El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-04
WASTED ENERGY

body thought he was under ODl1gatlOns
to him. 1t seemed the record for re-
quested fayors had been broken that
day. He was just on the point of clos
ing his desk and going out when :
man came in and handed him a note
1t contained a request from an old
friend of his that he get the bearer !
pass to Chicago. Now Chicago is moi
on his line and ne knows the officials
of the roads that do go there bit
slightly. Still the writer was friend
of his who had shown him many fav-
ors. For the old friends sake he must
not slight the man who had brought
the request. Turning to the man h1
said with assumed good humor.
From my Old friend, Goodman. eh
Now there isn't anything | could ID
for him that 1 wouldn't run to do 20
you want 10 go to Chicago. Ell? Well,
| think we can Tx that all right"
Picking UP the telephone receiver
he shouted into the phone. Give me
1856 please" Now mere is no such
number in the directory and besides
he hadn't rung up. but he didn't think
the man would notice that. Hello,
this is BIewett, of the Orange Belt. ~
he said after a moments wait, Tell
Mr.. Bowers OF the 3. G.. & ID. to come
to the 'pnone. please. Is this you, Mr..
Bowers? This is Blewett of the Orange
Belt Say. i have a particular friend
who wishes to go to Chicago over your
line and you would accommodate me
greatly by sending him a pass. Hey?
Yes, good friend. No, he isn't rail-
road man but he is o. k. Why, sure
I'll stand for it,
Another snort silence at Mr.. Blew
ett's end of the imaginary line, and
then, No. no. Mr.. Bowers, l am not
trying to tell you how you should run
your road, out l will say this: If you
refuse me this slight favor l will guar
antee that you will get no more bust
ness from our line if / can help il.
And don't you get impudent about it
either. What's that you said? Well,
have often heard that you were cold
hearted ruffian and now / know it.
He hung the receiver up with much
affected rage and turning to his caller
said, Il am greatly mortified. 1 would
have bet any amount that Mr.. Bowers
would nave sent it without murmrr,
the unaccommodating whelpi"
''Sir. what did you say?" asked his
visitor as he held his hand edgewise
behind his ear. what is the trouble?
You'll have to excuse me, but I am
hard of hearing and did not catch the
drift of your conversation with the
gentleman
KNEW THE STATION.
A train of twenty cars, loaded with
mules. horses and men, passed through
over the S. Z. yesterday evening 60
ing west. Eighteen of the cars were
long palace horse cars, mostly occu-
pied by mules but there were a few
horses There was one baggage car
and one for the men in charge of the
animals The mules are being sent
by the United States government to
the Philippines for service in the war
A man who was at the depot when
they went through says there was one
of the mules acting as brakeman and
when the train pulled in he stuck his
head ouf OF a window and sang out
"El Pas-oh-ee-oh-eei" which was
taken up by the other four-footed pas
sengers and carried throughout the
whole train.
A GOOD BRAKEMAN RESIGNED.
J. F. Coins. who has been braking
on the 5. p. out of this place for sew
eral years, has resigned his position |
with the company. He owns an eighth |
interest in five good mining claims in |
the Stems Pass district and left for |
Tucson this morning to close up a deal |
whereby he disposes of his mining in
terests for handsome sum. He will |
then return and soon take his depart
pure for his old home in Birmingham.
Ala Mr. Coins is we'll liked by the
company and a popular man in rail-
road circles. He wanted his resig-
nation to take effect a month ago, but |
the company kept him os long as they
could.
MEXICAN CENTRAL FREIGHT DE-
RALLIED.
freight train going south out of
the yards in JuareZ this morning was !
derailed but no serious damage was
done.
Two cars in the middle of the train !
left the track just as the train was
speeding by the passenger train. One
OF the cars was thrown againsa the
other track and came near striking a
Pullman car. The wreck delayed the
train for several hours but the damage
was very light. 4
SHE LOST HER TRUNK.
There is a lady in Ell Paso who lost
her trung on the Mexican Central road
a few days ago. She claims that some
empioye OF the company sent it the
wrong way through spite toward her.
1t IS said by railroad men here that
she is 'spOtter" on the road and il
may be that some conductor has mis-
sent her trunk. 1t was learned last
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