El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08

| who has been on the sick list for the
past few DAYS, reported for work yes
terday mt raing.
Geo. p. Lyons, who has been visit
ing his brother, Bob, in this city for
the past several days, returned to his
home in San Antonio yesterday.
Mrs. Handibo, wife of the G. 81. en-
gineer, returned yesterday from visit
| to friends in the east. She was de-
tanned one month on account OF the
yellow fever quarantine.
The Santa Fe fremen have made an
application for q ten per cent advance
in wages and those who are in q posi-.
ton to know think that the request OF
the fremen will be complied with in
the near future.
The talk of the combined flyer be-
tween Chicago and the City of Mexico
over the Santa Fee and Mexican Central
lines, is fast dying out, and the chances
are that it will never be heard OF again
until the early part of next season.
John Olsen, the old reliable tool
maker at the G. h. shops, Is on the
sick list. Mr.. Olsen is considerably
troubled with catarrh and 1t Will be
necessary for him to go to the hospital
at San Antonio to have an operation
performed.
The interlocking plant at the Rio
Grande 81 Santa Fe crossing at Ell
Moro, Cole, has been put in operation
under the company's rules governing
such plants and trains may now pass
over the crossing at the rate OF fifteen
miles an hour without stopping.
Joe Grant, the G. n. machinist, is off
duty today looking after the interests
of the democratic party. Mr.. Grant
will go TO Sanderson Wednesday to met
his wife returning from the east,
where she has been visiting for the
past several months.
Engineer j. r. Mclaughlin has re-
signed his position with the I. q. T.
and has accepted one with the Pecos
Valley & Northeastern He has charge
of engine No. 8, pulling the regular
passenger train between Pecos and
Roswell.
In order to make up the time lost in
the front part of the trip the limited
went out of Albuquerque with two en-
gines attached, No. 119 In charge OF
Cramer and Scotti, and No. 12O pre-
sided over by Jones and Finlay. AL
buquerque Democrat
The hunting party consisting OF En-
gineer Stead. Hostler w. G. Henry and
Firemen Black and Robinson returned
from Lasca yesterday with all kinds OF
| game. dSy w uOU OAdOtlJ oSi 90 90 ~
the number of quail slaughtered by
the party, but they all agreed to hav-
ing returned with some. They report
plenty of game in the vicinity of Lasca.
The thirty new engines that have
been ordered by the Santa Fe system
will be delivered at the rate of two or
three q month commencing with De-
cember. 1t is stated that the new
equipment will be necessary when the
Santa Fe has secured direct entrance
to San Francisco, and has started upon
Southern Pacific California monopoly
democrat.
Two train crews from San Marcial
went to work today on the small en-.
gines brought some time ago from San
Msrcial, and which now run between
Lsmy and Albuquerque. johnson and
Car took out one engine and Rempe
ard Jones preside over the fortunes O!
the other. All of the men are well
known in this city which will now be
their home, as first class fellows AL.
buquerque Democrat.
Ed Allen, late of Osceola, on the
Lake Valley branch of the Santa Fe,
has accepted the position as track boss
resigned. Mr.. Allen will have charge
of the Santa Fee track from the smelter
. eight miles west 1t is his intention
to bring his family here from Osceola
J. in q short time He is we'll pleased
v with the change as OsceOla is q lonely
n place and it is seldom that human
being is seen in that vicinity except.
l. ing those who pass through on the
: trains.
The rush of work on the New Mexi.
: CO divisions of the Santa Fee and on the
q whole of the Santa Fe Pacific is said to
. be unexsmpled, and officials are at a
bit of rolling stock at Albuquerque,
Las Vegas and Ration is on the move,
\ and double the present amount could
= be used to advantage. AS concerns
, these thirty new locomotives ''rush''
or6e TO- hurry their comp elton have
been sent in. The road is also short on
a freight cars at many points between FL
. Paso and Topeka. The southwest i:
. growing.-Las Vegas Optic.
e The volume of freight and passenger
0 business is greater than ever before al
this Sc ason and a larger number of mer
employed in the different departments
that any time in the roads history
III the public would stop to consider the
fact that by far the larger proportion
!, of the earnings of great corporation
! like this finds its way into the pockets
. of wage earners and thence into tn,
= regular channels of trade, the poll
= ticisn who apouts against monopolie
:, would have to work for a living. TIL
a Santa Fe is all right and is adding it.
= share to the country's general stock o
= prosperity.-Las Vegas Optic.
It The French railways have made
reduction in passenger fares of 9 pc
!t cent for first, II per cent. for. secOn'
'e and % per cent. for hird-class' passen