El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-19

ON THE S. z.

IMPROVEMENTS ON THE s. f.
Several new things are announced
for the 5. p. lines. some being local
to FL Paso and the others not alto
.ether foreign to the interests of the
Pass City.
The old pump house in the G. H.
yards, which sheltered the pumps used
by that company before the establish
ment of the mesa wells of the COM
pany has been torn down and on the
spot where it stood will be erected the
tanks for the storage of the oil which
the ). p. will soon commence using
for fuel. One of the tanks is already
on the ground. Ii has a capacity of
5000 gallons and is a long boiIer-shaped
iron tank. Several of these will be
placed there.
Two cars of lumber are already on
the ground for the erection of quaran-
tine stock yards which will be estab-
lIshed in short time just east of the
other stock Yards of the company
which are just east of the coal yards.
In these yards will be detained all tick
infested and diseased cattle that is
shipped here
After April LIST. the Southern Pacific
will have uniformed assistants at ter
minaIs in Oakland and San Francisco
for the benefit of the travelling public.
They will be white men. about dozen
in all and will be stationed at the Oak
land ferry in Oakland and the Market
street ferry and Third and Townsend
streets ferry in San Francisco. They
will be dressed in blue clothing with
brass buttons and red caps. and their
duties will be to assist and direct peO-
ple to depots, street railways. boats
and other places to which they wish
to go.
The coast line of the S. r. will be
opened for business on the 31st inst.
The day express will make the trip by
daylight between San Francisco and
New Orleans. Sunset Route No. and
10 will be transferred from the Bakers
field route to the coast line. This is
a great change during the summer. as
it will entirely avoid the hot San Joa-
Quin valley. the dread of travellers over
the s. p. to San Francisco.
The new route is one of the most
scenic lines in the world and not only
scenic. but the passengers. being fan
breeze from the Pacific make it de-
iightful ride.
The only trains that will continue to
use the route through the San Joaquin
valley will be the local ones between
San Francisco and Los Angeles and
the Santa Fe trains. which make use
OF the 5. p. between Bakersfield and
Mojave.
The new line shortens the time be-
tween Los Angeles about three hours.
aud il is thought that this difference
will have an effect upon the time of
arrival and departure of passenger
trains No. 9 and 10 at this place. but
as yet no such notice has been given
out.
No 6. the west bound passenger
train which leaves here at 500 a. m.
has been leaving Los Angeles for San
Francisco at 11:4O a. m. but after the
trains commence running over the
coast line it will not leave Los An
=eles until 2:35 D. m. and will arrive
in San Francisco at a. m instead of
S-4S a. m. as at present.
II No. 9 does not leave Los Angeles
until over two hours later than when
il left here at 500 there is no need of
its leaving here as soon as it has been
leaving. and if No. 10 arrives at Los
Angeles nearly an hour sooner than be-
fore, it will be likely to leave that
place for the east sooner than 1t has
been leaving and will consequently ar
rive in Ell Paso sooner. hence it is very
probable that there will be changes in
the schedule time of Nos. 9 and 10 at |
this place.
Such a change would be generally |
welcomed. as the time of No. 9's depar-
ture for the west is little early for !
the average traveller and one has only |
to see the actions of the motley crowd |
at the depot of a morning at train time |
to know this to be fact. Many peo-
pie are left, because they do not figure |
on having to wait to the cali of next" i
in getting their tickets and their bag
gage checked. Others. though not left, |
are worried almost into nervous pros
tration in getting ready. The change |
in the time of the arrival and depar- !
ture of No. 10 would be of more salts |
faction to employees than anybody, for /
they would then get off to their sup
pers sooner. and it would be no incon- i
fenience to the travelling public to !
leave for the east an hour or so sooner |
than at present.
THE ROCK ISLAND EXTENSION.
H. A. Sumner, the engineer in charge |,
of the construction work of the ex-
CaTrizOsa TO the Pecos river came up !
yesterday from AlamOgordo and is |
stopping at the Sheldon hotel Mr. |
Sumner is the engineer who built the ;
Florence and Cripple Creek road. con-
sidered to be one of the most difficult I
pieces of railroad engineering In the
country Through thirty miles of |
country the road rises
from 1000 feet to 10000 feet at Cripple )
Creek. He is also the engineer who