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EL PASO DAILY HERALD MONDAY AUGUST 7 1899.
7. .
Patronize Union Labor.
The...
nion Jajlors
Have moved into their new
location No. ...
312 San Antonio St.
Where They Will be Pleas-
ed to Meet Their Friends.
i
Best Goods Moderate Prices
Fit Guaranteed
McGarry CoDklin&Drehner
Link and Pin. i
CLOUDCROFT RATES
The Subject of Warm Controver-
sies. Another black cloud has risen over
the passenger rate horizon in Texas
and Louisiana. For the past week sig-
nificant rumors of a coming split among
southwestern roads over the rate situa-
tion nave been flying as thick as bul-
lets and the immediate prospect favors
a rate war to the death. How long the
struggle will last can not be calculated
but the Texas and Pacific and the
Southern Pacific the two principal
rodi involved in the dispute are pre-
pared to give each other the best fight
in their shops and will stubbornly main-
tain their points of vantage.
In connection with tho above the fol-
lowing from the New Orleans Pica-
yune of Aug. 3 will be of interest:
"There threatecs to be a rate war
on soon in the passenger departments
of the Texas and Pacific and boutnern
and Pacific railroads. It appears that
a few weeks ago the Texas and Paclnc
made a oDe-fare rate for the round trip
between New Orleans and a point in
New Mexico about eighteen miles
from El Paso Tex."
The attention lof Mr. E. P. Turner
creneral ticket and passenger agent of
the Texas and Pacifio railway being
called to the above he made the follow
ing statement to a News represent-
ative. " A correction is in order here. The
Texas and Pacific railway put on a
summer excursion rate to Cloudcroft
N. M. a point 110 miles northeast of
El Paso at $6 above tne ua f&eo rate.
This rate applies only from Aleaan
dria La. west on the line of the Texas
and Pacific railway ana aoes not ap-
ply from New Orleans. The Southern
Pacific railway insisted that we dis-
continue our sales of these tickets to
Cloudcroft which we refused to do
hence the beginning of this rate war.
The Southern Pacific then immediate-
ly put in effect a one fare non-signature
ron-descriptive round trip ticket
from New Orleans to El Paso. Then
the Texas and Pacific in its turn
immediately put in a one fare round
trip ticket from New Orleans to Lake
Charles Beaumont. Houston Galves
ton Austin and San Aatonlo and the
indicat ons are tbat tne war just oegun
is on in earnest and the prospect is
that the cut rates will spread all over
the country as the Texas and Pacific
positively refuses to discontinue the
selling of these tickets to Cloudcroft
N. M. our claim being tbat the South-
ern Pacific should do likewise instead
of having taken the action tbat it did.'
Mr. Turner was not prepared to go
deeper into the matter but declared
that the Texas and Pacifio was abun-
dantly justified in its course and under
no circumstances would it relent.
Just what effect the rate controversy
will have upon other roads in this sec-
tion cannot be accurately predicted
but from what a news representative
could learn yesterday the trouble has
only just beeun and that if the other
reads take action the whole southwest
may shortly be involved in one of the
most hotly contested rate wars record-
ed in railroad annals. Dallas News.
AUTOMATIC COUPLERS.
The First Invention Its Inventor
And Others Were Overwhelmed
In Ruin.
The idea of a self-locking coupler
suggested itself to inventors many
years ago and away back in 1856 or
thereabouts a prosperous Kentucky
farmer named McLean figured out a
device tbat seemed to fill the bill to a
dot. It consisted of a pair of inter-
locking levers controlled by a very
simple mechanism and the model
worked like a charm. McLean was
satisfied he had a fortune in 6ight and
went north to Interview a certain big
railroad magnate. To his surprise the
magnate failed to enthuse .and while
he admitted tbat the invention was
a good thine he declined absolutely
to have anything to do with it. Of
course he was proceeding on the
well-known theory that it is folly to
waste money improving the service
wiec you don't have to but the farm-
er couldn't grasp the idea and he be-
gan a pilgrimage from one headquar-
ter office to another appealing expos-
tulating acd explaining the merits of
his apparatus. What bewildered him
was that everybody freely admitted the
ntllitv of the thing but nobody would
consider its adoption. Finally the war
came on and everything else wasswept
into the background for four years.
