El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13
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SWITCH ENGINE DITCHED.

Switch engine No. 40 of the T. e. p
left the rails at noon today and plow
ed her nose into the soft ground of the
dump near the depot. The dump hat
recently been repaired at the poin
where the engine left the rails and the
engine had not left the track but {
few feet until it was over hub deeI
IN the soft earth. One side was lef
on he track and the other having SUM
about two feet into the ground the
engine was tipped up almost to the
point of unstable equilibrium.
The railroad men looked at the de
rallied engine and laughed, declaring
that it would be as easy as falling OF
a log to put il back on the rails. Out
when they got to work at it they die
not find it so easily replaced. One OF
the big engines was hitched on to il
and tried to pull il back on the track
but it. would not bulge. 1t was then
found TO be necessary to dig the dirt
away from around it and put timbers
down for it to run up on.
After several hours of hard work a
considerable force of men finally rein
stated old No. 40 on the rails.
\ FAMOUS AUTHOR.
Constance Cary Harrison. (Mrs. Bur-
ton Harrison), the famous author. of
New York. passed through Ell Paso this
morning over the S. p. lines, accompa-
MED Dy her son, Francis Il. Harrison.
and his wife and friend of the Har-
Tisons named d'Hauteville. Mrs. Fran
els 3. Harrison is the daughter of Col.
Croker of the Southern Pacific and
the party is travelling in the colonel's
private car. the "Mishawaka.'
Mrs. Burton Harrison wrote Sweet
Bells Out of Tune THE Anglomani-
acs' An Errant Wooing". and many
other well known books. and also some
famous plays. She has travelled ex-
tenSively in foreign countries and spent
much time in London. Paris and other
capitals. The party is now on a pleas
ure tour of the west and will spend
some time in California
Francis B. Harrison is a lawyer.
Practicing in New York City.
THE RUSH OF WORK.
The wives of Santa Fee engineers and
frerlen in New Mexico are complaining
that they do not see their husbands
often enough to remember how they
look Men are often sent out on the
road expecting to return home within
day or two and they are sent on and
on. because of the rush and consequent
shortness of men. until they get a
home
Engines are being borrowed from
ether roads and everything that has
Hanged wheels and is wide enough to
ride TIE rails is being drafted into SER
vice after little patching. if necessary
and yet the motive power and equip
ment is found inadequate for the bust
ness the road is doing
This state of affairs. however means
money for the company, more bust
ness for the shops and larger checks
Tor the employees in every department.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE
II. C. Borcherding. chief of the G. II.
ear department. left last night for a
trip of inspection of the road between
this place and Sanderson.
p. 3. McNeal. chief dispatcher of the
c. H. left this morning over the T.
e. P without confiding to any of his
associates where he was going and
why
J. r. Vineyard, G. II. brakeman. is
sick again after a few days work
He had been sick several days and re-
turned TO work. but found himself I'M
able TO stay with il.
EHiE lTuscOtI, tne u. ii. round mouse
handy man. who took his family to his
farm near Tyler on account of the bad
health of one Of his children, has re-
turned and went back to work yester-
day morning.
Billy Gummerson. a G.. H. machinist,
Is called by his fellow workmen 1.-The
eye specialist of the shops When
any shopman gets something in his
eye. or anything goes wrong with his
Sptics he goes to Billy and it is said
that he seldom fails to give relief
The railroad officials are advised that
stDut $4,000 soldiers are to be return
ed from the Philippines as soon as
sthers have reached there to take their
places. There is n large movement of
troops now in both directions but
many more are going west than east.
S E. Adkins. a Southern Pacific
freight conductor. is taking short
ay-om To entertain his friend Pete
German. the old conductor of the
3Heen & Crescent route who is here
with his family today. Mr. Adkins
used to work with Mr.. German in Ten
sessee-
e 7. Beavis. an S. p. fireman. receiy-
I'd an injury yesterday which necessi-
tdted his taking a lay-off. He had Just
started out of Ell PaSo westward and |
was cracking coal when the coal turn
I'd about and cracked him one just for
a change. \ large piece hit him on the