El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-24
T INK AND PIN.
MARIA PROBABLY.

-r..po,rc, MARIA PROBABLY. -.-.
Engineers OF the Kansas City. me
,co e Orient road are running pre-
snrvevs in the neighborhood
-. Nara and it is thought prooapie
that the road will pass through tha'
,ovD Much interest Is being taken
in che move by the citizens Oh inc
MACE and they will put fortn ever
u.r.sible inducement to secure inc foau
m the road passes through that sec
tion itw i'll result in the opening up
of many valuable low grade sl'ei
mining properties which cannot
,xorSed with profit until oe.'ei
means of transportation Is
TRAINS RUNNING AGAIN.
The washout on the Los Angeles ol-
vision of the Southern Pacific has Deen
,.nnorariIy repaired and trains are
r,,rninp again The Sunset Limited.
,~bjcb was due yesterday morning.
arrived today about noon The pass
er~sr train that was due here AT
O'Clock Thursday evening Is expected
to arrive this afternoon ABOUT f'ov
ma the one that should have arrived
last evening at z will be in shortly al
t.rvard. The first one In viii be sent
hack out. as there has been no traih
leaving this place for the west over the
s. p. today. So many trains having
To 20 out and none coming In soon
use5 I'D all of the equipment and no
train could be sent out today until one
came in. The regular passenger train
due here at Z this evening is reported
three hours late See
A RECORD BREAKING RUN INTO
Ell PASO-
Thursday night the Texas e Paci-
Se passenger train broke the record Tor
passenger time coming into FL Paso-
The train was several hours late
and made the run from Toyah here,
a distance of 1876 miles. at the rate of
81 miles an hour.
kid" HadIock. who is known by
every railroader in the west. had hold
of the throttle and John Freed was
conductor They left Big Springs
about four hours late and gained over
an hour to Toyah. At Toyah they re-
ceived orders to make all the time they
could and Kid threw open the
throttle He was put in the hole"
for ten minutes once but cut the time
from Toyah into Ell Paso by two
hours and twenty minutes. making
an average of 81 miles an hour over
the mountain The reverse curve near
Of 60 miles.
Excitement prevailed in the coaches.
Every minute 1t looked like the train
was going to quit the track but kid"
aldn't think SO and kept the throttle
open The big new engines the T.
< p put on this year can make as good
time over the mountain as anywhere
on the line and Thursday night broke
the record by making the fastest time
ever made on a road entering Ell Paso.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
Master Mechanic Hitchcock of the
Santa Fe at San Marcial. came in from
that place this morning.
Oscar. son of ]. NJ. Darr joint car
inspector at this place for the G. II.
and s p was badly bitten in the
thigh by a dog afew days ago but is
getting along nicely. The police were
notified of the incident and the dog
was killed.
One OF the longest trains that ever
came into Ell Paso was brought in over |
the s. p Thursday night 1t consisted |
Of forty-six empty cars and nine load |
ed ones. The front end blocked the I,
caboose stood several yards east Of
the round house. ~. |
8 h Buchanan. who has the con-
tract for widening the guage OF the |
C1iffon road and for constructing a 1
part OF the Phelps-Dodge road. return
sd from Arizona this morning He says
is moving nicely with his
parf of the work. but that Is Is a mis-
take about his having any contract for
south of the international
boundary line