El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-17

day, "aud it will be but little trouble
| to reach the Sacrsmer tOS after tina,
distance has been gained"
| Actual work of construction on the
| PecOs Valley railway extension tC
Amarillo. Texas, has already COM
menced from the eastern terminus r
| E. Gushing is the contractor and be
| says he will have the road completed
some time during November. The
Santa t'e road is now running trains
| direct from Amarillo TO Kansas City.
The Mexican National announces a
change in it's rate OF exchange from
2lS to 220. This will only affect
through business and the price of cou-
pom tickets. The gross caro- ngs of the
Mexican National for the first week of
May were Sl05 7l6 "a against $lO4, $40
o3 for the same week last year, making
au increase of 81 ,I36 S1.-Mexican Her
aid.
j. W. Brown, wife and children, will
leave tere Fr.day for visit with
fr1e nds in the east and south. Mr.
Brown has been in the employ of the
). +. company in Ell Paso for eight
years, being at present in the capacity
OF cashier IN tue freight house. He,
with his family, will visit San Antonio
Houston, Galveston, New Orleans, and
other points, and return In about q
month
The pool. or chain gang system will
soon be in effect along the north ern
division of the Santa Re. An engineer
at Las Vegas received letter from
q brother engineer Ga the eastern part
OF the line to the effect that the new
system had gone into effect there. 1t
is dangerous system 10 both ife and
property and should be prevented by
law.
The following notice has been is
sued by the grand officers of the B. OF
l.. +. The insurance carried by the
members of the B. If l.. F. in the
United States, Canada and Mexico
vii! not be invalidated or placed in
peril by any member who enlists in the
fight against the Spanish. and in case
OF death or loss of limb in war, or
while in the country's service, the
claims will be paid precisely as they
wOud be under other circumstances or
conditions.
A little daughter of A. II. Adams. a
fireman on the Santa Fee Pacific, with
be adquarte at Winslow, died on the
train shortly after it reached this city
from the north last night, from whOop-
ing cough and ppeumonia. Mr.. and
Mrs. Adams and their two daughters
49, Oh oi'Cii ltOul du ouFGD,
Texas, tic Wins ow, where they were
tn make their future home. The BODY
was turned over to Undertaken Strong,
who prepared 1t for burial. lbuquer-
que Citizen.
G. NJ. Taylor, division master me-
chaoic, has issue d the following bulle-
tin. to take effect Immediately, if not
sooner: ITO all emen-It has been
brought to nv attention that a good
many of our fremeo. both in road and
mountain service, are in the habit of
leaving their engines on arriving at a
terminal point without putting neces-
sary SUPPL of oil, waste, etc, on their
engines, and not leaving their engines
IN good shape ito 90 out again on short
not ce This practice should be di con-
tinued at once Firemen must see
that the eng IS supplied with the ne
ctssary supplies before going off duty
after arrival Al a terminal poiut, This
applies to all tiremen, in all classes of
service. Round house foramen, en-
gineers and others are requested 20 re-
port to this office any violations of these
lnStructiODs.'