El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-27
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Railroad business is the creates,
business in the world" said a rail
road man this morning. 1T has a pc
culiar magnetism. and is about the
only thing wealthy men can engage
in and find a way to get rid of all their
surplus cash. Senator Clark has made
a great fortune in mining but he
found that he could not get rid of his
income in that business so has gone
into the railroad business. He is the
father of the big scheme to build a
line from Los Angeles to Salt Lake.
He is the largest stakeholder and if
ne never makes money out of IL he will
be satisfied because of the interesting
work. He has an enormous income
and he will try to become one of the
greatest railroad promoters in the
country. There are few railroads in
the country that pay wei but those who
are in the lead always get out on top"
J. ). Eldridge. Il prominent mining
man of Sonora. Mexico. is at the Shell
don. He is just returning from an ex-
tended trip to New York to visit other
members of his firm. He says mining
is all the talk in Nov YC-'- since the
election is over auU =. eat i.Iny cap
italists want property in this section.
He will leave for his mines in Sonora
in a few days.
Travel into Ell Paso has increased
nearly 80 per cent within the past ten
days. Every train coming in is we'll
loaded with health and pleasure seek
ers besides many people looking for
business locations and looking after
mines.
All the hotels were very we'll crowd
ed yesterday and some of them were
comfortably filed. There is no bet
ter way to estimate the number of
strangers in the city than by the num-
Der that visit Juarez on Sunday. Sun
day that village was lined with
curious people and one could tell that
they were strangers here from the way
they inspected every place of interest
over there.
Travel has been impaired some by
storms and the irregularity of trains
this week and n still further increase
is expected when the roads are clear
and the trains are once more running
on regular time. Over fifty guests
were added to the already long list
at the Sheldon yesterday and that big
building was a mass of moving human
ity Sunday. Many local people were
there as usual to hear the Sunday
night concert by the Metropolitan or
chestra and one would imagine him
self in a big city TO pass through the
corridors.
w. b. Cross. of the Crowdus Drug
company at Dallas. is again making
the rounds OF FL Paso. Mr.. Cross was
here n month ago and heard something
OF the big carnival to- be had here
this winter and he has been talking
IL up" all over the state. Il took some
of the stamps with me when l was
here before" said Mr.. Cross. and you
can find them now on every hotel reg
lister where ] have stopped since. The
carnival is all the talk in the eastern
part OF the state and / predict that
you will have more people than you
can take care of Mr.. Cross says Ell
Paso is advertised more thoroughly
than any town in Texas and has late
ly been classed with the most prosper
Gus cities. THE rebuilding of Calves
ton is the all-absorbing topic now. -
continued Mr.. Cross. Every board of
trade in the state has signified its will
ingness to contribute and il the state
legislature does its part Galveston will
be in better condition than ever. Poll
ticians everywhere favor an appropria-
ton of fully a million and a half dol
lars and the chances are good for a
million dollar appropriation. The gen.
eral opinion is that Texas must have
one good harbor and they intend to
make Galveston that place
c. Il. Yeti of Llano. Texas. is at the
Zeiger. Mr.. Yeti is interested in min
ing in the Guaynopa country beyond
Casas Grandes. That is the richest
mining country in Mexico said Mr..
Yeti to a Herald reporter. land if they
ever extend the Sierra Madre railroad
1t will be n wonderful business coun-
try. The Minnesota lumber company.
which bought so much timber land in
that section, are doing all they can to
get the road to extend. and while the
officials of the company here say there
is no Likelihood of the road being ex-
tended soon, we are of the opinion that
1t VIII be done before the close of next
year. That is rich country but as
long as we have no railroad We cannot
develop it and as it is to the interest
of the road to go there we are conf
dent that il is coming. The lumber
alone would pay for the road and there
are more mines in that section than
IN any other part OF the republic. BY
building so miles further the Sierra
Madre road could double its business
and they cannot be so blind To their
own interest as To let it remain where
il is
J. G. Pierce. "a prominent mining man
of Chihuahua. is in the city accompan-
led by Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Flower.
MeSda mos r. T. GaPeman n q KNIGHT
and G. Storrs. of New York city.
Mr. Pierce has been touring Mexico
with his friends. who are all interested
in, ,,,i,;pu Tho, ,-ic;tad ha