El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-13
Cleaning and Painting.

given . general cleaning, repairing
and psintiog and they all shine ike
bran new ones.
Nothing Definite.
Superintendent A S Greiz 81 .teo
tlls mornisg that although the hIct
I-lan.. Leople were surveying IN toir
dire ctlon stiIl there IL nothing den nite
C iar as he knows. He said that II
Looked very much like they would
mlken Connection with the white
Oaks but it might fall through.
White Oaks Stockholders Meet.
Ava meeting Of tine stockholders Of
the Ell Pasoaud Northeastern railroad
ye.usrd4y the folio wing directors we're
elected:
B Eddy, Alamogoreo, New Mex
leo: J 40 FrAnklio, T. E. Morris, A
..KLg. F. 8. Evans, FL Pasc; BepIs
min .. Harmon. New York: and e. ID
mp,On, Scranton, Penn.
The anne old officers we're elected 10
hold over. There vas no other busi-
ness before the meetinR-
Heavy Freight Business.
For she past four days the business
1t the freight house Of the ). Z. IN this
city 10 said to have been the heaviest
for years. The main cause OF this IL
Int Qls6OllDR VI VIC Souso " VIC
heavy rains In New Mexico, Lecessitst- |
ing the shipping of sill west bound |
freight through this place over the q.
p. The freight handlers at the joint
G. q and s.. p. depot have had their
hands full.
Little Wreck At Captain.
There was Q little wreck at Captain |
Yesterday. Three loaded coal cara we're
rent down the spur but they Ros away |
from the brakeman and ran into the
baggage car and pushed Ii through
miners cabin. There was very little
damage but the train for Ell Paso was
delay ed about swo bours me repor.
tns, Conductor Joe Graham was
seriously injured was greatly exsgger-
ated Mr. Graham was In the baggage
car and received few slight bruises
but brought his train in and went out
this morning on his regular run.
Office Changes.
ODemmits Greet has resigned his
piece 40 cheek clerk atLhe joint freight
ol,e Of the G. b. and 9. P aud
acsspi ed the position as secretary OF
Il International boundary commits
sion. Gerald Windsor, formerly Of
the Santa Fe, has been engaged to fill
ni- place. jack Hubbard, who has
be-u yard clerk a. this freight house
TO- the past few months, has been
DR.. noted 10 assistant day line clerk
AM his place ss yard clerk has been
dlled by Albert Moody, who was en-
ployed In the T & r cisy office.
Back To Work Again.
After a week of rest, switch engine
7l6 OF the G. q. was put TO work again
tnis morning, the authorities OF the
company at this place finding tina. one
engine WAS mad q Iale - Go :ne large
switching business tie company has
in FL Paso wards. Sam Gall sday, who :
was workiUg on engine IA, the one
that was left to do ell the switching
While the other Vas on, WAS " ace
foreman OF the 1918 gang and his
been switching.
A Painful Accident.
10 J-nnette, who drives q baggage l
wagon for POmeroy, the transfer MAJ,
me I With a painful accident a. fsleta
this morning. It has been his custom
f0r some time to go out on the T. e +. e
G. II. train st that place for the pur- {
pose of drumming up trade for bic t
employer. This morning for some {
cause the T. Il p. passenger tain 9
never even diminished iis rate Of .
speed as il passed through Y.leta epo {,
Mr.. Jenoette was compelled so jump E
of or misc his connections. He q
jumped. He was Inverted. He walked {
about q rod on his face. The friction b
besw cen his face and the es-ih's sur =
face was great. The earth 3 crust WAS t
harder than his. His skin gave way b
IN large patches. His face now looks q
more Ike Hamburg steak than . face @
His right arm al-o received tnj 1ries, C
bu: Joe stayed with his JOB and WA on p
haad at the 8. P. depot transferring Il
baggage with the usual good cheer f
this morning. Bat the smile that Is o
won't to flicker across his ples-ant
countenance 10 missing He must keep
his face straight until the skin grows
back Tor it hurts To grin when ones
face is 10 the shape Jos's IL.
General Manager Van eck's Re
port d
VIC Van Week, general mapae sr 4
OF she @ 81. & 5. A. rAilroa1 has been
TO Galveston and telegraphs from
Houston the folloxiuz report OF the ;
situation in the stricxea city 80 all
agents Of the line:
81 have just returned from Calves c
ton. Is Is totally impossible to describ" :
she destruction and ruin there. Not I
. building o. residence of auy kind es-
capped damage and many we're totally
destroyed. A portion OF she city twelve a
blocks square Is completely wiped out. I
Conservative estims ses place the :
loss OF life at five thousand. Our water
front 10 almost completely destroyed.
All bridges across the bay are compile
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