El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-23
Sparks From the Engine.

The Texas and Pacific train was re-
ported late an hour and q quarter from
Sierra Blanca. No cause is assigned.
Arailroad from San Marcial to Rose
dale is q more sensible project than q
line from Msgdalena to Chloride, says
the San Marcial Bee.
Three cars of hogs from Ft. Worth
to Los Angeles were among the special
shipments through today over the T. &
P. and Southern Pacific.
Machinist "Billy" Morton is back
| In the G. 81. shops again after his hap
DIV honeymoon, and the boys say he
works better than ever.
Mrs. w. b. Simpson, wife of the pop
ulsr Mexican Central conductor, went
east on q visit to PittsburR. Kansas
this morning over the Santa F'e.
Among the big shipments lately Sc
cured by the S. P. is one OF Is, 600 cattle
from Deming and Separ in Arizona to
California. The Hearst estate is the
shipper.
A. M. Rorke is now assisting Dr.
Bray as veterinary inspector OF stock
in transit over local roads. He is un-
der the direction of the secretary OF
agriculture.
The Santa Fe time card will be is
sued bv the 5th of November, and a
change of time out of Ell PasO will be
made 70 conform to the new Southern
Pacific schedule.
Orders have been issued for the
commencement of track laying on the
Santa Fe & Grand Canon railroad out
of Williams, Arizona, to the Grand
Canon of the Colorado.
B.F. Haphold, q machinist in the G.
81. shops, who took the remains OF his
wife back to her old home in MISSISSIPPI
pi, has returned, and will be at his old
place again in the shops tomorrow.
j. A. Robinson. president of the
Monterey and Mexican Gulf railroad
went east this afternoon over the u.
H., bound for Monterey via San Anto-
MO.
Fireman Morrison, on No. 10 on
engine 1894 on the s. P. was suddenly
taken sick on his run today. A doc
tor and an ambulance met him at the
station and he was taken to the hos
pitsl.
The Sierra County Advocate re-
marks that the proposed new railroad
is already having good effec: on the
people of Chloride, no less than six
mining locations from that locality
being recorded last week.
The Santa Fe branch of the Denver
& Rio Grande railroad did the largest
business last month in the history of
the road. This is the branch the man.
agement thinks of extending to White
Oaks to connect there for Ell Paso.
The G. II. machine shop boys are
we'll pleased with their new foreman,
r. hn rh in,
charge only since the first of the month,
has won the good will of the men by
his courtesy ana modest demeanor.
Commercial agent T. E. Hunt, of
the Southern Pacific, returned today
from an extensive trip in his territory,
during which $50 miles was covered of
the rad. A big lot Of business was
secured for his road.
imperative that no passes be issued to
men except in cases of necessity. Many
of the men seem inclined to take ad-
vantage of the pass privilege, and it
causes the lines to be more lightly
drawn.
II. r. Nickerson, general manager
of the aIexican Central railway, has
pure based Captain Klimer's 800 acre
farm in Kansas. It is particularly
adapted to stock raising to which Mr..
Nlckerson will give special attention.
Mr.. Nickerscn was formerly general
superintendent of the Santa Fee railway
and resided in Topeka for q number of
years.
About twenty Mexicans came in on
the Santa Fee this morning from con-
struction work up the road. The COM
pany finds difficulty in keeping these
people at work after they are a dollar
ahead, and accordingly made it a rule
to give return transportation only af-
ter they have worked q certain number
of months. If they quit their job too
soon, they have to settle down where
they are or walk back.
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