El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-31
RAILROADERS CHANGE THEIR
OPINION.

RAILROADERS CHANGE lEIiH.
OPINION.
Railroad men in Ell Paso have been
forced to admit the truth of some cf
the stories published about prospec-
tive roads in The Herald.
They have been ridiculing The Her
.Jd's predictions about certain roads
coming here. but since almost every
one has been confirmed Dy the nedu
officials of the different roads they nave
taken sides with The Herald and agree
that several roads are coming INTO tnls
city next year
mind as to the action of the Phelps
Dodge company said one of them this
morning and | am satisfied that the
road is coming here in the early part
of the year, notwithstanding their an
nouncement to the contrary. They Will
he in position to control the business
ina large territory by having their own
line into Ell Paso and they know too
much about business to stop at SepaT
and give the Southern Pacific all their
business. l have it on good authority
that the lire they are now building
will enter FL PasO and that all the
other small mineral roads in that sec
ton will consolidate into one big sys-
tenn and control the business of Ar1-
IONA
This opinion is acquiesced in by
many others now but a few weeks ago
when The Herald mentioned it the
luea was hooted at.
TOUGH ON MEXICANS.
An order has been issued prohibit
ing the selling of anything on the de-
pot platform during the stay of the 5.
A.
ton in this city. The fruit vendors
have been stopped for several days
and today the news was gently broken
to the vendors of curiOS that he too
must desist from competing with the
train agents.
This order is the result of kick
made by the companies that have paid
for the right to sell fruits and curios
on the trans. 1t is not justice that
they should have to enter competition
with vendors who do not pay for the
right to compete with them.
For some time crippled Mexican
has been selling to the passengers
Mexican drawn work, souvenir hats,
canes, blankets, etc, and he seemed
a deserving man, and it seemed hard
to stop him from thus eking out an
honest living. but business is business.
The train agents have purchased the
sole right to sen these articles to the
passengers and they have the right
Also to kick on free competition.
ABOLITION OF NEWSBOYS.
The managers of railways in all parts
of the country are considering the abb
htion of the train news agent, or news
butch" as he is better known. Several
large companies have given notice of
abrogation of contracts with train
news agencies Among these are the |
chicago & Alton, the Philadelphia &
Reading and the,-EIris- ss-s.en.-Or, neil |
trains on the last named west of Sal |
amanca, n. Y, the order goes into eff |
feet today. East of that point Just
one month from today. 1t has not been
stated what the companies intend to |
do in regard to furnishing their pat
rons with literature, but they surely |
will provide some means for passen-
gers to get reading matter. 1t seems |
that a road on which nothing to read
in order to while away the time could |
be secured would soon become very I'M /
popular. On train is the place above |
all where a person likes to have read
ing matter, especially if travelling for
several hours alone.
ACCIDENT AT DEPOT.
There was quite a serious accident |
happened at the depot this morning
when the S. P. train was being made
up for its departure west. A car was
bumped against an express and bag
gage car too hard and some of the ex-1
press and baggage was dumped out on
the ground. Special Officer Rayner and
Juan, the well known hustler about |
the depot, were engaged in moving
some baggage at the side of the car
when the stuff tumbled out. Some big
trunks fell on them and bruised them
up considerably. Juan walked away
like nothing had happened but he was
struck SO squarely in the body with a
big trunk that it is believed he is
worse hurt than he would own to. Off
Ger Rayner received a skinned and
bruised shin which seemed to cause
him considerable pain. A lot of fresh
oysters were spilled on the ground.
MUST STICK SIX MONTHS.
Master Mechanic Small, of the
Southern PACING at Tucson, has is
sued a bulletin stating that hereafter
no applications of firemen for runs an
aounced as vacant on the bulletins
will be considered unless the appIi-
cants have been in service on their
former runs at least six months. This
RUE will not apply to applications by
freight men for passenger runs. This
new regulation is adopted because
great many fremen have been cOntin-
ually changing and remaining on one
run only till another, that strikes their
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