El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-21

ing in this direction.
Engineer Cunningham. of the G. n
& S. A., is on the sick list. Yester-
day he was able to be around baking
hands with his friends.
Two passenger coaches arrived yes
terday over the Santa Fe for the Chi
huahua & Pacific road in Mexico. They
were numbered 200 and POI.
The big new elk flag will certainly
be raised over the G. 81. & s. A. shops
on the morning Of the Fourth of July
The flag Is one of the best in the
state.
The extension of the E. P. 81 N. E
has reached q point three miles be.
yond Three Rivers and it is moving on
to the coal fields at the rate of one
mile day.
J. Fitzgerald, of the G. H. shops, &C
cOmpanied by his wife, left for Hous-
ton, where they were called on accoun,
of the serious illness of Mr.. Fitzger-
aid g mother.
Live Stock Agent Beaumont, of the
G. b. 81 S. A. who has been tied up on
this end of the line for several days
past on account of the washout. went
east yesterday.
Engineers Ramsey, RAIDER, March,
Mast. Simino, johnson, Burroughs,
Starkey, Lynes and Cunningham are
the first ten on the G. h. & S. A. coal
record for the month of May.
Assistant Superintendent Aver and
General Agent Houghton, of the Santa
Fee, came in from Silver City yester-
day afternoon over the Southern Paci-
ic and returned west few hours
later.
Today is the longest day IL the year
and several of the railroad men an
up to see the sun 60 down. They
think it will be rather warm"
sight.
A. P. Perrett, who is in charge of
the Desert section on the E. P. & N. E.
road, 30 miles north of here, is in the
city today. He says that tie track Ia
in fine shape and that the road is doing
q good business.
The 5,400 pounds of caustic soda
which passed through here yesterday
for the west over the Southern Pacific
is said to be the heaviest shipment
which the express companies have
banded under one bill for months
past.
The first through mail for the past
week reached here this afternoon over
the G. II. & S. A. and the load was an
enormous one. Itcarried with it work
enough to keep the clerks in the G. 81.
q S. A. Office busy for the next
week.
Engineer Simino, one of the Oldest
engineers on the G.. H., is recovering
from q severe spell of sickness and was
able to be out yesterday. Mr.. Simino
says that he never had q spell of sick
ness in his life that done as much dam
age in as short q time.
Maohinist Williams, who was for
some time employed in the G. 81. & S. |
A. shops in this city, left yesterday |
for Tucson, Arizona, where he will |
enter the service of the Southern Pa
cif1c at that point. Mr.. Williams has |
made great many friends during his
stay here and they feel safe in recon-
mending him to the good people of
Tucson.
Engineer 81. 81. Dockham, who for
the past twelve years has been on the
Tucson division of the Southern Paci-
fic. has been, by his own request, trans
ferred to this division of the came line
with headquarters in this city. He is
to move his family here in
The near future. Mr.. Dockham is an
efficient workman and has a host of
friends in railroad circles. He is we'll
pleased with Ell Paso and says that he ,
las been watching his chance to get
'ver here for several months past.
Mrs. Carleton Ennis, wife of a we'll
,nown Santa Fee railway employee at Ell
oaso, came in from the south last Sat
rday night, and was the guest yester
ay of Miss Clara Oleson. The lady re-
urned to Ell Paso this morning. It is
Understood, in connection with this
tenn, that Mr.. Ennis expects visit
cry soon from his mother, Mrs. w. 1
v. Hite, who will be accompanied to
he territory by Mr.. Hite. Since leav- r
ny New Mexico they have resided in
d. C.--Albuquerque Citi-
en-. ,
Saturday night the following pa
,sy hospital: Patrick Dempsey, from
ingman, A. T., suffering with pneu-
,onia; George Freeman, from Thoreau, I
!. NJ, with tubercular meningitis. and l
M. Metro, from Winslow, A. T.,
it'll fracture of the left leg.
he following parties left the hospital [
st night for their respective homes:
tito Kobato to Bagdad, Cal; J. b.
ager to Ash Fork, A. T.. and N. b. o
ike to WinslOw, A. T.-Albuquerque Fl
T. 81. Sears, for many years connect
with the Santa Fee, more recently in
lie capacity of trainmaster at La Jun G
, has resigned to accept the position E
division superintendent of the Col =
ado & Southern with headquarters
Denver. The change took place L
,sterdsy. Mr.. Sears is father of Mrs.
B. Peters of Newton, and is well
nown to railroad men all along the
luta Fe as he has heen cOnnected