After peace was declared McLean be-
gan t gain confident as ever. He had
been worth 850000 or $60000 when he
started and he eventually reduced him-
self to p?nury. Everything went
into the maw of the invention and
PERFECT CONTENT
is boui.d to be yours when you get in-
side of one of our faultlessly laundered
collars cuffs or shirt. The color and
finish are exquisite. There are no
frayed edges or torn button holes to
annoy you from any work done at up-to-date
laundry.
TROY STEAM LAUNDBY
TELEPHONE 278.
113-115-117. West Overland St.
Paso Steam Laundry Phone 47
along about 18GS he died a broken-
hearted brother. The coupler patent
then passed into the hands of a cousin
who was a merchant in Louisville.
When he studied the device he became
an enthusiast and began a new cam-
paign where McLean left off. To make
a long story 6bort he sunk everything
be had on earth in an effort to get it
adopted and finally committed suicide.
His lawyer took the coupler for back
fees and inherited the hoodoo. In a
little while he was devoting his entire
time and attention to the work of pro-
moting and seemed continually on the
verge of reaping a big fortune. He
kept at it until his health and re-
sources came to an end together and
the last heard of him he was working
as a clerk in Los Angeles. Meanwhile
the coupler had been outclassed by new
devices and only a few months ago the
old model was in a Chicago railway
office where it had been left as a curio.
Strange isn't it that a really valuable
and useful invention should have
wrecked so many lives? N. O. Times
Democrat.
ANTI-REBATE LAW
It Will Affect the Issuance Of
Passes On Texas Roads.
Galveston Tex. Aug. 3. It was
learned here to-day tbat one of the
principal matters discussed by the
railroad attorneys who met at Dallas
on Wedndsday was the Texas anti-rebate
law which will take effect on
Aug. 26.
Mr. J. W. Terry solicitor for the
Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
company today made his report to
General Manager Polk but Col. Polk
declined to make known its contents.
It was learned on gcod authority how-
ever that the railroad attorneys with
one accord attached a very broad inter-
pretation to the new act and it is said
the general managers of the Texas
lines will eaci within a few days per-
haps Friday issue orders which will
greatly restrict the issuance of
passes. In fact it is said tbat the
man who can secure a pass after the
law goes into effect will be
entitled to be known as a crackerjack.
It is believed that passes will be re-
stricted to bona fide employes of rail-
roads and tbat newspaper transporta-
tion will be brought down to the strict
basis of exchange for advertising. If
the order proved to be as rigid as is
predicted the men who passed the law
will one and all have to pay fare back
to Austin in the event there Is a spe-
cial session of the legislature. Hous-
ton Post.
The Brakeman and the Drummer.
The brakeman opened the door with
a bang; then he opened his mouth and
this is what the passengers heard:
"Aw wow wah ughl '
''I beg your pardon" said the fat
drummer timidly "but would you
mind repeating that.-' I didn't quite
catch it. Very stupid of me of course
but the fact is I was thinking of some-
thing else."
The brakeman glared at the drum
mer for a moment and then roared out
again:
"Aw wow wah ugh! '
"Thank you" said the drummer. "I
was not quite sure the first time wheth-
er youfsaid 'Aw wow wah ugh' or 'Um
rah rah whoop!' Now T understand you
perfectly." N. Y. Journal.
Sparks From the Engine
TK a XT watr " 1 n id! 11 n ..I wrtx V aw a 4- n
nie-ht or tomorrow morninsr without
fail.
Tbad. Whitley night watchman on
the Santa Fe has gone to Las Vegas
to speed a two weeks vacation.
Ernest Marcher clerk of the joint
warehouse who has gone on a vacations
has been relieved by Conrad Dyke.
