El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
Amendments Passed by the
Legislature to Relieve Car
Shortage Are Published.

state lot Lue past lew years
shippers have banded together and
through their efforts the Texas Iegis-
lature passed an amendment to the
present law on car distribution. o. c.
Castle, car service agent for the sun
set Central line, has issued circulars
and is distributing them along the
Southern Pacific agents throughout the
state. In part il is as follows
by this it is made the duty of rail-
roads to furnish cars on written appli-
cation by prospective shippers at such
points S are indicated in the applIca-
ton, within reasonable time, such
cars to be supplied to persons so APP
plying in the order in which such APP
plicauons are made, without giving
preference to any person The time al
lowed Tor filling such orders viii be
a S follows, u cars or less, three days.
more than u cars and less than so,
SIX days; 90 cars or more must be fur
nished within 10 days. Shippers should
state the number of cars wanted and
the time they want them"
The circular says that the penalty
upon the railroad for not furnishing
sGch cars as are asked for by mer-
chants viii be SO a day for each car
delayed, payable to the shipper. plus
all damages sustained by the appli-
cant Before applying for Gags the
shipper must deposit with an agent or
representative of the transfer depart
ment of the road at least One-fOurth
OF the amount of freight charges for
the use Of cars wanted. If the ship
per 1allS TO fulfill his part of the con-
tract, which is the loading or unload
ing Of cars within q period of IS hours
after the railroad has made the deliV-
cry, he must forfeit $25 a day for each
car or lot which he fails to load or
applicant does not use the cars or
dered he must also pay the company
liue OF SO per car. plus actual dam
ages sustained by the railroad as
result of the shippers breach of con-
tract After the cars have been loaded
the railroad must deliver them to the
consiEnee within reasonable length of
time.
On December "a two time tables will
be changed One Will be No. a of the
Southern Pacific and the other viii he
30 % OF the eastern division OF the
southwestern No rs time of the
southern Pacific, viii be altered a lit
tie at Tucson Both companies have
issued emphatic orders to an road en-
ploEeS 70 the effect that they must
equip themselves with It and study the
changes of schedule.
Pay Car Schedule.
The schedule OF the pay car with No
YemDer'S checks for all OF the employees
OF the FL PaSO and Southwestern has
Epeen made public by officials Tt VIII
be as Io-iCWS- Pay off at o'clock
saturday morning 10 all road employees
and office men. at the spur in front
o. the local freight office At / o'clock
me paving off of The shop men at the
car shops IN East El PaSO viii begin.
The paTmaster. A. p. AverilI viii law
over i'm the city Sunday but his car
VIII leave El PasO Monday morning
~ 6oc-ock and pay to Carrizozo. Tues
day morning II viii leave CarriZOzO and
pay 10 TucumcarL n NJ On Wednes-
Gay the pay train viii leave Tucumcari
ON No l24t for Dawson, where it will
finish its pay trip. II will be dead
headed back the next morning on train
No 123 to Tucuucari.
Monday, Dec Is, VIII be pay day for
an local employees Of the Santa Fe
Dec 20 is the next railroad PAYDAY.
when all of the G. H. and Southern
acme employees VIII receive their
salaries.
A. A. A. Harvey, extra engineer for /
the eastern DIVISION Of the Southwest
ern, IS making a few freight trips be-
tween I'll PasO and Carrizozo.
W. ChenaUlt.. engine foreman for che
local yards Of the g. H., is laying of
for a few shifts.
w. J. Thomas extra switchman for
me o. T. at Fl Paso, is laying off for I
c. n. Holford. night engine herder !
-or me JOINT g. IT. and s. T.. is laying !
on Tor a few nights, and extra engine 1
81. elnan J.. j. Irainor, is on the ''po- [
-lt-cal Job in his place. Red" saws
-IlStt ne likes the political business.
Engine 294. of the through freight I
.iaAch OF the western division Of the {
SOUTHWESTERN is out of the Fl Paso {
pack SHOPS after general overhaul
ns and painting. 1t viii be ASSIGNED /
70 freight turn between Ell PasO and (
.1achIta, after IL has been broken in" /
FIREMAN Burchard. Of the western 1
llVislon Of the Southwestern. is back /
Jn the local extra list. after Several /
md Haclita.
Western division fireman Rotten. be- /
-Ween FL PaSO and Hachita is hack on 4
he slow board a { FL Paso, after several 1
TelSnI trips between the above places
mere are places for two firemen in i
nfOush freight service between Tu- /
-uI4carl and Dawson, on the eastern 4
iivision of the southwestern. The
senior applicant VIII be assigned De
,ember 81
The local freight turn between Tu-
and Duran, on the short divis-
on Of the Southwestern. is open to bids !
? on all fIremen. The senior aDDIi-
ant viii be assigned
>. o. Bottor1f, through freight en- 4
:IHCer for the eastern division of the
So uthwestern, is making several round {
rlps on passenger between FL PasO and /
-aIrizozo- Happy Hin is firing fer
Six cars of bananas arrived over the
J. H yesterday for California points /
md We're transferred to the Southern
'aclfic at FL PasO
- IL MOTIFS extra engineer for the /
+ II. & 5. A. between Ell Paso and 4
.alentine, is back on the extra list at
81 Paso. after few freight runs on
.ngine I'll
". c. Heinrich. fireman for the South
I'm Pacific extra list at q Paso. is
making few freight trips or the Ell /
1aso and Lordsburg local with engineer
Toe Crane.
Sixteen loads arrived over The South
IN Pacific. including II cars of icers
friday for eastern points and. were 4
iellYered to the Rock Island at FL |
'aso by way Of the Southwestern.
southern Pacific orange train No. "A I
-rrIVed early Saturday morning with
eVeral cars for the Texas q Pacific at
u PasO- Train No. As arrived a little
alter with 30 cars for the same road
The troop train which left by way
IT the c. II. at $40 p. m. Friday even
ne. was in charge of conductor c. /.
wick. 1t was bound for Preside
James Wylie, eastern division fire /
nan for the Southern Pacific between |
u Paso and CarrizozO, has reported I
or duty, after a short layoff
F. /. AylswOrth. regular through |
reight engineer for the western dfvfs-
on Of the Southwestern between EI I
'aso and Hachita, has reported for |
uty-
l. L. Kinney. through freight fireman /
or the western division OF the South
7estern between FL PaSO and Hachita. /
as reported for duty. after a short
3yoff and was placed on the turn with
ngineer J. Young
For the past few days the west end