El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-30
The Pay Car In

leave for Houston tonight, this being
the end of it's run.
On Sick Leave
Frank Lucas, 10 achinist in the g. d.
shops, has been absent from his post
since Saturday on account OF sickness.
New Round House At Gallup.
The Santa Fee company will coon
commence the erection of a new round
hnu,e at Gallup, New Mexico. 1t will
be OF stone anc have fourteen stalls.
Oh. Officers Gone Home.
L. J. Parks and b. M. Mayo, the q.
81. officials, returned east Saturday
night, accompanied by Harry Alex
ander, assistant passenger aud freignt
agent OF the E. p. & N. E.
Sparks From the Engine
Chas Seabert is again working on
the Southern Pacific.
Mrs Buck Jones has gone to Wichita
Kansas, en- an extended vlsis to nome
folks.
INC Duen will leave the first Of
August on an extended visit to his old
home in Maryland. He expects to be
abse n, 90 days.
Dan Byrnes Here
Dan Byrnes. we'll known in G. h.
railroad circles, having been employed
in the Offices of that company at San
Antonio for several years, ts In the
city representing an accident insurance
company.
Can't Stay Away
wR Brown, travelling freight and
passenger agent of the Mexican Cen
tral, came up from chihuahua yester-
day aud returned this morning.
pecos System improvements.
The roadbed of the entire Pecos
system is being heavily bsllssted with
gravel and forty cars OF gravel are
being taken from the new gravel pit at
Her eford daily to be used for this pur-
pose
Good Time Coming.
Ia Crawford, clerk in the main
once at the G. 3. shops, is going down
to San Antonio about the 10th of next
p. On IN and there on the 22nd will lead
10 he altar one of the bellies of that
city. The boys in the G. II. shops
think heap of Ed and say they know
he will remember them with q keg OF
nails or At least bottle of machine oil.
A Unique Advertisement.
Through the courtesy of L. ). Parks,
gener al passenger and ticket agent of
the 6. h. s. S. A., who was In Ell Paso
last week, the HERALD has received
dainty pair of cuff buttons advertising
The Sunset route. The buttons are of
sterling silver, with the we'll known crest
OF tne southern Pacific worked out In
req. white, and blue enamel with silver
lettering. 1t is q pretty souvenir.
Conductor Instantly Killed
Al Cleburne, Texas, one day las
week. w A Coffee, Santa Fe conduc-
LOT. was run over by a passenger train
and ground to death. He was standing
on tae track watching a freight train
going down the track and so engrossed
he did not notice the passenger train
approaching him from behind. When
tue engine struck him it seemed to
knock him directly under the wheels
and he was horribly mangled and death
was Instantaneous.
Using Oil On Roadbeds.
The Chicago g. alton com pany ia ex-
perimenting with oil for the prevention
OF dust along it's line in the dustiest
places for combined distance of seven
ty-fiye miles, ard If the test is satis-
factory the entire roadbed will be
oiled THE ia the first western read to
make tn expe riment. but many east
ern road. have been using oil for this !
purpose I, r some time. Some eastern |
roads have tried It for q while aud dis
con rinued it's use. A low grade of
nrnde Oil is used and 1000 gallons are |
required for each mile of roadbed. It
IL claimed that this amount OF oil will
kee the track free from dust for year.
The oil used is not inhammable
and In connection with the burning of
coke In place of soft coal in the passen-
ger engines Is makes travelling condi-
liDns aim ost perfect. Some roads that
have used the oil for three years have
found IL unnecessary to put any more on
as the rOadbed is soaked full of oil and
further attention Is unnecessary. Be-
sides the comfort secured for their
passengers road using the oil as
dust layer receives a great benefit in
from sand getting in the bearings. and
by In oil killing all vegetable growth
on the bed.
FL paso Can Have This Convention.
II see there ia considerable talk of
making Ell Paso a June convention
city - said an E. P. 81 N. E official to
she Link and Pin this morning:
i'well, the Christian EndeavOrers of
ths state meet at Austin next June and
If the chamber of commerce and the Of
fciais OF railroads that will be benefit
ed by convention In Paso will take
the proper step they can secure the Y.
.. s c. E. convention for the follow
ing year.
The society will naturally look with
favor upon Ell Psso because all the
other cities of importance in the state