El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-23
LINK AND PIN.


denials that Pennsylvania is to leas,
Chesapeake and Ohio under a 8 pei
cent dividend guarantee. Chesapeake
and Ohio stock continues phenomenal
ly strong-much to the disgust of the
bears in it, and much to the mortifi-
cation of some leading interests whose
plans have been disarranged by the
publication of the facts of the case
There has been persistent buying OF
the stock. houses with Philadelphia
connections being among the active
purchasers.
LINES TO A BUFFALO.
The big buffalo in the city ticket of
flee of the Southern Pacific and H. &
T. c. r. r. office, on Main street, says
the Houston Post, attracts a great deal
of attention. A number of old buffalo
hunters stood o the Office yes
terday and spun buffalo yarns.
A Post reporter found the following
verses tackled on the railing which
surrounds the buffalo. They are sup
posed to ave been composed by the
junior assistant Office poet, who is en-
plOyed by the Southern Pacific COM
pany to produce gems" and chips
OF this kind. but as he refused to own
up to them, the author will probably
never be known. The verses read as
follows:
A Buffalo Steer.
| was born and raised in Texas: I'm
a relic of the past:
I'm out of date, behind the times,
and of my race the last.
But I'm "in the push" for Texas; so
start me on the go.
Fut me on at Houston, and off at
Buffalo.
We roamed the plains of Texas in
happy days gone by
Got in the way of progress. and S we
had to die.
The iron horse came. snoring; the
railroads crossed our homes,
And then the hunters ship'd by freight,
our tallow. hides and bones.
the other sights:
The great Worlds Fair at Buffalo will
fill me with delight.
They say that by the SUNSET ROUTE
is THE best way to 60.
So put me on at Houston. n off at
Buffalo.
I'll remind of Texas's greatness the
thousands who go there,
The products of the Lone Star State
will make those people stare.
Our wonderful the best part
of the show;
Well loa it on in Texas, and off at
Buffalo.
The colonies and the cattle kings are
packing up their grips.
And almost everyone We meet expects
to make the trip:
And those who cuss the railroads will
also want to go:
Get OF with me in Houston, and off at
Buffalo.
IN. B.-The object of these verses
is to steer" travellers to the Pan
exposition. over the South
ern Pacific lines.)
SOLD TO SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
A dispatch from Monterey. Mexico.
to the Globe-Democrat under date of
March 18th. say that it is stated there
on reliable authority that New York
parties representing the Southern Pa
cific have acquired a controlling inter-
est in the Mexican National road. and
that the latter property is to be OPP
as a part of the Southern Pacific
This deal includes the pur-
chase of the Texas-Mexican road which |
Ill 1IoW IdIcuO. ItAdS, W SOTDuS |
Christi. Texas. connecting at Alice
with the San Antonio & Arkansas Pass
roalroad. which is a Southern Pacific |
property.
The Texas-Mexican and the Mexican |
are narrow guage lines. and it |
is said to be the purpose of the new
owners to convert them into a stan |
dard gauge line as soon as possible. |
The Mexican National Dad extends
Laredo to the City of Mexico and
a number of branches. It is the
short line from the border to the City
Of Mexico, and commands the rate sit
lation in this country. 1t connects at
Monterey with the Mexican National
Monterey with the Mexican Internal
which, is also a Southern Pacific
property.
<RUTTSCHNITT GOES OUT.
J. Kruttschnitt, of San Francisco, is
10 longer fourth vice president and
manager of the Southrn Pa
life. This change has been foreseen
some time. Mr.. Krutschnitt's sue
is E. III. F~itZhugh, hose resig-
lation as vice president and general
manager of the Central Vermont rail-
way was effective last Friday. r.
S96 until 1899 Mr.. FitZhugh was super
ntendent of the Grand Trunk railway
nd went to the Central Vermont as
ice president and general manager
vhen that road was purchased by the
rand Trunk.
1t is now believed in some quarters
w. G.. Van Weeks hold on his
resent position of vice president and