El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-02

created house cleaning in the T. & P.
Yards. The storeroom has been re-
painted and everything about the yards
looks neat and clean.
Mr.. Herbert of the S. P. was expect
ed to return from Houston, Texas yes
terday.
The T. 81 P. Co. is engaged in put
ting in a switch for the Pass City
Foundry.
T. P. Engine POS is in the shop get
ting a thorough overhauling and new
coat of paint.
Mr.. J. Millett, foreman of the back
shop of the G. II. returned from vaca-
ton in San Antonio.
A number of railroad boys attended
the funeral of Joe RugRles which took
place yesterday afternoon.
The train from Alamogordo arrived
last evening hours late. The delay
was caused by switching at Jarilla.
Frank II. Harden, cashier for the T.
& P. leaves in few days to spend q
80 days. vacation at his home In Abb
lene, Tex.
The G. II. & s. A. are overkauling
all their engines and rolling stock and
will have them all in first class condi-
ton for the fall.
Engineer j. P. Richmond of the G. II
has returned from California after en-
Toying a sixty days vacation. He will
report for duty in few days.
Engines 9O2 and 800 are in the shops
undergoing repairs. New sets of f1ues
are being put in and the brush sings
ers are busy putting on new coats OF
paint.
Superintendents Martin and VIM.
Maui of the G. 81. left on special
train for the regular inspection OF
tracks and bridges between here and
Del Rio.
Mr.. Stewart of California, left for
Alamogordo yesterday morning. where
he will assume the duties of master
mechanic for the White Oaks Co., in
place of Mr.. Brown, resigned.
The entire mechanical department
of the Santa Fe at Ration, with the ex-
ception of the men on the repair gang,
is working ten hours per day and six
days per week.-Las Vegas Optic.
The east bound passenger on the 5.
P. arrived here last night IL hours late.
The delay was due to washout " h1ch
occurred II miles west OF Bowie, A. L.
A bridge and about 300 yards OF track
were washed out.
In addition to the lines already an
nounced, the International and Great
Northern will become member OF the
Southwestern Mileage Bureau, which
will begin operations on August L.
Mexican Herald.
William Coughlin, division superin-
tendent of the Cotton Belt route, with
headquarters at Pine Bluff, Ark. has
resigned and will in q short time be-
come general superintendent OF the
The Mexican Central's equipment of
rolling stock is still being largely In
creased to meet the demands of its
traffic. An order has been placed for
thirty, four-wheel cabooses, and they
will be built and put in use within the
next few months.-Ex.
Engines sOS and 800 have been as
signed to work on the Rio Grande di-
Vision and were sent out out from here
last night. They will run in and out
of San Marcial. Both of the engines
are of an older and lighter type than
are now being introduced on the noun
tain Observation-Disclosures Demo-
crat,
Another exceptionally heavy in
crease in the earnings of the Inter
oceanic railroad company has been
registered. The gross receipts of the
company for the week ending July Y
were S73, 2S4.42, against S53,296.35 for
the corresponding week OF 1898, max
ing q gain of S19, 07.-Mexican
Herald,
The new Baldwin passenger engines
for the New Mexico division are com
mencing to arrive at Chicago, at which
point they are set up and then proceed
over the company's lines under their
own steam The first of these engines
is expected in Ration in the near future.
There are twelve of them to come al
Observation-Disclosures Democrat.
A wonder was worked within q few
miles of New York a few days ago that
would have made Aladdin seem q mere
tyro IN his business. In less than nine
minutes by q stop-watch the engineers
of the Pennsylvania railroad removed
the ''drsw" of a great iron bridge
across the Passaic river weighing
about 500 tons and replaced it with a
new one of steel that weighs 900 tons.
Science ia making the modern mind
familiar with miracles. Las Vegas
Optic.
Every tle anu rall tnab were LII use
upon the Santa Fe railway line from
Chicago to San Dieeo'when the com
pany failed has been replaced since the
Reorganization three years ago. Wood
en- bridges have given way to steel, and
all property has been put into first-class
condition. Still the company has been
able to reach the dividend paying
stage. The property of this compan J
ranks second to none in merit. 1t is {
great road in q great country.-Santt
| Fee New Mexican.