Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1902-03-28
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRpsBURe. MARCH Is, 1902.

week.
The ri Paso.R Rock Islabd is the only
road that runs a through Pullman cal
from Ri Paso to Chicago.
H. L. Cannon returned from Silver
City the 1rst Of the week. where be
had been serving bis country as a
juror.
Mrs. W. H. Leahy and her daughter
returned Wednesday from Denver
where Mrs. Leahy has been visitlng
her father.
The children Of the late Eli Wright
desire the LIBERAL to express their
thanks 10 the peuple OF Lordsburg for
their care and kindness shown Mr..
Wright during bis last sickness.
Holmes Maddox came IL from the
Animas aud made a trip TO Silver City
on court business. However, his
business was not connected With
either the probate court, or the dis
trict'court.
Tuesday morning when the Lords.
burg people who sleep 10 beds at night
woke uD aud looked out they found
the land covered With snow. Rather
uncommon this time OF the year, but
it did not last long.
AL. VoRel, who has been watching
the Southern Pacific track, in the in.
,terest Of the company, ia this vicinity,
for several years, has gone to Mari
copa, where he will inspect a job OF
pipe laying for the company.
Mr.. William John Menzies and his.
daughter, Miss Alice, OF Edinburg,
Scotland, arrived on the. delayed train
from the west Monday, and took the
waiting train for Clifton, Mr. Men
gies is chairman of the board OF direct
ors OF the Arizona copper company Of
Edinburg, which means that he is the
head ofacer Of the company, ana is
making one 0 This trips TO clifton to-
look at the situation OF the affairs 10
this country.
e, Fl. Hartman, the new president.
Of the Southern Pacific road, ACCOM-
panied bv a train load of suhordinates,
was 10 the city Monday making the
PRESIDENTS annual inspection trip OF
the road. Mr.. Hartman, unlike the
late @. P. Huntington, can Inspect the
road at night. The party got here
about seven O'clock, and instead of
taking the side track for the night
took the engine which had heen pre-
pared for the passenger train, and
kept right an going toward the setting
sun. The party stopped two hours in
El Paso, aud the FL Pasn reporters
found out the town vas going to have
shops Of three times the present
capacity, a new depot, new switching
yards, and a through daily train from
New Orleans to San Francisco, some
thing that has passed through El PaSe
daily, barring washouts, for many,
many years.
The passenger trsine continue to
arrive late from both the east and the
west. The trafic is.so heavy that, III
is impossible for. the passenger en-
glnes, although they are a heavy and
powerful passenger engines az are to
be found on any road, to haul the long
trains and make schedule time. This
has been the case most Of the winter,
Notwithstanding the limited has
taken a great deal OF the trafic, and
has been especially noticeable since
the Rock Island opened TOR business.
or course with the coming Of spring
the passenger traf1c will decrease
some, il never being as heavy in the
summer on the overland route as in
winter, but II is expected that with
the Rock Island traffic there will be
enough tO warrant double daily SER
vice west Of 81 Pasn, and one Of the
Officers OF the road who Is 10 position
20 know, says that not speaking with
authority, l can say, conddentially'
there will be double daily service with
In q very few weeks"
The Lordsburg baseball club reor-
gauiEed for the coming summer, al
a meeting held last Sunday. j. S.
Brown was re~,elected manager tor the
coming year. e. W. ClapD was elect
cd captain. The matter OF elecLing
q Held captain was temporarily post.
poned. The most important business
of the meeting was, OF course, the
matter Of funds. The club not having
an enclosure so that admission can be
charged those who attend a game, the
club has to look 10 other directions
for the futds to meet the necessary
expenses, and Il was resolved to have
drawn up a paper for signature by the
ball loving public, the sigOers OF
which shall join the club, paying a
dollar as initiation, and atty cents a
month dues. These members will
have all the privileges OF the club
members, but @ill not be required to