El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-13
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, Sonora road, arrived here yesterday
from the west in special car.
The new Santa Fee round-house In Al
buquerque is being painted, and In
few days will be ready for occupancy.
Ed. MCKINLEY, q favorite G. 81. en-
gineer, stationed at Del Rio, is in the
CITY on business. He expects to return
south tomorrow.
Engineer Swartz, of the G. H., will
90 TO New Orleans where he will meet
his family coming from illinois TO
locate in the Pass City.
Division Superintendent w. r.
Ma tin went east yesterday over the
G. II. in his private car TO Del Rio.
He will be gone three days.
J. L. Mahoney was yesterday placed
on the list of extra q. H.. q
land, Ohio, and comes we'll recon-
mended.
Joe Grant, q G., h. machinist, re-
ceived the sad news of the death OF his
mother at Cleveland, Ohio, Wednes-
day, in consequence OF which he was
not working yesterday.
The list of the G. II. fremen on the
eick list are: Messrs. Mershon, Nc
Gillespie. The engineers of on &C
count of sickness are Stead and Ear
hart. $40 So
Bob Lyons, chief clerk to Master
Mechanic De Young, received q teie-
gram yesterday from San Antonio
stating that mis- mother was seriously
i'll. He left for that place on the after
noon train. atat1 a-aS as
+ If the seniority list which was post
ed by the G. 81. the first of the present
month is not corrected by the fret OF
next month it will go down on record
as it stands. Any errors found in the
liet must be reported within thirty
avs from the date on which the list
was posted. exon .,s..
w. M. Pierce, an operator on the D.
& r. G., at Denver, Colo, who has
been visiting his mother and friends in
this city for the past six weeks, will
return to his duties at that place next
Sunday. Mr.. Pierce's visit has been
made.very pleasant by his many friends
and he will 60 north well Satisfied with
his trip.
The G. b. are expecting the arrival
at this point of eight big new engines
to be put on this division of the G. 81.
as one of the officials said
this point during the present rush
are being worked to death and we
could easily use eight more If we had
| them here"
Tom Maher, whose story was con-
Guided in last nights HERALD, is a
switchmsu in the G. 81. yards and has
Ia wide circle of acquaintances. he says
that he did not write it to compete for
the prizes offered by Mr.. Stubs, but
that the story WAS founded GA cold fact
aud written for the benefit of the boys
at this point.
There ia not railroad in the cOun.
try that is more liberal in issuing pas
ses to the employees and their families
than is the Southern Pacific system
Every day passes arrive for some OF the
employees on this end of tho line. Yes
terday five passes reached here, among
them being one for wife and one
child and another for 'wife and fOul
children
Artb ur Ealand, foreman of the
bridge and building crew of the G. h
& S. A., has arrived here andsswith 1
force of men is enlareing the stock
pens. The rush of cattle through thi
point lately necessitated this improve
ment. Ali cattle shipped from Mexico
to Cuba are unloaded and fed at thi
point and great deal OF pen room Il
necessary to accommodate them.
While Engineer J. E. Franklin wa
pulling No. "a with engine 726 past the
junction late yesterday evening an In
dian threw q missile through the cal
window, which struck Franklin on the
head and knocked him senseless fol
several minutes. With the exception
of a slight bruise he has fully recover.
ed from the effects of the blow, which
might have been much more serious
l-Albuquerque Democrat.
Charles M. Newcombe, q we'll known
; Santa Fe fireman. died last night of In
( fammstory rheumatism, after an Ill
ness of about one month. The funera
will be held tomorrow afternoon at tn
, und ertaking parlors of Barton
, Catick, and the remains will then b
shipped to Walla Walla, Wash, TO