El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-28
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mencing on that day the Erie railroad
will introduce the use of the safety pa
per for all it's tickets, coupon and 9th
ers. except only the engraved care
tickets. This paper, which is said t.
be proof against change of date o.
destination by scalperS, has been il
limited use in the west and elsewhere
but the Erie will be the first to ust
it generally for all its tickets.
The paper is so made that the ink
used sinks into the tissue. makins
erasures impossible. The paper is
thin but tough, and is manufactured
by a few firms only, who are under
heavy bonds with the railroads to sell
only to authorized railroad printers
The latter also are under bonds OF
$4,000 each to use it only for rail-
| road printing and to furnish no one
else with it.
This makes it impossible for scalp
ers to get hold of it and prevents the
| forging OF tickets. AS an additional
protection the Erie railroad has grad
| ually exchanged all it's date stamping
machines for punchin machines,
which are similar to those used by
banks in marking checks. The cost
of these changes if made suddenly
would be very great, but the Erie has
/
ers with new ones gradually, and its
passenger department now believes
that the tickets are proof against ma
nipulation.
so WILL Ell PASO.
Mr. Ripley and Mr. Nudge were both
very guarded in the replies to questions
asked about the proposed extension
from Roswell to Ell Paso and the clos
ing of the gap between Pecos and San
Angelo, and would give no definite an
swers, says the Roswell Register. but
the Register has been reliably inform
ed from a reliable source abroad. that
the purchase of the PecoS Valley &
northeastern railway by the Santa Fe
company will in the not distant future
result i nthe following: First. The
building of road from a point Near
Roswell to Ell Paso on the line of the
Hagerman survey, giving the Santa Fe
a shorter, easier and cheaper line from
Ell Paso to Kansas City and Chicago
than the Rock Island will have. Sec
ond. The building of line from a
point near Roswell to Albuquerque,
giving the Santa Fee a shorter line
with far easier grades than its present
line over the Glorieta hill and Ration
pass, to and from California. Third
from some point between Carlsbad and
Pecos, to San Angelo. Texas. giving
the Santa Fe short and easy line from
Galveston to California, via San Angelo
Carlsbad, Roswell, Albuquerque, and
the Santa Fe's present line west of AL
Anyone examining the
map can see at a glance, the inevitable
outcome of the Pecos Valley railway
purchase by the Santa Fee company and
it's importance in transcontinental traf-
fic. What this will mean to the Pecos
Valley, we need not discuss. Roswell
will be strictly in it,"
CONFIDENCE.
Hereafter only soft drinks will be
furnished thirsty travellers on Conduc-
tor O'Shea's train on the e. p. & n. E.
says the Alamogordo Advertiser. Rev
enue Inspector A. j. LOomis is reSpon-
sible for this state of affairs. While |
on his way from Alamogordo to Ell
Paso on that road Mr.. Loomis re-
quested the porter on the train to |
bring him bottle of beer. The porter |
did not know of the position with the |
government which Mr.. Loomis occu-
pies and complied with his request. |
Mr.. Loomis drank some of the beer |
and passed it around to his friends, |
then rendered payment for the beer
and when the porter accepted it he in
reduced himself and informed the 1
porter that he would have to answer
he charge of selling an intoxicant
without the knowledge and consent of
Uncle Sam. On reaching Ell Paso the
natter was adjusted by the assessment
If $40 fine against the porter, John
Darnell, together with sundry admoni-
ions and it is safe to say that hereaf-
err unless the passenger has his pri-
rate bottle it will be a long time be-
.ween drinks when one boards that
rain.
ON THE SOUTHERN
PACIFIC.
The experiment of the Pullman
company to control in whole or part.
he sleepers operated over the South
I'm Pacific has been practically aban-
loned. Circumstances and conditions
IS well as experience have demonstrate
ID that it was useless to continue the
The railroad company
vas not able, owing to lack of proper
equipment of its shops. to properly care
or sleeping cars and keep them in first
York Central and one or two other
ines for some time. The adoption of
he limited ticket by the Erie was de-
aged because that line had large
supply of printed tickets with the I'M
United clause on hand, and did not
are to change them by the use of a
ubber stamp. as other lines do.