Tor
the road 10 hire the boy, because IL
,akea fuel to mako steam and TO waste
stean suauy nights Ia succession -
that man did last night would coon
bankrupt the company.
The Absurd Quarantine.
Ano,h,r rsmirder Of the sbsurdity
~ Ine Texas quarantine sgainst Ssu
Frapcisco occurred last night when
The 3. +. passenger train arrived ~
the quarantine station. There was .
young man on board and he had been
10 Sa, t'rsncIsco within tho past df-
teen days. He was taken OF the train
outb De hired . hsckman TO take him
ovsr 10 Jusrez paying him five dollars.
L :. - -. I.x M
TO the City of Mexico, but Who knows
but what be boarded . street car with
10 i've minutes OF bis arrival at JuArez
and ~ss Ia Ell Psso almost as ICON IS IL
he had not been molested. That 10
great encourage for people 30
come u Ell Paso. Take them Of she
train at ,ne edge OF town, turn them
over To q high way robber in the guis.
Of a hscsmsn, who ~ill take him two
or three miles out OF his way aud set
him down whore he can board = mule
car and ride into towa.
Trying to Avoid Smoke.
The question of ch angling she motive
power OF rAilroads inside city limits to
do away With smoke 10 sgisasing the
city Off oisls OF u number of linee IN
several cisies. In Chicago all the
roads have come under she ban of the
authorities and she question 10 bscom
q
stand fines every few days lor the VIC
lstion OF the smoke ordinance and me-
cnaatcal experts have been instructed
10 devise some means to get rid OF the
nuisance. Electricity appeals to moet
of ,he experts although some lines are
figuring on using gasoline Gasolioe
motors have os5n experimented with
by sue Pennsylvania for come time and
have been found fairly reliable. Ia
this connection the trolley iines have
80 cut INTO the suburban business OF
the railroads that q quick and clean
method of transporting people must
soon be adopted. The elevation of
railroad tickets IN Chicago and many
other cities will MAKE the Introduction
of electricity and rapid transit much
more easy snan would have been possi
ole q few years ago. A change TO cleo
tricity has been decided upon by tie
Western Indiana road as soon 81 ifs
tracks are elevated. The system will
only extend to the down town part OF
she city OF Chicago but the Santa Fe.
Eastern Illinois, Wabash, Erie, Grand
Trunk and Monon which use Western
Inoians terminals will all come into
she deal. The Rock Island, Lake |
Shore ADD Nlckel Place a. also copsid- |
ering q like project. IL either the |
electric or gasoline plan proves feasible |
II will be bat . few years before steam !
IS . motive power In cities will become |
obsolte.
Sparks From the Engine.
Ed Gorbut. . boiler maker in the G.
b. shops, commenced diteen-day /
leave Of absence this morning.
The wires for abe electric lishss In
she 8. P. depot are being connec sed no
today aud Will probably be ready to
light the depot by electricity tomorrow
night.
sbogrspner OF the 8. p. and con of she
candidate for county clerk,
s-rived at home last night after
fortnight's visit In California.
Special Officer Rayner arrested two
more hotel runners at the delayed g.
IA. train this morning for stepping
over the dead line. They will have an
to explain this evening.
Four street cars came In on the T. &
=. today from Philadelphia where
Trey were made by she J. G. Brill
company and are on their way to Chi
nuzhua where they will be used on the
improved street rail xay system of that
ci,y. II
Superintendent Martin returned
5 yesterday from Houston where be has !
ossn 20 meet ether super!nteudents for
the purpose OF arranging . slime GARD
FIR the Sunset excursion trStns The
I.ird will probably be ready for publ
c4.iOn 20 morrow.
Two Southern Express cara passed
- rougn this morning., containing bag