El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-04
LINK AND PIN.


worthy of note. as well as the men
with the pen and sword
A GATES SPECIAL.
A Gates excursion train arrived in
Juarez on the Mexican Central about
3 o'clock this morning and crossed into
Ell Paso about 8 o'clock. leaving for the
north over the Santa Fee.
The train consisted of six cars in
GLIDING the dining and baggage cars
and has on board siXty-five passengers,
the entire party, including the train
men amounting to ninety-three people.
This train went into Mexico by way
of Eagle Pass and remained a week in
the City of Mexico. From here they
go to Grand Canyon, Colorado. where
the party will divide. one section go
ing to Colorado Springs and the other
to points in California.
| w. r. Brown, travelling passenger
agent, and J. S. Morrison. local pas
senger and ticket agent of the Santa
Fe. joined the eXcursionists here and
accompanied them as far as Albuquer-
que
| Two more of these Gates excursions
/ will pass through over the same roads
on the 18th inst. They are now in
Mexico. There are 1876 excursiOniStS in
| these two trains.
FIVE CARS DITCHED.
There was a small freight wreck on
the joint track of the G. H. and T. &
P. near FIT. Hancock Saturday night.
Five cars were wrecked and delayed
travel for several hours.
The T. & 2. passenger train was al
ready about two hours late and was de-
layed seven hours more by the wreck.
The G. Fl. east bound was held on this
side of it until the track was cleared
up.
The G. H. wrecking crew left for the
scene of the wreck about p. m. Last
night John Leonard, a member of the
wrecking crew. came in on a freight
trainfi having been injured while at
work clearing away the wreck. He is
hurt in the shoulder. but not serious
w.
On account of waiting at Valentine
to meet the delayed east bound G. H. |
passenger train. the G. II. pay car was
delayed nearly two hours and arrived
here about p. m.
GOULD NOT COMING.
Well. after all. Gould is not coming. |
For several days President Gould of |
the Missouri Pacific, Texas Central and |
other railroads has been travelling over |
the state of Texas and it was under |
stood by the T & p. officials here and |
the people generally that FL Paso was
to beh onored by visit from him,
but now he has decided not to come.
1t is reported here that he was head
ed for Ell Paso with full intention of
coming to see how everything was
getting along at this end of the T. &
P. but upon arriving at Granger he
met a man from Ell Paso and asked him
if Darbyshire was at his post: Upon
being told that he was Mr.. Gould said:
Well. if Darby is hold of the reins at
FL Paso there is no use wasting time
IN going over that end. for l know ev-
erything is all right or words to
that effect Then he turned about face
and started for New York to learn the
latest news from Count de Boni Cas-
tellane.
A DEAD BRAKEMAN.
brakeman W. c. Chinn. of Albuquer-
que. was killed on the second division
Of the Santa Fe between Querino can
yon and Sanders station Wednesday
afternoon by falling from the top of a
box car. 1t was his first trip over that
division and he was working under the
Instructions of the conductor. He was
in the act of stepping from one car to
another when the coupling broke and s
separated the cars so that he fell be-
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we're severed from his body.
Deceased went from California to I
Albuquerque about two months ago 7
md has bene running between Albu-
luerque and Gallup until Monday night
when he went to Gallup to go out on
lis new run. He was % years old and
single. His parents and a sister and
brother live in Missouri. We was an
Odd Fellow.
BURNING BRIDGE DELAYS TRAINS /
The G.. H. passenger train, due here,
It 7:40 this morning, is reported eight
hours late. and that is only an esti- Il
nate. The cause of the delay is a
bridge near Comstock being destroyed
~ fire. \
,Comstock is about 420 miles from Ell [
'aso and thirty-six miles this side of I
Del Rio and the train was on the other h
ide of the bridge when it burned. b
1t is reported that the bridge. which t
vas a small one. had ben repaired and i
he train was on this side of it this
The west bound S. p. train
lid not wait; but was made up and left Ii
IN time this morning. The through
on the delayed train will i
lave TO remain here until tomorrow S
III
DEAD DOGS.
Somebody is poisoning n lot of p
logs" said G.. II. railroader at noon :
oday, land / do not know whether it '
S somebody who has a grievance .
against the dogs or their owners or
whether It is the city trying to get rid