El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-02
VADO MERCHANTS
AFTER BETTER RATES
VIII Hold Conference With Railroad
Officials; G. A. R. Post Elects
Officers.

Officers.
Vado, n. NJ, Jan 2.-On Saturday.
Jan. f. the merchants and farmers IN
the vicinity of La Mesa will meet rail
road officials and traffic commission
ers at Anthony in regard to a better
rate from Vado to Anthony, distance
of eight miles, on alfalfa and other
freights They want to know why
they should be charged $1.25 for
haul Of eight miles to Anthony and 20
cents from Anthony to Ell PaSO, a dis
lance of 20 miles. They say it costs
more to ship eight miles to the Texas
line than from Anthony to Galveston.
The passenger rate from Vado to An
thOny is As cents and from Mesquite
four miles farther-it is so cents or
five cents for four miles. From Berino
to Anthony, which is five miles, is 20
cents The railroad company will be
asked to correct the rate from Vado
to correspond with the stations on
both sides.
Eli Newsom was first at the polls at
BerinO and cast the first ballot for
the road bonds.
Phil Sheridan post No. II, depart
ment of New Mexico G.. A R. has
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: Commander, Eli New
som, third year in this position; senior
vice, COmrade Priest; Q. NJ, S. w.
Sherfey; chaplain, Prof. Foster; sur
geOn, James L Thompson; delegate to
department convention, Elk. P. NJ
Will be W. z. Sloan, of the Catholic
Banner, adjutant; S. W. Sherfey, patri-
otto instructor, assisted by captain
Brannigan. The loss by death in the
post was C.. ". Mead and G. w: Moss
man, who died In Florida, and ). E
McGregOr, who died in California
There is a growing sentiment at
Vado that the wild cattle from Mexico
turned loose in the center of the fin
est valley
est valley in the state, is a matter
that should be looked after by The
settlers and farmers whose crops suf-
fer, and the lives of whose women
and children are being jepordizeG-
Some months ago Mr.. Brown in try
ing to drive some wild cattle from
his farm was attacked and gOred al
most to death. It is dangerous for
children to be found on the roads go
ing to school at BerinO.
No shipments will be made from
this station except cord wood until
after the 4th, pending negotiations
for a fair rate.
The Santa Fe Railroad company has
distributed piles to be driven along the
river bank half mile south of VadO
in order to arrest the encrOachment Of
the river the coming year.
The railroad bridge gang was on the
siding Of Vado and repaired the bridge
over the Three Saints ditch both
above and below Vado station. They
went from here to Rincon to build
a brlcge across the RIO Grande at that
point. The estimated cost of the labor
alone, on this bridge, is $4,000. The
estimate for the material had not been
received by the foreman UP to the date
he left VadO, but he said he supposed
il would be about the same as the
labor, making the cost of this bridge
$780, 600, which the foreman who is an
old time bridge builder on the river
says Is as cheap as a bridge can be
built with any assurance of perma-
nence on the tTeacherous Rio Grande.
The plan adopted by the company IS
to excavate 25 feet in Quicksand and
then drive piling 25 feet which is as
far as a pile can be driven in the bed
of the Rio Grande, then placing con-
crete on the pile reinforced by steel
as a foundation for the piers. This
is the only permanent way which has
been found to bridge this river.
The farmers of the central portion
Of the valley on both sides of the
river are boosting a cooperative
creamery to be located at one of the
stations on the railroad.