El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-09
LINK AND PIN.

6Ied ire annual report at Austin show
ing its earnings 10 ne S5O.293 expens-
- s19.696. u
Increase over ten thousand compar-
ed with last year o'
A CHIHUAHUA DOG FOR OFFICER
RAYNER.
SneciaI Officer Rayner. of the IT, H.
received = present from Mexico TINS
morning. IL is a thoroughbred Chihu-
hra dog and is about the size OF
Rurkholder's pepper box. so says Ray
ner. He says it would go in his vest
pocket easily.
FL. PASO AND NORTHEASTERN,
OF TEXAS ELECT OFFICERS.
The directors of the Ell Paso and
Northeastern Railroad met yesterday
and elected the following officers:
President. c. B. Eddy: Vice Presi-
dent, Secretary and Treasurer, j. h
Franklin; Auditor and Superintendent,
FEE. Morriss: Road Master, ]. j. Bar
rett
Their waes no other business to at
tend to, so the meeting adjourned
FIRST THROUGH TOURIST CAR
The first tourist car to go from St
Louis to San Francisco this season
passed through this morning in charge
of Ed Lamb. There were twenty
three people ON board when the train
arrived in FL Paso. Two of them got
OF here and three more got on Four
teen of the passengers on this car are
recruits for the u. $. army who had
enlisted at Houston They are going
to Presidio to await orders to go to
the Philippines For the remainder OF
the season a tourist car will leave st.
Louis for San Francisco every Tuesday
night and one of the same system Will
leave San Francisco for st. Louis ev-
cry Tuesday night. Mr.. Lambs car
will be the first one to leave San Fran
cisco. This car comes out OF St Louis
on the NJ. X < 7. thence over the s.
A K a. p. to the s p.
WHITE OAKS EXTENSION.
Nothing definite has been given out
lately about the extension of the White
Oaks railroad but all reports are ex-
tremely encouraging and indicate that
active work will begin in the near flu
ture-
A. g Greig. general superintendent
Of the road. who is here on business.
said this morning that they were push
ing their survey with all possible
speed The surveyors are now going
over the line for the second time after
revising the preliminary survey and
are mapping out the definite route of
the road. MIR. Greig denies that Mr..
Eddy has gone east to close a contract
with the Rock Island and says that
the White Oaks road is not a railroad
alone but a general development COM
pany and IL they sell one they will sell
all property the company has He
contends that the object of building
the line into the northern part OF the
territory is to get connections with as
many other roads as possible for the
mutual benefit of all interested.
Mr. Greig admits. however. that any
thing in the country is for sale and il
offered enough the company mightsell.
This can be taken to mean that if
the Rock Island wants the White Oaks
bad enough they could. get it,
BIG HOTEL FOR CLOUDCROFT.
That Cloudcroft will have a modern
summer hotel by the opening of next
season is now a certainty. and il will
be one of the finest in the entire coun-
try
The plans for the building are com
pIete and in the possession of c. b. Ed
dy. who will present them to the east
their approval
high. have IS rooms and will be built
on the rustic woodland style. The
rooms will be finished as any other
sDod hotel. but the Office. halls and cor
ridors will be in pavilion style with |
rustic wood effect. According to the |
plans the hotel will exceed anything
in Colorado in the point of comfort
and attractiveness but of course will |
not be SO expensive.
The rooms will be built in suites and
each will have ap rivate gallery. The /
grounds will be we'll prepared and |
SPACE will be reserved for all kinds of |
ont door games. large dance hall |
Viii also be one of the attractions
The hotel will he the property of the
A lamogordo Improvement company.
~hich owns all the property at Cloud |
croft. II * also understood the pri- |
rate parties will build several smaller |
hotels in the early spring which will |
give Cloudcroft as good hotel accomo-
dations as the most popular resorts in |
Colorado.
Mr.. Eddy and f.. p Turner. OF THE |
Texas q Pacific. discussed the future |
of Cloudcroft in all its phases and |
came To the conclusion that a hotel |
mast be built and it must be a good |
one.
IF We can get agood hotel at Cloud
rrUft." said Mr.. Turner. the travel to /
Cioudcroft will be more than double I
what il was last season. We will 1
know definitely what will be done
when Mr.. Eddy returns from New York
md anything / can do within the /
so1nds of reason will be done FL Paso
.nd Cloudcroft. with their combined