El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-06

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shet, are a. present cons tructing Il
bf1dge at Big Spriu gs, and will arrive
here as SOON as the bridge is complet-
| ed.
There were 80 car loads OF stock IN
| the santa Fe yards We sterday afte con
and orders were given to bed 40 more
stock rs for imme diate use.
All denartnents of the Santa Fa
| ia lrO 40 in this city have receiv d CT
RS to WORK eX ,ra. The boys are feel
ing good, as big pay day will be the
result.
a large crowd OF Clay Owen s
:ie1ds were at tie depot last right
when the so diers' ira' n arrived. q y
was formerly !. L. & P. employee ard
enjoyeI a la~ge circle of fr.ends.
Hammer & Caldwell yesterday con-
mereed the con- truc;i.n O. tn. founla-
ton for tne While OAKS wafer tank
a cout 100 yar}s It Of the S. 2. Stops.
| The ok is 10 hold about IL, 900 gallons
of sater.
The Re Grapde river fell three
inches hight before LAST, AID &ll day
Yesterday was aOCuI al srandsl'll
The /. Z. off sials think tns river h :
reached tae highest point Tor tGis
se25Un.
The T. 81 P. boast o: having the pur-
est Wei wa er il uso ia the city. The
wei is 10 T ct deep and their ,a1k at
an elevation of about 60 feet. Win
this elevation the company is able TO
force the weter to every departmen t
with good pressure.
"Will the government ask for me-
chauics to go to the Philippine
Islands," asked railroad man yes
terday. 'If the United States fleet is
in any way damaged they will need
Them" he continued, land in case of Ii
call Ell Paso will furnish her sh .re.'
Passenger traffic as we'll as freight is
now bect ming very heavy on the Santa
Fee and the Santa Fe Pacific saws the,
Albuque rque Democrat. The train
from the south furn shed enough hun
CRY travellers to fill every chair in the
Harvey eating house and those on the
next train had TO wait.
Geo. La Trace, machinist at the
Santa Fee shops. is very anxioas to go
Cuba He sent his application last
Mar b to the department at Washing
ton. and received a notice of the i'll NO
of the same and moth ne further. Mr.
La Trace says ne believes his applicl-
ton was first to leave Ell Paso.
II. Cullen, for some time past a
brakeman out of San Marcial, was i
town yesterday. Mr.. Cullen has sever
ed hi connection with The Santa Fe,
and will, from now on, be fcuup au-
sweTing the calls of the engines he
tween Del Rio and Sandersup. Mr..
Cullen reports plenty of railroad work
at San Marcial.
Bill Pettibone, of the T. P, took
switch engine No. 10 to Big Springs
yesterday afternoon. This eng ne hi
been on t. dec.i' for ION e time past
aud all efforts o. the TT of the lccal
mechanics to revive her have proved
fru,tless. Yesterday she attempted t.
pull four coaches from II. p. sidi o.
but was too feeble ard the Ill had to
help. She will r. GIVE a general over
hauling a. Big Springs and return as
good as ew.
TIE force at work fortifving the
river bank, east of the T. p. shops
were emp He'd to quit work yes r
day afterr DON owing to a lack of ma
| terial. TIE mating is dol G all that
"a xpected of il, while the wat r as
succeeded in covering the brush work
it has failed TO carry any OF it aw-v r
any Of tire river bank which it px0-
| tects. With >ufficier TIM to comp e
the work ae course Of lte river wi |
he changed so as to give the CITY q
chance TO reclaim almost 100 ac, es of
| land.
Its not much trouble for man to
! pass Il railroad eXIrnip alton in :
Marci4l," ali "a lroad man yee'cr.
day. AL you have 10 do is to he bic
TO count your ii ger and toes and
you're al right. A Tucson, Arizona.
hnugh," he con inre', IAN examioa-
zion j. conducted quit differently. II
your eyes, lung, k d 1eys, liver. aid all
other mem hers of he body are not
perfect coalition, your lights are D