El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-12

left last night for a trip over the New
Mexico lines.
| Three thousand tons of 70-pounl
steel rails are now on the road for us'
in laying the track for. the E. p. & n
f. extension.
| J. T Morgan. general traffic agent
of the Sierra Madre line. left on the S
p. for points in Arizona on business
| this morning.
Fireman A. z. StoltZ of the G.. H.
who came in from Sanderson sick. was
sent down to San Antonio to enter the
hospital for treatment.
Engine 900 of the G. H. is in the
round house having the boiler taken
off to be shipped down the road to
some other shop to have new fire box
put in.
The Sunset Limited which was due
to arrive here Sunday morning came
in this afternoon at II: 80. 1t had been
held at Los Angeles on account of the
washout on the S. P. near Yuma.
The washout O nthe S. P. in Califor-
mia has been sufficiently repaired to
allow trains to pass over and the regu-
lar passenger train due here at p. m.
this evening will be in tonight by 9
O'Clock.
J. H. Masterson. machiniSt apprentice
at the G. Fl. shops. has left the ma
chine and taken the floor. The change
makes him feel as if he had about con-
auered the job and was as good as any
of them.
w. j. Harris. of the firm of Harris
and Lehman. railroad contractors,
went west on an extra yesterday even
ing to look after force of men and
teams the firm has at work on rail-
road in Arizona.
J.. T. Pyle has resigned his position
as superintendent of bridges and build
ings for the E. P. & N. E. and accept
ed a similar one on the PecoS Valley
road. He left for Roswell the latter
part of last week.
The wrecking crew under Fl. G. Bor-
cherding returned last night about ten
O'Clock from the scene of the freight
wreck at Straus where they went Sun
day afternoon. They report seven cars
of oranges wrecked.
Owing to the failure of passenger
trains 10 get tIIOuSh lioih NehiiAOh liz
the train equipment of the S. P. has
run short This morning the Pullman
car Hugo" which has been running on
the T. & p was brought over and
used on the S. p. on account of this
shortage.
Owing to the failure of S. P. passen-
ger trains to get in. there was no mail
clerk and no express messenger to go
he in fhic ronrnin Carl
Gather. a clerk in the postoffice was
sent out to keep his eye on the mail
pouches in the car and the Wells-Far-
go express man at the depot was sent
out as a messenger.
A passenger train is expected in on
the S. P. this afternoon between and D
o'clock. 1t will be made up of the same
that composed the train
which went west this morning. When
it met the delayed incoming train the
were transferred from one
TO the other and each train returned
10 the places from which they started.
II. l. Fay an excursion agent run
ming between Minneapolis and san
Francisco. passed through westward
his morning. He brought seventeen |
people from the vicinity of Minneapolis |
md twelve of them STOPPED here |
There seems to be an increase in the |
lumber of tourists who want to see |
he much talked of Pass City, but the
.ity isn't in very good shape to give
hem pleasant Thoughts at present.
]. J. Anthony, a Washington tourist
gent. passed through westward this
morning. He came in with twenty
hree passengers and left three here.
lost of his passengers on this trip are
rom the New England states. Two of
hem who stopped here are II. A. Cole
nd wife. of Washington City. Mr..
,ole is manager of the Automobile
ompany in Washington. They are
eekins a healthful climate on Mrs.
,O1eS' account