The Santa Fe R. R. transferred 103
cars of freight to the Mexican Central
on Saturday. The cars were mostly
loaded with coal.
Three very c peculiar looking engines
passed through here yesterday on flat
cars Tney areior tne uninese xrans.
Siberian railroad.
John Edson formely a brakeman on
the G. H.left Friday for Weehawken
N. J. where he has gone to accept a
position on the West Shore R. R.
Santa Fe engine 902 arrived from
Raton. It is a 19x28 engine and its
weight on the drivers is 115000 pounds.
It will do duty as a switch engine at
the bmelter.
The net earnings of the Atchison
system for the month of June were
$1191693 an increase of $500054 over
the net earnings of the same month
last year. For the twelve months of
the fiscal year ending June 30 the net
A
earnings of the system were $12906817
an increase of $2199053 over the net
earnings of the corresponding period of
the preceding fiscal year. L.as vegaa
Optic.
A great many people are taking ad-
vantage of the cheap return rates to
Mexico City and in consequence there-
of the Mexican Central is doing a big
business.
nThetG.H.Hose Co. had a practise run
on San Antonio street on Saturday
night. The boys are getting in good
practice and will make a good showing
when called upon.
The washout which occurred on the
E. P & N. E. R. R. on Saturday did
not do very much damage and was
quickly repaired. Trains will run
through on time today.
The new Baldwin engines are being
used extensively on trial trips in and
out of Topeka to get them worn down
preparatory to going into regular ser-
vice. Las Vegas Optic.
The G. H. flag pole was taken up yes-
terday morning by Mr. Borcherding
and some railroad boys who volunteered
their services. It will be reset on next
Sunday at a point near the big
tanks.
A number of the boys are being tak-
en from the shops at Raton for service
as firemen. Firemen who are at the
head of the list should get themselves
in readiness to take the examination
for promotion is a tip given. Las
Vegas Optic.
President Eddy of the White Oaks
road says that -business is extremely
good and he is well pleased at the
bright future in store for his road.
The road to the coal fields is nearly
rnmnleted and Mr. Eddv savs will be
carrying coal to El Paso by Oct. 1st.
A number of changes occurred
among the telegraphers on this division
of the Santa Fe in the past few days.
J. T. Reed at Onava has resigned and
1b succeeded bv L. H. Dunn. S. S.
Shaw has resigned his position at Cer-
riilos and is succeeded by T. C. Bran-
don. Optic.
Night watchman Thad Whitley of
the Santa Fe railroad yards had an ex-
citing time of ic a few nights ago with
two Mexicans whom he caught steal
ing coal. The Mexicans showed fight
and in the melee the watchman was
struck a heavy blow on the head which
rendered him unconscious. The Mex-
icans escaping.
There is a great rush of empty
freieht cars west ward at present to
meet the demands on the coast for cars
for eastern shipments an immense
amouut of sugar is now being shipped
across the continent in bond and the
result is that the surplus of empty cars
are at the eastern end of the Southern
Pacific line. Ex.
Plans for the new depot of the Den-
ver & Rio Grande railroad at Espanola
have been prepared but the contiact
for building the depot has not yet been
awarded. The depot is to be erected
on the foundations of the building that
was burned and will be similar in con-
struction and appearance to the old
depot. The Optic.
Workmen tearing out the interior of
an old railway postal car in the New
York shops says the Buffalo News
found a timeworn letter containing a
draft of $24 drawn by the pension agent
at Buffalo payable to Robert Cunning-
ham. Franklin Iron works Oneida
county dated December 18 1888. The
letter had apparently fallen behind one
of the racks. The draft was forward-
ed to the postoffice department at
Washington. Post.
H. M. Ficklnger has resigned the po
sition of northwestern passenger agent
of the Frisco and will leave here Aug. 1
for Colorado Springs where be will be-
come commercial agent of the Colora-
do Southern. His successor here has
not been named. For eleven years be
was chief train dispatcher of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern and was
for some time traveling passenger
agent of the Fort Scott and Memphis
and also saw service with the Kansas
Nebraska and Dakota. Kansas City
World.
