El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-11
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RIG FREIGHT BUSINESS.

BIG
Il never saw such movement of
freight on the S. P as Is now going
westward over that line, said q. ii.
man this afternoon 1T is hard mat
ter 10 get engines to take out the
freight" he continued. I'VE have loan
ed the S. p an engine every day for
several days now and still the yards
get blockaded with freight cars. One
day recently there were over four
hundred west bound loaded cars stand
ing tied up in this yard
This rush is good for the extra men.
They are all getting work now A rail-
reader advances the theory that the
same amount of freight would be go
ing east if it yasn't for that absurd
quarantine. He says that it may not
sound reasonable that the quarantine
would keep freight from being shipped
over the s. p. but that he knows of
several cases where it has done it.
Certain kinds of freight are held at the
quarantine station and in order to pre-
vent this delay the shippers send their
east mound freight over the Santa Fe.
LOTS OF REPAIRING.
I'VE have lots of work to do these
days" said G. H. car repairer this
afternoon. 1T is mostly replacing
wheels. There is a sight of freight
passing through mere now and great
many foreign cars are coming through.
In travling such long distances the
wheels get fiat, the f1anges wear off
and break and it seems like they are all
to fix here. though probably other pla-
ees have just as much to do" The
car repairers are indeed getting lots
of practice in repairing wheels now
and most of the jobs are accompanied
by rush order. This has resulted in
some record breaking work, but the
repairerS say they do not think they
will ever beat their record of replac-
ing inside wheels in seven minutes.
STOCKMEN'S PASSES.
1t is said that the managers of the
roads operating west from Chicago
will soon effect a material curtailment
OF the pass privilege to stockmen.
For years it has been the custom for
all roads to furnish a free round trip
ticket for one person to accompany a
shipment of cattle, and when the ship
ments are heavier the privilege was ex-
tended to more than one person.
Few of the big shippers accompany
their stock on account of having to
ride in a cabooSe and the tickets are
usually given to persons who are going
to the destination of the cattle anyway
and often are going there to remain.
Especially is the case when Chicago is
the market and there the man who is
passed disposes of the return coupon to
a ticket scalper. 1t is said that there
is enough of this kind of business in
Chicago t0support several brokers who
handle no other kind of tickets.
1t is the desire of the officials of the
railroads to put a check to this abuse
of privilege They may not abolish
the privilege entirely. for stock should
be accompanied by some one whose
duty it is to care for the stock and the
railroad companies will not assume
that responsibility A scheme which
they intend trying is to refuse to check
baggage on the return parts of stock
shippers passes. They think this will
make the return passes less valuable
and in many cases prevent their sale
for the reason that the ordinary trav-
eler usually has baggage and he will
not buy at any price ticket that will
not allow him the checking privilege.
OVERLAND FREIGHTING OUTFIT.
Four cars of peculiar machinery from
the o. S. Kelley manufacturing COM
pany in Springfield. Ohio, going to the
Greene Consolidated company at Naco,
Arizona was standing in the G, H.
yards this morning
The machinery is labeled Overland
Frefghting Outfit" 1t is the oldest out
fit that was ever seen in this neck of
the woods. 1t consists of three big
steel wagons and a traction engine to
pull them.
The hauling capacity of the wagons
Is 20 900 pounds each. The beds are
made of steel. about eight feet in
length and five feet deep and broad.
The rear wheels of the wagons are
eight feet in diameter and the front
ones five, and are built with view to
combining strength and lightness.
The engine is a monster. about thirty
feet long with drive wheels eight feet
in diameter, heavily cogged with
blocks of iron riveted to the tire, which
is eighteen inches in width. The front
wheels are about six feet in diameter
with a band of iron two by four inches
running around in the center or the
eighteen inch tire.
The engine is propelled by three
cylinders located on top of the middle
of the boiler which are connected with
the rear wheels by a system or cog
wheels. 1t is presumably to be used
in Transporting ore from the mines OF
the Greene Consolidated and looks to
be able to hand many tons trip.
MEXICAN CENTRAL STOCK RISING
The reports of the Ell Paso Stock and
Mining exchange today Indicate that
If the Rock Island has not bought the
Mexican Central as rumored last week,
something else has happened to boost