El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14
Sparks From the Engine.

Sparks From the Engine.
It is said that the Santa Fe will coz
struct thirteen new bridges on the
Silver City extension of its line.
Switchman Hill was helping in the
G. II. yards yesterday in the absence
of Sam Galladay, who was attending
court
Conductor De Woes wife and child,
who have been visiting in the east for
some time past. returned this morning
over the T. & p.
Fireman w. b. Bacon has taken
. lay-off for q few days and with his
brother, who is operator at Fabens,
has gone hunting. ,,
Major Bill Truscott is occupying:the
position in the G. 81. yard Office re-
Gently made vacant by the promotion
Of Ike RAIDER to chief clerk.
Road Master Johns of the Santa Fe
was in the city yesterday. He says
that new and heavy steel will take the
place of all the light steel used on this
end of the line.
Charley Collins, the G. 81. brake
man who met with an accident In the
G. 81. yards few days ago which re-
suited in the loss of his left arm, is re-
ported to be getting along nicely at
Hotel Dieu.
A car load of the "wildest kind" of
animals came In over tie Texas &
Pacific and were transferred by the
Santa Fe TO the Mexican Central for
shipment to the City of Mexico. They
are for Orrin Bros. circus.
F. s. Houghton, general agent of the
Santa Fe at this point, went north over
the E. P & N. E. yesterday on busi-
ness connected with the company. He
arrived at the front just in time to be
be treated to an up-tO-date snow storm.
It is rumored that G. E. Ayers, the
present train master of this division
of the Santa Fe. will in q short time be
promoted to division superintendent.
and will have charge of all the Santa
Fe prop rty between here and Albu-
querque.
Pay day on the Santa Fe is tomor-
row, Obut as the day is Sunday
no checks will be given out until Mon
day. Business has been very good
during the past month. in consequence
of which each check represents quite
q sum of money.
T. L. Hardesty, one of the Texas and
thy of his many friends in railroad
circles In the loss of his wife, who died
Sunday, leaving 3-days-old baby, be-
sides two other small children.-FOrt
Worth Mail-Telegraph.
G. Il. Lsngton and L. -Klink, both of
the G. 81. shops, have gone on hunt
ing trip into Mexico. Before they
left they secured permissio. from t! e
Mexican officials to hunt as long rs
they desired and bring back all the
game othey could kill, free of duty.
An order was given to the G. 81. chop
foreman yesterday to have an engine in
readiness tomorrow to take q train of
cattle east. The cattle are expected
to arrive from Mexico today, and will
be unloaded, fed, and given q rest be-
fore starting on their long journey to
Cuba.
E. M Doe has returned from Wash
1ngton. D. c., where he has been since
the opening of congress. During his
stay he obtair ed the passage of q bill
by both houses granting the right of
way of the Saginaw Southern railway
through the forest Flagstaff
Sun.
Buchanan & Powers will load ten
cars of slag at the smelter and bring
them to this point to be used in the
construction of the piers of the new
railroad bridge across the Rio Grande.
Ten cars more of this Stag were ship
ped here for the same purpose from
SOcorro.
An operator on the Santa Fee has
''had his head chopped OFF, for turn