El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-03
Gone 10 A1rmOQOrdo

Gone 10 AlrmogOrdo
Jim Heard went to Alsmogordo this
morning to accept position with Chiel
Probably To Survey Franklin
Street Property.
Kendall, of Del Rio, assistant
civil engineer of the G.. H., came In
this morning on business for the com
pauy He WAS accompanied by hls
helps r, Robert McCurdy.
Contract Let
Major Log an. of FIT Bliss. has the
contract for laying the pipes that are
to conduct the water from the mesa
wells to the G 81 yards and he is expec-
ted 10 commence the work in a short
time.
Engine Off The Track
Switch engine us on the G h. was
derailed this morning In the yards, just
north of the passenger depot, while IL
was pushing Pullman car up to the
track with only the foot board and
front casting broken. The same engine
jun ped the track last night.
Two Runaway Boys.
Two little boys, aged ten and twelve
years, bare-foote d and dressed just
alike, In Little Billee overalls and
broTn plaid coats, were discovered by
Spec al Officer Rsyner attempting to
board the trucks of the west bound S
P passenger train this morning. He
took them in charge and queried
them kindly about their
were travelling in such q manner, and
with tears flowing down their cheeks
and their sentences punctuated with
sobr, they told him that their names
were Edward and Lewis Rodriguez,
that their father was a machinist In
the round house at San Antonio and
had been for eight years, but they
would give no reason for running away
from home,
They told Mr.. Rsyner that they
would like to go home and Pullman
SuperinteudensCsrley went toSuperin:
tendens Martin who telegraphed
the news to the probably broken heart
ed parents that their boys were here
and would be sent home. Bystanders
gave she boys some money and they
went in search of something 10 eat,
promising Mr.. Rsyper to return THE
ever ~ and go home. The kindness
with which Special Officer Rayner
treats such cases is commendable.
Private Cars For Railway Officials
Luxury in railroad travel, says w.
w. Young In the New York Sun, has
esehed its highest point In the United
States in the form of the private car.
Il lie true that Que en- Victoria, the Gar
of Russia, Emperor William of Germ
fn do
have special trains brilliantly painted
and emblezoned with the royal arms
and carrying an abundance of gliding,
yet IL Is a fact that there are more
than hundred private cars In the
United States which far surpass any
cars in Europe. Nearly all the great
railway presidents and some other
millionaires in this country have better
cars than the best in which any king,
queen or emperor ever travelled.
This modern luxury had its origin In
necessity. There are many big modern
enterprises which require for their
successful management an ability as
great as that needed to administer the
affairs OF government. Men able to
handle interests like those of trunk
railroad lines and the greater manu-
fseturl1y plants are rare, and when
they are discovered or developed IL lie
vitality important that they should be
so cared for and protected that their
ally the railroad companies were first
to see the advantages in this respect
afforded by the privacy o. the spe-
cial car. 1t makes possible the quiet tha at
is essential to clearness of thought aod
thorough consid ration of the import
ant matters uTcr which the official is
called to pass Judgment, even while
More than . hundred
private cars have been bulls for rail- |
road OIL oials at the Pullman shops |
alone during the past seventeen years,
I'd out nearly as many more, to say /
,othing of those constructed by several
mailer car building concerns.
There is not q transportation line of
my Importance in the country which
las net cars set aside for the exclusive
Ise of its president, its vice presi-
ents aud several others of It's leadings
Ulcers. One big system has about
weDty of them. Even division super
ave gorgeous private cars. Those
olling places cost from SIS, 900 to $50.
90 each.
DR.. w. Seward Webb, for many
ears president of the Wagner Palace
ar Com pany, and an officer of several
ailrosds, has had four private cars
uilt for MIN In the past dozen years,
robsbly the most luxurious and ex
in the world, their aggregate I
ost, with furnis hinge, being In
he neigh borhood of 5000. 900 DIR.
Webb spends more time in his private
ar an any other man in the coun-
y: great many of his trips being
Iade for the mere pleasure of travel
ng. On several occasions he has
lade journeys on trains made up Of
rivaye cars. One of these trips WAS
lad e In a train of five cars. The