El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-07
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We'll. YOU are safe. said prom
inent local capitalist tothe Herald
railroad s,peculator this morning. Tor
ALI vour railroad schemes will be car
Rod out TO the letter. You have not
made a mistake but if Bryan had been
elected Won would have been properly
burrahed As il is every railroad con
terminating coming here will be built
as soon as material can be had.
he saws there is no doubt whatever
that the Pecos Valley. Rock Island and
the Phelps-Dodge roads Will ouiid 10
ri Paso and this city will Sc boom
sucb as was never seen in this country
before The new smelter. too. ne
thinks will be a reality in the near
future and with IL many other enter
prises that will make FL Paso the
greatest city in the west with only
Denver excepted.
TROUBLE WITH PULLMAN COM
PANT.
a NJ. TaIIey. who has been on the
Pullman run from FL Paso to the City
of Mexico for "A long time. has resign
ed his position to- engage in business:
He saws he is tired of the service ana
expects to be in business At this place.
chihuahua or Parral. Mexico, soon
Mr.. TaIley says that dissatisfaction
pany is the direct cause of his resigna-
ton and that il others knew what he
did there would be several others who
would resign. He declined to talk fur-
Their but intimates that something VIII
drop in St Louis before many weeks
His run is taken by Captain Bloom.
who recently resigned his position with
the customs inspection force here
BULLET PROOF CAR CURTAINS.
The Pullman Car company have
adopted bullet proof curtain for some
of their ears on the roads in the CEN
trail west says the Denver Post The
Post has this story of the innovation;
The train robber who bankers for the
life of Pullman passengers on the Rock
Isiard Will hereafter have to draw the
berth curtains aside before he shoots
4 German army officer. after expert
mentine for lears and trying il on ar
my mules. perfected bullet-proof
cloth which is popular for suiting in
Kentucky and bids fair TO be of value
in many other sections. The Pullman
curtains on two cars which left Den
yer last night were of this cloth. as
well as the curtains over the car win
dows. and the robber who thinks his
bullet will penetrate the cloth is en-
titled to another guess The proper
thing in train robberies hereafter will
be to arrange with the porter to draw
the curtains back for each shot
or course the bullet-proof curtains
are not intended to protect the victim
selected by the train robber. but in
case of indiscriminate shooting the
passengers in the other berths may
sleep peacefully on. IL they can stand
:he racket. Some passenger who de-
sires to test the cloth may some day
wrap himself in his curtain and boldly
proceed to do battel with tie road agent.
confident that If he is hit the bullet
will do little more than tickle him. AS
the company offers $1,000 for the scalp
of every road agent. some intrepid
ones may he tempted to go after the
coin. In that case tie curtains will be
loaned by the company. free of charge.
The curtains are susceptible of high
coloring and finish as any other mater
ia1. and are guaranteed to stop any
thing except the atmospheric vibration
which proceed from the berth OF the
snoring passengers. The only relief
in that case is an AK.
SPARKS FROM TIE ENGINE
Fifteen ears of cattle went through
from east to west over the S. p. lines
yesterday evening.
Jack Howe. 7. * +. passenger fire.
man has gone to Marshall to enter the
hospital. he being a pretty sick man.
This mornings Santa Fe passenger
train had n car of Kansas City meat
for FL Paso parties. o..
There was a car of mixed foreign
immigrants that went through from
east to west this morning.
The Grau opera troupe special stood
at he G.. II. depot about an hour last
night. having come in about o'clock
There were 240 people on the train. all
members of the company
]. u. Darr. car inspector of the G.
H.. received an appreciable present
from friend down the line this morn
ing. IL was a fine large piece of ven
ison.
The Santa Re passenger train which.
according to- the new time table should
have been here at 7:30 did not arrive
until after nine o'clock. The cause is
supposed To he the change of time ia
BILE
Fifty-five Mexicans went west over
the s. r. this morning. 1t is presumed
that they either came home to vote
or renamed at home for that purpose
before going away as il is the first
time so large a number has gone out
for several weeks and being the next
morning after election. that is the nat
Hral conclusion.
Rube Elliott T. & p freight con-
ductor took a 10y off yesterday on ac-
count OF IL being election day. His
run was taken out by Brakeman Stat