El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-01
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cent purchase and gave n dime. The
Mexicans nickel was given her for
| change and she placed it between her
| lips until she could open her purse
And that is the way il goes. She may
| have known that the coin was laid
down there by the Mexican. but her
habit of putting money in her mouth
was so strong that she couldn't have
helped putting that one there. no mat
ter IL she did shudder at the thought
afterward.
Doctors say that disease microbes
ere transferred by this method and II
there is any truth in the transfer OF
r,icrobes by any method do not know
OF any better way than this to transfer
them. and every person should break
themselves of the habit
CUTTING DOWN FREE LIST.
| When President Hays was on his
way to San Francisco to assume the
duties of his present high office he
said in an interview that during the
time he was president of the Southern
Pacific the company would be out OF
politics. Judging fro mactions he has
taken now il seems that he is already
commencing to make good the state
ment.
The first step in this direction which
Mr.. Hays took was to secure a list of
all the politicians who were riding over
the s. p. on free passes. He found hun
dreds of ANIMALS eXtant and he at once
notified their holders that they would
be honored until the last day of Feb
ruary. On that date he called them all
in. and although he has been besieged
| by applications for renewals. he has
turned down about 80 per cent of them.
He has also stated that he has renew
ed all that he intends to.
The passes which have been renewed
have been signed by President Hays
himslf. and his office has also taken
in hand the issuance of trip passes.
The number of trip passes Is said to
1have fallen off about 50 per cent since
he took hold of the office. No wonder
there is weeping and wailing and
crashing of teeth among the ranks
Of those who used to ride for nothing.
BLACKSMITH SHOP CHANGES.
| AS reported Saturday. two helpers
in the G.. II. blacksmith shop resigned
their positions Saturday to go to other
places. They are Wallace Grantham
and Martin Arrey. Two men went to
work this morning but not exactly In
| the places made vacant.
| J. T. Kane. of La Junta. Colo. takes
the place of r. Hudepohl at the big
| fire as assistant to Foreman Lucas and
Mr.. Hudepohl takes the position OF en-
Gineer and assistant at the tool fire,
rIade vacant by Mr.. Grantham. S. p.
Reeves is the other new helper and
works at the tool fire.
J. T. Kane worked last for the Santa
Fe in the Ration shops. S. p. Reeves
has worked in the T. & p. shops in
| this city about n year.
AN HONORED ENGINE.
Engine 81 of the E. p. & n. E. has
received the honor of being the first
engine to bear the name of the new
line. the Ell Paso-Rock Island. The en-
CINE mas just come out of the Alamo
gordo shops where ii was given a gen.
eral overhauling and the new name
painted on it. 1t brought down an ex-
ira train of twenty-five steel cars of
coal yesterday and returned northward
with another extra this morning. En-
gineer Cody and Fireman Smith We're
in the cab of the honored engine when
it came down on its first run under
the new name and the train crew con-
sisted of Conductor Graham and Brake
man Hunter and Bishop. They all feel
honored by being interested in the first
run of the engine as an FL Paso-Rock
Island engine.
THE BROOKLYN'S ANCHOR.
Two interesting cargoes that pass
ed through over s. p. lines a few days
ago were the anchor of the
cruiser BROOKLYN and the chains
that will attach it to the ship. The
anchor is said to be an entirely new
pattern, unlike any anchor ever made
before and being made effective for
holding ship is not necessarily as
large as the ordinary anchor. How
ever 1t was quite large piece of iron.
The chains are made of huge links,
about sixteen inches in length. made
of rods two inches in diameter. The
anchor passed through a few days be-
fore the chains.
MORE CONSTRUCTION OUTFITS.
Good & Company. the contractors
who are constructing the f. p. e n. E.
extension. sent out three cars of la
borers. horses and wagons to work on
the extension this morning. The con-
tractors are using the observation cars
of the Alamogordo & Sacramento
Mountain road in which to transfer la
borers to the scene of construction
One of these cars went out on the E
p. & N. E. this morning.
GOOD NEWS FROM GLOBE
J. w. Lucas. foreman of the G. H.
shopp. has received word