El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-08

service.
Conductor ]. w. Carroll and B. Mo
Collister, and Engineers M. j. Doyle
and E. J. Hadlock, of the T. & p, who
left several days ago to attend court at
Dallas, received notice at Big Springs
that the case had been postponed, and
have returned to Ell Paso and reported
for duty.
The recent report of the territorial
board of equalization places the tax
assessment of the Pecos Valley &
Northeastern at $4,000 per mile for all
10 ain tracks, and $1,000 per mile for
side tracks. These figures also include
the assessment on rolling stock and
improvements.
The name Wagner on sleeping cars
is being changed to Pullman as rapid
! v as the cars are taken into the shops.
Railroad officers are of the opinion
that the remaining work will occupy q
year or more. The interiors and eX-
teriors of the Wsguers will be changed
to conform to the Pullman pattern.
Durango merchants are considering
ways and means to raise capital for the
building of q railroad from Durango to
Albuquerque. The project seems an
entirely feasible one. and would mean
much to San Juan county and the COM
paratively undeveloped parts of Berna-
lilo county, through which the rail-
road would pass.
The yards of the Southern Pacific at
Cotton, Cal, are being enlarged by the
addition of several new side tracks and
the frightening of old ones. Cotton
is junction point of considerable in
freight via the Sunset Route necessi-
tates additional facilities in order to
prevent blockades.
According to the modified schedule
for the Raymond aud Whitcomb ex-
cursion No. l, it will leave Mexico on
Feb. 4th at p. m. with a ten minute
stop at Nochistongo, arriving at Quad
alajars on Monday, Feb. 5th. at 1890
a, N. and remaining there until Tues
day, the 9th, at 6 p. NJ, spending
seven hours in Aguascalientes on We'd
nesday, and arriving at Ell Paso at a.
m. of Friday, the 9th inst.
An indicator of the growth of bust
ness over the lines of the Southern
Pacific company may be seen in the
fact that, Notwithstanding the large
additions to the motive power and car
equipment made during the past year,
orders have recently been placed for %
Mogul locomotives, 500 stock cars and
1000 box cars. 1t is understood that
orders for passenger equipment, in
Guiding a mum Der of dining cars, ere
under consideration.
The rebuilding of several miles of
snowsheds on the Ogden route, which
were destroyed by fire early in o.
tober, has been completed. The large
numb Der of heavy timbers required
taxed the supply in Californis and
Oregon severely. but the work has been
rapidly pushed to finish. Over
1900 900 feet of lumber were required
for the work. A unique feature of the
construction of these sheds is an ar
raugement of wide gauge tracks, on
which sections of the shed 100 feet
in length rest. These track sections
occur at intervals of about 800 feet,
and during the dry season the hundred
foot sections are drawn within the
connecting shed, telescoping closely,
and thus leaving an open space, great
ly lessening the danger from fire and
giving easy and quick control should
one be started. This device originated
In the maintenance of way depart
ment of the Southern Pacific, which
from the many problems constantly
presented lowing to the widely
divergent conditions occurring on
Southern Pacific lines), has developed
d fertility of resource which it is hard
to battle.