The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-07-28

The Chihuahua and Pacific railroad
has inaugurated an enterprise which.
while expensive now, will soon be of
great benefit TO the country and indi.
rectly to the road itself says the Chi.
huahua (Mexlco) correspondent of the
New York Post. This Is the education
OF the Mexican r.. or. The primitive
way In which maiiy Mexican farms are
conducted would ,sem almost lmpOssi.
bic to the average American, who Is
familiar with the improvements in ag
ricutural machinery used In the United
States. But In many parts OF this coun-
try. especially In those away from rail-
roads. wheat Is still thrashed out with
a hand flnIl, wine is made by treadlng
the grapes under foot, transportation
is accomplished by OK teams drawing
huge and immensely heavy carts, the
wheels OF which are made from the
solid trunks Of trees. and modern plows,
harrows aud cultivators are unknown.
With such appliances only small crops
can he obtained, aud the officers of the
road decided that II they could intro
duce modern methods they would In
crease the productlveness of the farms
along their route and would In the end
greatly improve their own business,
SO they hired Professor j. G.. Haney
OF the United States agricultural ex
pertinent station In Kansas and told
n 90. oh h., ms to rttn
farm. They furnished him with n
supply OF modern farming implements.
such as the MeXlcans could buy IL they
wished, and sent him along the line TO
give practical lessons 10 the hacien-
dados. Mr.. Haney found the farmers
willing students. He furnished them
with seed and showed them how to use
the tools which he had with him. For
the first time In the history of the coun-
try American plows, harrows and dou-
BILE cu!tivators were used on the farms
along the line of the railroad. The
Mcxlcans We're quick to see the bene-
fits of the new tools, and the crop that
they have Just gathered has proved to
them that the results of properly work
Ing the soil are TO their financial good.
The result is that they are buying inn
plements similar to those used by Mr..
Haney and are preparing to cultivate
their farms more scientifically In future.
BY the recent action of the Burllng-
ton road the train butcher" Is done
away with. says a dispatch from Kan
20 h. XArlr frfnaaa Tho
order takes effect Aug. /. and from that
date passengers Will look in vain for
the boy.
As substitute and for the purpose
OF providing the passengers with read
ing material the company will have
news agents pass through the trains at
the terminals In Kansas City. ST. Louis,
Atchison. st. Joseph and Omaha with
newspapers and other reading matter.
In addition u newsboy will be allowed
to leave Kansas City at 1880 n. m. and
return on the Chicago train reaching
Kansas City at $40 o'clock the same
night. This Is for the purpose of fur
nishing TO passengers morning aud aft
ernoon papers. Similar arrangements
WIN b'OohpiS bS huuS At huS NhlSaBO
end of the line.
Pennsylvania railroad officials are ex-
perlmenting with new system of
telegraphy on the lines between Phila-
delphia and Pttsburg, says the New
York Commercial Advertiser. Charles
NJ. Sheaffer Is the superintendent Of the
telegraph department. The new meth
cd involves the use OF perforated paper.
The perforations are made by the oper-
ator by the use of "A key somewhat
10 the one now in use. Then
the prepared papers are placed in "A
sender, which equals the speed OF six
ordinary operators. The perforated pa
per delivered from receiver at the
other end OF the line is said TO be easily
decipherable.
An experiment undertaken some two
years ago In California by the Santa
Fe company. says writer In The Cos
Magazine, demonstrated that
one ton OF coal would carry certain
train 26.7 miles, while a little more
than n ton OF oil-2.OlG pounds-car.
ried the same train over the same track
3S.46 miles, gain OF ~ per cent. The
coal cost $3.50 ton. and the oil cost
only 5000, a gain Of 5 per cent This
was when the oil cost Sil5 a barrel,
twice what il may be expected to cost
when the Texas supply can be fully
drawn on.
Several new passenger stations OF
more than ordinary Importance are to
be constructed In the southern states
this year, says the New York CONNER
rial Advertiser. A large brick and stone
structure with a steel train shed is to
be erected in Knoxville. Tenn, at "a
cost of $4,000. A site has been Sc
cured for new Southern Pacific pas
senger station at San Antonio, Tex,
which Is to cost about 100000. A
union station is to be built by the rail.
road companies entering Columbus,
Ca. at a cost OF $4,000. This station
ls to be built under the super vision Of