El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-06
Sparks From the Engine.


Stock was being loaded at Engle to-
] day to be shipped east over the Santa
Fe.
Some of the G. II. departments are
working extra time owing to a rush of
| business.
Twenty-six carloads of stock were in
| the Santa Fe pens yesterday. They
will be shipped north to Fowler, Colo
RADIO.
Owing to the wreck on the Engle
Hill early yesterday morning train 80
in here and train "a out of here were
abandoned.
The Mexican railroad reports gross
receipts for week No. 80 of 1872, O74. S3,
| against 1913, 1907 5 for the correspond
Ing week of last year, showing an in
crease of s8.894.7S.
S. P. engineer, Frank Grigp.. went
to Lordsburg yesterday to be present
at the preliminary hearing of the men
charged with the murder of the Mex
lean at that place last Saturday night.
| Mr.. Charles T. Gray, at one time
| employed in this city, las been ap-
pointed city ticket agent of the Texas
and Pacific at Dallas. Tex, vice Harry
x. Hatch, resigned Two Repub-
lies.
Gross receipts of the InSeroceanic
Railroad company for the week ended
Septemb Der "A, 1898, are as $50, 74O. 81, as
against S45, 400. IL for the correspond
ing period of last year, showing an in
crease of s., 25O.7O.
The G. n, boys are very anxious for
The HERALD to keep on talking on the
necessity of having al electric light on
the turntable. They say it would be a
great benefit to them and a. the same
time beautify the place.
General Manager Thorne and party
OF the T. p. finished their tour of in
spection of that line as far &c Sierra
Blanca Tuesday and turned their faces
toward Dallas in backward tour. They
found everything in first class shape
for the coming flyer.
|. Carl Ennis is in possession of a yalu-
able piece of ststuary, presented to
him by President Diaz. 1t is taken
from primitive scene in Mexico and
is gotten up In very expensive and
attractive style. Carl is delighted with
the present and takes great pleasure in
showing it to his friends.
That student fremen are not a
success on passenger trains was dis
L v.
They sent the student" out of here on
that morning but was very glad to get
rid OF him at San Marcial John Dowd,
an experienced fireman, came in on
the passenger yesterday morning in
stead of the Student which left here.
|. J. W. Hadlock, father of the T. p.
and u. ID. engineers, by that name, has
returned from hunt 80 miles down the
IT. T. Eue. He reports game plentiful
and brought back a lot of it with him.
Mr.. Hadlock says where he stopped
was close to water tank and there
were no houses within any reasonable
cluded to make this place his head
quarters. He found it very.proftable
stand, but his slumber was frequently
interrupted by the coyotes
The Chicago Tribune saws; THE
railroad which is now being construct
ed from Roswell. N. M, to Amarillo,
Tex, will form connecting link bet.
ween the Pecos Valley road, which ex-
tends to Pecos. Tex, on the south. to
the Denver & Gulf road, and the At
ichisOn, TOpeca & Santa t'e system on
the east 375 miles. This will bring the
valley In direct connection with and
within thtrty-six hours time of Chicago.
This road will draw from q country as
large as the state of Iowa. This is the
finest stock breeding section in the
United States, and on a conservative
estimate it is believed it will deliver
at least Is, 900 car loads of cattle and
sheep to the Santa Fee system yearly"
Parties who ought to know claim
that the extension of the Pecos Valley
" Northeastern railway from this
place to Amarillo will certainly be
completed by December 10. says the
Roswell Record. Those who are less
sanguine think the work will not all
be done before January l, 1899. In
either case it is time for the citizens
of Roswell to begin to consider in
what way the occasion can best be eel
ebrated. There should be an ex-
cursion from Chicago and Kansas City
aud arrangements should be made to
rsssivs the sxosrsienists in the very