El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-01
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The S. P. pay car arrived yesterday
somewhat unexpecte dly.
Foreman Henry Borcherding of the
u. II. shops has returned from the
Dallas fair.
Master Mechanic George Miller of
the Pecos Valley road went out this a f.
ternoon to Pecos City.
| The Pullman Palace Car company is
now employing 5000 men, and of these
1000 are in the shops at Pullman.
The White Oaks engineers are half
way up o the New Mexico line with
their location stakes from Fort Bliss.
An effort is being made to return to
to this state from Louisiana Southern
Pacific freight cars after fumigation.
Sam Garrett, an ext. & P. conduc-
tor, with his wife and son arri1 ed this
morning from the east en- route south
u, SilaO.
The family of Conductor D. G.
Brown of the S. P. arrived from Tue
son this afternoon to remain here for
the winter.
Two more big freight engines, 199
and 200, arrived today from Dunkirk,
N. Y. for the Mexican Central: also q
lot of new freight cars.
Mrs. j. P. Ramsey, wife of the gen.
eral manager of the Corralit road,
arrived this morning over the T. & p,
from a visit to Canada and New York.
The Santa Fe was two hours late to-
day because of delay in waiting for
connection with the Circle railroad of
Denver, train off the track at Larimer
street and Cherry creek.
Foreman keefe and three assistants
from the boiler shop at Big Springs
arrived this morning to put new fues
in the Limited engine, 1873, on her ar
rival here this afternoon.
The Santa Fe road is just now en-
plOyiDg lot of new locomotive en-
gineers and sending them to Albuquer-
que to " ork on the western division of
the road out of that city.
The Texas & Pacific people are now
Paso street. The lettering on the win
dOws is something immense, and the
furnishings inside are comfortable and
convenient.
Supt. of Motive Power Johnstone of
the Mexican Central and wife and his
son Burt, master mechanic at Chihua-
hua, came up this morning in special
car. Tney are looking over the mecha-
nical plant OF the road.
The Sunset Limited was reported an
hour late at Sierra Blanca this morn
ing, but the dispatchers here thought
it would all be made up by the time the
train reached this city. ''The KIDD is
famous for making up time.
Engine 726 came up from Sanderson
this afternoon on "2O," and Will alter
NJ ate with 74S hereafter in handling
the trains ''2O'' and 500" The small
600 engines will be used elsewhere, or
as a conductor says, ''they will be sold
to the White Oaks roads
The Colorado Mid and has decided to
abandon Busk tunnel, and will use
the old Haggerman Pass tunnel which
has been re-opened for business The
Busk tunnel people it seems want
too much money for the use of their
hole through the mountain.
The Mexican Central changed its
schedule today, the south bound train
leaving Ell PasO at 2 O'Clock p. m and
Juarez at 3 O'Clock. The first north
bound train on the new schedule will
arrive tomorrow evening at 7:;5 in Ell
Paso. The new schedule shortens the
time between Ell Paso and the City of
Mexico four hours on the south bound
and forty minutes on the north bound.
The south bound now runs through in
forty-ive hours and arrives in the
City of Mexico at IL so a. M, instead
Of $50 p. m. as formerly. The south
bound train passes chihuahua at 1O:45
p. M, and the north bound passes that
city at 12:15 p. m.