El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-18
Suit for Balance


N. v.lin, the contractor who
built the new Mexican Central depo,
in Jusr.z, filed suit yesterday against
that road for S65S0.6 81 for balance al
legged TO be due 90 sstd contract
The Largest Pier in the World.
Pier B, OF the Southern Pacific
company 81 Galveston, which was
about completed at the time OF the
fiood, Is said TO be the largest pier In
the world, being 650x1. 400 feet. 1t Is
equipped with % electric freight
couveyors and with a fine system OF
trscks, enabling any amount oil freight
to be HANDLED.
Fire Truck Delayed.
A. the time of the fire last night the
G. a. passenger train was o9ing made
up preparatory to going east and was
standing scross Stan ton street. In
going to the fire the hook and ladder
truck went up Stanton street and was
held at the track about five minutes.
The switch engines we're away and
there was no means OF moving the
care, while the truck Is so long that IL
was compelled to wait until the engine
could get there 70 move the care.
Crescent News Cos Fund.
Employees of the Crescent News Co.
In the offices at New Orleans
and in San Antonio, Fl Worth. Waco,
Texsrkans, Morgan City, Is Fsyette,
Beaumont, Houston, Hesrne. Bremond,
Ennis, Del Rio, Ell Paso, Sierra Blanca,
Gliddeu, ShulenburR and Spofford
Junction and all agents OF the company
on trains in Texas are working toRe- |
ther to raise big fund for the CAT
weston sufferers. Each one will send
his contribution TO headquarters at
New Orleans and when they are all In |
to G alvesson.
Just Escaped.
J. E Msnoing of the passenger de-
partment of the f. p. aud n. K ~
Alamogordo returned to that place
this morning after a successful trip
through east Texas Mr.. Manning
is lucky. He started for Galveston
from Houston on the night of the big
food and bad his wife not been feeling
badly they would have gone TO Gal
weston the night b=fore and we're to
stoD a. private boarding house out
on the beach that was washed away
with every body who vas In the house.
The S. p. WILL Rebuild Better Than
Ever.
A dispatch from Houston ssys that
General Manager Van Week Of the
Atlsntic system of the Southern Pacf-
fc has stated positively that his COM
pany intends to stick to Galveston and
will put 10 . big double track steel
draw bridge. The great water front
improvements are to be carried ous az
originally plaoned with even larger
improvements.
Many of the business men of Gal
weston have been waiting TO see what ,
the Southern Pacific intended doing ,,
before making their decisions In regard :
now declare they will rebuilt and help
to make Galveston q greater CONNER
cisl city than IL was before the storm.
Bad Freight Wreck On the S. p.
The G. q. passenger was two hours =
lste this morning. The cause was the e.
engine having to pull fourteen cars
from Houston TO San Antonio The ex- q
ira care were loaded with people leaving
Galveston and most Of them stopped T.
% San Antonio. The train was four
,ars shorter after leaving that city.
The Southern Pacific train which a
should have left here ehortly after o
The arrival OF the delayed G. 81. train 7
was held here until this afternoon on
Iecond division Of freight train PA oil
vas wrecked near that place 1t about
30 last night and six cars we're dersil-
ID, i've OF which were loaded and
me was empty. The embsnkment
vhere the wreck occurred is q high q
me and although she extent Of she RI
smsge ocould not be learned IL is =,
resumed that the dersiled oars went -
lown the steep grade and in that case
ould bs pretty badly smashed up.
The wrecker went out this morning ID
o clear the track for the passenger o.
rain and ss they ha not returned up ca
o the hour Of going to press IL Is sup %
osed that they had a big job on hand. &C
Albert Moody. yard clerk at the joint u
reight house, went out to check up m
be freight that was in the wrecked OF
ars and bis place Is being filled in the e.
srds By JACK Hubbard, assistant day In
ne clerk. C,
he Shop Boys Contribution.
Following is the list OF contributors ct
} The fund for Galveston relief, made 81
- nv n. G Borcherding aud others In sc
be G.. n. shops: 81
r E Lyons, A McKellegou, / Ra1er
NJ Crawford, . McWillisms. NJ G te
dcEvoy, s Peterson, G G. McKte, q W
| Bethes, B F 8oppoldt.O 2 hall. Chas re
viadberg, L G s NTH, ID Hepdei son, G 50
air, J L Klink, Ray ) Culver, j n Ell
bison, w o Morton, John f Welsh, w
,ummerson. f Northrop. A z bi
chmids, A SCHNEIDER, J w Daily, A ] ct
Brown. Il T Prosper, f White, A & VI
trenton. Frank Welbosu. Grant, e.
Vim Kirby, L McEwen, E III Block, r te