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Rh Leaving El Paso, the train crosses a six-pile bent trestle-bridge over the Rio Grande which connects this town with Paso del Norte. An iron bridge will soon take the place of the trestle-work. There is besides a small-pile

trestle-bridge, owned and operated by the horse-car company, which is also used as a highway for wagons and pedestrians.

The population of is about 7,000. (Hotel Gallardo. )

This town is the terminus of the Mexican Central