Among the improvements at the
shops at Albuquerque is a new pump
sunk behind the engines and which
will give an ample supply of water for
all purposes about the shops. Hereto-
fore the small pump in the engine
rooms has been entirely-inadequate for
the needs of the institution and hence
the new pump. It ii sunk twenty-five
feet in the ground and is f-o large and
powerful that at every stroke 465 gal-
lons of water will be forced out of the
ground thus making a daily capacity
of over 1000000 gallons.
In the matter of round bouse fore-
men xtbis division of the Santa Fe ap-
pears to be returning to "first loves."
L. E. Foote who has taken charge of
the Raton round house was foreman
of the same institution in 1894. He
was afterward foreman at Trinidad
three years and was transferred to
Dodge City where he remained till
1898. Charley Ellicott the new fore-
man of the Las Vegas round house
occupied the same position about two
years ago going later to Raton where
he has been in the service of the com-
pany. Las Vegas Optic.
J. S. Hobson signal engineer of the
Santa Fe is arranging plans for an ex-
tension of the block signal system over
the Santa Fe line between Denver and
Pueblo a distance of 114 miles. There
is much traffic over this stretch of
track and the blocs signal system will
be an additional safeguard against col-
lisions. The extension will probably
be commenced within the next thirty
days. With the latest extension the
greater portion of the main line of the
Santa Fe railway proper will be equip-
ped with the block signal system. It
is only a question of time until practi-
cally the entire main line will have the
signal system. The Optio.
The improvements that are being
made to the Baltimore & Ohio and
Southwestern railroad between Park-
ersburg and East St. Louis are being
pushed rapidly to completion. Seven-
teen thousand tons of eighty-five pound
steel rails have been placed in the
track and there are etill 25000 tons to
come delivery being delayed. The
company has also put in 125 miles of
gravel ballast and expects to get out
200 miles more during the season and
it is hoped by fall that the traok will
rank as the best in the west. A great
many grade reductions and changes in
the line are also being made between
Carrizo Springs Min'alWater
Another Big Shipment Just
Received.
Clean your system before the warm weath-
er comes and you can stand the summer
months better. Never be without a jug of
Oarrizo water In the house and when you
feel worn out and have lost your appetite
take a drink of the water and you will be
surprised at its marvelous effects and cannot
help praising its healing qualities to your
friends.
I am putting the water upon the market
strictly on Its merits in a legitimate way
through first-class druggists and grocersand
the amount that is used is proof enough of
its healing qualities.
Four Gallons Helped Him.
fit Paso May 4. 1899.
W. N. Cam
Dear Sir: After using four gallons of
Oarrizo Springs mineral water find it to be
very beneficial for catarrh of the stomach
and bloating or gas in the stomach It giving
me great relief; also corrrecting constipa-
tion to a great degree.
I can cheerfully recommend it to any per-
son suffering from the same troubles.
Respectfully.
John C. Hartford
El Paso Texas.
Call for Leverlng's Coffee and you will! get
the best Flavored coffee on the market.
W. 1ST. CAEL
Francis Blk. Grocer.
Sole agent' for El Paso Texas.
FURNITURE
RE
modeled
vrnislied
utjaliolsteroci
covered
paired
GO TO THE
C'ty (Jpholstering JJouse.
E. Overland St.
Ernst Beselmann
Cincinnati and St. Louis. The purpose
is to make a uniform one-half of 1 per
cent grade between Cincinnati and St
Louis as well as to eliminate a large
amount of objectionable curvature.
At one point for instance the line is
to be shortened a mile and a half 360
degrees of curvature eliminated and
seven bridges abandoned. Kansas
City Journal.
Asheville K. C.
Few regions have been more richly
endowed by Nature than that famous
section of Western North Carolina
pactically termed the "Land of the
Sky." It has a climate so dry and
health-giving that it has become known
the world over as a natural sanitarium
for the cure of all troubles of a pul-
monary or bronchial nature.
