El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-25
New Freight Warehouse At Laredo

it pecessary to establish q union fretg nj
depo. at Laredo, Texas, which will De
among the large in the state.
Santa fe's New Purchase.
A dispatch from Galveston to the
Dallas News states that Is !s generally
accep fed in railroad circles as Iacl
that the Santa Fee company has bought
the Gulf. Beaumont and Kansas City
road and that some of the oflo1als o!
the latter have practically admitted
the rumor to be true.
Brakeman Fell From CabOose.
Last Friday evening, Lon Boyler,
q brakeman on the Santa Fe, was Kill
ed a. Bnrkholts, Texas. The freight
train upou which he was braking was
lust pulling out of that station when
Bowler fell out the eide door OF the
caboose. The train was stopped ana
he was picked up in an Unconscious
condition and died in few hours.
Sparks From the Engine.
Sixty five Italians went through
from the east over the Z this morn
ing.
A rafser by the name of Cook came
in from Marathon on the u n THIS
morning.
II, Chadoap. a fireman Oh the G r.,
is of this week ON account of being in
disposed.
Knocked Off the Car.
The Topeka Journal tells of q colored
Porter being seriously hurt in the yards
of the Santa Fe company In inst city
in q peculiar manner. he had climbed
ND 10 see if there were any "bums"
beating their way on the top OF the
baggage car and while he Was there
tie train passed under q viaduct which
knocked him from the car. One OF his
legs was broken and he sustained bad
wounds on the head but the journal
says he will recover.
New Ballast Cars For Santa Fe.
The Santa Fe Will add forty Haskell
81 Barker ballast cars to their rolling
STOCK. Each of these cars will have
q capacity of ITO. 600 pounds, or forty
five cubic yards of dirt or ballast. The
sides of the cars are forty-sfx inches
high. and are made ND OF doors swing
i,o outward from q solid frame at the
TOD. The doors, when it Is desired to
unload the cars, are released by cam.
when an unloading pillow is pulled over
the train, showing the material to
either side OF the track. The capacity
of the cars is about four times that
of the ordinary fat cars which have
been used heretofore for moving ma
teriAl,
Telephones From His private Car.
Superintendent Patterson, of the
New York division Of the Pennsylvania
railroad. IL using the telephone for
Communication with his men along the
line He has had telephone placed
iu his private car, and when he desires
to communicate with any station on
the line connection is made by line
man with the wires along the track.
aad il few minutes q conversation
can be held between the superinten-
dent and his men. In spite of the fact
that the car has to be stopped in order
to make the connection, communication
can be effectively essa blished in much
less time than 1t would take to send 8
dispatch and receive an answer
Kansas City Journal.
Beers For Sou the IN Pacific Lands.
The Southern Pacific company owns
over 6, 900, coo acres of land in Texas
which was donated by the state to the
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio.
the Houston & Texas Central and
other roads which are now a part of
the Southern Pacific system. The
company has a scheme on foot to col
onize several Thousand Beers on these
lands. The lands are similar in many
respects to those of the Transvsai,
particularly those in the western and
Southwestern parts Of the state.
Il is proposed to locate the fret &C.
1ony IN Val Verde and Brewster coun-
ties. The movement Is being made
among the influential Beers who are
In touch with the dissatisfied element
of the republic and the prospects are
IL I'll
of the project.
The &. II. Wells and City Water.
THE G H. people are setting the
city an example By their mesa well
project said rsilroader in the yards |
of tnat com pany this morning, and IL |
the city authorities do not profit by IL, |
the growth of the city will be retarded |
by their failure to do so. 1 purchased |
property when l came here but If l had /
il TO do over L would not buy until l |
saw tia the city was soon to have bet
ter water. 1 know many people who |
would buy property and locate perma-
nently in Ell Psso il they were furnish
ed with good water by the city. So
you see that there would be rapid |
growth IN the population of the city /
just as soon as good water was secured.
The water from the mesa wells Is pure,
healthful water, just as good as Dem
ing water, and the distance 1t has to
be piped is nothing compared with the
distance some cities 90 for pure water.
A Regular Visitor.
Nj. A. Ltndauer, clerk in the G. b.
freight depot, has for guest his father.
A. G. Lindauer, Of New Orleans. The
senior MIR. Lindauer is an old news
paper man and has been with the Il
Picayune for the past twenty years.
He was one of the stockholders in the /
Nex Qrlaans nailu Stat Whea IL N q