El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-06

comu.uyin Jusrez Tae building Is one
of the Oldest OF brick In that c'ty Hoo
L. becoming considerably cracked Oae
af the improvements being made Is the
pIaciug OF tro1 rods across the oiild'ns
to prevent further cracking PosIs
are also being pla ed In the lower room
TO strengthen she ouliolnR.
A Scheme to Beat the Company.
cer.nin we'll known minstrel
COMPANY. which trav-ls in q passenger
coach and baggage car OF It's" mas
been caught 10 a CELEBRATE astem PIT 10
defcaud the railroad companies over
who's roads they travel. Uocer rail-
road rules IT. VA entitled 60 the use
OF its special oar on payment ioe
l.cxe.s tor twenty-five p-rsoar. 40
examination OF Ihe baggage car re-
ye,Ief t~o secret compartments thei
we're hard 20 discover. They we're
fitted with sleeping hunks In which
from ten ID tift.en people could De
carried.
Second Class Abolished On Sierra
M.dre Line.
The Sierra Madre railroad company
has secured from the secretary OF puo-
lie works of Mexico the privilege u
abolish the second class service OF
their road, and After the 18th inst.
there will ooly be t.o classes. There
are virtually ouJ Two classes OF travel
log public ia Mexico anyway and the
car kuo~n a. second olass was not only
useless but detrimental TO the company
inasmuch as IL prevented them from
having Q smoking car. First class pas
sengers desirioR TO smoke we're compel
led TO occupy q second class car while
doing so. The second class apartment
I'd ~ "a - a A.
coach cut of by . partition. Tne seats
are of wood with inmovable baoks
which we're only Shree fourtns as high
as the stand ard coach seat. -,
This eod OF the first class car Will
nov be fitted up for a fret class
smoker. The wood seats will be re-
placed by cane seats With movable
backs OF the regulation height The
new seats have been ordered and are
expected to be Oh hand ready for the
fret train under the new privilege on
she 18th. The third clsss will nov be
the second. The seats in this class
are four long ones OF wood running
lengthws of the car, the swo middle
ones with sheir backs together making
o splendid apartment for the small
consideration the company asks :or
passage 10 this car.
They Prefer Uncle Sans Country
TITO brave young srsinmen of this
city snouldered their guns Sunday and
hied themselves Into . foreign land TO
bag the cauvasosck and other tooth
some feathered game that makes lie
rendezvous along the water ways OF that
country. But they did NOT bring the
canvas back. Oae of them shot the
duck and the duck fell into the water.
he wsded out after his game aud was
almost within reach of it when he
heard bis partner calling TO him 20
coms 10 him, thai man had
taken his gun away from him. This
go excited the one whose shot asd been |
well aimed TIA: he left the duck TO be |
carried away by the current and
trouble. Thai is, he thought be WAS
going towards him but he weded out
on the opposite side OF the stream from |
his frieud In distress and WAS met by |
another native Off ;er who took his gun |
away from him. But IL was all IKE |
ON the part Of the officers and tney |
handed back the guns However she |
trainmsn we're too badly frightened TO
hunt any more that day |
and returned home empty handed, de- !
clarioR that hereafter they would con-
fine their hunting TO the realm over |
which waves Old Glory.
The Santa Fe and The Union Depot. |
II. U. Nudge, general manager OF
the AtchisOu. Topeka and Santa Fe |
railroad company, came in with Divi- |
sion Superintendent Hurley as o.
clock yesterday afternoon and left for |
the north o, O'Clock this morning.
They were on an inspection tour and
only spent . few hours In this city for
which Mr.. Nudge expressed his re-
Rrets as he once lived here and has
many friends among the Ell Pa.osns
who he wished to see.
Mr., Nudge IL one OF the few promi-
nent railroad officials who has climbed
the ladder from section laborer to one
OF the highest positions In the gift OF
the directors OF corporation He
began his railroad career with the
Santa t'e when q boy. For several
years he was track worker and later
passed from one line to another, hAv-
ing In time b.eu brakeman, conduc-
tor, engineer, station agent, telegraph
operator, superintendent and now
holds .he important office of general
mspa2er OF one Of the greatest railroad
com psnies in the world.
10 the memory OF many railroaders
now In this city he was section fore
man on the line between here and
In that position he ex-
hibired his ability aud was later made
Of the division extend
leg from tGat city to FL Paso. he was
stationed here from 1887 to 1890 and
had bis Office over the depot now used
by the company. In 1890 the division
headquarters were removed to San
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