El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10
Sparks From the ENGINE

Switch engine No. SO in the T. & P.
yards went in for repairs yesterday.
The G. 81. boys planted two shade
trees in front of the passenger car
sheds this morning.
The Southern Pacific took another
detachment of Mexican laborers west
today to Lordsburg.
Yesterday was the day of largest
output, so far, at the CAPTAIN mines,
when a total of 600 tons was produced.
Texas and Pacific freight engine,
No. 200, which took part in the wreck
at Lsska, is taking treatment in the
chop.
Assistant Superintendent Ayers, of
this division OF the Santa Fe, came in
this morning. He has been out on the
Silver City branch, looking over the
line.
Arthur Putnam, who was badly hurt
by falling from an engine in the G.. H.
yards last week, is fast improving and
is expected to report for duty again
soon.
Passenger Conductor Joe Merriman
took lay-off last night to attend the
Elks' banquet at the Orndorff. His
run to Tucson was made by Freight
Conductor Tim Sullivan.
1t is with regret that the HERALD
learns that T. E. Hunt, commercial
agent of the Southern Pacific, is confin-
ed &c his office during business hours
because of severe cold.
Martin Garvin, the well known rail
way construction COZ tractor, and who
has many friends in this part of the
country, was married at Lsngtry on
the 3lst to Miss Ophelia Elkins.
There was a big crowd of curious
people this morning at the G. e.. sta
tion to see Deputy jenkins and his pri-
sOner come in from Sauderson, but the
officers fooled them by getting off at
the T. & p. switch.
The Southern Pacific stock pens. in
which a consignment of ninety head of
diseased cattle from Uvslde were
unloaded Wednesday, were thoroughly
disinfected yesterday, and are now
ready for use again.
The handsome sum of 81 200, 900 is
the price for which the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company recently acquired
from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fee
com pany the coal mines aud plant at
Madrid, three miles from Cerrillos.
The G. h. boys put out twenty more
shade trees in their little park in the
yards yesterday. This completes the
grove and makes the plot a beautiful
spot. The trees are of the China berry
variety which furnish a close, heavy
sh ade.
The CAPTAIN wire was down on til e
White Oaks yesterday as a result of
the blizzard, and was not up again
from Tularosa until today. A new
telephone wire and new telegraph
wire is being strung today uptO the site
of the new CAPTAIN town.
Payment was made today by Freight
Agent Mccarthy of the G. b to Agent
Morris, of the White Oaks, for 81 cars
of coal The amount paid was S8247.-
90. This, at S133 per car, means about
S4S, 600 month, at the present aver
age of twelve cars for every day in the
month.
The six months truce between the
Northern Pacific Railway company and
the Oregon Railroad 81 Navigation
company, whereby both companies
agreed to suspend construction work
in the Clearwater country in Idaho,
expired yesterday, but had been renew
ed for another six months.
NJ. J. Corbett came in on the Santa |
Fee this morning from Scranton, Pa,
aud will 60 out on the White Oaks |
to take charge of the work as |
chief engineer of the Alamogordo |
company. He has an assistant |
with him. When he left here last fall, |