El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-01
LINK AND PIN.
a Correction

The Christian Endeavor convention
will be held at San Antonio next June
lnst.sd OF Austin as stated In Link
and PIN" Monday.
A Short Visit.
A. Il. Lentz, roadmaster of the E. F.
& y. e, came down from Alamogoroo
last night and returned this morning.
Mr.. Lentz is full of business and never
tariffs unnecessarily.
Jack Hubbard Promoted
Jack Hubbard. who has been night
call boy at the G. 81. passenger depot,
WAS transferred this morning to the
position of Gay mud clerk at the
freight depot. His place as call boy
has Deen filled by q boy named Baird.
Knott Is Now President.
Stuart r. Knott today tentered
upon his duties as president OF the
Kansas City Southern railway system,
to succeed Samuel w. Fordyce, resign.
ed. Mr.. Knott was formerly vice-pre-
sident of the Plant system.
Change In Railroad System.
The Allegheny Valley Railroad and
the Western New York and Pepnsyl-
vania ill be combined today. Here
after these two roads will be opera
ted unoer lease and will constitute the
Buffalo division of the Pennsylvania
system
Steamship Lines Cut Rates.
rate. VIZ wen, 'I into effect to-day
on a / transatlantic lines. The low rates
will lBss through August ana Seotsm-
Der, and are said TO have been made
because OF the great falling off in ex-
position traffic.
hut tomato Car Couplers
Tie law passed come time ago at the
instsuce of the interstate commerce
ommission, compelling railroads to
equip their cars with automatic car
coup!ers, went into effect today. Is was
to have gone into effect some time
since. but the railroads asked more
time IN which to complete the immense
amount of work involved.
The Last Load.
Today the G.. II. is unloading the |
last three cars of the piping that will
soon be laid from the mesa wells OF
that company to their yards in this |
city. the G. 81. employees are looking |
forw -. W Toe day when the water will |
comm ence to flow through these pipes. |
Plenty OF Work For All. |
Every morning the west bound 8 P
train takes Mexican .laborers out of Ell |
Paso for points in New Mexico, Artz- |
ona and California, bus this mornings |
trail COX more e an usual, there be- |
ing two cars of them, going to work |
as section hands On the P at differ
ent points on that line.
Back From Vacation.
J. l.. Haintz, manager of the railroad |
teieg apn office at the @. h. station, |
and q. Z. LAChapeile, an operator in |
the came ofhce, returned TO their WORK |
there this morning after q months lay !
of which they spent in making tour |
of California. |
Changes In Conductors
Tim Sullivan, an extra passenger
CONF lctOr, tOOk the @. II. passenger
out last night. This is Johnny Mer-
Rams run but he is sick and the run
has been made by Johnny Moss for the
past eight or ten days. Moss has been
put On a freight run.
Prominent Railroad Man Resigns.
Ira c Hubbell, one of the most prom
inenL railroad men in the west has
resigned his position as purchasing
agent for the Kansas City, Pittsburg
and Gulf Railroad and todsy lefs the
O"pAO9 VI Uhob SOi oS aos
been a ''rallroader" since q boy ten
year of aye, and will now retire from
bustne So permanently.
Union Station A, Morgan, Texas
The Santa Fe and the Texas Central
will build new union passenger station
at Murgan, Texas. The Santa Fe has {
the work in charge and it IL reported
intends beginning work soon. The
travelling public has long been con- ]
demning the poor accom- modstions to {
these roads at Morgan and now re. /
joices because OF the prospective i'm {
prOvements. s
New Santa fe Equipment.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fee
company Is making extensive increases
In the equipment of that road. Twenty
new passenger engines, six dining cars -,
and Two composite cars have recently .
been ordered for the passenger service :
and The freight department is to be in !.
creased by 500 ventilated cars, 800 coal :
cars ard 12O box cars. i.
fdrdmdster Tegtmeyer Returns q
G. F. Tegtmeyer and family return v
I'd lass night from Los Angeles, where a
hey have been taking vacation. Mr.. a
regtmeYer says he gained pound d s
lay for twenty-One days. He is day b
yard master at the G. b. and his place S
,as been filed during his absence by b
Mr.. Kingebury who will now return to q
ais position as night yardmaster. s.