El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-07
Return From Vacation


192 last night.
Up From Sonora
W. A. Cham berlain, conductor on
the Sonora. railroad, running between
Nogales and Guaymas, Ia spending q
vacation in Ell Psso as the guest OF Mr..
and Mrs. Anderson on Franklin street.
Dispute Not Settled
A Pullman sleeping car which was
damaged in fire az NOgales, Arizona.
afew weeks ago, is still standing on
the siding at Benson. pending the
settlements of dispute between the
railroad and sleeping car companies as
TO which shall do the repairing of IL.
Tp ROadmaster At CloudCreft.
HIM Levison, road master OF the T
& p, came in last night from Toyah
with his family and left this morning
for Cloudcroft to spend few days en-
jOy!ng tie pleasures of that place.
Two Zig Damage Suits Filed
Two big suits for damages against
the Mexican Central railroad we're
fled today in the United States court.
b NJ Boyd. for personal damages to
himself and wife, Leila Boyd, wants
5000.
j Nj Knox, formerly 40 engineer on
the Mexican Central, filed suit for per-
sonsl damages In the sum of $15, 900.
The Wreck At paisano.
Superintendent Martin of the G 81
returned this morning from the scene
of the freight wreck near Paiseno Ia
his private car Ssregossa. Mr.. Martin
Gays the wreck caused q pretty bad
mess. The engine and four or five cars
arc down in the mud at the bottom of
the ditch that was spanned by the
wrecked bridge. He Gays the road bed
is damaged more or less throughout
the district in which the heavy rains
fell.
T. p. Firemen On Leave
W. T. Brown, T. & P. fireman,
secured a thirty-dsy leave of absence
in order to visit his mother who is sick |
in east Texae. he left for her home
yesterday.
W. @ Millhollsn, T. & P. fire.
man, has occurred thirty-dsy lay off
anu will leave on the Santa te this
evening for the Indian Territory
where he goes to look after bis little
brothers and sisters who have just
been made orphans by the death OF
their father, and also to attend to
matters of business pertaining to the
estate.
HdfO POSI- 10 FIJI.
Jesse Hammer, the G b stationary
fireman and engineer, was taken sick
this morning and was forced to leave
his post. Some of the boys In the
shops now realize how big a job Jesse
has. Three different ones tried to fill
his place but lasted only about an
honr. At lat Frank, the old night
man, who used to work with Sam Nc
Ney, 5oUs The place and is still holding
81. \ Div |
Jesse returns. 1t is reported that
ccal CRATES ere TO be put under the
boiler. which will greatly lessen the
amouct of LABOR required to keep up
steam.
Santa Fe Officials Here.
A P Maginnis, who has charge of the
land, claim and tax depar tment of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe west of
Albuquerque, came in last night from
Los Angeles in his private car. With
him are E L Doheny and O A Garfield,
oil contractors for the Santa Fe COM
pany. who have headquarters in Los
be station agent for the Santa Fe al
Silver City, add his wife. They are on
their way to the City OF Mexico to
spend fortnight enjoying themselves
and seeing the sights of the Mexican
capital. They intended to leave today
at noon but journal of their car be-
came cut SO that the car had to be put
in the G. b. shops in this city and re- 1
paired. They will leave with the
Mexican Central train tomorrow at
noon.
AriZona'S Railroad Boom.
A railroad building boom is on in Q
Arizona, caused by the growth OF the
business In that territory. Be- ;.
sides the Moreuci & Southern and the Il
Bisbae s. Nacosari that are now under y
there is railroad talk in G
nearly every section of the territory. O
One of the most important moves in
the railroad business in the territory is
The converting of the narrow-gusge c.
-oad between Clifton and Lords b
burg, distance of seventy y
.wo miles into a standard gauge, :.
thereby greatly incre asing the capaci-
y of the road and bringing 1t into a
condition To meet the growing ship O
nents Of ore. Plans are also being O.
made to extend this road to Ell Paso.
rhe new road from Morenci will q
onuecs with this one at Guthrie and c.
q case the old narrow-guage is s,
attended TO Ell Paso it will give this 8,
ity some valuable connections with
arizona and New Mexico.
Wreck On the Log Road. 81
Yesterday morning a wreck occurred y
n one of the tram roads of the Alamo N
'ordo Luu Der company, resulting in n
M'M'M'M'M