El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
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Southwest Industrial Exposition next
year and ride on electric cars, and
then see to it that we will have cleo
| trio cars by that time. The very idea
of talking of having a big reception to
mckinley and haul him down to meet
Diaz in a bob tail car pulled by a mule.
Or again to think about having an in
ternational exposition in town that
cannot afford electric cars. To have
a big crowd of visitors come here and
see our street car system is enough to
make every loyal citizen blush with
shame. That is one feature of FL PaSO
that will get free advertising that it
would be better for the town could it
be suppressed"
A RAILROAD NAPOLEON.
AS there has been great deal of
talk for the past several months about
the proposed Kansas City, Mexico u
Orient railroad, which If built VIII
cross Texas a few hundred miles east
of this place and may ultimately have
a branch line into Ell Paso, the follow
ing from the Railway Journal will be
of some interest to Herald readers:
In matters of finance and railway
constructions, it seems that there is
nothing that daunts A. E. Stillwell, the
promoter of the Kansas City, Mexico
& Orient. Sometime after the diSap-
pearance of the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas Trust company, of which he WAS
president, the Guardian Trust COM
pany sprang up and he was finally
made the active head of that concern.
In the meantime he has been pushing
the proposed line from Kansas City to
the Mexico coast. A few weeks ago
the Guardian Trust company became
involved in a legal controversy and
was finally placed in the hands of re-
ceiver.' Mr.. Stillwell did not even wait
for the final outcome of the court pro-
ceedings in the case, but has gone to
work and organized another financial
Institution known as the United States
and Mexico Trust company, which is
about to be placed in an operative con-
dition. Mr.. StillweIl states that head
quarters are to be established in Kan
sas City and the City of Mexico. 10
the casual observer it seems as easy
for Mr.. Stillwell to promote and Or
ganiZe gigantic railway projects and
financial institutions, as it is for the
average individual to plan his days
work and execute it. If he is not a rail
road and financial organizer of extra
ordinary proportions the west has
in his line of operations.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
S. M. Shattuc, of Denver. travelling
passenger agent of the B. G. o. S-W.,
is in the city on business.
Brakeman E. D. Miller. who recently
resigned his position with the S. P. at
this place, is now working for the COLI
pany at Tucson.
Dan Parks, assistant local tfS.et
agent for the S. p, is sick with pleur-
isy and has been unable to be at his
post for the past three days.
Excursion Agent McIlroy, of Mime
appolis, passed through this morning
with twenty-five passengers. Eightet n
of them are prosperous farmers from
near Vandalia, Mo-. who are on their
way to spend the remainder of the win
ter in California.
Johnson, the Washington excursion
agent, famous for his chocolate, passed
through this morning with twenty
two passengers. He did not confirm
nor deny the story of his tourist car
romance, but from appearances at the
depot one would judge that there are
other tourists who like chocolate be-
sides the young lady in San Francis
CO.