El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-01
Rock Island and
BiSbee Roads
Join Hands

There will be another great trans
continental route and FL Paso VIII DC
strictly in II.
IL is combination of the Rock Is
land and the Phelps-Dodge people,
forshadowed i'm The Herald months
ago.
Veying an extension of the road from
Bisbee TO San Diego. California. as has
before been said in The Herald.
The Rock Island will use the Phelps
Dodge road from FL Paso to Bisbee.
and thence over their own tracks to
the Pacific coast. This is now certain.
whereas before 1t has been shrewd
guess work.
The above information comes from
an outside source that is absolutely
reliable.
A few days ago a Herald reporter
called on Mr.. Wambaugh. chief engin-
eer OF the Phelps-Dodge people. and
asked him the question il his company
intended to build into FL Paso. At that
time he replied that there was abso-
lutely nothing new in the situation.
He then went on to illustrate to the
reporter why his company should not
build into FL Paso. He said:
This is not :. railroad proposition in
the ordinary exceptation of the word.
We are not building road for the
purpose of hauling passengers but for
our own use in the handling of the pro-
duct of our mines at Nacosari. There
appears to me to be no reason why we
should build road over 200 miles of
track from Nacosari to FL Paso at a
cost of several million dollars when by
the construction of a road from Naco-
sari to Separ only SO miles long to a
connection with the Southern Pacific
We can accomplish the same purpose
and save a haul of 122 miles which
We have to make at the present time
via Bisbee and Benson.
Something has been said about the
people of FL Paso Offering subsidies
as an inducement for us to come in
here Now what subsidy could be Of
fered us to Offset the expenditure of
perhaps three million of dollars? Per-
sonaHy | see no reason whatever for
the company to build a road from Ma
cosari to FL Paso. yet the conditions
are changing every day with such
Kaleidoscope rapidity / cannot say
what will happen.
There is one feature of it that may
be taken into consideration however
The Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific
work together in the handling of the
freight to and through this point. The
construction of the Rock Island into
Ell Paso will no doubt cause some
changes in rate making. The Rock
Island has always been a rate maker
and when they come in here there is
every probability that they will pur-
sue the policy they have followed here
tofore and make rates which the Santa
Fe will have to meet That fact may
have some bearing upon the question
Of bui1linp Onr road in hera,'
That was the substance of the inter
view with Mr.. Wambaugh on Tuesday
last. The Kaleidoscope change occur
red within the next few days for it is
now announced by the same official of
the Phelps-Dodge company that they
have decided to build into FL Paso and
that the secret can not be kept any
longer.
The explanation of this sudden
change of front can no doubt be found
in the contamination of a deal between
the Rock Island road and the Phelps
Dodge company by which the former
will use the latter's road in an outlet
TO the Pacific coast, and the two roads
Will have the same terminals in this
city.
DON'T CHEW DINERO.
DO you see that Mexican with a
nickel in his MOUTH" asked Special
Officer Rayner of the S. P. of Link
and Pin" at the depot this morning,
pointing to fruiet vendor who had
a coin between his lipe. We'll. may
be after while he will give that nickel
in change to some woman and she will
put it into her mouth
Haven't you noticed what a habit
people have. especially women. of put
ting money in their mouth? 1t is one
OF the most idiotic and dangerous hab-
its people have. | have seen it prac-
rced about the depot here until / am
often tempted to go up and tell women
TO take the money out of their mouths. |
But l guess if / were to do that the |
woman would take it out of her mouth |
Icns enough to tell me it was none of |
my business and then put it back.
he other day 1 saw pretty young |
woman who was passing on the Limit |
ca. run in here and make a purchase |
AT the lunch counter. greasy-look |
ing Mexican had just made a five-cent
purchase and left his nickel on the
counter The young lady made a five