El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-27

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Ed. Wilson, who has been workin
for the G. H. in this city for the pas
fourteen months. resigned his positio
and will go to work for the Santa Fe
The war fever is now raging anon,
unmarried railroad men 10 this city
and it is possible that the next fe,
weeks will see a number of them en-
listing.
Five car loads of canned meat pass
ed through Hslbrook, Arizona, Tues
day, for Admiral Dewey. They were
senger time.
Said Superintendent Martin yester
day: I'VE never felt the need Of good
railroad men az badly as we do now
aud the government seems to be in the
eame fix. We have lost some of oul
best men on account of the war, but i
| they live to return they will be at lib
erty to take the positions which they
| left.
The White Oaks road will soon be.
gin to carry people to the Sacramento
mountains on pleasure trips. A gentle
man in from there yesterday said that
the people of Ell PasO had no idea OF
the beauty of the Sacramentos
There are all the advantages there, u
be said, "that it is possible to find any
where, and the climate is delightful. :"
When P. J. O'Neill approached
| Superintendent w. r. Martin, of the
S. P. and told him that he was going
to the Philippine islands as q soldier,
Mr.. Martin said: my best wishes for
you return you will fiLd the position
you now leave waiting for you" Mr..
O'Neill thanked him for his kindness
and departed with the soldiers.
A wreck occurred in the Inter
north of Jalsps on that line. A train
coming down the hill there and an
other train which was at the station
collided and two engines we're badly
disabled: and about fourteen freight
cars more or less damaged, entailing a
loss of about S10.OO The wreck csus-
ed blockade of IL hours on the sys-
tem.-Mexican Herald.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers in session stSt. Louis rel fused to
unite with the firemen, telegraphers,
conductors, and trainmen. The en-
gineers always have given organized
labor slap in the. face when an oppor-
tunify presented itself. During the
A. r. U. strike Chief Arthur perched
on his lofty pinnacle, looked down with
contempt upon the struggling masses
beneath him and positively refused to
listen to their appeals for aid.
Engineer Jim O'Leary, very we'll
known on various roads in this repub-
lie, q veteran railroader struck town
yesterday on q short lay of" says the
Mexican Herald. HE, of late, has
been employed on the port works at
Vera Cruz, but the weather is getting
rather warmer down there, for Jim. so
it is posi- BILE he will seek more con-
genial latitude" Jim is an old Mex
lean Central man we'll known among
the old timers il Ell Paso. If he is
looking for q summer resort, why, Ell
Paso is not bad.
Chas. Lewis, for IL years engineer on
the Colorado Midland road, is now on
the G. n. list as fireman. est looks
tough" said he yesterday, "for a man
who has run an engine for Is years, 5
years of which were spent on . passen
ger engine, to come down to firing
again. WE'LL" he continued, sit came
about like this, / quit railroading
went to Cripple Creek, Colorado, dur
ing the boom, expecting to make
money easy. l prospected until my
last cent was gore and now Pm pros
ence is sure to bring q man to the
front in the world, and as Mr.. Lewis
has an unlimited supply of this pre-
cious gift, it is safe to say he will not
be on the left hand side of the engine
very long.
This afternoon as the Mesa train
was few miles the other side of the
river, says the Phoenix Republican, q
large whirlwind crossed its path.
Engineer Tarney saw the twister dir
ectly ahead of him and slowed down
over the train, which it did, going the
whole length of it, taking the glass in
the rear door of the coach along with
it. That sounds something like the
story Passenger Brakeman Smith, of
the G. H. tells. He said he was re-
quested to throw off some bread at a
I'm all station down the line where the
train did not stop. When approaching
the station he looked out of the car
and saw his men there in waiting.
The wind was blowing q terrific gale
and witnessed one of the most wonder
full sights his eyes had ever gazed upon.
Instead of going to the owner, the
bread took skyward tour and up to
the hour Of going to press. has not re-
turned. He swears to the truth of his
statement and says that the farmer,
for whom the bread was intended, is
now under treatment with five doctors
for nervous prostration.
The railroad commissioners of Texas
have prepared a review of their work
for the past yea-. The commissioners
assure the people of Texas that reduc-
tons in rates have been ordered bv
the commission during the past year
sufficient to save the people not less,
han ST., 800, 900. Yet the commission
ers claim to be conservative, and they
assert that there has been a steady in
crease in both gross and net earnings
on the railroads each year since the
commission began, which was in 1891.
For the last year before the commits
lion was established the average re-
ceipts of the railroads for freight per
ton per mile amounted to 1.4O3c. For
the year ended June 30, 1897, the ton
mileage was about so per cent larger,
and the average receipts l O91. The