Asheville the centre of this beauti-
ful mountain hemmed plateau is the
highest city east of Denver and is a
busy thriving place of 12000 inhabi-
tants with. all the modernisns of city
life. The city lies juet at the point
where the beautiful French Broad
and Swannanoa rivers join their crys-
tal waters.
Within the city or in its suburbs
many people of wealth have built beau-
tiful and expensive homes most
notable among them being the chateau
of Mr. George W. Vanderbilt which
with its great estate has cost upwards
of four million dollars.
Asheville is an all-tbe-year resort
for the great mountains protect it in
the winter from the cold winds and its
summer climate is trade delightful
because of its altitude.
For descriptive matter of Asheville
and vicinity call on any Southern
railway agent or J.C. Andrews.S. W.P.
Agent Houston Texas.
Summer Bates.
Commencing June 1st and continuing
until Sept. 30th 1899 the Queen &
Crescent route will place in effect
from all coupon stations regular sum-
mer resorts in east Tennessee North
Carolina Virginia and northern ire
sorts good until Oct. 31st. The Queen
and Crescent offers to the public excel-
lent service. Train leaving New Or-
leans daily 7:30 p. m. arrives Cin
cinoati next evening 7:30 thus giving
twenty-four hours schedule carrying
Pullman Buffet sleeper. There is al-
so through a Pullman sleeping car on
this train to New York running by way
Chattanooga Bristol Lynchburg
Washington and Pa. R. R. thus pene-
trating the very heart of the summer
resorts. Train leaving Shreveport
daily at 9:10 a. m. carries through
Pullman sleeper to Chattanooga
where change can be made into tbo
Cincinnati or New York sleepers with-
out getting off train.
For detailed information as to rates
routes etc. applv to any ticket agent
orT. M. Hunt. T. P. Dallas Tex. R.
J. Anderson A. G. P. A. or Geo. H.
Smith G. P. A. New Orleans.
Best All-Year Route to California
Is the Southern Pacific. The travel
ing public can easily understand this
when it is known tbat this is the only
line running coaches through to Cali-
fornia points without change the only
line running tourist sleepers direct
from El Paso to Los Angeles and San
Francisco the only line running pull-
man palace cars direct to the above
nameJ cities without transfer and the
only line running buffet cars thus en-
abling passengers to obtain their meals
at hours convenient to themselves.
Seventeen hours shorter time to Los
Angeles than by other lines
No changing cars during nights
enroute.
Parties going to the Pacific -Coast
for rest should make a. note these
acts.
T. E. Hunt
Com'l Agent.
Daily Herald 15o per week.
Railroad Time Tables.
MOUNTAIN TIME.
SANTA FE KOUTE
Arrives 9:50 a m Leaves 9:50 a m
TEXAS & PACIFIC.
Arrives 9:15 a m Leaves 2:10 p m
SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Arrives 1:30 p m Leaves. 3:35 p m
u. u. & s. A.
Arrives 2:45 p m Leaves 1:50 p ni
MEXICAN CENTRAL.
arrives 7:35 p m Leaves. 1:40 p m
Leaves Juarez 2:40 p m
K. U.. 8. M. & PACIFIC.
Dally Except Sucday.
Arrives Juarez. 3:55 p m
Leaves Juarez 8:25 a m
EL PASO A NORTHEASTERN.
Arrives 6:50 p ni Leaves 10:30 a m
SPRING AND SUMMER fLOTHES.... !
m .You must have In order
to look well.
If you want a strictly up-to-date suit you will find it greatly to your
advantage if you will just drop into John Brunner's and leave your or-
der for one of his good fitting suits. He carries the finest line of suit-
ings in the southwest. Prices reasonable. Call and be convinced.
Merchant Tailor -
Mineral Wells Texas.
cxas np) g'
WHY SMITH LEFT HOME....
