El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-07

F1Ity MeXtc4nS lett on the .. r. I'll ie
NOR ming TO 60 to work on the Morencl
Southern railway.
Home Again
The genial Harry P. Alexander
of the E. P. and N. E. lie in our
midst for day or two.
presid emit Robinson.
President A. A. Robinson, of the
Mexican Central with his party passed
through the city last night on his way
from Boston to Mexico.
Going to California.
G. T. Tegtmyer, yard master OF the
g. H, accompanied by his family will
lea We for thirty days sojourn In Cali
fornia.
a Chinese Woman.
A Chinese woman was quite an at
fraction at the Southern Pacific depot
3hi is morning. She was q passenger to
San Francisco.
General Manager NlckersOn.
II. r. Nickerson, vice. president and
general manager of the Mexican Cen
sral, passed through Ell Psso en- rouie
from Boston to Mexico last Thursday.
Mrs. Nickerson accompanied him.
Joe Hampson In and Out.
J. b. Hampson, president OF the
CuernRvaca and Pacific railroad, passed
shrough on his palaoial private car en-
route to the City of Mexico, from the
east, to rejoin Mrs. Hsmpson.
S. p. Men Paid off.
The S. P. men have received their
vouchers at last, but the pay car failed
10 come In owing to the quarantine,
which is still strictly enforced.
Trains Taken Off.
The fire at the Dstroit Copper COM
pany's mine at Morenci has caused
5Hch lull in business that the Arizo-
N and New Mexico railroad has taken
OF its night trains and may take off
r.e OF the day trains.
mrs. Kuhn III.
&Ts. B Kuhp, wife Of the resident
sgeDt Of the Mexican Central, who
vent TO Omaha two weeks ago to re-
cuperate her health, is in a serious
condition in that city. Her recovery
has not been as rapid as had been hop
ed for by her many friends.
Back From a Meeting.
G. r. Hudson, general freight and
passenger agent of the Mexican Gen.
trail railway, passed through this city
Thursday on his way from New York
10 Mexico. He has been attending q
meeting of the Railway Traffic associa
tion in New York.
President DiaZ's Cars.
Two palatial oars belonging to Pres
ident Disz, of the Mexican repu bile,
passed through this city yesterday,
from Pullman, Illinois, on their way to
bbe City of Mexico. They had been |
placed in the Illinois work shops for |
electric lights aad fans to be added to |
their other convenieuces.
Seventeen Conductors Laid off.
The laying off of seventeen conductors |
On the International and Great North |
ern rail way within the past week has |
caused some CONSERVATION in rail way /
circles. Many of those who received the |
mitten were "old timers'' long in the |
employ OF the road.
6eors e De Young Here. /
George De Young, q son of the late
o. De Young, who was master mocha
mic OF the G.. b. for several years at
friends. George is now located at
Houston with his mother and is work.
ing In the m achine shops of the g. b.
At that place. He will visit Alamo
xordo and Cloudcroft before returning
home
Make Towns
Another railroad or two is pointing
SO let us be careful to
offer them all the encouragement we
can. Towns don't build and support
g. Sc do h,,{16 a i
support towns. See the mistake
Socorro made when her land grant
owners proposed to charge the Santa
Fe people million or two for sites for
sheir machine chop and round house!
The company built at San Maroial
where there wasn't 80 much pork, and
Socorro, which should be one of the
best railroad towns ia the country, was
Iefs out in the cold. Ell Paso has the
people encourage the railroads tol
rome there and spend mony It's a
good plan, and Deming should follow
it-Deming Headlight.
Changes on the Santa Fe.
With the opening of the Santa Fe's
extension to San Francisco will come
im portant changes in the jurisdiction
Of the officers of the company. The
principal move In this line 80 far
agreed upcn ia the elevation of James
Dun to the Office of chief engineer of
zhe entire system between Chicago
and San Francisco. Mr.. Dun has been
chief engineer OF the Santa Fe system
proper, which extends from Chicago
70 La Junta and Denver, Colo, for
many years, and his work includes
the solution of many big engineering
problems
". B. Storey, Jr., now engineer