El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-06
Sparks From the Engine


Sparks From the Engine
G. n. engine s12 is in the shop for an
overhauling.
There are now fifteen extra firemen
on the G. 81. list.
The G. 81. aagpole was raised on
Monday morning.
G. 81. engine 954 is in the shop for a
general overhauling.
Machinist Williams, formerly of the
G. II. shops, is here from Tucson with
the bsll team.
freight passing over the Santa Fe for
points in Mexico.
The Santa Fee yesterday morning
transferred train of ITO cars to the
Mexican Central.
James Shannon, clerk in the me-
chanical department of the Santa Fe,
is laid up very sick.
G. II. engines Nos. 800, $50 and S05
are in the shop undergoing repairs and
general overhauling.
The boys In the G. II. roundhouse
are having little rest just now since
the big rush is over.
T. Booth, master mechanic of the
Santa Fee, returned yesterday from q
trip to Silver City, N. NJ.
Geo. Mcqueen, q machinist in the
G. 81. shops, is laying off. The boys
say he is looking for wife.
Jack McKenna, boiler maker in the
G. b. shops, left for months vacation
in San Antonio, accompanied by his
wife.
Sport Frame, chief operator in the
Texas & Pacific Office, will leave in q
few days to visit his home in Midland,
Texas.
John Hammer, stationary engineer
in the Santa Fe shops, has just return
ed from q three months vacation In
Germany.
Schultz, the night caller for the G.
H., quit work yesterday morning on
account of having to wipe engines dur
ing his leisure time.
E. L.LonR, baggage man at the Tex
as & Pacific depot, will leave on Thurs
day for Galveston. where he is going to
accept another position.
The G. b. pay car will arrive here
Thursday afternoon and the boys are
all glad of it, as labor day took all the
small change they had left.
A small narrow gauge locomotive
passed through here yesterday over
over the Santa Fe, enroute to Parral,
Mexico, where it will do service in the
mines.
The Financial Chronicles compila-
tion of earnings for the first six months
puts the gross earnings of 172 roads at
$500 .55S.00O and the net earnings at
1855, S06, 5000. This is an increase in
gross earnings of S31, $50 900 and in net
earnings of S1l, ESQ, OOO.-Dallas News.
The G. II. hose team are getting up
q dance which will take place very
soon. 1t ia the aim of the team to be-
come social organization as we'll as
fire fighters. The idea is good one
and will create greater interest among
its members.
The car shops Of the Santa Fe at To- |
peka have just completed an order for |
ESQ extra sized box cars. An order for |
100 fat cars is being rushed and an or
Ter for 300 additional box cars has been |
placed and work already begun on
Vegas Optic.
The next income of the Rock Island
'oad for the month of July was 1921, 335
LII AACi Coo0 VI VA1O,OfO ONST Gu6 sd"6
month of last year; For the four
ending July 81. the net income
If the road was 50, 1905 sos, an increase
If S108 ,298.-Dallas News.
The railroad representatives of the
Western railroads will meet September
b, at the Waldorf, in Ney York, to
rates to Cuban ports. 1t is
hardly necessary to say that all roads
will be represented. Three dollars for
. grilled bone is an Inducements
Dallas News.
The railroad companies of Texas
lave requested Attorney General
smith to render an official interpreter
ion of certain provisions of the anti
ebate law, which went into effect
August rs. The attorney general will
i've out his opinion in a few days. 1t is
Understood that he will hold that there
8 nothing in the law prohibiting free
to any person who is not
shipper.-Ex.
The Santa F'e company began I'm.
oad1ng material yesterday for the con-
truotiOn of the lines from Guthrie to
'erkius, Saltwater and Pawnee, and
nto the coal fields of the Indian Ter
itory, and gang of graders arrived
nd went into the camp. An order for
fly. six miles of material was placed
aturday. consisting of rails, ties, sec
ION houses, depots and bridges to be
nloaded at Guthrie by September Is.
-Ex.
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