Because he could live bettor cheaper with better health and less annoyance than
he could at home. "Within one day's ride of E! Paso" he read In the dally paper
the next day found him at Mineral Wells the famousHealth and Bummer Resort
with hotels offering unexceptionable accommodations at reasonable rates pictur-
esque summer cottages within reach of everybody's purse health-giving waters
and happy environs. "All summer excursion ratef via T. & P.." read those at
home and they follow Mr. Smith.
For descriptive pamphlet or any further information call on or address.
B. F. DARBYSHIKE R. W. CURTIS
B. W. P. A. El Paso T P.A. Kl Faso
E. F. TURNER. G. P. A.. Dallas. N
"No Trouble to Answer Questions."
(fsSOllTliE
W ROUTE iZZl
DOUBLE DAILY TRAIN .
SERVICE WITH BUFFET
SLEEPERS
Only Standard Guage
Sleepers to the
Night and Morning Connections
NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA WASHINGTON ATLANTA CINCINNATI ST.
LOUIS MEMPHIS. AND CHICAGO.
For farther Information call on Local Agent or address
C. W. BEIN. L. J. PARKS
Traffic Manager Houston Tex. G. P. & T. A. Houston Tex.
The Most Direct Line to
Kansas City St. Louis Chicago Denver1 St.
Paul Omaha Boston New York
and Philadelphia
And all Northern and Eastern Points
Through Trains. Smooth Track. Fast Time.
Elegant Pullman Pallace Sleepers on all through trains. Dally Tourist die epl a
cars to Denver Kansas Olty and Chicago. Tourist Sleeping cars semi-weeitiy to St. fan
and Minneapolis and once each week to St-. Louis & Boston.
All trains not having dining cars stop for meals at the famous Santa Fe Routs.
Harvey Houses.
Full Information cheerfully furnished upon application to
J. S. MORRISSON F. B. HOUGHTON.
City Ticket A pent. General Agent.
Office Fargo Building Corner El Paso and San Antonio Streets
-A GLANCE AT-
THE MAP
Mexican Central Ry.
offers most desirable resorts for the summer (as well as for winter) notably
Guadalajara Lake Chapala Aguascalientes which are high and dry;
where every day in the year is pleasant and every night cool
-Sunshine and Strawberries Every Day in the Yearv
For rates and other Information apply to
B. J KUHN Commercial Agent El Paso Texas.
yHTTE gULPHUR SPRINGS
Hot and Cold Baths
Board and Lodging.
B. F. WOOTEN - FESNAL N. V.
On the line of the Alainogordo axd
Sacramento Mountain Hallway. .
T?. EOJAS
Blacksmithing - Horseshoeing - and
General Repairing.
Old Wagons Bought and Sold
Cor. Stanton & E. Overland Sts.
RALES & MORGAN
....CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS ...
Furniture Repaired and Job Work of
all kinds. Plans and Specifications on
short notice. - - - -
310 St. Louis St. - - El Paso.TeX
Rio Grande Hotel
LAS CliCCES. N. M.
Located in the main business block
of the city. Headquarters for mining
traveling ai.il cattlemen. The best
patronized hotel in the city
R. C. Hatteti
Prop
I
i
- 104 El Paso St. 1
'Sunset Route"
Kew Orleans and Galveston
San Antonio and Galveston
Line Running Through
City of Mexico.
at New Orleans With Lines
OP MEXICO will show you that the MEX-
ICAN CENTRAL. RY. reaches all rf the
iropo tant mints of Mexico. The table
land of Mexico traversed in its entirety by
0YDne
..Tailor
Would be pleased to have
his friends call on him and
select a euit of clothes from
his fine line of samples. All
work guaranteed. Don't
forpet the place . .
Room No. 28 - Bronson Blk.
EL PASO TEXAS.
30 TO THE-
City Bakery
For Home-made Bread and the
Finest Cakes and Pies . . .
Geo. Blish Prop. - - - - 412 El Paso St.
Pasteurized Milk & Cream
SHALAM BUTTER - - 30c per lb.
All goods received fresh daily from
our dairy at Shalam Colony N. M.
SHELDON BLOCK - LITTLE PLAZA
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