El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-24
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Sunset Limited Season.

Sunset Limited Season
The Sunset Limited season VII COLE
nence the week after next. The hrs,
eess -oourd one will start from SAT-
Francisco Nov. 5 and the drst one go
ing vest will leave New Orleans Nov:
:. The east bound sunset train will
meet the west bound s. z. passenger
irAin az this place. The vest bound
one will psss through FL Psso . few
minutes after p. M.
New Form OF Ticket.
Tho passenger department Of the
Pacific division of the Southern Pacific
has adopted new form of ticket which
IL is urging iss connections 70 use.
Provision is made for punching ali
routes of the 5. +. or It's connections,
thus making IL so that one ticket Will
suffice for . trip involving several
.--a, over the old system and may be
adopted. The new style ticket 10 about
the size OF Q railroad folder and folds
ike an accordion. Il will be little
more bunglesome than she old Tickets
bus will be better for the use In being
Iuss one Instead Of several.
Off For A Hunt.
The followin prominent personsges
compose u party OF nimrods that board
ed the Sierr. Msdre train this morn
lag DR.. 1. j. Bush, DR.. w. NJ. Nc
Kenny ana Peyton J. Edwards, OF this
CITY, DR.. McKenna, of Pecos, and @.
c. Ingraham, of Nsoogdocbes. They
expected to be Joined at San Pedro by
otAers- The party is going OIL to the
vess of Casss Grandes, in search OF
big game. They will be gone about
s.o weeks. Dr.. Bush promises US 1t
least one good bear story when he re-
tarss.
6reenhorn Hunters.
There was considerable uneaslness
ARosg the authorities of the Sierra
Madre line az this end the other day
when the time was far past for the
train 10 be inGUZmsn and nothing could
be he Ard from IL. When II finally did
report from that place hot message
sas ir ed ~ she conductor demanding
an explain stion OF Why the train Was
70 late. The conductor answered that
ihsre we're two tenderfoot hunters on
the srain going down the line on Q
hunting trip. Upon arriving at Bar
real station they saw such broad ex-
psnsss OF water stretching out before
them that they jumped of without
asking any questions and started for
ths 6eauSiful lakes, deciding that
SAare was no use OF going farther In
suareh Of wild duck haunts when the |
whole country snere was covered with
vsssr. The delay WAS caused by the
trouble In onvinoing the city chaps
that they supposed was broad ex-
poDse OF water was only delusion,
mirage, and In getting Shem back on
the train.
Aged Lady Badly Hurt.
In Pullman car on the Incoming
G. 81. train this morning there was an
aged lady in a helpless condition as
result OF an accident which happened
10 her At New Orleans. The old lady
y Mira. E. q. Burke, Of Philadelphia,
She ID travelling with her daughter
proprietor of q numb Der Of theatres in
Philadelphia and q member of a
theatre syndicate. The daughter,
Mrs. Nixon, ia in poor health and the
party Is going to Phoenix to sojourn
ior abe benefit OF her healsh. AT New
Orleans as Mrs. Burke attempted TO
get On the train she fell and sustained
\ disIoostiou Of her right hip. The
accident will 60 all the harder with
her On account Of her advanced age.
She IL go years old.
Plans OF the ChoctaW Road =
The Memphis Commercial Appeal
denies the report that the Choctaw,
Oklahoma and Gulf railroad IL headed
ter "A Paso. 1t says Ia part: In short,
d L. the Intention of the ChocSaw ma
aagement to 60 to Amarillo with their
mad, but not to Ell Paso, for they ex-
peat . connection for that point from
source which would be just as {
advaasageous from financial stand |
point rs II they should do the neoes-
.arv hufldfn0 than eel Yea L.
These facts we're made known to
Memphis friends of the Chocsaw yes. |
erdAy By President e. L. Gowen, Who
Ipent Sunday In Memphis and who
eff for the West yesterday mornipg
Already contracts for forty miles of ,
Dad, west from Weatherford have
,een let, on a direct line to Amarillo, !.
md IL Is the understanding that pro-
Tided steel rail remains at the present :
figure further cotracts will
% let shortly.
Once at Amarillo, the Choctaw would !
,cc1py a strong position In bidding for
business of every 8
character. in which railroad compa-
,ies are interested. There connection }
~onid be made with the Pecos Valley
md the Colorado Southern-oue giving
hal section, she other to the Pacific
coast
Up In Chdves County. q
IL is q fact not generally known TO i
,he n p sso public that FL Psso 10 soon !
% Ae onnected with one of the beat
counties IL not the very best In New :
Mexico when the Pecos Valley ex-
ends It's line into Ell Paso. Chaves
,oaosy of which Roswell is the county
eat, has Q reputation far and wide not