El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-21
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! w QeeiGF ana IL was given
to him as a sort of a pension
Stiper followed in the same capacity
and was appointed under just such
circumstances exactly. No, l can't see
| why the continuance OF this office
/ would not be useless expense
The falling of the scaffold yes.
terday at the new G. II. roundhouse
carrying eight workmen to the ground,
caused consid era BILE nervousness among
the men about the shops Foreman
Ealand said last night that it was the
first accident that ever happened to q
crew he had charge of and he never
wanted another oae. He said he had
been so nervous since the occurrence
that he was scarcely able to write his
own name. All the Injured men were
resting easy this morning at Hotel
Dieu.
Tom Rey nolds, one of the eight men
who fell % feet yesterday morning and
escaped injury, said last night that il
seemed week from the time he start
ed to fall until he struck the ground
He said he was aware of the fact that
he was going through the air rapidly
and the question bothering him was
when and in what position he was go
ing to strike the ground. He luckily
landed on his feet and escaped injury.
Manager Taft of the Wells-Fargo
Express company has returned from q
trip to North Texas, and says that in
the late Santa Fee train robbery at Col
leman Junction the conduct of the rail
road men in defending their train was
exceptionally brave and commendable,
especially that of Buchanan, who shot
two of the would-be robbers and made
their capture comparatively easy
matter.-Houston Post.
The grounds and walks about the
Texas and Pacific depot, to say nothing
of the depot building itself, have been
wonderfully improved of late. 1t is re-
ported that the survey of the new rail-
road has been completed to Coleman,
and everything encouraging. Mr..
Locke went east this morning.
lene Sentinel.
One of the big engines recently pur-
chased by the Santa Fee company,
brought in long string OF cars from
San Marcial, yesterday. 1t was the
626, with little jake Simmons at the
throttle. The engine is a powerful
one, being 1O-wheeler of the Brooks
manufacture. Dunkirk, N. Y.
A damage suit was instituted in the
Houston district court yesterday by a
woman supposed to have been injured
by one of the crailroads, sand the advo-
Gates of the gate system assert that the
accident could mot possibly have hap
pened had the gate system been in use
in that city.
There were in 1896, 2,Sl1 ,424 psssen-
gers carried on trains for each one
killed, and 17S, 1872 passengers carried
for each one injured. Otherwise stat
ed, passenger could travel 1854
times around the world without being
killed, and $50 times without being in
jured.
A box car on the T P. fast freight
train jumped the track at Sierra
Blanca yesterday. 1t took half hour
to put the car on a siding but engineer
Farhenksmp, With ,209 pulled the train
less.
a. Hoffman, general freight and
passenger agent of the Mexican Cen
trail, went south over his line yesterday
in his private car. Mr.. Hoffman had
terest of his road.
The Santa Fe have saw in their
repair shop here which is constructed
on the same plan as the rotary bore. 1t
is propelled by compressed air.
The cattle business is practically
dead. The stock yards are deserted
and no cattle is expected soon by any
of the roads.
Engineer Geo. Steal was able to be
on the street yesterday but will not be
able to handle his engine for few
days.
Foreman Borcherding, of the S. P,
returned from his monthly trip to
yesterday.
Some of the railroad boys are talking
up the idea of big float for the Fourth
of July parade.
F. B. Hough, general agent of the
Sopto Ea want RI Si1ver (fitv vpSter-