El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-21

70 act IN that ca paclfy Slso--- W Z
Atwood has been in the service of the
Sierra Madre CON pany for almost two
years, and lie considered capable and
trustworthy man in every way. He is
| we'll liked by his subordinates, who
think he is the right man in the right
place.
A "new guy" just in from the west
end. in the capacity of firemanremarked
Yesterday that there were "more bro
ken railroad men in Ell PasO, than he
ever saw before in all his life" This
individual was certainly judging every
BODY by the conditions of his own
finances. There is not city of this
size in the country where so many rail-
road men own their homes as they do
in Ell aso-and most of the homes are
paid for. Certainly, there is class of
''f1y-ligbts'' in every town who never
have a cent,and it is possible there are
a few of this class here, but not many.
This individual evidently came here
expecting to find the rails fastened to
the ties with gold spikes, and not find
ing it so, put up horrible howl about
the poverty stricken condition of his
FL Paso brothers"
A dispatch from Wichita, Kas., dat
ed May 12, shows that the Santa Fe is
reac hing for even more territory than
she now controls. The following is
the dispatch: 1.-The extension of the
railroad south from Hunnewell has
been graded to within couple of miles
of Kay Center. The work, has been
stopped while the board of trade of
Blackwell is making an effort to secure
sufficient guarante tee to get the road to
build into that town. Meanwhile the
town of Kay Center has been moved
almost bodily over to Blackwell. The
supposition at Blackwell regarding
the building of the road is that Santa
Fe money is behind the deal and that
the road will be extended on to Perry
and operated as the main line OF the
Santa Fee 1t is said that this will
shorten the route from wichita to
Perry 30 miles"
Brakeman Shelley, of the Tucson
division of the S. p, was in Ell PasO
for a short time yesterday and was
captured by the HERALD man just as
he was about to leave for the west with
train of empties. Shelley is an old
time car trotter aud when asked con-
corning the change in a brakeman
eyes, there has been considerable
change in the work and there has been
a noticeable change in the class of
men employed to do the work. We
have some men now who call them
selves brakemen that don't know
box car from hay stack. The Janney
coupler and the al brake removed the
possibility of an accident in great
many incidents now, which few years
ago we did not enjoy. AS for me, [
would consent to return to the old sys-
tenn tomorrow"
While Conductor Brewers crew of
the White Oaks, with that notorious
engine No Al, we're coming down the
hill n ar Fort Bliss yesterday the en-
CINE jumped the track, bending two
rails and digging up the ground for
considerable distance. The engine
was replaced, and the work of repair
ing the track commenced. 1t was
during this task that Conductor
Brewer had his left hand painfully
mashed. Two new rails had to be
placed where the engine jumped the
track and there was but a small crew
with which to place them. The con-
ductor rolled up his sleeves and was
helping his men to carry heavy rail
All went WE'LL until the signal was
given to drop it. The force on one end
did not drop it quick enough or the
ones on the other end dropped it to"
quick. Anyway conductor Brower's
left hand was coughr between the ca
and the rail and badly mashed. II
was taken to the post doctor at For
Bliss where the injury was dressed
He thinks it will be at least four weeks
before he is able to work.