El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-17
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fencing material had mysteriously dis
appeared. A railroad detective was
detailed to cultivate the acquaintance
of the energetic thieves, and A. B. BA-
ca WAS employed to assist him in locs-
ting it's hiding place. The two officers
struck off into the mountains on q hot
scent. They soon located a cabin
where many spOols we're stored; some
they found already stretched On posts
In the mountain region and q small
portion of the stuff was protecting
don's know what arguments the de-
tecttves used, but at speedy intervals
and always at night the wire began
coming in, and late last week the bed
of III river yielded up the last eight
81 COLI. The industrial department
of the railroad draws the line at this
kind of enterprise. San Marcial Bee.
San AntonlO's r. r. Y. M. c. A.
Everything relative to the erection
of the Railway Young Mems Christian
Association building In San Antonio is
moving along very satisfactorily, "said
Ell. Lyons, one of the prime movers in
the matter, to an Express man. 1--WE
have now $1,000 which was contributed
by the working railroad men whose
headquarters are here. This is half
the amount which we were asked to
raise, but half the railroad men have
not yet been seen. The men are hard
to catch, having irregular times for
getting in and out of the oity. They
are enthusiastic in the undertaking
and we fully expect to have the olher
$1,000 by August l.
"The building will cost $4,000, the
Southern Pacific Company giving
$4,000 and the railroad men $4,000. In
addition to this the railroad company
donates . site for the building and
incurred in keeping the building In
good order and suitable for the pur-
pose for which IL is to be built.
THE site has been selected. II
Is at the corner of Cherry and
Milan streets, opposite the
west end of the Southern
Pacific Company's machine shops.
The lot fronts 81 feet on Milan street,
1873 on Cherry street, III on the south
an $4,000 building on this lot one can
see that there will be plenty of room
for shrubbery and when we get things
in shape we will have commodious
and beautiful place. The architec ture
will be Of the latest and most modern
design"
Gu SHhSu WV NIL hCu Oh HAO9usS'
Big engines are causing all kinds of
trouble for the railroads that recently
have put them in service, says q Chi
cago dispatch. The fremen are pro-
testing at the unusual work required to
feed the monsters and grievance COM
mittees are being formed to carry
these protests to the managers of the
railways.
A grievance committee representing
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, now meeting in Chicago, is con-
sidering this question with others.
When this board shall have finished
made to the officers of all companies
engines of the levisthsn type
that the runs ofthe fremen be shorten
ed or that two iremen be placed on
every one of the monsters.
1.-The giant engines that lately have
been put in service on oil the big sys-
TENS are literally killing their fire.
committee yesterday. ut requires |
three times the work to fire one of
these engines that ia necessary to keep |
a locomotive of ordinary size running. |
We oan't stand the labor, and there |
must be changes. Though the new
engines eat twice the coal and do |
twice the work of the medium-sized |
N machines. there has been no change In
the rules regarding the firing of
them. We do not anticipate
any serious trouble as re-
suit of our demands and believe when
the question Is presented to the manag-
ing officers of the different roads they |
will agree to either place two fireman
On every engine or shorten the runs
where but one man ia employed"
The monster engines are being used |
BY nearly every road of Importance out |
Of Chicago. Among the lines on which |
The large locomotives are in service |
arc the Rock Island, Burlington, Santa |
Fe, Alton, rthwestern, Milwaukee |
md ST. Paul, Lake Shore. Michigan |
Central, Pennsylvania. Eastern Illi- |
,ois, Wabash, Erie, Grand Trunk and |
he Illinois Central.