El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-05
FROM THE ENGINE

J. H. Bond, travelling auditor of the
T. & p, is in Ell Paso on business.
Switchman Van Deusen has resigned
his position in the yards of the G. H
at this place.
Mrs Parks, wife of Dan Parks, the
assistant local passenger and ticke
agent of the S p. left this morning
for a visit in California
J. McIlroy, the Adonis from Mime
apolis. passed through going wes
with light load in his tourist car
He doesn't leave on Tuesday.
Switchman Wysong of the G. H. ha:
received the sad news that his wife
whom he left in st. Louis when he
came west in search OF work, is very
sick.
The Santa Fe passenger train due
her this morning at O'Clock did not
arrive until after this afternoon. The
delay was caused in Kansas and what
caused it is not known at this end.
The railroad boys of Alamogordo
are talking of organizing brass band
and if they carry out their intention
the company will erect a band stand
in the park and place benches therein
for the convenience of the public.
A car of fine Holstein cows was trans
ferred from the T. & p. to the MeXi-
can Central this afternoon and went
down into the republic to some stock
man who believes in raising the breed
of his cattle.
J. +. Mah1, of Houston, engineer
of way of the G. H.,
came in yesterday afternoon in his pri-
vate car, San Jacinto, on the delayed
q. III. passenger train and left this
over the S. p. for Phoenix.
The G. II. wrecker returned yester-
lay afternoon from the scene of the
wreck near FIT. Hancock. The wreck
ing crew says it was the sweetest job
hey ever had, for large part of the
freight in the wrecked cars was sugar.
The T. & p. put on still another crew
today. 4. j. Lattner is the conductor
Of the new crew and Updegraff and
stearne are the brakemen. On account
1f a ShortneSS of cabooseS the new
rev had to fit up a box car for a ca
)oose-
H. ~ ouiihCi, Chltl tASIhttl vi tie
Fl Paso & Rock Island railroad, is
spending a few days in Ell Paso. He
'ays that the grading work on the ex-
ension is getting along nicely and
hat they will begin laying steel about
he 18th of this month.
George Markiey. who was a brake
nan on the G. II. out of Ell Paso a
ear or so ago, is in town again. He
pent last summer playing base ball in
IeXico and since the close of the ball
eason he has been working as a
in San Antonio.
]. 6. Morrison, local passenger and
icket agent of the Santa Fee. returned
lone this afternoon of the delayed
passenger train after accompanying the
iateS excursion to Albuquerque. W.
Z. Brown, the travelling agent who also
them, did not return but
vent on TO Las Vegas.
On ascount of the rush of work on
his end of the T. & P, freight engines
IL and 254 have been brought from
ther divisions and placed on this one.
Engine 211 was at one time at home
n this division, but was transferred to
he Big Springs division when the big
lew engines were received on this end.
Harry Alexander. assistant general
reight and passenger agent of the E.
}. & N. E., left this morning over
he Mexican Central to meet and join
ieneral Counsel Harmon and party |
Tho are returning from the City of
leXico in the private car Paso del Nor |
e of President Eddy. They will be in
onight on the Central.
Excursion Agent Johnson came |
trough this morning on his way from |
to San Francisco and was |
entertained between trains. |
lie brought in fourteen people and took |
ut all but one of them. H. Sickles,
mining man from New York, who
lakes Ell Paso his headquarters, is the
assenger who stopped here.
c. A. South. night caller of engine
rews at the G. H. round house, is
to keep clean a new leaf ,
'hich he recently turned. A purifica
ion of his morals and a cleansing and
reclusion of nicotine from his system
5 his aim. and the boys. though in
lined to tease him a little are hop
ng that he may come out of the strug-
lie victorious.
Joe Hudson. night special officer of
he G. H. at this place, left last night
or Marathon, at which place he will
'e married today to Miss Inez Cook
laughter of Ranger Cook. and will re-
urn with his bride tomorrow morn
ng. Joe is one of these fellows whose
very acquaintance is a friend and
When it is known that he has taken
INTO himself a wife congratulations
will pour in from all sides.
A. G.. Ingram, truckman in the G.
4. machine shop, and his helper broke
he record for replacing a broken arch