El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-17
Sparks From the Engine

Sparks From the Engine
The G. H. are equipping all of their
engipes with Jsnney coupiers.
w. Merritt, division freight agent of
the Santa Fe in Kansas, is in the city.
Superintendent Martin, of the G. n.
went down the line yesterday in a spe-
cisl car.
j. T. Logan, traffic manager of the
r. G., S. NJ, 81 p. R'y., has gone to
San Francisco on u business trip.
Eight cars of oranges came in over
were shipped to various points out of
here.
Erwin Tears, western passenger
agent of the New York Central, with
headquarters at Denver, is here on
business.
B. P. Humphrey travelling passenger
agent of the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern. is here looking after the in
terests of his line.
The Santa Fe held their passenger
train twenty minutes this morning to
accommodate several passengers off the
T. P. who desired to go north.
Superintendent Hartman, of the
Mexican Central, who has been visit
ing 10 Kansas for, the past several
days, is expected to return tomorrow.
The T p fyer6arrived yesterday
evening thirty-eight minutes late with
twenty passengers. The delay was
causedaat Los Angeles and was uE-
avoidable.
Jim Thornton is now in the employ
of the Santa Fe company as switchman
in the Ell Paso yards. He has the po-
sition made vacant by the death of Ed
Van Bell.
The Mexican Central employees are
looking forward to next Wednesday
with great pleasure. On thatday 1.-The
ghost" will walk and the following day
Is Thanksgiving.
An engineer and fireman on the Ra-
ton division of the Santa Fe have been
suspended for 20 days for allowing the
ash pan blower to burn out of the en-
CINE of which they were in charge.
Engineers are scarce on the south
end of the Katy. Master Mechanic
Brehm received notice yesterday to
send half dozen engineers to Denison
as they were badly needed.-Parsons
Sun.
The G. 81. depot is receiving the afr
ten ton of the carpenters. A new fioof-
has b aeu needed for some time and af-
ter this Improvement has been made
the carpenters will turn their attention
to a few other needed repairs.
A compromise has been effected be-
tween the proprietors OF the Pierson
hotel property and the G. II. railroad
company as regards the construction of
the scale track and the railroad com
1n,.n
pleting the track.
The new Santa Fe switch engine will
be on duty tomorrow. 1t was placed
in the machine shop yesterday to be
prepared for service and the boss of
that department gives it as his opinion
that the engine VIII be ready for yard
" ork by Friday morning.
The G 81. depot will shortly receive
the attention of the painters. They
are at present working on the machine
and blacksmith shops, and will turn
their attention to the depot as soon as
this work is completed. 1t might be
added that. paint will greatly i'm
prove its present appearance.
The Phoenix short line has re-es-
tablished the Pullman between Phoe-
nix and Maricops. Passengers can
take the Pullman at Z o'clock in the
evening, remaining in it till six
o'clock the next morning, doing away
with the necessity of occupying rooms
at Maricopa. Ente. prise.
The material for repairing the E. P.
& N. E. mountain climber is ex pected
to arrive tomorrow, in the event of
which the Baldwin agents say that she
will be ready to go to the front Mon
day. There is no doubt about this en-
CINE being powerful and particularly
adapted to the work for which it was
purchased, but the curves have proved
too sharp for her, and it is this OBJ
stscle which the Baldwin agents are
endeavoring to overcome. The tank
trucks are being placed on pivot and
it is thought that this improvement
will serve the desired purpose.