El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-23
Sparks From the Engine

Sparks From the Engine
Painters are at work on the interior
of the G. 81. machine shop.
s. B. Houghton, of Santa Fee made
visit to AlamogordO yesterday.
Victor Proctor, foreman of the Santa
| Fe water service was in the city yes
terdsy.
Ten cars of steel rails came in over
the Santa Fe yesterday for the Alamo
gOrdo Lumber company.
A train consisting of six loads of or
anges and six loads of ore came in over
the Mexican Central yesterday.
Several telegraph poles were blown
down during the recent storm between
this point and Lordsburg, N. M.
VIM Bergman yesterday received
the sad news of the death of his broth
er, John e. Bergman, which occurred
10 Chicago Monday.
| Mrs. A. w. Wells, wife of Conductor
| Wells, of the Santa Fe. accompanied
| by her children, went to Silver City
yesterday, where she will visit friends
| for several Gays.
An attorney wss'yesterday taking de-
positions among the railroad Witnesses
on the killing of Ed. Van Bell, which Oc-
! Cured in the Santa Fe yards one week
ago last Saturday.
An order was given out in the G. b.
machine shop yesterday by Foreman
Millett for the force of that depart
ment to work ten hours. Heretofore
they have been working only nine
hours.
1t was reported yesterday that Supt
Hurley, G. E. Ayres, w. E. Koehler,
and D. Harlan, Santa Pc officials,
would be in some time today, to look
over the property on this end of the
line.
Frank Blemel, machinist of the
WinslOw shops, has been in the hos
istal for some time as the result of an
entirely well.- Albuquerque Dem
Ocrat.
The E. P. & N. E. noun tain elm Der
will not be able to go to the front until
the first of the week. The officials
were in hopes that it would be ready to
go up this evening, but such thing is
out of the question.
Conductor Northwsy of the Mexican
Central, WAS circulating among friends
on this side of the river Yesterday. He
says that Pete Kinks new engine came
|
at the throttle as proud as q peacock.
If the Santa Fe paint gang had only
turned their attention to- the actual
needs of that road and put on few
coats OF paint on their passenger depot
at this point, the town would have q
very good reason to give thanks tomor-
row.
The 908, which jumped the track in
the G. II. yards Monday night and dug
up the earth for several yards, was
placed on the track and taken to the
roundhouse at noon yesterday. Her
J pilot is used up considerably but other
| wise she escaped with but very little
damage.
The railroads OF the city will observe
Thanksgiving and all employees that
the various companies can possibly
spare will be given holiday tomor.
row. A number of the G.. Fl. en-
ployes are going to take advantage OF
the E. P. & N. E. g cheap excursion
and go up north on a hunting trip.
The pay car Tuesday left $50. 900 in
Rston. OF this sum S35, 900 was paid
to shopmen, engineers and fremen
while SIS, 600 went to pay brakemen
! conductors, station men and tract
sum, we should say, and it comes every
30 days a. regularly as the time roll:
round.-Raton Gazette.
While Chas. Meyers was working il
the G. II. carpenter shop yesterday
: morning. he suddenly feel to the foo
10 agony. Friends rushed to his assis
lance, but he was Inconsistencies. II,
was taken TO his home and the doctor
summoned. The cause is supposed tc
have been heart trouble. Mr.. Myer
has been an employed of the G. II. fO
years past and has been q faithful
worker.
: Frank Alderete, who for the pas
four years has been employed in tn
G. 81. paint shop, has resigned hi
, position. He will hereafter be found
at the desk in the Campbell Real Els
tate company's Office filing the posi-
tiop made vacant by the election OF hi
brother to the Office of city clerk
Frank is competent young man an
has many friends to wish him we'll Il
l his new vocation.
3 The Hall block signal station, whicl
! Is in operation on the Santa Fe system
between the Union depot and Arger
tine, Kans., is to be improved b
the Santa Fee company. The block
!. have been lighted with all lamp
> heretofore. but the company is MAXIM
arrangements for lighting them will
: electricity. Master Mechanic Pur
T cell stated yesterday that the work o
. stretching wires to the warriors block
l would be commenced in q very shor
:. time. When this work is completed
the Santa Fe will be the only system
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