El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-24
WILL AVOID GALISTEO.

tracks some distance northeast or Tn
present tracks over the Santo DoInin
20 pueblo lands. The Indians wer
paid $3.50 for the privilege and tn
right to reoccupy the ground occupies
by the abandoned tracks. By running
over the sandhills the company vii
avoid crossing the Galisteo river twice
The change will add about half mil
to the length OF the track but il viii
avoid the treacherous Galisteo. TIT
work of constructing the new track!
will commence about the first OF mex
month.
Last summer the two bridges ovel
the river We're swept away although
the best engineers had been employed
TO build them and over Sloe,OOO was
spent in constructing them. Piles had
been driven 10 feet deep in the river
bed and on these had been built a
foundation of concrete. on them abut-
nents of stone upon which rested the
massive iron piers and trusses of the
bridge. Yet when the floods came
down the river the piles were brought
TO the surface some distance below the
bridges. which were swept into the
river and broken into small pieces SO
that they looked like a wooden struc-
ture that had been destroyed ny hur-
ricane.
a
in digging the pieces of the wrecked
bridges out of the quicksands OF the
river The company for this reason
decided to go around the Galisteo at
these two points near Thornton and
thus avoid the cost and danger OF
crossing the river where it seems I'M
possible to build bridges to withstand
the force of the annual floods and to
secure a firm foundation beneath the
quickSands.
HE WAS WILLING.
1t is reported that a certain train
crew pulled out of Ell Paso recently
with new brakeman, who had never
done anything in his life before but
punch cattle
When the train reached a certain
point the engineer decided to oil
around, and calling the new brakeman
to him. told him to hold up the front !
draw head while the engineer oiled
around. so that the oil would run into
the cups The brakeman held up the
coupler all right. until the engineer
had oiled around Then he remarked
that he hoped they would not have to
oil again till they reached the termi- 1
nal. as it was rather hard on his back.
The engineer had kept him hold
ing up the coupler for fifteen minutes.
After they were all through the en-
gineer told the brakeman he was glad
that he manifested spirit of willing
ness and that he thought in the course
Of a few runs the brakeman would not
De as green as he was.-El Progresso.
4 PROPOSITION CONSIDERED. !
4 meeting of the representative bus
ness men of Albuquerque was held in
hat city Tuesday evening for the pur-
lose of considering a proposition which
lad ben made by the directors of the
santa Fe, Albuquerque & Pacific Rail-
Dad company The company asks {
hat the citizens purchase $4,000 |
worth of stocks. one half of the |
mount to be paid when the road is !
ompleted to the city and the balance I
vhen the extension to the Rock Island r
Dad is made. A committee to inves- 6
igate the matter was appointed and 1
t is to report at a meeting to be held e
ext Saturday night. Considerable , O
iscussion upon the proposition was e
ad and the majority of opinion ex- 4
ressed we're encouraging to the man e
gers of the new railroad company. 4
PARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
II. c. Borcherding, chief car repairer it
the G- H., leIt laSt nlgnL LOT S1nueT-
IN on business trip. q
]. B. Tyra has moved to this city u
ON Auburn. Texas, and is working T
the Santa Fe freight house. la
Travelling Engineer O'Brien of the ~
P between this place and Yuma, >,
me in from Tucson last night. -
Tom Mccullough. a machinist who pl
ed to work in the G. H. shops at this bt
ace. is now working in the S. P. bt
ops at Tucson. as
c. Schmidt. of Sar Antonio, has ac- ~
pied position in the G. H. black 10
nth shop and went to work yester-
~ afternoon
J. A. Tyra, who has been working in
e boiler department of the G.. H.
ops at this place. left last night for to
anderson to work in the shops at that at
ace. His family will follow later. ne
Superintendent Martin and Master -
echanic Garrick, of the G. H., went of
wn the road in the superintendent &C
ivate car last night to look after a -.
I'll which the company is having dug -
ar Lasca. -
as
Fred Wales, who has been a fire tn
an on the S. P. helper at this place bo
r the past two years, has been pro- CHI
oted to engineer and is being mi
tied into his new work on a switch pl
CINE at Tucson. Iva
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