El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-05
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r. w. Curtis returned last evening
from a northern trip.
Things are unusually lively about
the Santa Fe yards.
Four new men were put to work In
the repair shops of the S. P. yester-
terday.
G. H. switched engine No. $40 was
in the shop yesterday receiving few
| repairs.
Clay Owens, formerly with the White
Oaks surveying party is now employed
| in the T. P. yards.
The wind and sand yesterday made
| life miserable for the yard men on all
roads in this city.
Boss Repa' rer Breckenridge force il
working 10 bands day. The chang
| from 9 to 10 hands hav ng been made 9
few days ago.
Foreman Mum, of the S. P. shops
had his Il # foot mashed yesterday az
| .ernoOn while removing some heavy
| timber from an engine.
Ollie Wafer, in charge of the S. P
oil house, says that from 30 % 200 gal
Ions of oil are consumed in the 5. r
y
oil.
OThe S. P. hill engine. No. 1924, was
receiving the attention of the repair
force yesterday, and all west bound
trains were compelled to climb the hill
unaided.
Seventy four Mexicans went to the S.
P. gravel pits near Wilcox, Arizona,
yesterday evening. They were crowd
Cd int in finn f,.ainhf
Among them we're women and chill
dren.
Cesario Gonzales sues the White
Oaks road for $4,000 for the loss of a
finger which WAS mashed while he was
unloading railroad ties. Plaintiff
alleges the accident was due to the
fOremsn's carelessness in not provid.
ing him with hook with which 10 un
load the ties.
Four engines now occupy that por
| ton of the new S. P. roundhouse com
pleted suffice ntly to accommodate
| them. Ipstea1 of ''backing in," as wal
the case in the old rOundhouse, they
will "hesd in" which Foremsn Num-
says, will give the workmen q much
better light and better water facilities
| Water was struck in S P. we'll No.
yesterday evening about 5 o'clock, at q
depth of los feet. When the drill
reached this depth water rushed in
with such force as to raise the drill
fully six feet 1--WE have it," said
Foreman Campbell, as he ordered hi:
force to remove the drill, lat exactly
los feet".
| Manager r. E. Comfort, of tn,
Cuernavaca road is reported as enjoy
ing his work down in the republic.
friend recently from there quotes hin
as saying, I'VE are doing what we cal
tory way, and-we are not expected t.
bore two inch hole with a thre
quarters inch auger."
General Passenger Agent Turner o
the T. & P. WAS able to show the direc
tors at the last meeting. that the ne
ca, nings of the passenger department
for the last quarter, exceeded the earn
ings of the corresponding quarter o
the previous year by 100000. Mr.
| Turner has made a big record for him
self alre ady as one of the ablest pas
sepger men in the country.
A Taylor headlight is being tried or
switch engine IN the Santa Fe yard
at Topeka This is an entirely nev
form of headlight. Behind the re-
Hector is a box about two feet long and
eighteen inches high which contain
the apparatus which generate
acetyline gas. The flame is mucl
smaller than those of q common head
| light and the light is much brighter
1t is claimed that the light is stronger
and cheaper than the ones now in use
A thorough test will be made of It.
On and after Monday, rates forscom-
partments in Wagner and Pullm an
coaches are advanced 40 per cent OF
more. Heretofore the berth rate in q
compartment has been exactly the
same, as for a berth in an ordinary
sleeper, although the accommodations
are much superior. AS these rooms
are isolated from the remainder of the
car, it was possible to sell both b ,rths
only in exceptional cases. A passen
ger, therefore, usually secured the ad
vsntages of q drawing room for the
price of q single berth.