El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-10
e. p. Mccormick Coming.

Srn Pacific. IL expected through bere
on ME regular trip over the read now
any day. Mr.. Mccormick was Tor
several yesrs general passenger ano
licset agent If the Big Four route with
beadqu, rters ct Cir cinnsti.
Married at the SmeIter.
L-R Kline. operator Tor the r. at
Cambray, n. NJ e, ard Miss Ella tSust'
Calghter OF jerry 70. who Il EN-
rlrved st the smelt.r, were married
Suncay evening ut the home OF orice's
parerts at the smeit.r. They were
married jus. u few minutes before IN e
Santa Fe srsin for the north came by
ard they left on ~ for Denver On their
bridal tour. Mr.. Kline was operator
for the G. Ii. In this city three or four
years ago
Successful Homeseekers' Excur-
sion.
In interview yesterday with .
| aiding Official of the Santa Fs Route
passenger department. he stated that
the September homeseekers excur-
siors to the Southwest bad been re-
markedly well p.ironiZsd. Hundreds
o, persobs Took advantage o. the low
ra'es. While some merely went for
visit among friends, many were so de-
lighted with the country that they will
soon return to settle on farm, engage
in mercantile business. run q stocE
ranch or pick out . location for their
bows.
The greatest rush WAS to Oklahoma;
hut Kansas received q large share OF
travel, and . goodly number we're at
trsc,ed by the rich mines and trrfRst-
ed lands Of Colorado, New Mexico
ard Arizops.
The Southern Pacific Improve
ments Story Confirmed.
One confirmation after another is
following the positive announcement
made in The Herald some wee ks ago
that the Southern Pacific shops at
Tucson would soon be removed to FL
Paso and a new union depot would
take the place of the old structure now
in use.
This was first learned from Cen
eral Manager Van Week of the G.. III.
and S. A. when he was in this city re
Gently but the story was Giscredited
by some 1t is now known that the
head officials of the company have in
their possession the complete plans
and the work will be done some time
next year.
The shops at Tucson are not to be
abandoned at once but most of the
workmen there will be brought to this
city as soon as the new sops here are
completed. The company VIII keep
- small shop at Tucson for light re-
I,..irs on engines but very little car re-
pairing will bed one there. "'he shops
there will only do light repairing like
that done at Valentine and Sander
son.
A railroad man who is in position to
know, said this morning thai The COM
pany would do nothing until .he new
president of the road is elected but as
soon as that matter is settled. things
will begin to change all along mel inc.
Railroad ConsoIid ation Forecast.
From curreut reports IL seems that
Arizona Is soon TO become web of
railroads and mineral tram ways.
A dispatch from Jerome says that
plans are on foot for q new road from
Williams, In the n2rthwest par. of the
territory, to Globe between Ell Psso
and Phoenix. IL this road Is built
here will he an opportunity for the |
consolidated mineral lines TO form one |
great system Of road touching all the |
meet important mining districts In |
Ar IONA and Sonora, connecting here
With the trunk lines from she east
besides having a direct route to this !
great smelling center.
If she reports that all the mineral
roads In Arizona are To consolidate un-
der one management be true Ell Paso
almost half the dirtabce from here TO
San Francisco and on direct lice TO
that city. The rews comes from .
very reliable sou C that the Rock
Island 10 AZ the heso Of this c6hsolids-
ton movement and that that company
will operate the consolidated lines
when completed. II this be true she
Rock Island will control the mineral
{ u put Of the cot thwsst AID eventually
have line from Ell Paso TO San Fran
cisco direcs.
Whatever move the consolidation
will make will be taken as
soon ~ the election IL over and IL IL
confidently expected that 30 announce
mens OF the purposes of ell the roads
In question will be made in December.
Modern 100 ton Locomotives.
THE consistent downward tendency
of freight rates Is q problem that can
be solved only by usiog heavier locomo-
tives. larger cars. stronger bridges
and bsster tracks," said j. E. Childs,
general manager OF the New York.
Ontario & Western Railroad, to a New
York Tribune reporter.
Within the l.ss few weeks the Cooke
and Mschine company has
delivered to the Ontario & Western
{ 20 100 ton engines, which were put TO
work hauling coal trains on the heavy
grade of the Scranton division, be-
tween Scranton and Hancock. The
results have been 60 satisfactory that
orders for several more Of the same
Kind Of locomotives have been placed.