El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-05
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Sparks From the Engine.

Sparks From the Engine.
Four car loads of Mexican oranges
came in over the Mexican Central last
light.
G. H. freight engine, No. 90I, was
placed in the back shop Saturday to
receive necessary repairs.
"Nick'' Kennedy, boss boiler maker
| in the Santa Fe shops at San Marclal,
was circulating among his many friends
in this city Saturday.
The T. P. has made a call for ten
men to do grading work on their line
near Toyah. The railroads are taking
a greaG many idle men out of Ell
Paso.
When the T. P. flyer is put on there
will be two dining cars leave here
every day. This will require the SER
vice of four more coach cleaners on
this end of the line.
A rush of business in the G. II.
yards Saturday required the service of
two switch engines and the 633 was
pressed into service. Engineer B0r-
cherding was in charge.
Twelve logging cars are in the e. p.
& N. E. yards TO be shipped to the
Sacramento mountains. These are of
the latest design, and will be OF great
value in the timber country.
| Mrs. Chas. Effort wife of the Mexi :
can Central train dispatcher ct CHI
hushus, who has been visiting friends
in this city for some time past, return
ed to her home yesterday.
Fireman Jones, of the Santa Fe, did
not 60 out on his run Saturday. Busi-
ness on this end required his attention
and he reported off. He says business
is Fl ne on the New Mexico division of
the Santa Fe.
The G. II. has q force of men 1T
work building a foundation for their
new scales. The G. II. has long been
in need of this improvements, as the
old scales have been in q very bad con-
dition for some time past.
| The G. 81. pay car arrived Saturday
as expected and gladdened the hearts
of the employees. There will be only
one more pay day before Christmas
and it wou' d be we'll for all to remem-
Der this as the little ones must be re-
membered.
Engineer Farecamp, of the T. r. has
returned Mr.. Farecsmp says that he At
| tended the last two days of the Dallas
fair and that there were betw cen
twenty and thirty thousand people on
the ground. He says that the fair was .
grand success.
| The home of Jim Waifer, the q. 81.
machinist. was glsddened Saturday by
| the arrival of q ten and one-half pound
boy. He had his pockets lined with
good cigars and all his friends were
tre ated. The mother and child are
doing remarkably we'll.
II WAS reading in the morning
paper" said abroad man this morn
ing! "That the annual report of the
G. 81. inspection party arrived yester-
day. Why, that was printed in the
HERALD ten days ago. The morning
paper must be little Slow
Fifteen car loads of heavy steel went
west over the S. p. last week to be dis
tributed along the line wherever need
| ed. This company has been sending
great quantities of steel west Of late e.
it is the intention of the company to
place the best Of steel between this
| point and San Francisco.
| LOST-On the streets of Ell Paso, .
B of L. F. travelling card, belonging
o p. Fitzsimmons. Finder will pleaee
leave same at this Office and greatly
| obllge the owner. Mr.. FitzsiIDmons
arrived here Saturday from Colorado
and will take position on the E. P. &
N. E. He is first-class engineer and
| will prove a valuable man to the E. p.
& N. E. company.
The funeral OF Robert Spivey, the
| three-year-old-son of MIR. and Mrs.
Tom Spivey, occurred yesterday after
noon from the family residence on the
corner of Texas and Ochoa streets
The child fell from chair q week ago
and injured it's head in such Q manner
as to develops conclusion from the ef-
fects of which the little one died Sa-
turday night. Mr.. Spivey Is al en-
Move of the G. n. in the car depart
ment.
Genial Capt. S. Nj. West, the T. p.
clock and scale inspector, came in on
the T. P. yesterday morning and i'm
mediately turned his attention to the
scales in the yards which were . little
out of order. Agent Montague in in
| reporter took particular pains to ex-
plain that it was the captain who pres
ented him with a handsome Office
clock short time ago. The clock Is Q
beauty and Mr.. Montague is proud of
| it.
The G. II. commenced some time ago
| to construct new scale track, begin
| ding at point near the G. 81. chops
| and extending to the passenger depot.
When the fact became known that the
inc was going to run close to the
Pierson Hotel Injunction proceedings
were commenced and q lively legal
eight is promised. There is already
| one track between the Pierson Hotel
IS to be constructed. 1t is known as
the house track and leads to the freight
Office.
Trouble at San MarciaJ.