El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-05
7 INK AND PIN.

NEW YORK CENTRAL WILL USE
MOTORS.
The New York Tribune says; Pres
ident Galloway. of the New York Cen
trail. has lust made the announcement
that as the result of a series OF eX-
periments with motors it is hoped that
a tunnel will be possible under the
Grand Central station in this city
Trains will then run in over loop
and out again. III further experiments
with motors prove equally successful
they will be used on the Hudson River
division between New York and AL
bany Street cars propelled by COM
pressed air will run down Fourth ave
nue. to Twenty-third street as result
of an ARRANGEMENT with the Metropol-
itan system and across the Pennsly-
yania ferry. where direct connections
will be made with the Pennsylvania
system.
There are indication that a syste
matte fight is to be made on the differ
ent railroads in a number of western
states at the session of the different
legislatures this winter to fix the rate
of passenger travel at two cents
mile. A number of the eastern states
now have a law preventing railroads
from charging over two cents mile
but none of the western states have
1egislated on the matter up to this
time. 1t is argued that in the thick
ly settled communities of the east
two cent rate is not oppressive but
that if it was put in force in states
which are sparcely settled it would
work a great hardship to the railroads.
Experienced railroad men believe that
passenger rates should only be low
cred when a cheaper method of opera
ton is put in vogue.
TO SAVE WASTE.
Shocked at the waste on big railways
purchasing agent c. III. Hayward of
the Chicago & Northwestern road has
inaugurated a scheme which he thinks
will save the company thousands of
dollars in the course of a year. Here
after when an agent out on the line
orders stationery or fire shovel it
will be carried to him on a special car
and the man in charge will gather up
all ink-soaked copying rags, bits OF
bolts and spikes and anything else
which has in it an element of value.
All out OF date and unused stationery
and books will be collected in the same
manner and taken to Chicago where
the collection will be sold. The
scheme is looked upon with favor by
other railroad men who realize that
thousands of dollars are wasted every
year IN not properly taking care of
little things.
RATE CUTTING METHODS.
The committee of the Inter state
commerce commission which have been
in session in New York during the past
month looking into the charges of GER
hill i've In
favorite and almost universal method
of cutting rates and discriminating
against the general public The COM
mittee found much evidence to sup
port thee laims of the contestants 1t
was shown that at least five per cent
of the merchandise shipped out of New
York was misdescribed so that lower
rates might obtain that the shipper was
entitled to. The committee also found
evidence of a freight pool and 1t Is
whispered that when it concludes
there are likely to be some prosecu-
tions under the clause in the Inter
state commerce law which prevents
pooling.
RAILROADS AND SCALPERS.
Railroad officials who have been
making an investigation of the scalp
ing situation pretend to be surprised
to learn that the scalpers are doing
as much business as they ever did
Most of the lines are supposed to be
under an agreement which will pre-
vent the scalpers getting any tickets
from the companies direct That the
agreement does not work is evinced by
the fact that the scalpers are still
doing a good business. No one who
knows the situation has ever doubted
that IL the railroads withheld tickets
from the scalpers there was not
enough of the other kind of business to
pay their rent let alone pay their run
ming expenses and make them a profit.
Weak lines do not want the scalpers
suppressed. 1t is through them that
they get the bulk of their passenger
business and the officials rightly think
that as they have to run passenger
trains it don't cost any. more to have
the cars filled than empty.
THE MEXICAN CENTRAL WRECK.
Latest authentic reports from il
mulco, the scene of the Mexican Cen
trail railway wreck. say that seven
bodies besides those of the three
American trainmen have been recov-
cred from the debris; five more of the
injured are so badly hurt that they
cannot recover.
The wreck was one of the most aw-
full railway disasters that has occurred
in the republic for years. The fear
full catastrophe is thus described in the
San Antonio Express by an eye wit
ness:
The wreck that occurred on the
Central last Thursday evening be-
tween and Is O'Clock. is said to have
9.@.@.@.@.@.@.@.@ .@.@