El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-10

W. C. Chenault, G. H. switchman, has
I reported for duty.
T. P. & S. W. well expert William
Bolton is spending a few days in the
city.
B. C. Morgan, G. H. brakeman on the
SandeTson and Del Rio division, is laying
{ off for a few trips.
T. & P. fireman Bob Lang has bumped
on to the day switch engine in the FL
I Paso yard service
n. T. Merrill, helper on the day coach
engine for the G. H. & 5. A. at Fl Paso,
is laying off on account OF sickness.
T. & P. extra fireman Ohio Cleveland
] IS firing engine 3g7 for a few days in
/ regular fireman c. Groves place.
"SLavey7 Briggs, T. & P. extra fire
/ man, Is making a few trips on engine
/ 384 in the El PasO local service.
7 G. II. switchman A. B. Snyder Is lay
/ ing off for a few days and extra switch
( man C.. c. Oates is filling the vacancy.
Southwestern engine 149 has been
/ placed on the drop pit in the III Paso
round house, whore 1t viii b. repaired.
The G.. H. turn table at FL Paso has
! been considerably improved. The bot
| tom Is now reinforced with fresh con-
/ crete floor
D. J. Sharpe, T. & P. fireman, and
/ family viii leave IN few DAYS Tor ilal-
/ las and Fort Worth, where he VIII work
I for the Orient.
G.. d. Walters. G. H. switchman at
/ Lordsburg, has been transferred to Ell
PasO. He has been assigned to the FL
Paso extra board.
7. & P. fireman C. Grove has reported
( for duty and was placed in through
| freight service out Of Ell PasO. He was
| assigned to engine 397.
Extra conductor G. ". Savage. of the
I S. P. at Ell Paso. Is making a few trips
on cabOOse 406. He Is working between
! FL PasO and Lordsburg.
Texas & New Orleans water car No.
1920 is being repaired IN the g. H. car
shops at Ell Paso. 1t viii be back into
service within two weeks
The G. II. engineers extra board at
Fl PasO had the following men on at
o'clock last night: o. Shaw, J. N. Ritz
J. ". johnson and j. Horton.
H. Andrews, G. H. engine foreman at
FL PasO. has been assigned to the ice
/ house engine. He formerly was en-
ployed on the day coach engine as fore
man.
Travelling freight agent I. R. Gardner,
/ of the Queen & Crescent route, Is spend
| ing a few days in the city, visiting
friends. His headquarters are at San
| Antonio, Tex
T. & P fireman A. P. Moore has sent
| for his mother and sister. They viii
arrive IN a few DAYS from Tennessee and
viii make an extended visit among
I friends at Fl PasO.
S. P. regular through freight fireman
I g. H. Cope IS LAYING OF for a few trips
and extra fireman Horace Cross is flll-
ing the vacancy on engine 2556 with
} engineer W. o. Olsen.
E.P. & s. W. engine 163 Of the eastern
division viii be 0Is5 81 the back shops
at FL Paso in a few days. 1t has been
| generally overhauled and viii be back
in service IN a few DAYS.
The Southwestern IS repairing its well
at sit Riley, which recently caved in
I The work is in charge of well expert
William Bolton. and he expects to have
it completed within ten days.
shorty Swiber. engine foreman for
( the q. II. & S. A at Ell Paso, Is laying
off for a short while and switchman
/ Harry Lumsden Is filling the vacancy
on the night rip track engine IN his
place.
On account Of a decrease in business,
the T. & p. has reduced the brakemen's
extra board to five men and 1t Is ~
mored that the firemen's extra rOard
viii be reduced to an equivalent num-
/ Der.
S. P. regular freight engineer II. R.
I Vaughan is laying off Tor a few days
and extra engineer J. NJ Candy is filling
/ the vacancy on engine 2S1S in his place.
l 7 k1inuhqok is firing for him.
J. J. Trainor has returned from San
Antonio and reported for duty. He was
( placed on the night coach engine, dis
J placing engine foreman John Reid, who
/ VIII be his head assistant.
/ S. VI. Gaines, superintendent Of the
I railway mail service Of IeXas, with
} headquarters at Fort Worth, who has
/ been in the city for a few DAYS arraug
/ ing for the distribution of the Mexican
I mails, viii leave today fOy his headquaT-
/ tiers.
/ jim Bowling. who has been acting as
[ day hOstler for the Southwestern at El
[ PasO for the past month, mas been dis
/ placed by regular hOstler Jim Nicholson,
( who has been laying of. Bowling was
I placed on his former position as handy
man in the back shops.
J. Fl. Birdsley, the G. Fl. fireman that
I has been firing the day coach engine
/ for the past three months, has been dis
I placed bv Harry Heilman. who has been
firing through freight between Sander
l son and Del Rio. Fireman Birdsley
I bumped on to the night coach engine,
| displacing o. AIoncreif. who viii be as
signed to the FL Paso slow board.
o. & s. engines 1924 and 1925 were
I delivered to the G.. II. & S. A. at Fl
| Paso yesterday, by q messenger of the
Baldwin locomotive works at Philadel-
| phia- They were transferred to the s.
[ P at III PasO and viii be dead-headed
/ today in charge of a messenger to Port
Z land, Ore. where they viii be assigned
/ to passenger service
On account of a decrease in business
I the G.. TT. has cut of one of its regular
l day switch engine. The round house viii
in the future furnish vardmaster b. Bro
] five engines as follows: The day coach
engine at a. m. the day lead at 8 a.
m, the night coach at 8 p. m, the night
lead at p. m, and the night house
engine at s p. m.
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