El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-02
MERGING OF TWO ROADS.

MERGING OF TWO ROADS.
New York-The Evening Post has
the following: IL 4
President Burt of the Union Paclnc
and President Hays of the Southern Pa
cific together With Secretary Miller OF
the Union aPcific. who have been trav-
cling together from the far west. were
al. their offices in this city today Both
officers have been inspecting the Cen
trai Pacific and other divisions OF the
southern Pacific and vii submit their
recommendations for improvements
and means of operation Both oHlcers
will remain here at least until after the
annual meeting of the Southern racine
which will be held on April 3.
Union Pacific officials will be elected
into the Southern Pacific board at TINS
meeting. The present board consists
of eleven members. with one vacancy,
and il il probable that the new direc-
rors to be elected will constitute ma
ioritv of the board. Since the last
annual meeting of the Southern fa-
cific share holders, the board mas oeen
uetirely reconstructed, August belmont
ID. o. Mills. John w. Mackay' j. ID. nag
gin. going into the board last summer
al the request of c. p. Huntington,
not long before his death. together
with C. II. Tweed. +. Hawley and j.
ID probst President Hays and James
Speyer were elected in the fall
Resides Chairman Hartman. of the
Union Pacific it Is probable That QUO
I'll. Kuhn. of Kuhn. Loeb & Co., george
Gould of the Missouri Pacific and Jas.
StiIlman will go into the Southern "a
cific board.
The Mail and Express discussing the
announcement that George Gould is to
enter the Southern Pacific directorate,
says:
This is what Mr.. Gould referred to
some time ago when he said that still
larger deals than any that had been
nut through were coming. III the pro-
posed harmony of relations is estao-
Iished it will lenablc the Missouri ia
eific and affiliated lines to secure better
terms ont through traffic to the Pacific
coast. On The north. the Missouri "a
cific's business will go over the Denver
& Rio Grande to Ogden and thence over
the Central Pacific to San Francisco.
On the south traffic will go over the
Texas & Pacific to FL Paso and thence
over the Southern Pacific to California
points"
SWITCH ENGINE RUNS INTO WAC
ON LOAD OF PEOPLE.
At about II O'Clock yesterday morn
a vehicle containing a Mexican man
and five women near the county hos
initial. The horse hitched to the vehi-
ella was killed. the wagon was demoi-
ished and the occupants were scattered
over the ground. The man escaped I'M
hurt hut the women were all more or
less injured.
The party was on the way from Ell
Paso to the smelter and were cross
II 1nl- a hos
pital when the engine came around
curve and was upon them before the
horses could be turned back
DIR. l. G. Gaal, of the county hos
Dital. came out to the scene OF the
accident and attended to the injured
women. after which they were taken to
their homes at the smelter.
There seems to be no danger OF any
of the injured women dying but the
extent of their injuries is hardly known
and some may be more seriously in1ur-
ed internally than has yet been ascer-
tanned.
Witnesses to the accident say the
Mace where the accident occurred is
a dangerous spot, and the obstructlng
hill should be cut down or some warn
ing given of the approach of trains.
FIRST OVER COAST LINE
Excursion agent JOnuSOn pdSScu
through this morning on his way from
Washington to San Francisco He
brought in eight passengers. and left
two here and picked up a half dozen at
this place. He says he brought Con-
ductor Sullivan and Brakeman Hig-
gins. of this city, who left here on the
Sunset Limited. from San Antonio this
way until they met No. 10. and they
had to go back on it. From some cause
they had been obliged to run clear
through to San Antonio on the Limited
and then after getting started home
they were ordered to double back on
No. 10.
MIR. Johnson will be the first excur-
sion agent of those who pass through
here to go over the new coast line OF
the s. F., and the first to get that stop
over three hours in Los Angeles,
which Is caused by the shortening of
the distance between Los Angeles and
San Francisco.
SUNSETS NEW ENGINES
Eight locomotives are now being
built by the Cooke Locomotive & Ma
chine company for the Southern Pa
ciic. They are all passenger engines
OF the ten-wheeltype and are all alike.
with the exception that four have pis-
ton valves aud four have American bal
ance slide valvea
The total weight OF each engine Is
liza. 900 pounds. OF which l3I. 900 pounds
arc carried by the driving wheels. The
cylinders are 20 by % inches. The
boiler II of the extended wagon-top