El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-18
T INK AND PIN.
A FINE CITY OFFICE.

A FINE CITY OFFICE.
Smith Bros. the r. 4 p. artists from
Dallas. who have been putting the
signs and other decorations on the city
Office of the company in this city, nave
completed the work and say that TINS
Office is more deliberately and eXpen-
siyely finished than any OF the COM
pany's or of any other company in the
state of Texas.
The T. & p. company have just had
their new city Office in New Orleans
finished and it is considered one of the
finest railroad offices in the south but
the Smith artists. who also did that
work. say that the Ell Paso city Office
of the company surpasses it in beauty
and cost OF the exterior finish.
The work on one window alone of
the new city Office at this place cost
$40 1t is that of the east window OF
the north front. 1t is map of the
system. the well known T. & p. trade
mark and an engine. The railroad
tracks are laid in gold leaf on black
ground and the engine is made of
mother of pearl. Each of the plate glass
windows of the Office, and the entire
exterior wall of the Office is made of
plate glass windows. has on it a large
fac-simile of the T. & P. trade mark.
surrounded by lettering in gold and
silver leaf.
The frames of the exterior windows
and doors are painted brilliant yellow
and trimmed with silver leaf and red
paint, presenting a very striking eff
feet.
The Office is to be furnished with
new furniture and the window seats
which extend along the north and east
sides of the Office will be fitted with
6ran c-nff oh, f<~,. l.
ton of visitors to the Office.
Pictures of the office We're taken Sat
urday and it is supposed that the next
issue of the T. & p. quarterly will con-
tain likeness of it. 1t seems that
Mr.. Turner is somewhat partial to Ell
Paso and it is hoped that Ell Paso is
not blind to the fact and will return
the compliment by saying and doing
what she can to advance the interests
of MIR. Turner
HE DIDN'T KNOW MUCH.
A conversation which Link and
Pin overheard at the depot this morn
ing gives an idea of what some people
VINO nave had no opportunity to learn
better. think about Ell Paso. Ono
through tourist bought an Ell Paso
daily paper. Another, seeing the first
one reading. stepped up to him and
asked him what he was reading. I'm
on being told that it was an Ell Paso
paper, the inquisitive one wanted tn
know what the fellow wanted with a
little old weekly newspaper" ITS
not a weekly paper" said the reader.
its daily" The inquisitive one ex-
pressed great surprise but his sur-
prise was greater when a citizen in
formed him that FL Paso had three
daliies and sometimes there was more
than one edition daily. A few more
questions and answers followed and
surprise was added to surprise as the
stranger received the information that
FL PaSo was out of her swaddlinp
clothes and strutting around in metro
polltan earb- He declared that he
would arrange to stop off and take a
look at the place when he returned
eastward
This tourist is only one of MANY who
pass through and seeing no resources
upon which a town of any size could
depend for support, they do not suspect
that there is any town worth stoppine
to see in Texas west of the cities of
eastern and central Texas 1t is I'D to
Ell Paso to dispel this opinion in a
large degree by making a grand sue
cess of the carnival
ALTON AGENT ASSAULTED.
s. G. Dickerson, of FIT Worth, who
was acting as temporary station agent
at WeatherIord for the Santa Fe dur
ing the strike of Santa Fe telegraphers.
was assaulted by some unknown person
while out near the freight office at
night He was struck violently on the
head. but escaped into the depot and
notified the officers. a search was made
Tor his assailant but no clew to who did
.-.e deed could be found. Commercial
Agent Cantrell, of the Santa Fe, hap
pened to be in town and took Mr..
Dickerson's place and is running the
Office.