El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-30
HAS ONLY TWO
GOOD ENGINES
Little Equipment is Left the
Mexico North Western
for Handling Supplies.
railroad and handled as a private
transaction, is highly improbable"
Am Keen Ahead With Trucka.

railroad and handled as pin dtS
transaction, is highly improbable
Can Keep Ahead With Trucks.
Mai Elliott said he had an abund-
ance of supplies on hand. and that
with the start already made by the
use Of trucks, he could keep ahead OF
the game in supplying the soldiers at
the front.
were shipped from the depot quarter
masters department Thursday morning
to Columbus. and the information was
given out that "a additional trucks
would arrive in El Paso today and be
shipped through TO the border town at
D once.
! The placing in service Of 81 more
cars sWells the number available for
immediate service to 173. From auto
row i'm Ell PasO comes the information
that 81 new trucks are due within the
/ first two weeks Of April, raising she
number Of trucks to be employed for
hauls by April 10 to 254
Private Concerns Ship.
Private concerns in the Casas
Grandes country are taking advantage
of the presence Of the United States
army in mid-Chihuahua to make ship
ments OF fOOdstuffs to Casas Grandes
and thereabouts, Three carloads of
supplies comprising flour oats, corn
hay and other commodities were made
up in FL Paso Wednesday and one OF
the cars crossed to the North Western
railroad Wednesday between and 6
o'clock, while the other two cars
crossed the river Thursday morning
The cars were made up at the Santa
be freight station and the shipment
is said to be the second of the same
character during the past two weeks,
two other cars having been reported ,
to have made the route some ten days
back.
Bishop P. B. Hurst, Of the Mormon
church, who did so much to bring re-
lief to the cOlOnists when threatened
by Villa, stated Thursday that II was
his understanding that Taylor Bros
at Guzman were planning to import
large quantities of fOodstuffs with a
view to selling to the soldiers and fill
ing up such gaps as might not be sup
pled by the motor trains out Of Co
lumbus.
No Duty.
TheEe is no duty upon the urinary
foods as they are booked in the rec
ords Of the FL PasO Mexican consulate.
and the majority Of the supplies that
the American expedition in Mexico will
require in the way Of Heats" NAV mass
from the north side Of the Rio C5rande
to the south side, even though con-
signed TO merchants in Casas Grandes.
without duty being imposed upon them.
The free list consists of rice, beans
corn, wheat, flour. peas. barley. lem
us bran, oats, sugar, milk products,
preserved meats and fish, lard table
OIL fruits. truck, vegetables seed.
feeding grains and the manufactured
products Of flour, cereals, crackers.
macaroni, vermiceli and common
soap.
Guns and Ammunition Excluded.
What complications might arise over
the including Of materials foreign 10
those cited in the list remains n he
seen after the manifest Of the shin
ments is submitted to the custom Off.
Gals on the Juarez side. The free
list does not include guns or ammuni-
tiOn.
When Andreas Garcia. the Mexican
consul in I'll Paso, was informed that
supplies were acceptable. IL shipped to
contractors or merchants in Mexico
and disposed of as they might contract,
he said:
ut is purely a business matter and
should be handled in that way.
notice that there is no provision for
any army control, nor is there any
necessity for one"
Embargo on Arms.
There is an embargo upon the ship
ment OF arms into Mexico, unless con-
signed under the approval OF the gov
eminent officials. This question may
be successfully negotiated by the plae-
ing or seals upon the cars, and the
making Of the shipments under con-
ditions similar to the passage OF Car
rama troops from Eagle Pass 20 Aqua
Prieta.
Maj William Elliott, depot quarter
master said Wednesday: IF there is
duty upon any OF the shipments I
suppose it will be paid
The rolling stock Of the Mexico
North Western railroad viii be used
to make the hauls and because Of
the fact that the transaction is to be
commercial and not military in its
coloring. the rolling stock that had
been designated for this purpose i'm
the yards Of the FL Paso & South
western, with special crews, will prob
ably not be used. If additional cars
are needed to make the hauls, <thev
viii be secured from the American
side by the Mexican line.
No Duty on Gasoline.
There was a duty on gasoline until
recently said Andres Garcia. the Mexl-
can consul IN Ell Paso, Thursday morn
ing, but it was revoked and gasoline
on clothing is very small"
The consul was asked what measures
would be required in order to ship mu-
nittons and guns over the Northwest
ern He replied that such articles
could scarcely be classed as primary
merchandise and would be dutiabIe.
Questioned if such supplies might not
be placed in sealed cars and shipped
south in the same manner as the am
munition cars Of the Carrancistas when
they passed from Eagle Pass to Aqua
Prieta, he replied that the conditions J
were not identical THE Carranza
troops were simply passing through |
the United States TO carry on a cam [
paign in Mexico, while the American !
troops are in Mexico and fighting" he |
said.