El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-29


were employed yesterday morning.
The San Antonio Brewing Co. have
their brewery about completed. me
finishing touches were being applied
to it yesterday.
There are 81 cattle cars on the White
Oaks track east of the city. This line
will doubtless carry many feeders
north as soon as the road reaches the
mountains.
The S. p. machinists, boilermak ers
and round house employees are making
Is hours q day. Eight new men were
put to work in the machine chop yes
terday morning.
IT. Stone, of Denver, went to work
in the s. p. paint shops yesterday
morning. Mr.. Stone says Ell PasO is a
first class town and that he will reside
here permanently.
F. E Maier. engineer on White
Oaks engine No. 3, said yesterday tna'
the last siding was laid at Turquoise,
so miles distant, while the track was
laid six miles beyond.
The T. P. boys we're busy yesterday
afternoon loading cattle, which went
north over the Santa Fee to Denver last
night. The T. P. areexpecting great
movement of cattle from now on
Work is pushed today on S p. en-
CINE No. 800. It is intended, ii pos
sible, to have her ready for service
this evening. The 767 is also needed
badly by the company and every ef-
fort will be made TO put her in mo-
ton some time this evening.
Engine No 229, pulling the teachers
train, died - miles west OF Midland,
Yesterday afternoon, from steam escap-
ing from the boiler into the Hre box
A man walked back to Midland to no
tify the officials OF the acc dent and to
send on another engine. Big Springs
is headquarters for the Midland dis
trict of the road, but, not having an
available engine at that place, the com
pary ordered an engine from Toyeh TO
pull the excursion train to Ell Paso.
Big Springs is bat SO miles from the
scene of the accident, while Toyah is
81 miles.
The foundations for two lew S. P.
water tanks were started yesterday.
They will consist Of concrete aud stone.
The dimensions Of each of the tanks
will be 16 feet wide and 80 feet high,
with q capacity of 10000 gallons.
These tanks are being built on strip
of high ground about 100 yards north
of the coach sheds, and will serve as
feeders for the two old tanks already
in use. The new tanks will be cor
nected with a pump drawing water
from eight wells. and these tanks, be-
ing at an elevation much higher than
the cd ones, will furnish water for all
four when the necessary connections
have been made. The old tanks will
be repaired in first class shape.
Arthur Ea-on is experimenting the
work.
A Mexican on a burro created q
great deal of merriment near the S. P.
shops ,sterdsy. AT point near the
shops Q cattle train was divided at a
street 'ossipg and the burro, vel! load
ed with imperishabl BILE goOds-including
Mexican-attempted to p IS through
the opening in the train. When fair
~ in the center of the track
the burro took occasion to
view the surroundings, end stopped
dead still" All efforts to compel him
to move proved fruitless. and finally
bee ming tired of the abuse being
heaped upon it by the angry owner. the
burro started to relieve itself of every
thing except that which nature had
supplied. The burro's feet shot into
the air as did also the Mexican and u
portion of the goods. Kick alter kick
followed until the burro was entirely re-
lieved of it's burden and went at three
quarter clip in the direction OF the 7.
p. shops, where grass is painful The
Mexican was thinking hard when last
seen.