El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-10
Sparks From The Enuine.

Freight and passenger traffic is re-
ported good on the Santa F'e at pres
ent.
The E. P. 81 N. e. trainmen were
paid off today and happiness reigns
supreme.
The G. 81. turntable will be raised
Monday under the supervision of
Arthur Ealand.
The 6. H. sent three SECTIONS of
train % east last night, and each train
contained the full extent of ton
mage.
II. H. Corbin, hight clerk at the
Santa te depot, has taken a leave of
absence for thirty days and will spend
his vacation in Denver.
Engineer Henry Clay Martis, of the
sights in California for the past month,
returned yesterday and will report for
duty soon.
The monster E. p. & n. E. mountain
engine will go to the front tomorrow.
This is one of the largest engines
manufactured and a description of her
will appear in this column Monday
evening.
l. f. Elder. vino has been doing ex-
| ira work at Valentine as night hostler
| for the G. 81. for some time past, re-
! turned yesterday and reported for duty
He is firing passenger with Engineer
Pap Derr.
1t is the intention of the Santa Fe
company to ballast their track with
rock from Chicago to Ell Paso. A man
| just in from the east says that this
work is already completed as far as
Hutchinson, Kansas.
Division Master Mechanic DeYoung,
nf no q II toto =
Ike RAIDER, returned yesterday from a
trip to Del Rio. Mr.. DeYoung will
have to return to Del Rio again tomor-
row TO meet the G. party.
Night switchman G. H. Hogen, of
the q. Fl. had his hand severely bitten
by white bull dog which hangs
around the G.. b. depot. He was walk
| ing along swinging his arm when the
! dog made jump and grabbed him by
the hand. biting it painfully.
B. Barton, the Santa Fe car inspec-
tor, is the happiest man on earth and
no questions asked. The truth, the
whole truthsand nothing but the truth
"a boy weighing Is ID pounds appear
ed at his house Thursday night and the
mother and boy are doing extremely
we'll.
The G. Il. has three pairs of drive
wheels which were sent over from the
r. G. S. NJ. & p, to be planed down.
AS the G. II. machine shop is crowded
with work rfor the @. Il. road, the
| lathe must be kept in motion for a few
nights in order to do the r. G.. S. NJ. &
p. work.
Of A c.h fishing n party ri ~ ,de composed @e1
w Kirby, Tom Walch, M Nc
Avoy and Arthur Ealand will leave
this evening on fishing trip down to
the lake near San Elizario. The party
will return tomorrow evening. Fish
stories will be in order Monday.
An extra engine came from Antonito
last night. and went up to the foot of
the hill this morning to help the regu-
lar train up to the summit. In a short
time an extra engine will have to be
stationed regularly il this city to help
haul the heavy trains up the Barranca
grade. Fe New Mexican.
a San Antonio Special says: At the
annual meeting of livestock holders of
the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
railroad to day the whole board of dir
ectOrs reelected the following officers:
President. 7. f.. Stillman of New
York: vice president MD Monserrate
of San Antonio: secretary Reagan
Houston of San Antonio: treaurer, W.
| Il. Field of San Antonio
Geo. Cellum, who has mentio ed in
| this column yesterday as having pur-
chased a house and moved into it with
out first having bird for the cage.
desires to state that in his estimation
'birds" in El Paso are much more
plentiful than cages He think a man
| with cage will have no trouble in
getting bird Wise head, Geor-
gle.
Arthur Ealand, foreman of the
| bridge and building department of the
@. H, said yesterday that he did not
| come in for medal in the coming in
spection. "All we do said Mr.. Eal-
and, SIS to tear up things and leave
| the disturbed portions for some one
else to straighten out and we are not
| worthy of medal, unless it is a leather
one"
| William G. Hurt, & Santa Fe brake
man, is in town from Las Vegas on a
ten days lay-off to give his injured foot
rest, and visit with his folks who re-
side in this city. He says the railroad
company is laying heavy steel all the
way from Las Vegas to Albuquerque,
| besides putting the roadbed in fine
shape. Then large Player engines are
| to be sent down for the Las Vegas-Al-
| buquerque run, as very heavy business
b! il hpipCr 6nDp a that nf the