El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-05
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lon0 DELAYS

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Long Delays
Going srornd the Col bus bridge
threw the G.. n. passenger Train tnse
should have arrived here a. ':4o ibis
morning sew IN hours late. The ..
waited until IL came In before leaving
for the vest.
Mesa Crossing Graded Up.
The street force flashed al impor-
sant piece of work on Mesa avenue
near rbe \ tracks this morning.
They have graded the street up even
With the railroad be1 and 10 the level
of the :. sidewalks.
New Joke.
A travelling man brings this story
Srum Houston. Ga bulletin board
IN thai city shere appeared the follow
ing: All trains on time Sept. l."
A negro porter read it aloud, "All
trains On time 'cept one" -B'gosh,
said Q roralite. "i1I bet that one 10
ours" i
Santa fe Officials Here. ~
HU. Nudge and ]. E. Hurley, gen.
ersi manager and superintendent re
speedway of t1e Santa Fee railroad,
will arrive ~ Ell Paso this afternoon.
They AFe on . tour Of Inspection and
20 Tar As IL known have no special
business on hand here. They will
spend RE night here and likely return
north tomorrow.
Nashout Near Finley
There v.s o email wsshout Of the
Joint G. q and T. & p. track between
4. T. Haocock and Finley last night
The east bound q 81. train did not
leave here until after ii O'Clock on
acconns Of is and the T. & 2. WAS so
delayed thereby that Is cid not arrive
antil about 4 o'clock this morning.
Fell From His Engine.
Ollie Wafer, who has charge OF the
oil room OF the G. q shops, 10 not on
duty HO~. While working at the
headlight of an engine that was stand
ing 10 The round house he lost his held
and fen 10 ,he ground. His eide was
pretty seriously hurt by coming In con-
tact With . rail of the track Oh which
the engine stood. One foot and one
urist were also bruised and sprained.
pumper Arrested.
Ex- Ranger Hudson, who Is now q
special officer in the employ of the G
q, arrested w B Ford st midnight last
sight for carrying OF several pieces OF
sambey from . car In the yards.
Ford Is pumper In the en-.
ploy Of the came company and says he
sopes that the matter can be straight
ened MP with Superintendent Martin,
80 there will be no criminal prosecu-
sion-
Travellers Delayed
T Z Reid and wife on Lewiston,
Mich, have had enough trouble with
Texas railroads to give them q ba1
ppiniDn Of them. yet they take their
,roaoles philosophicslly and make no
complaints. Last night they were
detained several hours on the 7. Il 2.
By she vssboot near FIT. Hancock and
this morning they did not get away on
their western trip over the s. p. until
Afternoon wnen they expected to leave
n SD a. N. They are on teeir way to
Califprnia.
In the Lucky Pit.
Freight engine 954 went In the back
sAop OF 9 q yesterday. This IL the
first of $50 class to enter this shop,
the largest that was ever In the shop.
Il Win take about Q week TO get IL
stripped ready TO commence the work
d oyerhauling IL. The boys say 10 IL
very fortunate in getting In on the
lnokJ pit Why the pit Is called lucky
none OF the boys seemed to know.
Some said IL WAS because Trenton
worried At that pit: others said It was
became Turley had charge Of the
work.
Sparks From The Engine.
Svirehmsn Esau has resigned his
position with the G II.
Bob Mertle, . night switchm imam of
,he 6 q is taking . short lay of.
Svhchman John Fike, OF the G q IL
% indtsposed as TO be unable 70 work
today
Hxnk Faust, q switchman ~ the
smelser, IL in town minRlinG with
iriends today.
The sife and chiliren OF Engineer
Hobien, OF toe G q left last night for
Houston 20 visit relatives.
a. 5. YsnSlyck, live stock agent OF
she Santa Fe returned this morning
from tour of New Mexico on bust
ness.
VIC Hays, photographer TO Agent
Mccarthy, OF the joint freight house,
10 back 81 work after = week of on sc-
count Of being sick.
AHS AoS cedS OptlC says sudN ID IL
romorsd that Conductor Fred Week
erie, Of SEQ Msrcial, will soon resign
ais position with she Santa Fee and
move 70 FL Paso 70 engage In business
with his brother-in-law.
MAchinfs Joe Grant, of the & 81
round house, who by the way is also
alderman from the shird ward, bought
. tics q ,n she Ell PAso policy associs-
sion has night under the direction of
Wo Jim, the Chinese sweep az the G