El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-13

literally to a grand celebra-
ton on that day. I just received let
ter from friend of mine in Phoenix,
Arizona" he continued, land he die
closes the plan they have adopted 10
raise funds by which to defray eX,
penses. One of the chief floats will
bsar the goddess of liberty, Columbia
and Representatives of all the states
and territories. The goddess of lber-
ty, and Columbia will be chosen by
popular vote, and each vote will cost
i've cents. This I consider q very
good scheme by which to make great
many contribute who would not give .
cent under different circumstances"
The trials, tribulations, and hard
boiled eggs of bachelOrhOOd have
prompted Bob Lyons'snd Ike RAIDER of
the G. b. yard Offices to start the
''Don't Worry" movement. They pro-
pose to organize "Don't Worry"
club, the by laws and constitution Of
which are to be considered q profound
the members guilty of disclosing them.
They propose to make ''round up' of
all railroad men over Is years of age
and give them the first degree free OF
charge and give an outline of the in
tention of the order. As newspaper
men will not be admitted it Is impos-
sible at present to give any more facts
regarding the organization.
s'ln the death of Chas. A. Stiner,"
said . railroad man, ''the railroad boys
have lost q true friend. He was one of
the oldest men in the T. P. service
having been with that company for al
most thirty-five years. There 10 but
one man that I can now recall who has
Cd 14- fppt tho IN p n y
than Chas. A. Stiner and his name 10
'Brisky' Young. q colOred porter.
Young came with q gang of negroes
from Georgia to assist in the construc-
ton of the road and has been with the
company ever since" Engineers Had
lock and johnson, Ben Catlin and
Chas. Fassett went east with the re-
mains of their old comrade yesterday
afternoon.
On last Friday afternoon, for an ade-
quste consideration, the Pecos Valley
& Northern railway company, through
and by Edwin o. Faulkner, its vice
president and general manager, made
and entered into contract with the cit
liens of Roswell; whereby that: com
pany agrees, undertakes and obligatos
itself to Hestablish and maintain its
round-houses, car shops, machine
shops and divisional headquarters at
Roswell, and to extend its line OF
road from Roswell, to AmarillO.-Ros-
we'll Record.
A notice posted by the Kansas City.
Pittsburg and Gulf announcesthe follow
ing appointments: Oscar 81. Poehler, to
be general freight agent and general
passenger agent, headquarters at Fort
Smith: 81. N. Hall, to be commercial
sgent, freight and passenger depart
ments, headquarters at Fort Smith; E.
E. Gilmore, to be travelling freight
agent At Shreveport, vice Oscar 81.
Poehler.
Tho Railway Age estimates that the
construction of railroads in the United
States during 1898 will exceed that of
1897 by . Thousands miles. The amount
spent in construction this year, it Gays,
will not be less than CSC, OOO, 900 and it
may reach $50, 900, 600. AT the present
time work is still in progress on about
ninety roads, aggreRating 2725 miles.
This IL quite good showing for war
times.
G. A. Mueller, claim adjuster on the
Mexican Central WAS in the city Satur-
day. Mr.. Mueller has been in Chicago
on business and from there he went to
Streator, Illinois. where he attended
tho golden Wedding celebration of his
father and mother. He says that the
cattle season is not over by any means,
that the Mexican Central have plenty
of business in the cattle line yet this
season.
OThe amount of railroad wages paid
out in 1896 was S468, 1924, 531 lover 60
percent of the total operating expen-
ses), ga, ZIG, 27O more than was paid
out in 1895. OF the total wages paid,
less than percent was paid to gen
eral officers. This statement of facts
should set at rest the popular clamor
concerning large salaries paid railroad
officials.
The following from the Phoenix Re
publicanindicatest that the cattle season
Is just coming on: "Twelve cars of
cattle we're shipped BY the 8; F. P. & P.
from Glendale last night. They 60 tc
Hastings, Neb. Fourteen cars for the
came point will leave Glendale today
and on Tuesday, fourteen cars will
be sent to Las Ani-mas, CAL"
have the best of their Houston broth
ers in tho size of their flag at least.
The Houston boys hoisted q flag with
appropriate ceremonies last Thursday
but the size of the flag is only IL by Is
feet while that floating from the pole
in the G. b. yards in this city is IL by
"a feet.
81 suggest" said Mr.. Edwards of the
G. H., "that all the men and boys of FL
Paso wear . red, white and blue neck
tie on July Fourth. f" He suggested that
all who read this article cut it out and
paste it in their hats. It certainly
would be an attraction in itself and the
ladies should be included.
Alexander Fullerton, q drunken sub
ject was, thoroughly killed" at Hol-
brook, Arizona, Saturday. Four trains
passed over him before he was dis.
covered and fragments of his body
were found along the track for q dis
tance of half mile.
In 1896 there were employed on the
railroads 826, $50 persons, as compared
with 1856, O34 in 1895; an increase of
1855. This would make 454 employ
es to every 100 miles of road, of which
only three are general sofficers and SO
are trackmen.