El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-26
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turned over to the Santa Fe for ship
! ment to Kansas. They were fed here
and left for Kansas this afternoon.
| The Houston 81 Texas Ceutral's new
pay car came in yesterday and left this
morning over the Austin & Northwest
! ern. L. is ore of the finest equipped
pay cars in Texas.-Austin Tribune.
]. Roosevelt, better known az
''Galena," who represents the Galena
oil works, was in.the city yesterday
and was shown the sights by the
Genial Master Mechanic Dan ToOmey.
, The last Southern Pacific flyer will
go west through here next Fridsyand
the last one for the season will pass
through this point Monday next. The
limited trains on this road will then be
laid away for the summer months.
A new dead line" has been marked
out by the Santa Fe company on their
depot platform. Under the old system
solicitors could crowd up against the
coaches and make life burden for
visitors, but the new line keeps them
about ten feet from the track.
An order has been issued by the New
York, New Haven & Hartford road for
bidding the wearing of tan shoes,
fancy shirts and other freaks of dress
by passenger trainmen. They must
wear patent leather shoes, white shirts
and black ties and must shave daily.
Abe Bookman. q colored helper at
the @. II. & S. A. shops Is now in the
arm repaired. The other day he fell
from an engine in the shops and sus-
tained a fracture of that limb. DIR.
Turner patched it up and sent him to
the hospital. sfaG@ -i-.
The opening of the Katy" park will
be held on May 2, when the company
will be glad to receive donations of
flowers and plants from the ladies of
Parsons to be placed in the park. Sew
eral men mill be in attendance to re-
ceive the plants and properly care for
Sun,
The Baltimore & Ohio railropd has
issued q notice that beginning with the
payment of wages by check on May
no orders will be accepted upon any
salary. Notices to this effect
have been sent broadcast along the
road, in order to fully inform merchants
and Others OF the new order of things.
The large force of Missouri, Kansas
u Texas 5rldgemen yesterday COM
pleted the construction of bridge No,
SO, and the laying of new track near
Pleasant Green. The Katy has q
straight line there now, ali the curves
being taken out. The work cost $780,
new trestle tOmorrow.-Sedaiia De-
mocrat.
Conductor George, of the Mexican
Central, was around yesterday telling
MS friends of the tortures of having q
;ooth pulled. He explained that he
] ed been in sixteen freight wrecks and
hat at one time q car load of mining
fell on him but that he
never suffered one half as much on any
occasion as he did yesterday when he |
had two molars extracted.
"The track on the G. II. division of |
he Southern Pacific Is in fine shape"
'a1d an experienced track man yester- |
lay land L am sorry that cannot say |
Is much for the track between here |
md Yuma, Arizona. On this western |
there Is but one track man to |
every 20 miles and his time is charges
20 the fence gang at the rate of 81, so |
day. am not surprised when I hear |
y a wreck on the western division.
All am surprised at is that there are |
lot more of them. The track on the |
vest end is certainly neglected"
Brakeman Sewell, OF the Southern
tactic limited, came in yesterday on
lis regular run with a badly sprsined |
'rm. When the limited reached q
POINT near Yuma, Arizona, friend of
lis suggested foot race and it was
quickly taken up. The two started
md Brakeman Sewell was in fair
ysy to win when a big dog suddenly
appeared before him and for q time
DR.. Sewell and the dog were thorough
y mixed up. When the smoke cleared
way Mr.. Sewell had badly sprained
light arm. He still contends that he
7Ould have won the race were 1t not
or the interference of the dog.