El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-10
ALBUQUERQUE IS INTERESTED IN
THE BIC STATEHOOD CELEBRATION

Mexico fair by the FL Paso baseball
club, which played an exhibition game
sunday as the opening Of the fair base
ball tournament. AS an exchange OF
courtesies the Albuquerque club, under
the management Of =. J. NaylOn, secre-
tary Of the Commercial club, is planning
10 attend the Statehood Celebration ana
expects to win the $500 prize money
which has been hung up for the Veto
rlous baseball team in the jubilee tourn-
nament The New Mexico university
football team is also making arrange
ments 10 participate in the tri-state
bration.
All Talk Politics.
Politics is decidedly the most impor-
tant single topic in the entire state az
the present time. The New MeXicans
who are here for the fair talk It at
breakfast after breakfast at and be-
tween every other meal The blue bal
lot the attitude OF the southern coun-
ties OF the state, the effect judge A B.
Fairs illness will have upon the politi-
cal situation and 100 and one other
things are being discussed, and redts-
cussed by the lobby loungers at the Al
varadO with all the seriousness of
hangman performing his official duties
H. B. Ferguson, candidate for congress
on the Republican ticket, has promised
TO come TO FL Paso for the Statehood
Celebration If he can sidetraCk politics
that long, and says he viii bring as
persuade to leave the political situation
that long. Even the railroad men are
taking a hand in politics. Conductor
Hugh II. Williams, of Deming, who
not in politics. is candidate for cor
poratiOn commissioner on the Republi-
can ticket and is making an active com
paign for the position.
Demonstration Train May Come.
FL Paso may have an opportunity to
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Santa Fe railroad is running over its
various lines in the southwest as an ed
ucational feature. The train has been
attracting more attention here than the
New Mexico fair. The train is operated
with its own power and viii leave here
Monday for Las Vegas and La Junta.
Later il viii run over the Santa Fe
lines OF Texas and a strong effort is be-
ing made to have 1t run to FL PasO and
6e placed on exhibition during the State
hood celebration Requests for the
train to be sent to FL Paso have been
made to general manager i. G. Fox,
Of Amarillo, Texas and w. r. Brown,
DIVISION freight and passenger agent
g { FL PasO. is also interesting himself
in having the exhibition train come 10
ri PasO during the Statehood Jubilee.
The Massive Engine.
The demonstration train is composed
Of is cars and two locomotives. The
center Of interest is the massive engine,
No. 3O09, the largest engine in the
world, which, with the feeble assistance
of little No. 048, is pulling the train
from place to place. This engine is in
reality two engines, being articulated
so that ii may pass around curves easi-
ly. 1t is of the latest Mallet type. com B
pound locomotive and is one of nine
that are now in the actual service Of
the road. 1t was built In the Topeka
shops this summer and is to be put in
service as soon as the demonstration
trip is completed The length Of the
engine is 40 rect ana 81 inches and
has a pull of 10000 pounds and viii
haul 10000 tons. The big engine weighs
$4,000 pounds and cost S43,S8O to con
struct. In contrast to this giant loco
motive is the little old mother hub
bard type Of cOffeepot which is coupled
behind the Mallet compound and chugs
away in helping TO pull the train.
This plan OF contrasting the OLD
equipment with the new Is carried out
throughout the train The new and old
railroad rOadbed showing the advance
ment since 1881 is shown on flat cars.
Passenger coaches with wooden seats
and wood frames are shown next TO
steel framed passenger coaches Of the
most modern make. One special fea-
ture of the train is the device now in
use on the Santa Fe of driving screw
spikes to hold the 90 pound rails. This
is an added element OF safety and is
being given a test on the main line OF
the Santa Fe.
F. 7. Mackie. trainmaster Of the Rio
Grande division of the Santa Fe rom
Albuuuernue to u PasO. has been in
charge of the train while il was on his
division. He is especially anxious to
have it come to FL Paso during the
Statehood Celebration. Because Of the
great weight Of the compound engine 10
would be necessary to operate the train
slowly over the Rio Grande division,
but if the demonstration train is
brought here for the jubilee it viii be
run from East Texas to FL Paso over the
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Santa Fe main line over the Rio Grande
division.