El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-20
CD Union Labor News e@e
Many Switchmen Are Being Put on
At Ell Paso By the 6. II. g S. A.
S. P. Rushing "Reefers" to
Ell PasO to Be Made Ready
for Fruit Shipments.

switchmen in the FL Paso yard
! service of the G. H. 6. S. A, the
1 company is hiring all of the available
! switchmen that can prove capabillty
J Several were hired Saturday, among
| them J. J. Armstrong, w J. Thomas
I and F. Holly. They were assigned 70
I the FL Paso extra list, but on account
I of the few regular sWitchmen at I'll
! PasO, they viii be worked great deal
more than they will lay around on the
/ extra list.
For the past few years the P. F. E.,
| REFER movement has been handicapped
! during the month of November, by
many cars being loaned to other roads
/ throughout the country and in different
shops for repairs, but this year the
shortage has been noticed more than
even before. The management OF the
, Southern Pacific systems has notified
all agents, yardmasters, dlspatcherS
and other officials, who have charge OF
the movement of trains to rush all the
REFERS to FL Paso, where they viii be
! transferred to the Southern Pacific, for
! delivery to fruit growers IN different
parts of California A great deal more
fruit is expected to be handled TINS
year than last year and all REFERS that
are in the shops, at all of the Hartman
division points are being rushed, and
be sent in drags to California.
W. Chenault, regular Switchman IN
the employ of the FL Paso yard service
of the G. H. & S A, is laying off for
F. B. Pierce, regular switchman for
the G. H & S A, is laying off for
]. ". Gerald. regular switchman for
the Ell Paso yard service of the G. h
& s. A. is laying off for few shifts.
c. z. Vaughan, regular through
freight engineer for the Southern Pa
cific in through freight service be-
tween FL Paso and LOrdsburg, is laying
off on account of sickness. and extra
engineer NJ. D. Candy is filling his va
cancy. W. S. Hooson is filling Gandy's
vacancy.
Ed Laymen. extra engineer for the
Southern Pacific is back on the local
extra list, after having made round
trip in through freight service between
FL Paso and Lordsburg.
F. ". Hoffman. fireman for the
Southern Pacific at Ell PasO, has re-
ported for duty after short layoff;
J. Morris, extra engineer. for the
Southern Pacific at Tucson, has been
transferred to the FL PasO extra list He
arrived yesterday morning on No. and
will work between Ell Paso and Lords
burg in through freight service
w n. McCreary, extra fireman for
the G. II. & 5. A, at FL PasO, who
was recently borrowed by the Rio
Grande division-of the Southern Pacific,
has been returned to the G. H. at FL
Paso. He was used between FL Paso
and Lordsburg.
A Gross, regular through freight
fireman for the Southern Pacific on
for duty after a short layoff.
W. c. Heinrich. extra fireman for the
Southern Pacific at FL PasO, is back
on the local extra list, after having
made a round trip in through freight
service between FL PasO and LOrdsburg
with regular engineer George w Trim
BILE
The western division of the FL Paso
& Southwestern, has announced
change in the hours of telegraph serv-
ice at the telegraph office at Tucson
It was formerly open from 3 D. m un-
til D. m. but effective Oct. u it viii
be open for p hours, from midnight I'M
til midnight This change was made
necessary on account of a decided IN
crease in business, causing more or
ders to be necessary.
A A Harvey. engineer for the east
ern division of the FL PaSO & South
western, had charge of the engine that
city this morning from the east end
These officials have been out on 10
days inspection tour of the road.
Among the most important places in
spected were- Ell PasO. CarrizOzo, Tu-
cumcari. Duran and Dawson on the
east end. and Hachita, Douglas, Bisbee
and Tucson on the west end The trip
was completed at FL Paso- Charlie Nc
Kinney fired the engine for engineer
Harvey, and they were both placed on
the local extra list, upon their arrival
at FL Paso.
L. J Yager. fireman for the G. H &
city from three days hunting trip at
Dalberg, about 100 miles from FL Paso.
He brought many trophies of the chase
back. to the city Yager has reported
for duty.
Charlie Gillespie. extra fireman for
the G. II. & 5. A, at FL Paso. has been
loaned to the Southern Pacific for a
few trips, and is working between FL
Paso and Lordsburg, with engineer W
o. Olsen.
f. T. Strickland, regular fireman on
the G. II. &, s. A, between Del Rio and
Sanderson has been transferred to FL
PaSO- He was assigned to fireman F.
G. f5iGger's turn in through freight
His turn on the Del Rio and SandersOn
district is up for bids and the senior
fireman, making a written application,
will be assigned.
G. F. Drake,E regular freight fire
man for the G. H. & 6. A between FL
PasO and Valentine, is laying off for
a few trips on account of sickness and
an extra fireman is filling his place.
J. H Birdsley. extra fireman for the
G. H. & S A, at FL PasO is making a
round trip in through freight service,
between FL Paso and Valentine with
engineer H. F. GauL
George w Toms, extra engineer for
the G. II. & s. A, at FL Paso, is max
ing round trip in through freight
service between FL Paso and Valen-
tine.
J. A. Jackson, regular yard engineer
for the Ell Paso union depot coach en-
CINE of the G. H & s. A, is laying off
for few days.
W. BarksdaIe. extra fireman for the