El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-19

| lead CenCral ROAD To-Day. ibis Is GDe
largest single days business the Cen
The ore is from different mines in the
chihuahua district.
| Sparks From the Engine.
The White Oaks road has sixty-five
cars OF coal en- route south today.
G. B. Eddy, of the White Oaks, is il
Town again after week out on the
line.
The Texas and Pacific delivered 2C
cars of coal to the Southern Pacific
this morning.
Harry Alexander, assistant general
etc, etc, of the White Oaks, went out
again this morning.
Conductor r. M. Elliott, of the T.
and p, is on the sick report. His run
is being made by 7. j. L ,t5ner.
Division Superintendent. E. Hurley
of the Santa Fee, with hea 10 uarters at
Las Vegas, is 10 Ell Paso an official
business.
Mrs. Booth accompanied her hus-
band, the G. 81. mail agent, to Sander
| son Saturday night where she will Wis
it friends for few days.
Freight Conductor Frank Marvin
took the T & sP. passenger east this
morning, the regular conductor, JACK
Cansda, being off for rest.
| Conductor Pollock and Agent Morris.
of the White Oaks, attended the tenn
perance meeting last night. There Is
| no other fresh news from Africa.
The weather is affecting the charsc-
ter of freight hauled and this morn
ioe's incoming G 81. freight included
ten cars of wood from down the valley.
J. 81. Simmons, foreman in the T. &
/ P. Car sheds, has returned from a bust
ness trip to Thurbur and Gordon,
Texas.
Engineer A. B. Perkins, of the Texas
ami Pacific PASSENGER, reported too ill
| for duty today and the extra en-
gineer, A. Witholder, IL making his
| run.
James Hatfield, late nurse at the
| hospital herer is now night sesle-, in
place of Cato" gone to Ell P.so to
work for the T. P. people.-Las Vegas
Optic.
Thirteen cars of hops, five to San
Francisco and eight to Los Angeles, ar
rived over the Southern Pacific The
porke- g were bought around Hillsboro
and Waxanachie, Texas.
]. Patten. OF Big Springs, superin-
t ,ndent OF the Ri' Grsnde division of
the Texa- & Pacific, will read q paper
on "Boiler Scale aud its Prevention"
at the spring meeting of the Texas
/ Railway club. at Sac Antonio.
Arthur B. Putnam, of the G. 81.
yards, who was so badly hurt by falling
from an engine several weeks ago, is
slowly but substantially improving
However it will be several weeks be-
fore be can report for duty.
Passenger Con ductor Jno. Merrimau,
of the G. r., is still unable TO resum.
his run. Freight Conductor Tim Sui
livan holds down the run like an old
veteran.
A. S. Bishop, G. b. and T. and P.
joint agent at Sierra Blanca, spent
yesterday 10 EI Paso as the que I of bis
tn r, R. 81 Bi-hop, the Southern
Pacii: baggage master, while also tax
ing treatment for tonsiiiti-. he re-
turned to Sieri q anca last night.
Travelling Auditors Moulthrop and
Beetle, of the Southern Pacific, left
Saturday for Los Angeles. aid NJ s-r-.
Ssyer- aud Carrier, of the G. b & S.
A.. for Houston They have finished
aud ting he accounts of the two 70 Ads
here and found every thing in good con-
dition. The accounts of Ticket Agent
Harry Turner were examined and not
an error was found.
Yardnaster F. M. Nudge, of the
Santa Fe, who has had charge of the
yards In FL Paso for several years as
been transferred to San Marcial, N.
NJ, where he will take the same posi-
tion 10 the yards there. w. A. Green
wood, the old yard master at San Mar
cial. relieves Mr.. Nudge in the Ell Paso
yards. 1t 10 understood that the
cnange Is made at the req uest of both
men.
The employees OF the Union Pacific
headquar tiers in Omaha, several hup-
dred 10 numb are all work ed up
over q we'll authenticated report that
al Of them will he called upon to rub
NIT to q physical examination. This
move is taken t. mean that all W no q, Q
not found to be in good ply sical con-
ditiOn will be let out and their places
fillet by others capable of performing
a greater amount of labor.
The idea of not checking unlocked
baggage Is growing in favor with the
Oftcia ) OF the western railroads. A
plan has been devised by which all
Telescopes" or Otner packages secur-
ed only by straps can be securely lock
ed or seal, at very little expense or
trOu ble-no more time than it takes to
adjust the ordinary baggage check.
TnIs device meets the obi .cti Ms origi-
nallv made by passenger officials to
ab li-hi g tie custom of checking I'm
Locked baggage.
An increase of wages is to be given
all conductors, collectors and brake
men 10 the Chicago suburb IN service
of the Illinois Central Railroad COM