El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-09
LOCAL RAILROADS
INCREASE FORCES
Southern Pacific, G. Fl. & S.
A. and T. & P. Put on
Many New Men.

several new operators nave D6eu EN-
pIoyed by the C. H. Many new men
have been employed in all departments
! Of the service and it has become nee
essary to put on anther helper engine
between FL Paso and Straus on the
5. P. The G. H and S P. are doing
the heaviest business at present OF
. any road running into El PaSo.
A new crew has been put on by the
( T p. between FL PasO and Toyah, on
account of a heavy rush of business.
Conductor Sam Deere is in charge Of
this crew and has caboose Pip. Harry
Knox and w. E Sturgis are the brake
men,
Change Made in Yard Force.
A change has been made in the yard
force of the 7. P. at FL PasO, by which
A D. MARITIME, the day yardmaster, is
on the night shift, and J. A. Shoe
maker, the night yardmaster, is on the
I. P. engine No. ss5, which has been
in the shops ever since being torn up
in the rear end collision at Tornlllo,
several weeks ago, has been repaired
and is now back in road service En-
gineer Ben Cole is handling the thrOt-
tie and fireman Harris is welding the
switch engine No. 400, of the South
western, has just been turned out OF
the shops after complete overhaul
ing and is now working in the yards
with engineer L O. King at the
throttle
Mention of Railroad Men.
J. W. Gleason, switchman on the G.
H, is laying off.
J F. O'Reilly has position on the
G. H as SWttchman.
Lee Singleton is now working on the
G.. Il. as sWitchman.
NJ. Robertson has been employed BY
the G. H as sWitchman-
Jack Hughes, brakeman on the T. Ps
is taking a short layoff-
J. P. Davis, conductor on the G. Il,
has resigned from the service.
L. J. Handy and II Kelly, switch
men on the G: H, are laying off;
Fireman VIII Harris, OF the I. p
is working on passenger for few
s. c. clark, fireman on the T. P.
has reported for duty after a weeks
! P. Purdy and NJ Jacks have Sc
cured positions as switchmen on the
John Reid, switchman on the G. H.
has reported for duty after weeks
]. F. Johnson. switchman on the G.
H., has been promoted TO be engine
l. B. Wooten, switchman on the T.
P, has been promoted to be an engine
]. 3. Mckinley, switchman on the
T. P. is laying off on account Of be-
J. ". Mccarthy. switchman on the
G. h. is laying off on account OF be-
Frank Krentz, brakeman for the S.
P. at Tucson, is spending few days
in Ell Paso.
Conductor Lower, of the T. P. is
laying off and extra conductor Benlng
is relieving him
L C. Smith, brakeman on conductor
Sheay's crew of the T P, is laying off
J. ]. Armstrong, extra engine fore
man on the G. H, is laying off on ac-
count OF being sick
H Alsop, brakeman on the 7. P, IS
laying off and extra brakeman Thorn
as is relieving him.
]. A. Enstrom, sWitchman on the G.
H. has reported for duty after being
off for several days.
f. E. Brown, formerly an engineer
on the G. h, now mas position on
the city police force.
Jack Gentry, brakeman on the 7. P
is laying off and brakeman George
johnson is relieving him.
Conductor Jacobs, of the T. P, is
laying off and extra conductor Jerry
Thompson in relieving him.
Jack Warren, brakeman on the T P,
is laying off on account Of being sick
Walter Lyle is relieving him.
Frank Miller has resigned his posi-
ton at the Southwestern shops and
has returned TO Alpine, Texas.
". a. Whittle, conductor on the
SandersOn division of the G. H, has
been assigned to a regular run
T.. b. Blnl1ley. conductor on the G.
4, IS working on passenger for few
george Rogers is relieving him.
ID juneau, who was recently en-
ployed by the G. II. as sWitchman, is
now working on the day lead crew.
Charlie Matheney, conductor for the
G H at Sanderson, has reported for
duty after a short visit to Ell Paso.
N. R stephens, brakeman on the G.
b. IS working on passenger for a few
trips on conductor c. Brahms crew.
NJ. A Callicat and T. Fowler have
been employed by the c. II. as brake
men and sent to SandersOn for service.
y Al Munger engineer on the T. P.
IS laying off for few trips, and ex-
ira engineer A Wade is relieving him
A w. Francis, brakeman on the c.
h at Del Rio, has resigned from the
service and is now located in FL PasO.
oscar Darr, engineer on the T P.
VINO has been running the $50 for a
lew trips, is now back on the extra
A. Overstreet, switchman on the C.
ID lines, reported for duty and is now
days.
d. Blocker, who was badly scaIded
some time ago at the Southwestern
SHOPS, has recovered and reported for
Mrs. R. Blair. wife of roadmaster
Blair, OF the Southwestern at Duran,
mas returned home after a short visit
The 7. & P. has put in a new water
stauon at Boracho. This was neces-