The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-05-16
STOCK CARS IN DEMAND
ROsds Passing through West Texas Have
Difficulty In Handing Stock.

Ell Paso, Texas. May 15.-Cattle
shipments are unusually heavy over
nearly all railroads centering in Ell
Paso. Many trains Of stock pass
through the city daily, destined chief
!y for points in Colorado, the Dako-
tas or Kansas. although the regular
shipments to the Los Angeles pack
ers are maintained.
So great Is the demand for stock
cars that some roads find difficulty
In providing a sufficient number OF
cars to handle all the stock that lis
ready for delivery 20 them, even
though they have a larger number of
cars in service than they have had ar
this season for several years pass.
Frantic appeals for cars have BEEN
sent out By traffic men.
Never in the history of the road
have stock shipments been as heavy
on the Ell Paso and Southwestern
as they are at the present time Colo
mel W. C. Greene's cattle, from the
range in Sonora, are being moved TO
the Cheyenne reservation I'm South
Dakota, aad these shipments make
up an important part of the South
western shipments.
Both the Chicago. Rock Island and
Pacific and the Southern Pacific sys-
tens are handling cattle with all pos
slhle CELEBRITY Daily trains OF many
ears are passing through the city, and
the roads are taxed to their capacity
TO handle them The local stock
yards are experiencing an unusual
rush of business The Rio Grande.
Sierra Madre and Pacific road tap
ping Colonel Greene's rich properties
iii the Sierra Madre. has called for
more cars 10 aid them in handling
their shipments
On the Mexican Central road
northbound shipments are few. The
Mexican rauchmau find that they
cannot sell the advantage Ia the Unit
cd States. with the present duties.
and ia consequence many of the cat
tjemen have many animals on their
hands unsoia The chief cattle
movements on the Central are con
signed 10 the Ctty of Mexico, or other
southern points. The slaughter
houses are purchasing large bunches
OF cattle
For the present cattle shipments
have been declined by the Atchison
Topeka and Santa re on this division.
"a Hkfbt MAE AA &&H@ is AEsEA WH AttE
reason for the refusal to accept any
stock for shipment, In consequence
several large shipments from the Pc
eos country have been diverted to-
the Rock Island, the cattle being driv-
ca overland Ia some instances.
Everything IN Texas west OF the
Pecos river that is offered for sale
has already been sold A few buy
search for steers. but in general the
contracting has all been done There
are a few lunches which have been
declared to be nor for sale The pur-
pose of the stockmen who are holding
20 their cattle remains to be seen.
Some cowmen point 70 what they de-
clare 10 be a significant fact that
some three or four Of the very larg-
est ranches In Texas have refused to
part with any OF their cattle.
Following the general denuncia-
/ tlon OF all stories of stock losses in
some sections of New Mexico has
come a report 20 the contrary. intend
ed to indicate thar some ranehers
we're heavy sufferers in the most Sc
we're storms of the season.
or an of the storms OF the year
tA'stA Rs AsAfatA sfBAfHlAs AH @A41 fN N4#F
been shown by statistics which some.
cowm@n have gathered 70 have been
The most disastrous Cattle. sheep
and other animals were Killed Ia the
tWu days fain aud snow storm that
exacted tribute In dead stock North
OF Watrous. Ia Union. Mora and Col
fax counties. the losses during the
winter Il said 10 have exceeded a
third Of the total number OF cattle
nearly AL ot which perlsbed iu the
Easter storm lu tbe vicinity of
Wagon Mound and Springer cattle
men report that the bodies Of dead
animals Tie here and there over the
range
The loss 81 sheep was great Out
Of 2.eo9 sheep ia one flock, $50 sue-|
cumbed 20 the chilling rain aud snow
Mud and heavy rains are safa ta
have PLAYED espeeiti havgc with the
ewes IN Naleucia BaG sonora couu-
ties 'he best of he sheep raising dis