El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-25
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presents q very attractive appearance.
There are a great many idle rail-
road men in town at present. AS lar
as heard from they all had q fine
Thanksgiving dinner yesterday.
Yesterday was very quiet one in
the railroad yards. No work was done
except that which was absolutely
necessary and few trains were sent
out.
The excursion north on the E. =. &
N. E. road yesterday was well attend
ed. No delays were encountered along
the line and the train left and arrived
on time.
There was no freight received or de-
livered by the railroads of Ell Paso yes
terday. This, however did not give
the clerks a holiday. Their work
goes on constantly.
Alejo Martinez. section boss at Sulz-
bscher station, lost a daughter. Syears
of age, from smallpox, last week. Yes
tie rday another child, one year old,
passed away.-Exchange.
The lunch counter addition to the
Rincon Harvey house is.about finished,
aud in about u weeks time its attrac-
tions will be at the service of the
travelling public.-Las Vegas Optic.
The number of clerks in the railway
mail service killed during the last fis-
cal year, as reported by the general
superintendent, was seven, and the
number seriously injured was thirty
four.
The net earnings of railroads in
Texas for the year ending June 30, 1898
were about %, 000, 900 in excess of what
they were the year before and the pre-
sent year is expected to show a still
greater increase.
1t was reported on the streets
Wednesday that Engineer Fred Con-
ners was killed in the wreck down the
G. n. Fred returned Wednesday
evening and denied emphatically that
he had ever been dead.
When the Santa Fe pulled in from
the north Wednesday the back plat
form of the Pullman was covered with
snow. 1t was something new to the
depot force and they at once began
snow-balling each other.
There were fifteen cars of stock
| transferred from the r. G. S. M. & P.
to the Santa Fe yesterday. Yard
master Nudge was figuring on an easy
day but this transfer with the rest OF
the work kept him moving lively all
day.
Will Kirby of the G. n. blacksmith
shop, left yesterday for Galveston,
Tex, where he will meet his two
daughters who are coming to this
country from England. They will
accompany him to this place and re-
side permanently.
The ventilation of the Hoosac tun-
mel is proposed by means of centri-
fugal fan mounted at the top of the
central shaft and operated by electric
power from the North Adams mass.
Electric Company. 1t is stated that
| been let.
| Foreman Tindell, who has been with
the Mexican Central on this end of the
line for fifteen years, went to the
City of MeXi CO Wednesday, where it is
rumored he will remain in the future.
Mr.. Tindell has many warm friends in
railroad circles on this end of the line
who are very anxious to have him re-
turn.
The wreck train returned from
Taber Wednesday and soma OF the
force say that the best record ever
made by a wrecking crew was made by
them on this occasion. They say tha
and placed on the crack in the remark
able time of three hours and twenty
minutes.
Two hundred more freight car,
have been built for the Victoria divi-
sion of the Southern Pacific. This ad
ditional rolling stock was necessary tt
accommodate the growing demands o
com merce in Southwest Texas, es
peciallv at points yerpiup on the HOus
ton and Texas Central aud Galveston
Harrisburg and San Antonio territory
The extent to which freight is being
diverted to the gulf ports is reflected
in the recent announcement of tn,
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf &
the effect tn at it now has four steamer
loading at Port Arthur. Two of thes
will carry lumber and cotton for Mex
leo and the other two will carry pack