El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-09

night ana brought engine NO. QUO W
the shop for repair.
E. Styner, the general superintend-
ent of the Mexican Central, is in the
city accompanied by Harry Lswton,
the assistant general freight agent.
Railroads are in correspondence 70
choke off the excursion agents who
are endeavoring to get up excursions
at special rates to the Paris exposi-
ton.
b. s. Boise, member of the Kansas
City Stock Yards company, is in Ell
Paso on his return from tour of Mex
| leo. where he has been soliciting chip
ments for his yards.
The Santa Fe Pacific is getting the
material on the ground for a new steel
tank at Flagstaff. The present water
tank will be removed as soon as the
new one is completed.
Harry Lswtop. the present popular
assistant general freight agent Of the
| Mexican Central, now in Ell Peso, was
stationed here few years ago as the
agent at the joint Office.
L. S. Smith, treasurer of the Texas
& Pacific road at Dallas, is in Ell Paso
accompanied by Mrs. Smith. They
will spend several days here on bust
ness and for pleasure.
A meeting of passenger rate clerks
of Texas railroads: held to supervise
the annual ''linfpg up" of the rate
sheets, began St Dallas yesterday. The
work will be continued today.
The ella Valley, Globe and North
eastern has changed it's time SO that
trains now leave Bowie at $50 p. m. {,
and arrive at Globe at ITO, and leave
Globe at 5 q. m. arriving at Bowie at
II noon.
Railroad earnings in the United
States last year were $13O, 600, 600 larger
than in 1898. The increase was due to
general Industrial activity, and the
same conditions are indicated for the
present year.
The Louise Brehany Concert COM
pany will go out over the S. 2. to-
morrow morning, and make connection
at Deming with the Santa Fe branch
for Silver City, where they appear TO-
morrow night.
Conductor G. Il. Dascomb, after put
ting in a couple of weeks in the rail-
way hospital at Las Vegas. has resum-
ed his passenger run between Albu-
queroue and Ell Paso. very much i'm
proved in health.
George w. Myers. brakeman and
operator on the G.. H., has resigned.
Business of q general freight character
is Stacking up so of late that many men
are compelled to quit work who are
good men, but for whom'there is Moth
ing to do.
The Raymond and Whitcomb tou-
rist excursion train was two hours late
in getting out of Ell Paso last night on
account of the section from Mexico be-
| ing detained at the custom house. The
| train went west at 9:15 with two bag
gage cars and ten Pullmans.
The construction of the Rock Island
Santa Fe line from Kingfsher to
Guthrie. at an early date is a certainty
All of the preliminaries have been
arranged and the right Of way, except
for a few miles, secured. The purpose
Is to complete the line without delay.
J.P. Oberhaulser, the Santa Fee OPP
orator: has returned from Maria,
Texas, where he went to attend the
funeral of his sister, Mrs. @. w. With
ers, who died there Monday, and has
resumed duty at his desk. @. S. Wood,
who was filing his place, has returned
to San Marcial, N. M.
The Southern Pacific has decided to
build new extension from Mohave
The object is to secure a cutoff into
Los Angeles. 1t is also announced that
the Central Pacific line is to be
Strengthened and shortened between
Elko and Ogden, Utah.
General passenger agents OF the
roads terminsl in Chicago are now
receiving many amusing letters from
ticket agents throughout the country
regarding the abolition of commissions.
Several have pinned large pieces of
Grape to their letters, indicating the
death of commissions, and one draws a
picture of cOpious shower OF tears.
Facts that came to light at St. Paul
indicate tn 1T the Great Northern rail-
way escaped a strike last week by a
much narrower margin than was then
understood. A mem Der of the griev-
auce committee said there were only
lacking fourteen votes to authorize a
strike. The brskemeu were practical
ly unanimous in voting to reject the
roads schedule, only seven votes being
cast in favor of it.
Another move is about to be made by
the syndicates that are attempting to
control all the important railroads in
the country. The Harriman-Vander-
bilt-Morgan-P com bina-
ton, having about finished its work of
consolidation in the territory east of
Chicago. has turned it's weapons upon
the western field of transportation.
The managers of the controlling pool
are trying to corral the only two in
depend emit roads between Chicago and
ST. Paul-the Wisconsin Central and
the Chicago & Great Western-in order
to obtaiu absolute control of the Chi
cagO and ST. Paul district.
WAS ARRESTED AT SANDEQSON