El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-28

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away Mr.. Canada will take measures
to perfect his improved throttle inven-
ton. In his absence Conductor Frank
P. Marvin has his run.
Sparks From the Engine.
Brakeman Graffus of the G. n. has
reported for duty after q short lay OF.
81. w. Hilary, travelling passenger
agent of the Illinois Central railroad,
is in the city.
The boys at the shops have cause for
Thanksgiving in an abundance OF work
and full time this year.
S. M. Carley, Superintendent of the
Pull ma n service, came in on the 5. +.
from business on the line.
It is rumored in railroad circles that
S. M. Shedd, manager of the Alamo
gordo Lumber Co., has resigned.
Mrs. Thompson, wife of Section Fore
man T. 81. Thompson, of Fairvtew,
Arizona, is very i'll with peritonitis.
The office forces of the Santa Fe,
Southern Pacific, and Texss.and Paci-
fic are all busy now on monthly re-
ports.
r. E. Herbert, master mechanic In
the G. 81. shops, went down to San An
tonic in his special car with Mrs. Her
bert yesterday.
Phil X. Gordon, travelling passenger
agent of the G. H., passed through the
city on the way from his headquarters
in San Francisco to New Orleans.
Mrs. Ross, wife of the Santa Fe
agent, w. ]. Ross, at Fairview, Ariz +,
expects to leave in few days to spend
the winter at their home in Lexington,
Kentucky.
The Tennessee special soldier trains,
In three sections, we're sent over the
Ell Paso division of the G. n. 460 miles
to Del Rio in II hours and were hand
led without accident.
When Frank Faust, the present
night caller on the G. H., leaves his
position on Friday to assist bis father
in his work In Arizona, he will be sue
ceeded by Sam Green.
Two of the Tennessee soldiers got
left at Tucson Saturday, but were for
warded to Ell Paso, and given trans
portation east on No. 10. They prob
ably overlook their regiment at San
Antonio.
Ernest Winter. who has held a posi-
tion with the White Oaks road at
in the city over Sunday. He has gone
for q few days. visit to the agricultural
college at Mesilla Park, N. M.
The new engines just delivered to
the Rio Grsnde are the most powerful
locomotives ever put to work On noun
tain lines. Although passenger en-
gines in build they are capable of pull
ing, at passenger speed, more than the
heaviest freight engine operated in
the state can pull at freight speed.
Engine COL, on the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern railway, while
senger coaches, from Buffalo to Cleve-
land made what Is probably the most
remarkable run on record. Between
Perry and gainesville, q distance of
five miles, the run was made in three
minutes.
A HERALD special correspondent
says that the steel gang of $50 men
under E. j. Coleman are rapidly get
ting the track on Williams mountain in
first class condition. The s. F. p. are
putting in very heavy rails and new
ties on the entire mountain, evidently
expecting heavy traffic in the near
future.
A special train on the Great North
ern railroad, consisting OF an engine,
mail car and caboose, started from
Leavenworth, WASH, to catch a train
that had start of 2lO miles. The pur-
suer caught the pursued at Blackfoot,
Mont, the distance being 557 miles.
The special made the run from Wilson
to Spokane, distance of los miles, In
ninety minutes.
The visit of President Ripley of the
Santa Fe to the southern part of New
Mexico has given credence to the ru-
NOR that the road will next year
build from Socorro to Roswell to open
the White Oaks coal fields and to fore
stall the Rock Island, which intends
to build from Liberal to White Oaks
and from there to connect with the FL
PasO and Northeastern