El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-22
SUNSETS NEW DEPOT

The plans and everything pertaining
thereto for the new Southern Pacific
depot at San Antonio are complete and
the work of construction will be COM
menced as Don as the specifications
are arranged and the detail matters
are attended to. which will be in the
ear future.
The new depot will be built on Span
ish architectural lines and the front
will be designed after the old Alamo
building in hat city. The building
will be w stories high. built of red
brick and equipped with all modern
improvements. The building alone
will cost $55 900 and walks and other
improvements on the grounds abou
it will make the total cost about $751;
600.
The depot will be used by the NJ.
X. & T. and the s.. A. & A. P. making
it virtually a union station.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
A r. Oster. trainmaster of the
Southern Pacific. is registered at the
Sheldon hotel.
r. w. Harraday. commercial agent
of the M. X. & T. is among the new
arrivals at the Sheldon.
Fl. A. Sumner chief engineer of the
FL PaSo and Rock Island and Ell Paso
Northeastern railroads. is spending a
time in Ell Paso having a bad eye
! treated.
General Traffic Agent Logan of the
Sierra Madre line has just returned
from a business trip to Casas Grandes
and reports the business of his road in
a fi~ourishing condition.
B. de R.. Clemens, who for a number
of years was connected with the Mexi-
can Northern railway at Escalon in
the Office of General Superintendent
Stafford. has accepted a position with
the Juarez company and is now situat-
ed at Juarez.
The Santa Fe passenger train yes
terday did not arrive until 4:30 p. m.
The engine broke down on the Ration
mountains and this threw the train SO
late that 1t did not nave its own time
any more and had to give way to
freight trains all the rest of the way
to Ell Paso.
Berry Frenek. an engine wiper for
the T. & p, was killed at Longview
Junction. He had been wiping an en-
CINE and remained on it until it was
started up. Then he attempted to
climb off the rear end of the tender.
In doing so his foot slipped. he fell
across the rail and the cars killed him
instantly.
The funeral of John Doyle. the G. H.
r~ailroader. who died about a week ago,
was held this afternoon and was large
ly attended by railroad men. The body
was buried in Evergreen cemetery. 1t
has been held awiting orders from rela-
tives to ship. but no such orders having
come it was decidede to inter it here.
General Agent Breasted of the Rock
Island returned last night from an ex-
tended trip into Mexico.
George Villegas. one of the Juvenile
trio from Ell Paso who. firing of the
m%Onotony of Pass City life. formed a
tramping partnership and left for the
wild and woolly west some time last
month. returned home this morning. 1t
will be remembered that the other two.
Ikey and Floyd Patterson. returned
after a few days absence. but George
had more nerve and Industry than his
fellow hoboets and pressing farther
westward. secured work at a Morenci
& Southern railroad camp where he
received a dollar per day for carrying
water. Deciding that he had made his
fortune and that such a life possessed
even less charms than his old routine
in Ell Paso. he boarded a freight train
and returned to home and mother.