El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-12
M'GARRY, CONKLING & DREHNER.

Mexican Central yesterday afternoon
in President Robinson's private car.
The Mexican Central is doing 9
HEAVY freight business and the train
crews are getting in ell the time pos
sible.
Engineer Geo. Stead, of the G. 81
switch engine No. 767, is on the sick
list aud engineer Gaddis is filing his
position.
General Manager j. Kruttschintt, OF
the s. p. system, passed through here
yesterday for the west in his special
car ''Morgan."
A car of thoroughbred cattle came
in over the Santa Fee yesterday and
were transferred to the Mexican Gen.
trail for shipment to the City OF Mex
| leo.
Fridays and Sundays are excursion
days on the Texas & Pacific and the
transfer of baggage from that road on
those days to the G.. 81. amount to
between fifty and sixty pieces.
Auditor Conner, of the E. P. & N.
E., went north over that line yester-
day with q small barrel of money in
his possession. It WAS payday and .
great many souls were made happy.
Thee. 81. compound No. 8I2, was
placed in the back shop yesterday to
receive q new set of tires. This eng
inc has been doing good work since she
received an overhauling some time
ago.
E. N. Leamaster district superinten-
dent of the Pullman Palace Car COM
pany, is in Chicago on business and J.
t. th4 ~
Mr.. Leamaster's position during his alb
sence. Mr.. Leamaster will be absent
ten days.
A'bulletin posted at the Santa Fe depot
yesterday afternoon says that an Oper-
ator on this division has been dischar-
ged for being intoxicated and not
reporting for duty. The bulletin
further says that intemperance will
not be tolerated among employees of
that road.
The news of the find Of the ancient
city has stirred up great excitement
among the property owners of the G.
n. shops, and yesterday Major Bill
Truscott, of the truck gang, put a'force
of men atwork in his back yard digging
with q view to find come of the hidden
| treasures.
An engineer aud conductor on the
Santa Fe have been suspended for
thirty days for running q train on
frst-class time without table or train
order rights. In this case the head
ing on top of the train. He was
suspended for ten days.
Robert E. BREEDER, travelling pas
senger agent of the Erie line, went
north over the Santa Fe yesterday
l. II T. 1t
city. Mr.. Breder's headquarters are
at Kansas City. BE says the westhe,
has been very pleasant in that section
of late and that east-bound business
over his line is q little dull at present
A controversyssprung up yesterday
over the wire between An operator sta.
toned at Silver City, N. NJ, and one
in this city. The wire was kept very
warm for u time, but finally the Silver
City man brought the controversy &c
an abrupt end by saying: "Ah, 90 on
You needn't think you are the only
brewery because you have Schlitz il
, your pants"
A message received in this city yes
terday from Geo.. W. Hogen buch, pas
senger agent of the Santa Fe stationed
at Kansas City, stating that all th'
reservations on the west-boupd Santi
Fee limited had been engaged for th'
next three trains. This means that n,
tickets can be sold from Albuquerqu,
, for this train until some time mex
week. The Santa Fe limited has beef
we'll pstronized ever since its initia
trip.
"Thts has been a very unlucky sea
, son for fast trains" said q railroad of
fetal yesterday, "There are the Unior
Pacific, the Lehigh Valley, the South
ern Pacific. the Santa Fee, and many
other roads in the United States which
I could mention, have had to pull thei
fast trains out of the ditch this season
Some of the accidents have carrie
with them death and destruction Will,
others have had miraculous escapes
The Santa Fee limited, for instance
| which went into the ditch while trav
: cling at a rate of 60 miles an hour, nea
Trinidad, Colo, sustained very it'll
, damage everything considered. Th
! S. p. limited, which was ditched ives
, of New Orleans, escaped with very lii
tie damage also. So it is, while tn
limited trains have been running il
very bad luck, some of the official
still have some cause to be thankful
> L. D. Chillson has returned from tn
Bunker Hill mine bringing with hir