El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-14

Engine No. Ill was doing the switch.
ing in the T. P. yards yesterday.
The Penasco cattle company will be-
gin shipping cattle again next week.
Twelve cars of cattle constitute Q
train, and the T. P, had five trains on
hand yesterday.
Mexican Central, placed his name on
the extra list as G. 81. fire nan yester-
day.
The Santa Fee sent two train loads Of
cattle to points in Kansas yesterday.
for points in Colorado and K -nsas.
"They ought to name that T. P. en-
CINE Dewey" said an S. man yes
,erdsy, "She came over here and
smashed up two engines. dug up the
ground for half mile and almost tore
down our water tanks"
Engine 2OS of the T. P. which has
been in the repair shops for some time
past, will be ready for service next
week. She had q bad habit of ''strip-
ping" herself. and received q thorough
overhauling for her rudeness.
Contractor Roman eaid yesterday
that the roundhouse, turntsble, and
pits of the VIII te Oaks were to bs COM
pleted within 10 days according to an
agreement with the officials. II moth
ing happens, he says they will be COM
pleted long before the 10 days are up.
Mr.. r. n. Vaunah returned to the
city yesterday from Laredo, where he
went to inspect and bring down two
now locomotives for the Coshuila ADD
Zacateoas railroad. Mr.. VxnnAh 10 the
- II
improvements and 10 also one Of the
best known sugar experts OF the Unit
| ed States.-Mexican Herald.
The T. p. were busy yesterday re-
| ceiving and shipping cattle. Bartlett
Richards had 60 cars from Dublan, to
Irwin, Nebraska. Fourteen cars went
for Newman Bros. & Nations to Cor
don, Nebraska; 10 cars went over the
| s. p. to Roswell. This makes los cars
the T. P. has handled within two
| days.
Jim Adams, formerly . railroad man,
but lately . cook 1T the Delmonico res
taurant, Left yesterday with Uncle
Sans pets for the seat OF war. Few
| men in Ell Paso have more true friends
| than Jim Adams, and fewer still are
better qualified for the task he has
undertaken. He departed with q
cheerful spirit, assuring his friends
| that they would hear from him bsfore
and after every engagement.
The following from the Mexican
Herald shows that foot ball players
are not the only ones guilty of making
grand stand plays: "a car wiper ct
the Mexican Central yards met with
an accident yesterday morning while
trying to jump on the outgoing train
just as IL started off. Trese employ
ees of the road have a very bad habit
of trying to display their artistic
proves In mounting train while in
motion. This car wiper in particular,
Me'qu; AIDES Vargas, was dancing
! around just about the time the train
was going to start and to show his
sweet heart who was there how grace
fully he could get on the car while it
was moving be turned around and wav-
ed I'D affectiOnate salute, and missing
his footing was thrown under the car,
! the wheel passing over his foot, COM
petelv severiIg it. He was tsken to
the hospital for mt dical treatment.
Looking fer a needle in q hay-sta ok
ia very trying on the nerves, and few
men have the patience to continue
such an unpleasant search more than
minute at time. Searching for q
nee die in horse-feed. however, is de-
cided|v easy when compared with the
brain dest rnying task of looking for
facts, concerning. wreck, among rail-
road employees. They all look wise,
smile. and burst their suspenders bow
ing. but they don't know q thing,
thank YOU" Patience is fine thing,