El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-05
Sparks.From the Engine.


The T. p. limited will arrive this
evening.
Yesterday was an unusually quiet
day in railroad circles.
Ell Paso is in need of a union depot.
Most of the depots are anything but a
credit to the city.
The first sunset limited of the sea-
son, which was due here Friday night
at $50, did dot arrive uutil L o'clock
Sunday morning. 1t carried thirty
passengers.
A lady, Mrs. Calhoun, who has been
In the city for several days, while tax
Ing dinner at the Metropolitan yester
day, received a telegram that her son,
who is railroad man, had been killed
on the western division On the Santa
Fe Pacific. She appeared heart-brok-
en- over the sad news.-Albuquerque
Democrat.
Jerry Carey, a conductor on the So
nora railroad between Benson and
Gusymss, was brought to this city
few days ago from Benson, suffering
with malarial fever. Yesterday, dur
ing temporary alteration of the mind
he escaped from the hospital aud was
found later wandering in the neigh bor-
hood of the depot. He was returned to
the hospitsl.-Tucson Star.
Brakeman II. B. Robertson of the
Texas u Pacific was here from Bonham
today, visiting old friends among the
railroad boys. week ago yesterday,
while making q coupling on the Texas
81 Pacific at Tiogs, Mr.. Robertson got
the first two fingers of his left hand
caught between the drawheads and
severely mashed, which will cause him
IN laU off fin m Har
aid.
Railroad men will watch with inter
est the trial to be made this month by
the Wabash to run special train $50
miles in $50 minutes. George Gould
will be on the train, and it will start
on its record-breakinP effort at Detroit,
with it's Western destination at St.
Louis. II the distance be covered with
in the time limit, it will be the best re-
cord ever pade on an American rail-
road .-Dsnis0n Herald.
IT, l. reported that several of the
l'rSNs. raj rral companies in the
u ted States aye planuing to move for
a r'."uc-ion ia sleeping car rates. 1t
Is p.o nsod no have bill the roads in the
country nsi q Pullmsn cars unite In an
appeal ~ th.s company TO make rea-
sonable reduction in the rates charged
for upper I'd lower berths in sleeping
cars, and in rates for seats in the chair
cars.-TombstoneP rospector.
The idea adva-ced in Saturdays
HERALD as regards building a home
for INDECENT railroad men took with
great favor among the railroad boys at
this point. They say they will do
everything in their power TO assist in
building home of this kind. They
think Ell Psso would be the proper
place to build it. The natural
advantages of this place are equal if
not superior, to any other point in the
United States.
II. F. Johnston, representing the
bondholders of the Rio Grande and
Northern (Chisps) railroad, says the
statement published in morning
paper to the effect that the above mem
toned road had been sold lie untrue;
that be represents the interests of the
bondh olders here and would know il
any such sale had been made; that the
price, S35 600, mentioned in the item
referred to is ridiculous and shows in
the face that the statement is CHROME
Gus.
Carl Ennis depot ticket agent OF the
Santa Fe says that there is q man in
FL Paso ',just his size" Last night he
attended the lodge of sorry ceremonies