El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-01

No cattle in sight for the Santa Fe
at present.
The Mexican Central is enjoying an
extra rush of ore just ut present.
G. H. engine No. sO2 was put in the
back chop yesterday to receive q gen.
eral fixing up.
Some of the Santa Fe boys are talk
| ing of having q pole raising. They ar.
capable of doing q good job of it.
The flliue-in work in the White
Oaks yards ia proceeding rapidly
Fiji Mexicans are employed to do the
| work.
A burst in q water pipe under the s.
P. fright Office neces. ftated the a..
ention of the repairers who were busy
today stopping the leak.
The railroad boys feel justly proud
1t was certainly success and reflects
great credit an all concerned.
The T. p sent Is cattle cars esst on
the G.. 81. They are expecting tram
fer OF SO cars of cattle from the G. H.
within the next few days.
The T. P. engine No. 1913, which
caused so much confusion in the @. 81.
yards two weeks ago, will coon stesu
from the T. P. repair shop ready for
the second round.
Some of the Santa Fee officials con-
s'der the stock season ABOUT over.
I'VE WILL" said one "have few train.
catering along, but tho season Is
practically over"
No sooner had the report of Schley's
victory reached Ell Paso lat night
| than some patriotic soul toUk charge
of the G. q cannon and its roar was
heard throughout the city.
Several OF the Santa Fee boys are
talking of enlieti and goiog to Cuba.
There is not much chance for another
call for volunteers very soon 90 it's no
harm to talk q little.
The T. P. folks report the traffic
west, as usual, heavy but the eastern
traffic is unusually light,
of which they are crowded for engine
room at this ems OF the line.
The rock foundation for the White
Oaks round house is;completed, and the
br OK work will begin as soon as the
foundation 1. given sufficient time to
settle, which COptrs ct0r Roman thinks
will be about ten days.
Chas. Windbere has been appointed
outy IL to lower the big dag every
night aud hoist it in the morning. His
friends say that b srley il just patriot
10 enough to enjoy the work.
A stack 63 feet high wss placed on
the new boiler at the Santa Fe rour d
house yesterday aud . Ere was built in
the engine this morning. The Santa
Fee now has one Of the best compressed
air plants in the southwest.
James Carlisle, who was formerly .
been living lately at AlsmOosa, Colo.
passed through here en- route tn the
@ ty 1t Mexico, where he intends to
a opt Q position on the Mexican Cen
trail.
Rumor has it that the T. P. intend
bui ding four new stalls to their shops
in Toyah, Texas, and that the work
down there will be completed before
the force is put to work on the pro-
posed coach shed and round house
here.
Mr.. L. b. Sherman, general master
mechanic of the Interoce .n'c railway,
has resigned his position with that
company to take effect June Int. He
will be succeeded by Mr.. Reese, form
er master me ,hauc for the Mexican
Southern At Oaxaca.-Mexican Her
aid.
About go strings of morning glories
have been startod along the south side
of the G. 81. yard offi; &c and the clerks
of the office give Q smile OF apprecis.
ion as they relate bow cool il W II be
when the vines grow high enough to
nj Natr of a hNf NJ .
The land in the vicinity of theWhite
Oaks round-house 10 beng flooded BY
. burstt d CITY sewer The attention Of
the report was called to this nuisance
IA DAYS ago and statement to that
feet was made in this co umu. The
sewer has been in this condition ever
since and another appeal was made to
the BERALD representative TODAY.
This morning the matter was reported
tn Chief Lockhart who said he would
inform CRY Engineer Wimberly of the
affair and have it attended to. The
railroad property ts being fast covered
with water and about the first thing
Fl Paso knows she will be the defend
ant in damage suit.
Foreman Muntsin, of the Santa Fe
int ndent the raising of the 60 loot
smoke s'ack at s. F. shops. Mr.
Muntain says he has been for the past
month on tho So, t. Fe branch from
San Jose to Santa Rieta, q distance of
I've miles. Santa Rieta is q promising
camp up in New Mexico and those in
terested in mining there have been
pleading with the s. F. for come time
for branch line and will soon realize
the luxury of steam transportation.
The road will be known a. White Water
line and the work of laying the steel
will begin the latter part OF this week.
adr. Muntain's outfit Is now stationed
at San Marcial, to which place he re-
turned today.
Yesterday was an unusually quiet
day in railroad circles. The tockyards
| we're all minus, the musical bowl Of the
steers accompanied by the pitiful
pleading Of the calves; the yards
we're almost stripped of their cars and
quietude prevailed everywhere. 1t
may be stated also that the looks of
-ome Of the employees were in sweet
accord with the solitude OF the sur
roundipgs. A great number of them
| danced until q late hour Monday night
| It r 4ud'e grove and Dresented a do.