El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-01
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Up I'D until Wednesday night there
had been only one. but the rush OF traf-
fic and travel from this place has be-
come SO great that it was found nee
cessary to put on another one. 1t has
become almost a da',v occurrence for a
helper to have to help the regular pas
senger trains over the hills west of
town and it is seldom that one of the
many freights going west can get over
| the hills without second engine.
Ed Love. wei known S. p. engineer
| holds the throttle of the newly added
| helper. He will be remembered as the
| hlper engineer who was hurt in a col
| lision where three engines came to-
sether just west of town a Jew years
ago. Fl was laid up for some time and
when able TO return to work he was
given a regular run between Ell Paso
| and Lordsburg. with which he has re-
| manned until given the second regular
helper.
PROMINENT PITTSBURGHERS.
A private car of the Chicago and
Northwestern road came in on the
Mexican Central last night and left for
the west over the S. p. this morning.
In the care are the following gentle
men: F. E. House. general superintend
ent of the Pittsburg. Bessemer & Lake
Erie railroad. E. Fl. Utley.- general
freight and passenger agent of the
same road. ID. G.. Kerr. of the Carnegie
steel company. and Drs. L. Litchfield
and E. S. Day. all of Pittsburg Penn.
They aye on a pleasure trip and went
to the City of Mexico via Eagle Pass
over the 1. NJ. and are now on their
way to Los Angeles and San Francis
co over the s. p. They will return
east over northern roads.
,or.fxy in, fha CT
night and did not take in the Pass
City. They said they had travelled so
far and been bumped around SO hard
on the Central that they desired to rest
BISBEE ROAD SUR
VEY.
w. NJ. Wambaugh. chief engineer for |
the Phelps-Dodge railroad. otherwise
known as the Bisbee-El Paso road, |
came in last night from the west. Ear.
ly this morning he entered buggy and |
drove out along the line of the road
where it approaches the Rio Grande
above the smelter. 1t is understood
that the trip out there was for the pur-
pose Of examination.
The indications now are that the
work of construction of the projected
road will commence within very short
time.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
w. F. Worden. an S. P. brakeman.
reported sick this morning.
The G. H. employees are looking for
ward to next Sunday with double |
pleasure. The pay car is coming on
that day.
George Langton. foreman of the G. |
Il IL
from San Antonio where he has been !
court
Charles Jones. an S. p brakeman |
who has been laying off the past four
Or five days on account of being sick,
for duty this morning.
Excursion Agent Sheppard passed
through going from Chicago to San
francisco this morning. having in his
ar twenty-four through passengers.
Excursion Agent Bunch, of Washing
on, passed through going west this
He brought in eighteen peo-
lie, five of whom stopped in Ell Paso.
G. ]. Hartman, superintendent of the
chihuahua division of the Mexican
central, came in from Chihuahua last
light accompanied by his wife and
liece, Mrs. Rhodes.
A Judson-Alton tourist car came in
N the T. & P. last night and went |
vest over the S. P. this morning. 1t {
obtained eighteen passengers and was {
n charge of a negro porter. |,
The s. p. passenger train which left
or the west this morning consisted
( twelve cars. There were four tour
st cars and c. & N w. private car
1ore than the regular train.
William Borcherding, engineer on
witch engine 776 in the Ell Paso yards
( the G. H., is off duty on account of
eing sick and Passenger Fireman
Ward is engineering the switch engine
4 his stead.
The G. H. passenger train was thirty
linutes late this morning. 1t came
n to the Ell Paso division two hours
ite, but Pap" Derr was waiting for it
[ Valentine and that explains it's
eaching Ell Paso only thirty minutes ,
tie.
Mickey Welsh. the G. H. hostler who
not a cannon cracker during the holt
avs, installing it for a roman candle
nd holding it in his hand. has suffi-
emily recovered to return to work
e had two fingers amputated but still I
as plenty left to handle the throttle. r
The Sunset Limited was three hours
tie this morning. The reason for the
clay given was that most of the time
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