El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-03

fell between two cars and the remain
der OF the train passed over him he
was killed Instantly. He was a single
man and resided with his widowed
mother in Galveston
RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED.
A circular letter from headquarters
Of the Texas Midland road announces
the resignation of r. NJ. Rake. assist
ant general manager of that road The
resignation is to- take effect on the first
sf January and on the same date the
Office of assistant general manager oil
that road will be abolished. Mr.. Rake
has been in the employe OF the road
with headuuarters at Terrell for many
years
TWO T. * l.. WRECKS.
There were two small freight wrecks
OH the T. & =. last week and they were
the causes of the trains being so aw-
fully late on two occasions last week
About three miles west OF Forney in
Kaufman county a freight jumped the
track at a trestle and the trestle was
demolished and eight cars ditched.
but no one was hurt. Passenger trains
went around the wrecked trestle by
going over the Houston & Texas Cen
trail and the Texas Midland. The other
wreck occurred near Delmar tank six
miles this side of Cisco. The passen-
ger train was held ten or twelve hours
al Cisco until the wreck was cleared
away
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
Engineer Bess of the c. II. work
train came in from down the line yes
berday.
Thomas Murphy. an Ell Paso lad.
has accepted a position as helper in
the boiler department of the G.. II.
shops
The wife OF Will Gingles. night car
inspector of the G. H.. at this place.
left yesterday for California on a visit.
heavy TRAVEL.
Louie McEwen. a G.. II. boiler maker.
returned home this morning from Mex
leo where he went a few days ago to
look after some mining property.
W. W. Sutton. who has been fire
man on the G.. II. helper at Fl. Han
cock for the past three or four months.
has been given n regular run out Of
"A Paso.
Fireman Miller of the G. II. came in
from Sanderson yesterday morning to
he treated for a sprained back, which
he received in an accident on the road.
Fireman Baylis went out last night to
take his place.
z F. Gersie and IA. w. Dwyer. agents
of the transcontinental freight bureau
in this city. have exchanged places.
the former going from the G.. H. freight
house TO the r. & =. and the latter
making the reverse change
Roscoe Darr. helper in the copper
of no -
went to Rockwell. Tex. about two
weeks ago to visit his mother who was
sick returned Saturday. He says he
found his mother convalescing-
After short test OF coal for fuel
II the G.. H. stationery boiler il has
been decided to return to using wood.
The coal makes the work much lighter
On the fireman but IL costs about $50
more on the week than wood does and
Il was decided that IL was too ex-
pensiye.
w. Granthan. a helper in the G. H
Blacksmith shop, returned from San
Antonio Saturday and went to work
again this morning. He has been in
The railroad hospital at San Antonio
the past two weeks receiving treat
ment for fever. His place was filled
during his absence by William Greg !
oy-
small wreck occurred on the G.. III. |
Saturday at Castle Canyon, two miles
~est of Devils river and sixteen miles |
vest of Del Rio. A piece of machin-
,ry fell from a car and derailed the car |
Three or four others were also thrown |
IN the track. but the wreck was clear
ID away in a few hours. No passenger
train was delayed by it. but a few
freignts were held short time on ac-
souut of 1t.
Some idea of the volume of traveli
10 California at present over the San
n Fe may be obtained from the num-
ser of cars of this special traffic that
'ass through Topeka every week. The
'eeond class. or tourist sleepers. are {
Il great demand and on the regular
california train. exclusive of the flyer.
ne Santa Fe runs three tourist cars
mt of Kansas City every day. Three
lines week another tourist sleeper
5 run on excursion days. making a
otai of tventy-four of these cars a
feek- The running of six extras to
uppiy the demand in the past two
feeks. in addition to these regular
n week. or practically four a day.
airs. brings the total up to twenty-sev-
he passenger department AYERS that q
sese ears average thirty patrons each.
D Iast at least 100 California tourists I
o through Topeka second class every ~