El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-27

Thu G. 81. pay car will be in town in
day or two.
r. w. Curtis has returned from his
northern trip
The big Mcqueen engine 802 ia out
of the G. II. shops this afternoon, and
is limbering up between this city and
Ysleta
Chief Engineer J. Fewson Smith oil
the Corralitos road has gone to the
City of Mexico with his wife on bust
ness trip.
DR.. Bush, surgeon of the Texas &
Pacific, arrived this morning from
Pecos city. He is thinking of making
Ell Paso his habitant.
G. r. Hudson, assistant general
freight agent of the Santa Fs is up
from the city en- route north, and is in
town today ere continuing his jour-
ney.
An unspiked rail was discovered
near Strauss this afternoon as the east
bound passenger came along. The rail
was respiked, and there was no acci-
dent.
Bridge Superintendent Charles H.
Matthews, of the Santa Fe Pacific, who
was seve ely Injured in the cave in at
the Williams tunne', has juss died a.
Albuquerque from his injuries.
Conductor B. A. Ramsey, of. the
M xican Contra, was fatally shot by
unknown parties while sitting in his
caboose near San Mateo, recently.
The rurales are after the murderers.
The west bonnd Limited was report
ed 45 minutes late this neon with So
passengers on board; 81 for San Fran
cisco, for Los Angeles, for Pasa-
dena, l for Sacramento. for San
Diego, for Phoenix, and for Ben
SOD.
Colonel Higeinson, assistant to
President Ripley of the Santa Fe, pass
ed through this morning in private
car PIG from the City of Mexico en-
route to Topeka. His party had a
pleasant trip, and saw q great deal of
country.
Five hundred men are at work about
the burning tunnel on the Santa Fe.
east of Ash Fork, blowing out the point
through which the tunnel penetrated
The work is of the heaviest character,
but is being prosecuted day and night
The road officials believe that trains
will be running through within three
days.
The Chicago s. Northwestern. Union
Pacific and the Denver q Gulf roads
will put on train, February g., make
the run from Chicago to Denver in
twenty-eight hours, tor passe niger
business exclusively, carrying no mail
or express. The train will leave at
Chicago at 1000 a. M, Omaha at Ills
p NJ, and arrive at Denver at 80 %.
M. the following day. Returning. the
train leaves Denver at $3.50 p. M,
Omaha at 700 a No., and Chicago
$50 p. m 1t will row be in order for
the Burlington to get q large sized &C.
celebration on Itself and punch the wind
for quicker time alec.
The new bridge of the Ell Paso
Southern reaches today the interna-
tional criminal line, with seventeen
bents for the bridge up to that point.
The bridge carpenters began yester-
day laying the stripgers, with the ties
to follow Whether the bridge men
will be interfered with by the Next
can government in proceeding further.
remains to be seen. When the bridge
is completed, unless guards are sta
toned at either end, the Mexicaus-
and, Caucasians too, for that m latter,
will make of the structure q free
means of crossing the river, and beat
the wagon road bridge out OF many an
honest penny.
kid" Hadlock lost only ten min
utes yesterday, in making Sierra
Blanca with seven heavy coaches in
GLIDING the diner on the east bound
Limited. This is creditable per-