El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-07

an increase OF ", Ivy, Ooo over the net
earnings of the corresponding period OF
the preceding fiscal year.-Lss Vegas
Optic.
A great many people are taking ad-
vantage of the cheap return rates TO
Mexico City and in consequence there
of the Mexican Central is doing big
business.
oTheSG h. Hose Co. had practise run
on San Antonio street on Saturday
night. The boys are getting in good
practice and will make good showing
when called upon.
The washout which occurred on the
E. P. & N. E. r. r. on Saturday, did
not do very much damage and was
quickly repaired. Trains will run
through on time today.
The new Baldwin engines are being
used extensively on trial trips In and
out of Topeka to get them worn down
preparatory to going into regular SER
vice.-Las Vegas Optic.
The G. 81. flag pole was taken up yes
terday morning by Mr.. Borcherd1ng
and some railroad boys who volunteered
their services. It will be reset on next
Sunday at q point near the big
tanks.
A number of the boys are being tax
en- from the shops at Ration for service
as firemen. Firemen who are at the
head of the list should get themselves
for promotion, is q tip given.-Las
Vegas Optic.
President Eddy of the White Oaks
road SAYS that business is extremely
good and he is well pleased at the
bright future in store for his road.
The road to the coal fields is nearly
completed and Mr.. Eddy says will be
carrying coal to Ell Paso by Oct. LIST.
among the telegrsphers on this division
of the Santa Fe in the past few days.
J. T. Reed at Onava has resigned and
Is succeeded bv L. II. Dunn. S. S.
Shaw has resigned his position at Ger
rillos and is succeeded by T. G. Bran
don.-Optic.
Night Waterman Thad Whitley of
the Santa Fe railroad yards had an ex-
citing time of i6 few nights ago with
two Mexicans whom he caught steal.
ing COAL The Mexicans showed fight
and in the melee the Waterman was
struck heavy blow on the head which
rendered him unconscious. The Mex
leans escaping.
There is great rush of empty
freight cars west ward at present, to
meet the demands On the coast for cars
for eastern shipments an immense
amount of sugar is now being shipped
across the continent in bond, and the
result is that the surplus of empty cars
are at the eastern end of the Southern
Pacific line.-Ex.
Plans for the new depot of the Den
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have been prepared but the contr act
awarded. The depot Is to be erected
on the foundations of the building that
was burned and will be similar In con-
struction and appearance to the old
depot Optic.
Workmen tearing out the interior of
an old railway postal car In the New
York shops, says the Buffalo News
found timeworn letter containing
draft of 1924 drawn by the pension agent
at Buffalo, payable to Robert Cunning
ham. Franklin Iron works, Oneida
county, dated December IL, 1888. The
letter had apparently fallen behind one
of the racks. The draft was forward
ed to the postoffice department at
Neutrality-suspicious..
81. M. Fickinger has resigned the po-
sition of northwestern passenger agent
OF the Frisco and will leave here Aug. l
for Colorado Springs, where he will be-
come commercial agent of the Colora-
do Southern. His successor here has
not been named. For eleven years he
was chief train dispatcher of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern, and was
for some time travelling passenger
agent of the Fort Scott and Memphis,
and also saw service with the Kansas,
Nebraska and Dakota.-Kansas City
World.
Among the improvements at the
shops at Albuquerque, is a new pump
sunk behind the engines, and which
will give an ample supply of water for
all purposes about the shops. Hereto
fore the small pump in the engine
rooms has been entirely.inadequete for
the needs of the institution, and hence
the new pump. 1t il sunk twenty-five
feet in the ground, and is so large and
powerful that at every stroke 465 gal
Ions of WAGER will be forced out of the
ground, thus making a daily capacity
of over ZOO, 900 gallons.
In the matter of round house fore
men, this division of the Santa Fe ap-
pears to be returning to first loves"
l.. E. Foote, who has taken charge of
The Ration round house, was foreman
of the same institution in 1894. He
was afterward foreman at Trinidad
three years and was transferred to
ge City, where he remained till
1898. Charley Ellicott, the new fore
man of the Las Vegas round house,
occupied the same position about two
years ago, going later to Ratou. where
he has been in the service of the COM
pany.-Las Vegas Optic.
7. s. HobsOn. signal engineer of the
Santa Fe, is arranging plans for an ex-
tension of the block signal system over
the Santa Fe line between Denver and
Pueblo, distance of Ia miles. There
is much traffic over this stretch of
track and the block signal system will