El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-08

The arrival of today's Mexican Cen
trail is slated for 600 p. m.
Freights are few and light on the
Sunset line until the quarantine is lift
ed from Louisiana.
It is expected that the Ell Paso
Southern will begin it's line over the
river early next week.
Conductor S. L. Meyer of the G. 81.
has bought double building lot GA
Myrtle avenue in block 2l7 for $500.
Two G. b. brakemen may go black
berrying for ten days because they
were Lot on deck when wanted 10 take
| their train.
Contractors say that the White Oaks
people have just bought $4,000 worth of
| cement to be used mostly in culverts
and bridge work along the line OF the
road.
A G. II. runner will go hunting bar
in the Sacrame atos for thirty days be-
cause he would let hi5 fireman handle
his engine contrary to the statutes
herein made and provided.
Train Dispatcher Somers has receiv-
ed the following unique message from
the day Op aratOr at Wallace: Il am
drunk and crazy; seLd down a man to
relieve me as soon AS posi- lie. LAS
Vegas Optic.
A G. II. runner will for the ensuing
fifteen days give his entire attention to
| inward meditation and u prOtracted
contemplation of the subjective ego,
all because he neglected to report q
lose tire o. his engine
A. K. Owen of the Topolobampo
road is in town today en- route east.
He is after franchise, it is under
stood from Casas Grandes to the coast
via Guerrero, but finds the opposl-
err formidable. However. Mr.. Owen
believes he will pull through all right.
An official circular from President
j. H. HampsOn of the Guernavaca
road. announces the resignation of Cen
the abolition of his Office. The circui-
ar also announces that Il. E. Comfort
has been appointed assistant genera
manager with headquarters at the City
of Mexico. Hampson is general man.
ager as we'll AS president.
J. A Eddy goes up the line of the
White Oaks road tomorrow to meet
the e. gineers. Some change has been
made IN making final locations and
the present road bed north of Fort
Bliss may be chaogsd. Inc ties laid
Cnef0 years ago lave largely OlShp.
peared, probably for firewo,d, and the
road bed is washed considerably by
the rains. Mr.. E idy says his brother
ought to be in FL Paso by next week
Friday.
A G. H. engineer gets relief from
grinding toll for thirty church days;
and thereby hangs a tale. He had a
dead ei CINE in his train which was de-
rallied near Malone, but the t:ain was
says he could 10, see there was any
thing wrong. Tie derailed machine
thumped the cinders out of the ties for
Ole mile and then it was discovered
something was wrong. Because The
discovery WAS not made earlier in the
game the runner is given an Oppcrtuni-
~ to go on a picnic for the time speci-
fed.
A New Mexico paper says: ''F. T.
Dolan, division superintendent of the
Santa Fe compa y, has been sued il
the district court at Kansas City for
$1,000 damages by J. p. Nolan, dis
charged section foreman, who claims
that ne was discharge without cause,
and that the superintendent wrote a |
lbelOus letter about him. Supt
Dolan was appointed superintendent ot |
The Chihuahu division of the Mexican |
Central iast wlLt-r heo Supt Com.
fort resignt d; but quit. himself, after |
few weeks, on being offered a bette, |
job which he now has. Supt. Hartmal |
succe=Ced him.