El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-28
BRAKEMAN McGHEE MARRIED.

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of the s. p, and Miss Anna Gilkerson
we're married in this city at the home
Of the brides mother at 11OS e
street last night. Several valuabie
presents were received by the HAPPY
rouple. Mr.. McGhee has been with
the S. r. a long time and is popular
IN railroad circles. Several prominent
railroad people and other leading cit
zens attended the wedding and there
was much meery-making midst the
popping of the champagne corks-
A THANKSGIVING TREAT.
The weIs-Fargo Express company
will distribute to it's ten thousand
employees tomorrow a fat turkey for
zach. Besides the turkey each EN-
pIoye will receive a bunch OF celery.
a can OF oysters and a box OF apples.
pressed down and running over. The
turkeys and accompanying good things
which the employees OF the company
IN this city will receive are already
in the city Office and will be distribut-
ed in the morning. The employees full
ly appreciate this generous act of the
company and IL will lot be loser by
MS generosity.
BI.UFFED THE SANTA FE.
Jimmy Koran has been fiagman at
the Tenth street crossing of the San
Il Fe at Atchison for fifteen years
Wuen the Santa Fe was building at
Atchison the company wanted a part
of his lot but would not pay as much
rs he asked for it. The difference be-
tween the price offered and what he
asked was only $3.50 He got his pis-
7Dl and kept the city marshal and a
gang of railroad men at bay. saying he
Eould shoot the first man who stepped
90 his ground. The railroad came to
his terms and the road was built. Ho-.
ran was afterward given a job as flag
man for the company and still holds il.
A VALUABLE PATENT.
An invention that will be of great
raiue to railroads is the product of a
Roswell genius. 1t is an automatic
danger signal and can be used on any
part of the line but is specially de-
signed for bridges. culverts n tres
ues- There is a signal consisting OF
Two innocent looking boxes located far
enough from the briuge that a train
ran stop before reaching the bridge
il trouble is indicated. The signal is
eonnected with the bridge by wires
Ehat are SO arranged in the bridge that
ii an accident happens to it a sort of
aek-ir-the-box is thrown up out OF
me boxes. The cost to install these
On a road is estimated to be about
Fly dollars to the bridge n IL sue
nessful the invention will be well
north the cost of installation.
RUOR OF TINE CHANGES.
A rumor is afioat to the effect that
several of the roads running into FL
Paso will soon change their time ma
1erially.
IL is said that the Santa Fe train will
arrive in the evening and depart in the
morning instead of the reverse as is
The case now. The Mexican Central.
10 the rumor goes. will also change
time and come in in the morning and
leave in the evening. making connec-
eions with the Santa Fee.
Rumor also has ii that the Texas and
Pacific will loon put out a new time
Erd bringing their train into FL Paso
IN tn emorning instead of the evening
II IL now Is. This it is said will be
6one to onnect with the Southern Pa
rife train from California.
A Herald reporter visited all the To-
zzl agents of the three roads this morn
i4g and could get no confirmation OF
me report They claim that h
<Aznge would not be to their advan-
aaRs and are not likely to be made.
The Santa Fe viii likely MAKE a slight
etznge when the daily limited goes on
~ December but this will ge fnsfgnifi- !
cant as II will only change the place
- taking breakfast and make no !
r7mnge in the time of leaving here.
Thes rumors were brought here by
ronductors on the different roads. who /
sr71e that they heard 1t at the eastern
eunnections. II is hardly probable !
1zt the changes viii be made Oh the
&1I agents would ave been informed ,
Ra
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
z II. Buchanan. the railroad con-
fxzcfor. vent to Clifton this morning
yireman Craig of the G. H.. who has
Aeeu n the hospital at San Antonio
tr some time. returned this morning.
" M Wanbaugh chief engineer for
Phelps. Dodge & Co.. came in this
s.orning to ne at home OF Thanksgiv-
m day
T z. Hunt came in from the west !
ehE morning. He made a shor trip I
las time in order to be at home to
at turkey. |
The travel over the S. y. through
and out of this place is getting to be
xnormous. The sale of tickets for the :
west bound this morning amounted to
nearly $1,000.
The Compania Lirico Dramatica. a
Mexican opera troupe composed OF
fteen people, came in on the Mexi-
GM Central last night and left for No
gales over the S. p. this morning.
The s. +. passenger train last night j.