El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-03
Mt. FE OFFICIALS HERE.

IL X N1ckerSOn. vice pItSiuch' 'NN
general manager Of the Mexican Cen
trail and r. l.. StyneT. general super
fntendent of the same road. came IN
from Mexico last evening in a private
car Mr. Nickerson went north on the
Santa Re last night and Mr.. Styner re-
turned to Mexico today. accompanied
by F. r. NcKercher. assistant gem
eraI manager o fthe road. VINO mas
beeu ON visit to his family In Pea
body. Kan.
SALARIES or X. X. PRESIDENTS.
The Topeka State Journal has the
following TO say of the salaries of the
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe rail-
roads:
II Charles NJ. Hays receives S55,0OO as
president OF the Southern Pacific. a. IL
Is stated he will. he will be the highest
saIaried president of a western road.
President r. p Riplel OF the Santa Fe
draws $50. 900 a year. and up to this
time IL is understood. he has been the
highest saIaried railroad executive in
the west
LIFE SKETCH OF PRESIDENT
HAYS.
While Charles VI. Hays. the new
president of the Southern Pacific may
not be so well known in the west. the
following from the Galveston News
will show that he is no stranger in
railroad circles in the east: Charles
Melville Hays wa sborn May 10. 1856.
at Rock Island. ILL.,. entered railway
service November 10. 1873 with the
passenger department OF the Atlantic
& Pacific at st. Louis. continuing in
that department until January 2. 1874.
January 2. 1874. to March 9. 1874. aud
ftor's office: March 3. 1874. to January
I. 1877. clerk general superintendent
Office: January |. 1877. to April 1.
1884. secretary general manager Mis-
souri, Pacific railway: April 1. 1884. to
October I. 1886. secretary to general
manager Wabash. st. Louis & Pacific
railway: October /. 1856. to July I. 1887
assistant general manager same road:
July /. 1887. to July l. 1889. general
manager Wabash railroad aTiWo2o-
manager Wabash Western railway:
July /. 1889. to December I. 1895. gen.
eraI manager Wabash railroad system:
February /. 1894, to December l. 1895.
also vice president same road; January
I. 1896 to date. general manager Grand
Trunk railroad system of Canada. with
headquarters at Montreal. Quebec.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
The G. H.. company pulled off Sam
switch engine yesterday.
Two more of the big new passenger
engines ordered for the s. p, in Cali
fornia went through this morning.
H Bertsch. G. II. fireman reported
for duty this morning after a few days
VACATION which he spent at Maria.
The west bound S. p, train this
morning was composed of nine cars
and was taken out by a double-header.
y. Il. Houghton. division freight and
passenger agent of the Santa Fe. re-
turned this morning from a business
trip to La Junta. Col.
The Southern Pacicfi car came as
near town as the quarantine officers
would allow IL yesterday and the boys
went out and got the needful.
James Hogan a G.. H., switchman
himself from that com
pany yesterday in order to accept an /
sther position in town.
George Black. formerly in the black !
smith shops of the Santa F'e company |
AZ Albuquerque. IS now in the same de- |
parment of the G.. III. shops in this city. !
James Shea G.. H. brakeman, re- !
turned from Houston where he has y
,een the past ten days. having gone i
here to meet his brother from Chica- !!
%
Jack Reddigan. formerly a machin
st for the Colorado Southern at Den |
Eer. commenced work in the c. II.
machine shops in this city yesterday
In the baggage car of the G. H.. train
his morning Their was a little black
locker spaniel dog that was travelling
rom some town in Vermont to San
francisco.
j. c. Simino. the G.. II. engineer who
las been sick with typhoid fever for
he past six weeks. has reported for
futy and will take his regular pas
enger run east tonight.
Thos. McCulloch. who was formerly
Employed by the Chicago & North
Western at Chicago as a machinist. is
,om working at his trade in the shops
# the G. II. in this city.
H. w. Bridgeway. master mechanic
IF the Mexican Central railroad at Chi
Iaabpa. is in the city on business. He
viii inspect the shops at Juarez be-
ore returning home.
n. ]. Kuhn. commercial agent of the
dsxiean Central. has returned from
rip down the line wher he went to
ook after the cotton crop of the coun-
~ Iraversed by that road. He says
he found everythin gin excellent shape
4 Rock Island tourist car came in on
he T. & =. and went out on the S. p
his morning. Ii contained five tour
SIS from the central states going to
california.
r. w. Gates an excursion agent from
chicago. passed through over the s. p
ines this morning. having in charge
even tourists from the central states
D California.
l. E Hickey who resigned the po-