El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-15
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ncial party will return east tonight
COL. HAMPSON AND Ell PASO's
FUTURE.
/ Upon his return TO the City of Mex
leo Col. J. III. Hampson. the well
, known railroad man. said to a Herald
? reporter:
1--WE stopped for couple of hours in
FL Paso on our way down here and
were driven about town to the railroad
offices. stations and yards and through
the principal STREETS. ! must say 1 was
utterly surprised to see the progress of
? this far western city and l prophesy
, that on account of the railroads al
, ready entering there and those that
will soon be constructed to that city,
, it's geographical position and the en-
, terprise of its citizens it will in the
near future be one of the great cities
of Texas. If it is not. it is bound to
be a great railroad and commercial
center
1T is assured that the Rock Island
is to build to FL Paso. and the Pecos
Valley road has decided to extend its
line thither
This I WAS TOLD BY MR.
HAGERMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE
PECOS VALLEY RAILROAD WHILE
I WAS IN NEW YORK.
"The great Santa Fe system has vir-
tually made Ell Paso. The Santa Fe
now connects with the Pecos Valley
road at Panhandle City. Texas. and
has made it possible for the Pecos Val
ley line to be constructed to Ell Paso
This will give the Santa Fe two lines
to Ell Paso and Mexico"
ONLY A TRAMP.
He was only a tramp. That is all
that can be aScertained in regard to
the man killed at the Rio Grande
bridge. supposedly by a train yesterday
afternoon.
He was only a tramp. He had
nothing on his person by which the
least clew to his identity could be Sc
cured. But his hands have the horny
appearance of hands that worked and
his clothing appears to have been soil
ed by mental labor. Underneath a
ragged, soiled pair of pants he wore a |
better pair. as is the custom of men |
employed at dirty work.
He was only a tramp. But who |
knows but what an old gray haired |
mother has light burning in her win
dow for his guidance to the home |
from which prayers for his safety |
mayhap are being offered up daily.
Who knows but what wife and little
children may be awaiting letter to
tell them he has secured work and
will send for them soon.
He was only a tramp. But he was
apparently not a professional bum.
who tramped and begged because it
was his choice of livelihood. Few
are the sympathetic heart beats for the
poor old man who was hurled into
eternity among strangers and without
an opportunity to tell his life story or
give information regarding his home
and relatives. We pass along. we see
his mangled and begrimed body, we
his mangled and begrimemd body, we
may feel sad because We are in the
presence of death, but not because this
man is dead. He was only tramp,
and we pass on and mingle with the
world and forget the sickening sight.
When the crew of the passenger
train that is supposed to have killed
the man returns from the west fur
Their investigation will be made to see
if he was seen before the engine struck
him or if anybody saw the man in life,
then in a cheap box his body will be
consigned to the grave and the records
will tell that another unknown has
been buried in the county cemetery,
for he was only tramp.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
Joe Simino. G. H. passenger engi-
neer. deadheaded to Valentine last ,
night to take Fred Hobein's run.
Albert Hankerman. a G. H. freight
engineer, deadheaded to Sanderson
last night to take an engine in the cab
Of which there had been vacancy !
produced by sickness. s
Claim adjuster George Campbell Of
the &. H. is in the city on his first bus
mess trip since accepting the position.
George is looking we'll and his many
friends are glad to see him in Ell Paso
again.
Excursion Agent Gates. of Chicago,
zane in with fourteen passengers this
four of whom stopped here. c
These four are from Cincinnati and s
had come down to New Orleans on an :
,ther car and stopped off there to visit >
he Crescent City, then came on to =
make a sojourn in the Pass iCty.
p J. Breen, a trucllman in the G. H. c
back shop, who has been sick with ty- s
Dhoid fever at ST. Luke's hospital for c
he past seven weeks, is now able to {
sit up and expects to be able to be out S
IN about another week. He has some
thing the matter with one OIL his legs s
a sort of aftermata of the typhuS, q
which keeps him from walking any yet. {
He says it seems long time since he t
was with the shop boys and is anxious
TO return to work. q
CHARM! NC ROM ANCt