El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-05
Sparks From the Engine

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| The T. & p. received fifty cars of
| oranges from the Southern Pacific this
morning.
| M. w. Canada, day helper in the T.
| q T. yards, is taking few days lay
| off for rest.
w. F. Nash, of Louisville, Ky, is a
new switchman employed in the G. 81.
yards today.
A heavy rush in California fruit is
reported rs heavier on the Southern
Pacific again today.
Ed Krrmeier, of the S. w. Mercan-
| ii lie Co. Is store at Jarilla, went up to
Captain this ornipe.
An extra of thirty-ive emp5ies, in
charge of Conductor Carr, went out on
the Whit3 Oaks for Captain this morn
ing.
r. L. Sebripg, boiiermaker for the
Ell Paso & Northeastern in the Ala
mogordo shops, came down Saturday
night.
Charley Pollock, the big and jovisl
White Oaks conductor, is back on his
run, after that twenty dollars addition
al per"
Harry AIeXand err, the assistant gen.
eral freight agent OF the White OAKS,
was among the passengers out this
morning.
E. M. Clark, formerly in the store Of
the South western Mercantile Co. az
Jarilla, went out this morning to take
charge OF the cashiers desk at the
company store there.
The body of Fireman r. E Edwards,
of Ration, who died at the railroad hos
4 To OF
shipped to Indianapolis, Indiana.
Commercial Agent T. E. Hunt, of the
| Southern Pacific, was in the city from
| Ell Gaso, Monday, looking after-the in
| terest OF his road.-Silver City Ind.
| Conductor Geo. Parker, who runs
on the Limited from Ell PasO to Tucson,
is laying off on account OF sickness.
HIS run is now being made by Con-
ductor julie Vest.
| The new stone depot at Trinidad
| which las just been erected at a cost
| of 81, 900, is receiving its finishing
| touches and will be turned over to the
Santa Fee company next week.
Upon orders issued from general
headQ ters some time ago, the Santa
F'e has been getting rid of all foreign
cars on its system and there are now
r. w. Curtis, the popular freight
and passenger agent of the Texas &
Pacific railway, WAS in the city the
first of the week on business in connec-
ton with that rosd.-Silver City lad.
Workmen in the CT. b. building de-
partment have about completed the
handsome addition to the yard 5nperin-
tendent's office making those quarters
able.
Thirteen cars OF pipe went up the
White Oaks IL Mountain road last
week laying the pipe line from Cloud
croft 20 the big spring in James
Canyon.
The general manager Of the Santa
F'e has issued Instructions to all SUI
perintende nts authorizing them to fur
nish free pass es to unemployed railroad
men looking for work, when properly
identified.
The Santa Fee system begah using
new style of local tickets on Fec. lat.
Il is. claimed the new tickets cannot be
manipulated improperly by the travel
ers, conductors, and agents, as the old
ones have been.
G. S. Pike, of Arkansas City, Ks,
died Saturday of heart trouble at the
Auditorium Annex in Kansas City,
aged SO years. He was connected for
twenty years with the system OF eating
houses on the Santa Fee railway.
A. F. Crowley, Texas manager for
Clay, Robinson 81 Co., hiss been sue
ceeded by Charlie Larimer, formerly
general livestock agent of the Texas q
Pacific railway. Mr.. Crowley goes
with the Mallory Commission Co.
An order was received at Ration to
run all passenger engines through be
tween La Junta and Las Vega. Crews
will cut out at Ration as heretofore.
This change is made with view
to securing an increased engine
mileage.
Construction will soon begin on the
new branch of the Mexican Central
railway between Gnadaleraja and Co
lima. This will give the Central an
outlet to the coast, since they now con-
troll the little road operating between
Colima and Msnzanillo.
By the new schedule on the Mexican
Cen trail railway. trains leave FL Psso
at II noon daily, and arrive in Mexico
City 9:55 q. IA. second day, instead of
1850 as formerly. Leaving Mexico
City at 30 D. M, they arrive in Ell
Paso at $50 p. m. second day.
Santa Fe officials are rejoicing over
the extraordinary showing made by
the road in the six months ended De-
cember 81, 1890, and in the month of
December. The gross earnings for the
half year were S23, 52S, 1919, an increase
over those Of the corresponding period
of 1898 of s., 44O, 567. Incorporating