El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-25

a telegraph operator. In the early days
of the Houston & Texas Central he
held he position of train dispatcher at
Hampstead and subsequently held that
position in Houston. His aptitude at
tracted favorable attention and he was
soon transferred to the general Office
of the company and during the perior
of the superintendency of Major a. H.
Swanson, Mr.. Cohen was his chief
clerk. When Major Swanson was
made receiver of the Cotton Belt. Mr.
Cohen went with him as his private
secretary and attended personally to
most of the detail duties incident to
the receivership.
When the Cotton Belt was taken out
of the hands of the receiver, Mr.. Co
hen became general manager OF the
Consolidated congresses of North Tex
as and subsequently went to Tyler
where he became interested in the saw
mill business. He afterward returned
to his old home in Houston and was
living there at the time of his death.
but was on a visit to Austin when he
was attacked by pneumonia>and died.
He was self made man and popular
wherever known.
ROCK ISLAND OFFICIALS HERE.
Charles B. Sloat, general passenger
agent of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Texas railroad. and Geo. w. Andrews,
travelling freight and passenger agent
of the same line, came in from Fort
Worth last night. They are here to
make friends for the great Rock Island
and to spend a few days in the finest
climate in the world. Mr.. Sloat says
he knows very little about the Ell Paso
extension OF the Rock Island except
that the work began on the first of
January and is being pushed with all
possible haste. OF course he has no
connection with the New Mexico lines
of the company but keeps posted in a
general way. Mr.. Sloat has always
been a friend to Ell Paso and it would
not disappoint him or surprise his
friends if he were sent here as general
passenger agent of the western lines of
the company.
THE LASCA WELL.
superintendent Martin returned this
morning from LaSca, where he went
to inspect a we'll the company is hav-
ing dug at that place. The well has
been dug to n depth of 1117 feet and six
inches and a considerable amount of
water has been encountered, but the
source of supply has not been deter
mined and hence it is not known
whether or not its capacity would be
sufficient for the purposes for which
it has been dug. Mr. Martin says
pumps will be put to work on the we'll
in order to test its supply and the
water will be analysed to test its quail
ity. The object of the company is to
secure water that will not be injur-
ious to the engine boilers and it is
hoped that in this Lasca we'll they
have found the desired water.
A PROTECTIVE LABEL.
George Russell. Pullman conductor,
west this morning after his
usual stop-over in Ell Paso. Mr.. Rus
sell happened to rather serious acct |
dent on his last run into this city. |
While passing through tourist car
On his train a bell pulley was jerked |
Dy the train conductor. The pulley |
nit him on the top of the head. but |
vas prevented from doing farther in
Jury than a severe shock by the brass
abel on his cap. AS it was he was |
staggered and knocked silly. as he ex-
presses it, for moment and if the la
,el had not caught the blow it would
lave undoubtedly resulted in a bad
wound on Mr.. Russell's head.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
Excursion Agent Young, of st. Louis,
passed through this morning with six
Conductor Stockwell, of the G. H.,
vent out on his run last night after
fortnight's vacation.
Frank G. Rush, excursion agent from
cincinnati came in this morning with
fifteen people and one stopped here.
AS a token of their sympathy with
Judge Townsend in the death of his
mother the G. H. employees had their
ard flag at half mast yesterday. Judge
townsend is employed as helper in
he G. II. shops.
H. A. Bethea, foreman of the G. III.
Upper shop, and Ed Taylor, copper
NTH, were summoned to the depot
his morning to investigate a defective
as pipe on a car of the Sunset Limit
d. They found that apipe was stopped
ID preventing the passage of gas
through the regulator and they hav-
ng no authority to break the seal
Tere obliged to let it stay stopped up.
With about two hours work this
morning the connection of the pipes
hat are to connect the Mesa wells OF
he G.. H with the yard tank was fin
shed and the men went TO the mesa
D complete the few preparations nee
ssary at the pump house to start the
,ater. 1t was the intention OF those
q charge of the work to have the
rater running at 3 o'clock this after
DON.