El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-08
Sparks From The Enuine.

sparks From The Engine.
All roads report an increase of bust
ness this week.
Sam Gallady, of the G. II. switch
crew., took a lay off yesterday.
The G. H. annual inspection party
left Algiers, La, last Monday. and is
headed for Ell Paso.
The Santa Fe yesterday received five
car loads of cattle from the s.. P. The
cattle went north today.
/ l.. c. Jones and r. 7. Harris have
been placed on the list of G.. H. fire.
men. They are both recommended as
sober and industrious men.
The 7. P. i'm improvements on this end
OF the line are faS nearing completion
and some of the boys are beginning to
inquire ABOUT the promised flag rails
ing.
The Mexican Central received two
car loads of stock from the G.. H. yes
terday and after undergoing the .neces-
ssry inspection they were taken across
the river for shipment to the interior
of Mexico.
THE whitewash brushes and the
paint brushes were bought into play in
the @. H. machine shop yesterday,
and the walls OF that spacious structure
Will by tomorrow evening be attired in
a very attractive dress.
Sunday afternoon about $50 of the
Fe railroad officials arrived in
Cleburne from Galveston. For the
present and perhaps for at least sixty
days the general headquarters of the
Santa Fe system will be in this city
Cleburne Chronicle.
a special meeting of the Southwest
ern lines general passenger agents has
been called at the Southern hotel at
Houston by Chairman Pratt of the
Southwestern Passenger Traffic Bureau
for tuesday, September p, to take up
"a number of subjects.
~ bran new engine went west yester-
day over the G.. II. for Tucson, Ariz-
ona. The engine is a ten wheeler, No.
1890, and was made at the Cook loco
motive works at Patterson N. J. AS the
engines at Tucson are in a pool The
changes are that this engine will make
frequent trips to Ell Paso.
The first steamship for Brownsville,
Texas, will sail from New Orleans on
the 18th last. This date WAS decided
by the Southern Pacific
on Saturday. The first vessel will pro
baby be the Morgan, as the Clinton is
not expected in port in time to make
the first trip.-Houston Post.
The Santa Fe company has fulminat-
ed an edict against the visiting of
drinking saloons by their employees,
which they assert will be vigorously
enforced. We don't suppose his APP
plies to Redondo, where the "Santay"
owns a big hotel with a wet weather
annex Oh no!-Coiton Chronicle.
Engineer j. Lewis, of the G. H, who
was unfortunate enough to meet with
an accident a short time ago, has been
given the position of day hostler. Mr..
Lewis has been with the G. II. compa-
ny for the past ten years, and the &C
c1dents ne q encountered on the rail
been few ana far between.
The G. II. passenger engine; No. 726
which threw a rod near Ysleta,a short
time ago and splintered the left-hand
side of her cab, vas brought out of the
repair shop this morning looking fine.
she has undergone a general overhaul
ing and is now considered in frst-class
condition. 1t is possible that she will
make her first trip east Saturday.
On o of the destruction by fire
OF the Beach hotel at Galveston the
next meeting of the Texas Railway
club will be held at Rockport, Texas,
in the Del Mar hotel. The meeting
will open September 10 and hold over
until the following day. The secretary
states that the accommodations for
visitors at Rockport are excellent and
the bathing and fishing facilities I'M
surpassed.-Houston Post.
Geo. Kellum, who has been assistant
air inspector of the G.. H. at his point
for the past two years, yesterday NOV
ed into Il coy home which he has
purchased on the corner OF. Franklin
and Florence streets. Mr.. Kellum is
q single man, and his many friends are
at a loss to know what for him get Jim
cage when him No yet get i'm bird.
Possibly George is working on the
idea tina it is much easier to get the
bird after the cage has been secured.