El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-02
LINK AND PIN.

type. radial stayed The boiler diam
eter at the first course is 66as inches
and the pressure carried will be 200
and two inches in diameter. The fire.
box is 1885 inches in length by 40A
inches III width. affording a heating
surface of 1886 square feet. Tube
heating surface amounts tn 2.355.34
square feet. making the total heating
surface 2.499 square feet.
REAR END COLLISION.
Extra train 2131. east bound. ran in
to extra train 951, also east bound, be-
tween Marathon and Raymond on the
G.. H. last night The engine of train
2131 was considerably disabled. the
caboose of train 951 was smashed and
six cars of that train were derailed.
while the track was badly torn up for
quite distance.
the engine of train 2131 and Conductor
Meyer was in the caboose of that train.
Conductor Ruttermund was in the ca
boose of 951. but if anybody was hurt,
the fact was not reported at this end.
Particulars of the cause of the &C
cident could not be learned. 1t may
have been the fault of the crew of eith1
er of the two trains, or OF the person
giving the crews their orders.
AFFLICTION OF JOB.
j. c. Maloney. good natured switch
man of the G. H., at this place is the
butt of many ajoke now. just because
he has a boil on his neck Isn't II
strange how prone we are to laugh at
the man who suffers with boil?
Some of the boys say he got too stingy
to buy collar buttons and is raising
the boil IT, use as one. Others say ne
has done something which makes him
ashamed to look his fellow man in the
face. for he goes along the street look
ing down at the walk. Mr.. Maloney is
taking a lay-off so that he can better
humor the whims OF this affection OF
Job.
ROAD TO LA CANANEAS.
President Greene of the Greene Con-
solidated Copper company has pur-
chased the necessary steel rails Tor
thirty-seven miles of railroad from
Naco to the Cananeas camp. There Is
some belief that the Southern PACING
intends to run a line from Cochise sta
ton to Pearce. Turquoise. Tombstone.
and Naco there to connect with the
Greene Consolidated Copper company s
line. The G. G. G. company would be
a great feeder to such a line and 1t is a
known fact that the other points have
been for years. especially Tombstone
and Pearce-
FOR THE ROCK ISLAND.
A coach load of negr laborers got on
the p. v. & N. f. train at Hereford on
Tuesday, and 55 more on wednesday.
and left for the front" on the line OF
the Rock Island extension. Ten car
loads of street railway iron, large
number or carts, and a steam shovel al
so arrived there recently and are being
hauled acrosst he country, ninety miles
in wagons. The iron Is to be used Tor
laying tracks in the big cuts on which
small cars are to be run for carrying
dirt and rocks out of the cuts.-Ros-
well Register.
TIE BIG BUG RAILROAD.
Arizona is to have railroad called
the Big Bug road. 1t Will run from
the Prescott & Eastern to point near
Huron up Big Bug creek to the Poland
& Hamilton mine and will be six miles
in length 1t will tap and open up a
ruch mining district and will give a
further Impetus to mining in an already
active and prosperous district Inc
right of way for the entire length OF
the road has been secured and the con-
struction will be commenced soon and
the work pushed rapidly through to
completion.