El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-08
Railroad News
OF the Southwest

| Geo. Yancy, Switchman, has reported
| for duty. after being off for few days.
Ben Cooley, conductor on the Santa
Fe at San Marcial, has reported for
duty.
J. H Ludwig, conductor on the G. H,
| who has been sick for some time, is i'm
| proving slowly.
c. E. Messenger. conductor on the S.
P, has reported for duty, after being
| off for a week.
L Bourgeois, sYitchman on the G. H.
I who has been working nights. is now
on the day shift
Geo. MeElroy, formerly conductor
on the G. H. out of Ell Paso, is now To-
| Gated in California
John Shoemaker, night yardmaster
for the 7. & P, has reported for duty,
| after short layoff
Tom Knight. fireman on the South
! western, has been assigned to a regular
run now on engine IT'S.
Waterman Hite, OF the G. H, has re-
| signed from the service to take posi-
| ton on the police force.
J. ]. Armystrong, the G. H switch
man who has been sick, is now well
| and has reported for duty.
viii Darr, formerly a Waterman on
I the Santa Fe at San Marcial, now has
| position at Magda1ena, N. NJ
Bill Mcdonald, pumper for the Santa
| Fe at Rincon, has reported for duty
| after being off for a short time
| Fireman Leckron, Of the Southwest
i ern at Tucumcari, has taken up some
1 land near Elephant Butte, n. NJ.
J. NJ Gibson. switchman on the T. &
/ P, who has been acting as engine fore
| man short time is now back at helper.
! Tom Johnson, formerly a brakeman
| on the Southwestern out Of Carrizozo,
is now joint car inspector in Ell Paso.
R. L Adkins, fireman on the Santa
1 Fe, who was injured some time ago
| by falling from his engine, is improv-
Steve Ferguson, formerly pump re-
| pairer on the C. H. between FL Paso
| and Sanderson. is no located at Helper,
| Utah.
Gus Jones has a position as switch
| man on the Southwestern and has been
sent to Duran. N. NJ, to work for
! while.
Frank Oldham. brakeman on the G.
! h, who has been working as conductor
for few trips, is now back braking
| again.
DR.. D o. Thayer. of Ysleta, is in Ell
Paso on business. DR.. Thayer was for
| merly a brakeman on the G. H, at San
derson.
Henry Jesse. formerly an engineer
on the Santa Fe out of San Marcial,
now has a position as switchman at
Dallas.
I 7 rank aust. lOIUCTlN brakeman
on the G. H. out Of SandersOn, is now
braking on the Santa Fe out OF San
Marcial.
Porter John Freeman has been as
4 signed to a run on conductor Inniss
crew on the G. H. between FL Paso and
Sanderson.
Brakeman Clatfelter, of the c. H,
who has been sick for some time, ex-
poets to be able to resume his run in
a few days.
The G. H. has large extra gang of
| Mexicans at work at Sierra Blanca to
| lengthen the side track for a consider
able distance.
Engineer Cunningham, of the South
I western, who has been on the local for
! some time, is now working on through
/ freight again.
Warren Edwards, a railroad steno-
( srapher from Chicago, is in FL Paso on
his way to san Francisco. where he ex-
/ poets TO locate
Terry McGovern, brakeman on the
santa Fe at Las Vegas, now has reg
| ular passenger run between Las Vegas
! and Albuquerque.
Blake Roach, formerly a switchman
! on the G. H, now has position as
! brakeman on the western division of
! the Southw estern-
George Lockett, fireman on the
| Southwestern at Tucumcari, has been
/ assigned to a regular run between Tu-
I cumcari and Duran.
Harry Arrant, the passenger fireman
| on the I. & P, who was injured recent
! " near Fabens, expects to be able to
/ resume his run soon
Larry Lyles. operator on the G. H. at
! Marathon, who has been working as
! agent for a few days, is now back at
work as operator again.
W. r. Britton. the G. H Switchman
who has been off duty on account of
/ being injured by falling from a car,
is now improving again.
J. ". Faust, pumper for the C. H. at
FL Paso, who was injured several days
ago by the Overturning of his automo-
bile, is rapidly improving,
Sam Morgan, formerly brakeman on
the Santa Fe at Las Vegas, who has
recently returned from South America,
is located at kankakee. Ill.
Heavy rains are reported along the
Santa Fe tracks near Albuquerque by
trainmen coming into FL Paso, but so
far no damage has occurred.
a. Boyd, formerly a section foreman
on the G. H at Alpine, is now located
at Dog Canyon, n. NJ, where he is en-
gagged in the mercantile business.
Mrs. Charles Esperson, wife of oper-
ator Esperson Of the S. ?. at Tucson, is
visiting in Ell Paso at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Brit, at sos North Ell Paso
street
W E Swearengen, brakeman on the !
u. H. is working as conductor for a |
few days on conductor Harry Des-
mond's car, while the latter is on
passenger run
c. Howard, formerly employed by the |
Southwestern at Douglas, who has been !
visiting his parents at San Marcial n. |
NJ. has returned to Douglas He was
accompanied by his wife.
The daughter OF Leon Mash. who has |
been quite i'll in Fort Worth, is not i'm !
proving as much as she has been. Mr.. /
Mash was formerly a brakeman on the !
Southwestern out Of Ell Paso.
John Rippy, fireman on the Rock |
Island at Dalhart, has been promoted !
to be an engineer. Mr.. Rippy worked !
into Ell Paso on the Santa F'e several |
months before going to work on the |
Rock Island.
Al Malone, formerly a conductor on |
the Southwestern out of Ii PasO. is !
now located in California Mr.. Malone !
worked as conductor for a number of !
years on the 9. h. before working for !
the Southwestern
Mr. and Mrs. G. Burke. parents of !
conductor Joe Burke, of the Santa Fe I
at Las Vegas, are in FL Paso visiting !
their daughter, Mrs. c. o. Rucker, at |
1921 East Rio Grande street. They ex-