El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-21
LINK AND PIN.
LOW RATES FOR THE FIESTA.

LOW RATES FOR THE FIESTA.
The Sierra Madre road has announ-
eed an excursion from all points on
their line to JuareZ and FL Paso next
month "A a very low rate
The excursions begin on the End OF
December and continue until the 18th
at one and one-third rate for first-class
passengers and one and two-thirds
rat. for second-class. The excursions
are given on account of the festivities
in JuareZ and large crowds are expec-
ted To come.
THE CHECK QUESTION.
The question of the best kind of
checks TO he used on trunks by the
railroads is again agitating the minds
of general passenger agents. and 1t
seems that amajority of them are fav-
orable to the card rather than to the
brass checks Quite a number of rail-
roads have already adopted the cards
aud they have proved satisfactory. Ii
is claimed that they are not only
cheaper but are handler for the pass
enger. and many of the best informed
passenger men in the country think
that IL will not he a very great while
before all the railroads in the United
States will he using the card instead
OF the brass checks.
A RAILROADER'S OPINION.
F. " Finney. agent for the con-
tracing company. which has the con-
tract for building the extension OF the
Katy to San Antonio. was interviewed
in that city regarding the result OF the
election from a railroad standpoint
Mr.. Finney said: The railroads have
never been so prosperous. nor the
country either. for that matter. and by
no al nf "a sound conservative
business administration. the financial
system will not be moleSted. / look for
no such panics in the future as we
have passed through. OF course. IL
speculation runs wild. the country
will suffer. but then I think the bust
ness world is growing greater. better.
and wiser and knows with more GER
tainty how to- guard aginst the recur-
renee of foolish panics. Then. again.
the people OF this state are learning
that IL pays better to raise some wheat
potatoes and various other things that
have proven profitable crops. than to
depend alone upon cotton. and the
railroads realizing this. naturally want
to be in a position to- handle the in
rreasing business
OLD RAILROAD MAN DROPS DEAD.
]. W. Sipole. aged 43. died last night
about one o'clock on Utah street near
the corner of Second. His body was
removed to- the undertaking establish
meut of Nagley. Lyons and Mclean.
where IL awaits orders. The undertake
or has wired to brother and sister of
the deceased in Chicago but have re-
ceived no reply.
J. w Sipole's last few months pre-
sent a sad story. He was conductor
on the Tampico branch of the Mexican
Central railroad and in a wreck at Las
Cruces last June he was badly crushed.
making him a wreck for life. He
came TO Fl Paso TO attend the present
term of court as his case aginst the
railroad was TO he tried this term But
his case was put off until next April
and IL placed him in a bad condition.
having no money and unable to work
Some engineers who owed him came up
from Mexico and he heard that they
were down at the FavOrite dancing
hall on Utah street. Whether he was
Just going down there or was on his
return IS not known. but he had
henorrhage near the Union saloon and
died Immediately.
Deceased had a few friends in the
city and they were contributing to
hrs support One of them said that
his death was directly due othe crush
ing of his breast in the wreck He
leaves a wife and child in Galveston.
His wife is a nurse and is supporting
herself. 81
WHAT ARE THEY AFTER?
Railroad general managers and SUI
perintendents do not travel over the
country simply for a change OF air and
altitude. said a prominent railroad
man last night. General Manager
Nudge and General Superintendent
Resseguie of the Santa Fe had some
business in the Pecos Valley other than
Just to- see the country. That is all /
can tell you
The foregoing remark was made in
a railroad Office in FL Paso last night
and led up to a lengthy discussion 1t
vas the unanimous opinion that the
Santa Fe officials who went through
FL Paso yesterday were not on a pleas |
ure trip but had business 10 attend to
IN the Pecos valley.
This may mean something to- FL
Paso for it has been said several times
that the Santa Fe has had an eye on
the Pecos Valley road since it built
through Amarillo. The Indian Terri |
tory line OF the Santa Fee connects at
Amarillo with the Pecos Valley line
and when il extends to FL Paso IL will
complete a direct line from here to
Chicago and Kansas City. II is gener-
ally believed that the Santa Fe intends
10 buy the Pecos Valley. build IL in
here and make this city one OF the
important junction and shop points on
that great system.
When the Rock Island gets in here
from the White Oaks country IL will
have every advantage over the other
roads to the northeastern points and
the Santa F'e will be left as the other
roads will. If it gets the Pecos Valley
the through business will redeem the