El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-11

rem IN Duncn crossing the yards when
the wind was blowing so hard train
could not be heard. Don't you know
that II they were to step from behind
q box car In front of an engine that they
mad not seen on account of the car
aud had not heard on account of the
wind, they would become panic-strick-
en- and not know which way to 90? The
lives OF these children are worth more
TO their parents than a dozen railroads
AID u means of their crossing the track s
In safety should be provided before
some OF them are killed."
The Southern pacific-Rock Island
Agreement.
The New York Commercial Saws:
| Data IL being collected at Galveston
for she Southern Pacific and Rock Is
land relative TO the origin and class of
| freight that reaches that port, the
cost of handling at Galveston. volume
and destination of exports, rate of In
crease In commerce at Galveston COM
pared with other ports, depth of water,
time required for loading and unload
ing, pilot and other port charges.
Ithas been assumed from this that the
two roads named are working together
! to have the Ham burg American Packet
| Company transfer Its Gulf service from
New Orleans to Galveston. It is pointed
out that this is prompted by large
trade in flour, packiuR-house products,
mill stuffs and other articles between
the trans issis sippi district. which
the Rock leland taps, and the Scsndi-
naviRn country and north German
states, which Ham burg American can
supply If it has Galveston terminal.
1t 10 asserted that with favorable port
conditions the Rock Island could send
this freight to Galveston, but it could
sent the bulk of this business finds an
outlet through the Atlantic ports.
The statement has been made by q
Galveston shipper that in all probabili- |
heHam burg-American will this sea.
son transfer part of it's fleet from Bal
timore to Galveston, but it can not
very we'll break away abruptly from
New Orleans. owing to obligations and
connections at that port.
The Projected Rock Island Exten-
sion.
A Santa Fe dispatch in the Globe
Democrat says: The Rock Island
corps of surveyors, under the lead of
" 81 Worral. passed through Clayton
from Liberal, Kan, about two weeks
ago en- route to the Pecos river, very
likely to Puerto de Luna. They came
into New Mexico just around theTex
and Oklahoma boundary line, the rail-
way laws of Texas being SO stringent
that it was deemed advisable to keep |
out of the state. After having survey
ed their line just short distance be-
low town, they went on to Chaplain.
twenty-three miles, slightly west of
Their main intention was
to get as near the Bell
ranch as possible, but finding this
route entirely unfess1ble, they decided
to return to Clay on and survey q new
route. this time going great deal
more TO the east crossing the Pem5iti-
tas eight or ten miles southeast of Clap
ham, and reaching the Canadian just
two or three miles below the confluence
of the creek and the Canadian river,
thence in a westerly direction skirting
along the Pajerito until they finally
turn south westward to Puerto de Luna.
the end of their survey. 1t is under
nect with the Ell PasO and Northeast
err at White Oaks, but this is not posi-
tive tue two system are entirely indie
pendent. Another line ia to be survey
ed from Clayton via Springer to Taos.
Texas Rates DemoraIIZed.
The Gould and Huntington interests
have, as predicted, star ted in to cutting
rates, says Houston dispatch in the
Globe Democrat. The merchants rate
20 New York was the starter, and now
The decentralization has been extended
70 Texas rates; the next move will pro-
baby be 3 cut to ST. Louis and Chica-
20.
The Huntington lines began the fight
when the Southern Pacific put in the
rate to New York, after
The South western Passenger Associa-
lion had turned IL down; this cut was
net by the International and Great
Northern, and now all the !
Texas lines which are members
II toe southwestern association are
meeting 1t, having been forced in to 1t, |
If the merchants F." rate, just as II 1
vas expected that they would do.
Then the International and Great
Y Northern chartered a train to a negro
society, which ts to shortly meet at
Fort Worth; the negroes put on {
ate of s. from Galveston and {
,4.75 from Houston to Fort Worth.
negroes. but the Houston and Texas :
Jentral(s Hun tinRton line)refused to ac- s
,ept the chartered train explanation
md put in q rate OF So from G Galveston,
md 81 70 from Houston to Fort {
Worth, open to any body and good for
my train; the Interna tional came back t
With cut of Csc and announced that {
lucy hdul pCOplS, W Vie
Eeneral passenger agent, ''for 1Oc q ,
lozen" il the Huntington people want ;
I'd to meet q rate that low.
The matter in itself Is not q very
srge one, as 1t only involves loss of i,
/ few hundred dollars to each of the
'osds, but it evidences the fact that
The feeling between the two roads is
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