El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-01

daughter of J. A. Parker agent on the
Mexican Central st Jimenez, Mex.
are in the city the guests of the family
Mrs, Parker will return south gin dey
or two but the daughter will remain
here for several weeks.
Freight engine No. Oil OF the G. H.,
which has been in the shops at this
point for the past few days having her
steam pipes ground and her fiues re-
paired, will be ready for service this
evening. While these repairs were
being made the painters decorated her
with fancy coat of paint.
The Texas & Pacific Pullman arrived
at this point this morning without a
passenger and this Is the first time it
has happened in years. The Oldest
employees of the road cannot remem Der
when the pullman car reached this
point without passenger during their
service with the company.
1t is rumored that the engineers on
the Santa Re will be limited to three
pints of valve oil for the round trip
some of the throttle pullers are in
clined to believe that this Is very
small amount of oil for the distance
they are supposed to cover.
Today work on the Arkansas Cen
trail extension to Paris was cOmmenc
ed, and as large force of men have
been put to work, the completing OF
the line will not consume much time.
A work train was sent to Charleston
last night and the track laying for the
extension began this morning,
Smith News-Record.
One span of the bridge crossing the
San Pedro on the Mexican Central
near Ortiz is being removed. The
river bed was much wider at that point
than was necessary and the railroad
company filled in to the extent OF one
span and force of men was put to
work Monday removing the unneces-
sary portion of the bridge. The work
is In charge of Foreman Seamore, who
Ia q thorough mechanic.
Some of the engineers and fremen
are talking of getting a school of in
the Emporia Gazette. There are
schools of this sort in Topeka and Ar
kansas City and they are fitted up
with books and apparatus for teaching
the boys what they should know.
What makes the establishment of the
school hero more urgent than ever IS
the fact that after April l the engin-
GERS will be examined on the air brake
and the firemen on combustion and
economical firing.
The Baldwin, the Brooks and the
Rogers Locomotive works are making
engines for the Mexican Central. The
number to be turned over to the Cen
trail from these works within the next
few months is 80, and most of them
will be heavy engines. 1t is thought
that the first engine will arrive on or
about the first of April. This year has
been the most prosperous in the his
tory of the Mexican Central and the
officials do not propose to ''let it go at
that" If the best of rolling stock and
fast time will improve the present con-
ditions, the conditions will certainly
be improved.
A very important change has recent
ly been made on the western portion of
the Santa Fe Pacific railroad. Los An
geles. which has hitherto been the
head of the western division, has been
abandoned. and the headquarters of
the division have been moved to San
BernardinO. Trains now run from the
Needles to San Bernardilo, and from
there to San Diego. And it is announc-
ed upon good authority that during the
present year the general offices will be
removed from Los Angeles to San
minus of the road. All this is not
very good for Los Angeles, but it is
done in the interest of the company
Las Vegas Optic.
Superintendent Martin and Master
MEG hanic De Young left on No. 10 yes
| terdsy for the scene of the fire at
Valentine the first division on the G.
II. and S. A. east OF here. The burn
ing of the roundhouse and the destruc-
ton of two fine engines at that place
which was published exclusively in the
HERALD of yesterday, will cost the
company in the neighborhoOd of S25,
900. How the fire originated is yet q
mystery, but it issthought that it WAS
| the result of hot fire in the stove.
The roundhouse was six-stall frame
structure aud made very hot fire.
Engines 913 and S14, which were in the
roundhouse when the fire occurred,
are said to be badly used up. Workmen
succeeded inggetting the S5l out of the
shops but not far enough away TO escape
damage.
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