El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-28
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ing a temporary track south Of tn
Santa Fe depot for the boarding train
From all reports the B. of r. T. il
q gaining ground very rapidly and In
couraging reports are coming from al
su rounding lodges.
| Tom Maher, who has been employed
| in the yards of the G. 81. as night
| switchman, is now smiling on hi;
friends in daylight. having beer
promoted to work in same yards in day
time.
About sixty miners from the Indian
Territory mines passed through Deni'
son few day ago on Katy train No. 8,
en- route to Thurber, Tex, where they
go to work in the coal mines on the
T. & P.
The new bridge in proving q great
attraction and many people visit tn at
point every day and they all take oc-
casion to remark what an lawful thing
it would be if a sudden rise in the
river should reach here" And it
would.
August Schmidt, WHO severed his
connection with the G. II. as machin-
ist some time ago aud went to Chi
huahua to work for the Mexican Cen
trial, has returned and was yesterday
at his old position in the G. IL. ma
chine shop.
1t is stated on good authority that
the Santa Fe will purchase 10000 car
loads of riff raft to be used in fortlfy-
ing the river bank between Albuquer-
que and this city. The contract has
not vet been let for this work but it is
said that it soon will be.
E. A. Lain. formerly of the G. Fl.
pain shop, but who enlisted during the
late difficulty, has returned and was
yesterday circulating among friends at
the G. II. shops. He says he intends
to remain IN this city. 1t was the pro-
position that all who enlisted would be
reinstated if they lived to return.
The news of the Katy flyer being put
up again has caused much favorable
comment among the railroad boys.
The best engines on the system will be
used in this service and the shop force
is already specializing as to which are
the most available. as they will likely
all be overhauled before being sent out.
-DenisOn Herald.
Fireman Chas. G. Davis has resigned
the agency for the Locomotive Fire
mems Magazine at Albuquerque and
Fireman Lawrence Smith has been ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy. The maya
zine is an elegant periodical of over 100
pages and is not technical at all, hav-
ing fashion plates, stories, description
of travel, etc., making a very merry
and Instructive monthly for the home.
Harvey Moss, foreman of one of the
crews at present employed in the con-
struction Of the new railroad bridge,
met with very painful accident yes
terday. While handling some very
heavy pieces of iron one OF them slipped
through his hands and fell on his left
foot pleinfully bruisipg it. The injury
was dressed and Mr.. Moss was able to
be on duty yesterday afternoon.
The force of workmen constructing
the new railroad bridge across the Rio
Grande at this point, presents very
lively scene. There are ia the neigh
borhood of 100 men employed and
every place where it is possible for
man to work the place is filed. 1t
will be month yet before the cons
truction of the new bridge is past the
danger point in case of high water.
Colonel S. E. Moss, one of the COM
mittee appointed to carry out the con-
tract between the city OF Cleburne.
Texas, and the Santa Fee Railway COM
pany for the location of the shops
there, says to the Dallas News: 1--WE
only yesterday completed the last of
the two deep wells and turned them
over to the road. On its part the road
has almost completed it's part of the
contract, and when the buildings now
in course of construction are complet-
ed and tie machinery put in, Cleburne
will have secured one of the most pay
ing enterprises any town could have
gotten. The shops will run the pay
roll of the road here up to between
$50, 900 and 800, 600 per month.
Workmen were busy yesterday pre-
pairing the new engine, which arrived
Sunday for the G. H., for road service.
The engine is one of the best equipped
that has reached this point. There has
been a great deal heard concerning the
air cylinders which are used for clean
ing he fire box, but this engine is the
first that has reached this point with
that equipment. There are 312 hues
in the new arrival and this number
will seer enormous when it is known
that the big engines already in use on
that line have sonly 235 Aues. 1t is
thought that the engine will be read y
for duty this evening.