El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-01
LINK AND PIN.
CAMPBELL THE RIGHT MAN.

CAMPBELL THE RIGHT MAN.
Clayton Harrington. general claim
lagent for the Atlantic system OF the
!Southern Pacific. with headquarters at
Houston. passed through FL Paso this
morning on his way to Pasadena. Cal,
lon 4 flying business trip. Mr.. Herring
ton has supervision OF all OF the work
in his line on the Atlantic system but
has subordinate agents to- look after
different sections. He Is n very busy
man and seldom gets to go over his
entire territory. Speaking of his APP
pointing George G. Campbell as agent
for the territory between San Antonio
land FL Paso To succeed the late Allen
Smith. Mr.. Harrington said:
Mr. Campbell takes charge OF his
appointment today. I expected to be
present to- assist in introducing him
to- his duties but was called away on
this trip on short notice ! have great
confidence in Mr.. Campbell and find
him TO be Il very popular man with his
I former employers. the Wells-Fargo
company. and with the people. | had
talk with General Superintendent
Taft, of the express company. and he
highly recommended Mr.. Campbell
and gave me to understand that IL for
any reason he wished to- return to the
position he has so long and faithfully
filled he will be welcomed back. He
has been on the road through the ter
ritory. over which he now has charge.
a long time and Is we'll known and i
find he is highly esteemed by the peo-
pie. He will have ample authority to
prove his capacity for the position and
II have full confidence that he will prove
to be the right man for the right
place.
Mr.. Harrington is a lawyer by pro-
fession and was once engaged in news
paper work. and consequently has n
warm place in his heart for newspaper
men. He expects to visit FL Paso on
his return eastward.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
Master Mechanic Garrick returned
from a flying trip to Valentine this
morning.
Engineer George Stead. of the G. H..
is not Mt work on account of his wife
being sick.
George Ross. wood contractor for the
G. II. at Ft. Hancock. came in from
that place this morning.
A. Hankamer. a G. II. engineer. is off
a fe wdays in order to go up into New
Mexico to lock after some mining
property he has in the territory.
r. w. Gates. an excursion agent with
a Chicago car containing twenty peo-
pie passed through over the s. p. lines
bound for California this morning.
r. 8. Hair a Chicago excursion
agent. who came in over the I. & p
with a Rock Island car last night, went
out on the s. p. this morning with ten
people on their way to California.
j. E. LaRocque. the G. H. car repair
er who went to Valentine to fill a place
made vacant by sickness. has returned
to his work at this end. the man
whose place he was filling. having re-
covered
Mr.. Lowenstein. of Ysleta, working
for Contractor Buchanan, left yester-
day for Lordsburg with seventy-five
Mexican laborers to work on the
widening OF the guage of the a. & N
NJ. railroad.
Railroad men are usually good
natured lot. but today the employees of
the G. H.. are the gayest set of fellows
possible to find. The pay car has been
here since noon and the boys are lin
ing up to receive their well earned pay.
DIR. F.. b. Smith. house surgeon in
the s. p. and II. & T. C. railroad hos
pitfalls at Houston. passed through this
morning on his way to Clifton on
business and pleasure visit. The doc
tor expects to visit Ell Paso on his re-
turn.
f. Fl. Rhodes. a Pullman conductor
between this city and Kansas City, has
has gone to Florida with an excursion
of conductors and will probably go
with them to Cuba Conductor Dyren-
forth is filling his place during his alb
sence.
NJ Geddes, who has been night
switch engineer for the G.. II. at San
derson. came in this morning to take |
a switch engine at this end of the road. |
His place at Sanderson has been taken |
by s. B. Homer. who left here for that |
place Wednesday.
Engineer Henry Young OF the G. H.. |
who had his ankle sprained at Maria |
a few days ago while oiling his engine. /
will leave in the morning over the T. |
& p for FIT. Worth to visit his uncle |
until his ankle RECEIVERS from the |
sprain. He will be gone probably about |
two weeks.
a railroad man that has just come
rom Houston says that il is the busiest |
time in railroad circles there that he
ever saw anywhere. Freight Agent |
Sedgwick has $50 employees on the hus-
lie and twenty-three switch engines
are at work in the yards. The cotton
clerk alone employs five messenger
boys.
s. F. mott. the pleasant young bag
gage master of the Santa Fe in this
.ity. is arranging for trip into Mex
co. where he will stay about month.
the principal cities. w. T. |
brother-in-law of Prof. Put