El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-07

that his name would not appear. 1t is
| very pleasing to note that there are
but few in this class. They are neither
useful to themselves nor are they Or
namental to others.
The T. P. officials think they have .
kick coming against the water COM
psny. They have guarded against an
invasion of the river water to . very
expensive extent and have succeeded
in keeping it within its own limits, but
the water company have allowed the
banks of their irrigating ditch to be-
came weak, and every time water is
turned into the ditch 1t floods the
country in the vicinity of the T. P.
shops. "This should he mon toned in
the paper" said an official yesterday.
''The city would not tolerate such
negligence on our part and I can't see
stand this torture as result OF their
negligence" When asked If q COM
plant had been made he said hat there
had been q complaint made on
two occasions, but without effect.
I While the Mesa train was on it's way
| to Tempe this afternoon it was COM
PEELED to stop on the Tempe canal
| bridge. A Mexican sat on the rail
| with his feet hanging down between
the ties, and as the train approached
he waved his arms and gesticulated
otherwise in q frantic manner. En-
gineer Tarney supposing his foot was
caught, stopped the train. The Mex
lean got up and walked off the bridge
onto the wagon bridge. He had no
business where he was, but the en-
gineer was overlooking that fact in
considerable good nature when he no
Jiced a sneaking smile on the face of
the Mexican. The fellow then receiv-
ed the positive Information that if he
was caught there again he {Tsrney)
would beat the ground with him
Phoenix Republican.
It is stated ON good authority that
the new water tanks which are in
course of erection in the G. H. yards
are to be used to purify the water
which the company will use on this
| the subject yesterday Foreman Ealand
said Che Z thought the water would
be purified by some chemical process,
pbut that he was not certain. He said
| the tanks would be made after the
latest improved pattern and that they
! would be ready for use in about six
| weeks. 1t is his opinion that the two
ok tanks now standing near the main
track, which furnish the present wa
ter supply, will be abandoned and torn
down.
The work of preparing the shafting
| for the new machinery in the T. P.
shops commenced yesterday. There
are four frst-class machines to be
placed in position, namely: . lathe, a
bolt cutter, q planer. and turning
machine. These machines are direct
from the Niles Tool Works, of Hamil-
ton, Ohio, and are the best manufac-
tured. This improvement will save
Foreman Rossiter q great deal of trou-
BILE at this point. Any little work
| that called into service the use of these
new machines, had to be sent to the G.
II. machine shop or shipped to the T.
P. shops at Big Springs.
Engineer Geo. Stead, OF the G. II.
switch engine, while in the act of leav-
ing his engine Saturday evening, slip
ped and fell to the ground. He sus-
tanned badly sprained ankle and was
otherwise injured. He had completed
his days work and had taken the en-
CINE to the shops when the accident
happened. He was thinking ABOUT tho
festivities in which he was going to in
dulge that same evening at the G. 81.
dance at Rand's grove when d misstep
his home and the chances are that it
will be several days before he will be
able to return to work.
Regardless of the pending legal COM
plications the White Oaks people are
hauling lumber and brick for the con-
struction of their new roundhouse and
turntable. Yesterday car of lumber
was unloaded on the ground and two
teams we're busy hauling brick. 1--WE
propose to build right where we have
started said an official yesterday.
eve have been given the ground and
what should hinder us from proceeding
with the work." The new siding has
reached the wagon road near the G.
H. shops, where it again connects with
the main line.
Stacy Penn of Tempe, Arizona.
came in over the S. p. yesterday with
fourteen cars of cattle which were
transferred to the T. P. to be shipped
to Wichita. Kansas. Mr.. Penn said he
had 635 head and that 'he was taking
them east to secure good feed. "There
is not enough feed in Arizona to feed