El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-07
the vicinity of Gallego, 125 kilometers
south of JuareZ.

south of Juarez.
Tom Wieein, an old-time engineer
| on the G H.. passed through here
with s'Teddy's Terrors' the other
night on his way to Cuba. Mr.. Wig
gin, ~ss acting 10 the rank of Sec
o1d lieutenant, and tod his friends
that he was going to bring Spanish
bonds down to nothing. He left with
the best wishes of host old-:ime
| friends.
Superintendent Hartman of the
Mexican Central, is away on a five
we skis visit. During his absence
lTrainmaster Cox has assumed the
duties of the supsrintendent's office,
while Conductor Roe, is acting in the
capacity of trainmsster.
Thirty-six cars loaded with ore were
| on the Mexican Central track in Jua-
rez yesterday evening waiting to be
| transferred to the Santa Fe- F. F.
Nudge, yardmaster OF the Santa Fee,
said yesterday that he had transferred
to the Mexican Central during the day,
66 loaded cars and 100 empties.
When the S. p. roundhouse is com
pleted it is the intention of that COM
pany to raise their yards d feet hiRh-
err. The territory included In this
improvement is all the railroad track
lying west from the depot to the bridge
q distance of At miles, and all the track
lying east Of tbs depot to Alfalfa. q
distance of five miles. This will be
considered big undertaking when 1t
is known that there are over 30 miles
of track in the contemplated improve
ment.
Dave Summers arrived yesterday
from Albuquerque and take charge of
S. F. switchengine No. 237O. This en-
CINE has been in the repair shops TO-
some time and came out In coed condi-
tion. Eogine 2237, which has been do
ing the work with Engineer Haines at
the throttle will be sent to Deming
and Engineer Haines will, in all pro-
liability, 60 with her. Fireman Jones
will remsin here to assist Engineer
Summers.
Mr.. Frank M. Garland, q we'll known
and popular Southern Pacific, conduc-
tor, ard Miss Lulu, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Lon Holiday, were married
At 8 o'clock last night at the home of
the brides parents on Fourth avenue,
Tuceon, says the Star of that place.
The bride ia one of Tucson's incest
young ladies. The Star joins their
many friends in wishing them q happy
and prosperous married life. Mr.. Gar
land 10 well known in FL Paso railroad
circles, and all his friends join in wish
ing him long life, happiness and pros
perity.
time ago, when it was absolutely nee
essary for railroad man to have q
clearance" in order to obtain q rail-
road position in almost any department..
The existence of the clearance has
been severely 'cussed and discussed,
and It has been condemned on all sides. |
In many cases good men, through |
some common mistake, were unabls to
obtain clearance when discharged,
while on the other hand. some of the |
most unreliable and unworthy en-
ployees use their clea-ances as a clock |
TO hide their righteousness. The !
clearance will soon be q thing of the |
past, and the sooner the better for all |
The New York representatives of all |
II g foreign transatlantic lines run
ming between that port and Europe !
hrve announced that they wore Oppos- |
d to the new war measure increasing |
the tonnage rates and putting tax |
On passenger tickets. Under the old |
aw the tax was 6 cents ION on a |
oourd fer ports of the atlantin beyond
and West Indies, that
part of the coast of South America
bordering the Caribbean sea, and
Hawaii. The proposed law increases
he tonnage tax to 20 cents on q max
mum of twelve trips year, which is
equivalent. to s20.4O a year. The new
aw contemplate taxing the lines for
every ticket sold on thi. side of the
A tlautic All tickets sold for $50 aud
ess must pay tax OF 81. and for all
tickets sold for more than $50 the
United States collects s..
A railroad man seldom reserves q
oke purposely for publication, but the
HERALD man yesterday met one of
his class, which is an exception to the