El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-28
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IL we only had train of empties and
never saw her work SO we'll In my life.
She acted like q three years old ho-s
thss has been shut up long time and
then taken out 70 exercise on q cool
morning hitched TO light buggy.
remarked 20 the fireman that the old
gal seemed In good spirits and he said
he hid noticed 10 too.
when We got TO Uvslde we had any
mum Der Of hos boxes and looking At
my watch 1 saw that we had covered
toe distance In two hours and thirty
six minutes. The engine was all OF 4
culver and did't seem to want to stop
at all. When We pulled out OF Uvalde
she started with . jump that nearly
pitched US out of the cab and she went
lickity split over the road up hill aud
down, just the same. The safety valve
Was bIowin' of like thunder aud the
old gal was goin' 80 fast she was only
touchin' the track In high places. l
tried to shut her OF but IL did no good.
The farther we went the faster che got
and the bell commenced ringin' and
the whistle went to tootin' all By them
selves.
well, sir, that engine actually just
got to jumping up and down and
shrieking out with ner whistle ike
ComAnche on the war path and We
could do nothing with her. The old
gal scss like she WAS drunk, said to
she fireman and with . sickly grin he
said, OF course. that IL exactly what's
ailinR her; since you mentioned II
know now shat that tank you filled her
from IL nothing In the world but . beer
vat and you have tanked her up on
beer. Well, 1 have monkeyed with
drunk men some and know that she
best thing you can do with one Ia TO let
him have bis Own way, 80 told the
fireman to prepare TO jump II she got
too gay and then let her 60.
"WeIl, 10 so happened that the track
was clear or We would have had .
smash up sure, for there was no stop
pin that engine. We made no more
stops until We got to Del Rio; We
covered the distance from Uvalde 70
Del Rio in less than three hours AID
the engine's hard run and the outtin'
of them monkey shines had sobered her
up enough SO that got her stopped
there and got 9 permits to put her In
the round house. but, no cir, said that
old gal, she wasn't goin' home till
mornin' and could not induce her 30
90 in the round house L sent she hre-
man out after q policeman TO help me
but when the copper heard she story
he would not tackle the job alone but
ordered out the ranger force and they
run her in.
THE next mor-ing eh-'w:s sceerri
up but pretty rocky and had an awful
head on her and when started her
out she couRhed up ashes ana sputter-
ed and hiccupped until / thought she
would jerk herself in two, ar d she reel |
ed and staggered aad got OF the rails.
but we put her back on and gave her |
. Dig drink of cold water and We con-
tinued our Journey all right, but when |
| got here I received orders to lay on |
q few days. I don't know whether
they are goin' to pull me for swfpin'
tina. beer or for givin' intoxicsnts to
minor. That engine Is not OF age yet.
But / never did It on purpose and
would not have such al experience
again for anything on earth II L could
help IT,"
4 Trip Over the Sierra Madre Line.
One can leave Ciuoad Juarez a, s:25
n and enjoy q ride over the Sierra
Madre r ,ilway to Casss Grandes, pass
sting sights:
The fret few miles are employed In
the top OF she mesa just south
II JuAreZ, nothing Of much interest
,eiux afforded to Interest the traveller
Insil she BArresls are rescued; from
ere on the scenery changes and she
ountry is full of interest.
The Bsrreal Is an immense big plain
I white alxali sand, which is perfectly {
estitase of vegetation. The Sierra
1adre Line CROSSES shis wonderful for
ration 1T about It's middle. When
10 train gets midway across, then
DC ir true beauty 10 seer. Not far from
be train an immense sheet Of water IL G
ben which appears to be rolling In to- I
ards ope-this sheet Of water stretch
. away for several miles, while In the
" distance may be seen villages,
lountains, ocean br eakers, and even =
I the mirage fs so great that ~ 10 hard
, believe that there is not water with
, several miles OF the scene. TX
Just beyond the BsrreAls Is where q
,e San Bias district is located ADD Il
here so many very rich tnds have q
,cently been made. The San Bias
ountains are high rough peaks COW
led with mesquite brush and grams
rass, aud during the winter season
undreds of deer are killed there and :
mt TO the Ell Paso markets.
AS the train energies from the San
las mountains q beautiful view Of
axe Guzmsn station towards the c
,rthward, furnishes very effective &
.ene. The lake is some twenty miles q
ng by Eve miles vide and Il the end II
the Casas Grandes river. It has no A
,tlet. On this lake every winter are
lied thousands of ducks and geese,
I'D with tie twin sister, just over the b
Ill to the left of the track,-Lake a
snta Mar.a-furnisbes an excellent a
q citing ground for those who desire |
hunt for the feathered biped.
From Guzman stations to Ssbinal
le train passes through the large
title ranch of Judge Guillermo Ur-
tia, who owns thousandsof head OF I
Itsle which may be seen grazing on
ia hill aides as the train passes by.I