El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-12

/ The Washout situation east Of San
: Antonio. Texas, on the G. II. & 5. A is
; reported to be improving. The trains
( known as the de luxe, viii run in Few
/ DAYS through to the Mississippi river
! At present they can penetrate the hood
/ district considerably. Local traffic OIL
] Gals OF the G. H. say that very little
! damage was done to the company s
/ property, the only loss suffered by the
/ company was the delay to its trains.
! They say that the track was not torn
/ up greatly. The high water which
l PLAYED havoc with the schedules OF
I trains 1O1 and 102 CAST Of San Antonio,
was only back water from the Brazos
/ and Guadalupe rivers. which viii in the
/ course Of a few days, run down TO lower
attitudes. No current is perceptlDIe In
/ the vicinity of the G. h property.
The Tombstone branch run of the
western division of the SOuthW eStern
I system is vacant and open to bids from
all firemen of the west end. This turn
; was recently vacated by fireman Linda
man and the senior applicant VIII De
made known at noon Dec. 1S.
L o. King, extra engineer for the
/ eastern division of the FL PasO and
Southwestern system, is working for a
few nights on the switch engine.
Charlie Mckinney is firing for him.
W ". SpauldiEg, extra engineer Tor
( the western division OF the South
western, between Ell PasO and Hachita,
is working for a few days on the
yards service. Roy Patton is firing Tor
r. Hamilton, extra fireman for the
eastern division of the southwestern
between FL PasO and CarrizOzo, IS max
ing a few trips on freight with engineer
T. P. Rempe-
Joe Henderson. extra engineer for the
Western division Of the Southwestern,
is making a few freight trips between
FL Paso and Hachita- G. H Arnold IS
firing for him.
Western division engineer Smith of
the Southwestern between FL PasO and
Hachita has recovered from a short
spell of sickness and has reported for
duty He is on the Stag pit job and
has fireman RieYesthal to scoop" for
him.
c. c. Crist. extra fireman for the
western division of the Southwestern,
is making a few trips between FL Paso
and Hachita with engineer l. L Kyle.
They caught a lite" engine out Thurs
day night
for the eastern division of the South
western, is laying on for few trips
and an extra man is filing his place.
z. L Aylsworth, fast freight engi-
neeT Of the western division OF the
Southwestern, between FL PasO and
Douglas, is laying of for a few trips.
Carl Sander, fireman on the west end
local between FL PaSO and Hachita OF
the Southwestern, is laying of for
few trips.
western division fireman Rainey of
the Southwestern between FL PasO and
Hachita is laying off for few trips,
on account of illness.
Il L Kinney, through freight fireman
for the western division of the South
western system, between Fl Paso and
Hachita. is laying off for a few shifts.
Western division fireman Reed OF the
southwestern between Ell PasO- and
Hachita is laying off on account of sick
ness.
E. A. Wells, passenger fireman for
the eastern division of the SOuthW est
ern. between FL Paso and CarrizOzO,
president Of the Pass City lodge No
ISL, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen. presided over
an important business meeting Thurs
day night.
A. B. Snyder, engine foreman for the
G. H & S. A at FL PasO, who has been
quite i'll Of late at the Hotel Dieu as a
result Of an operation for appendicitis
is reported to be recovering mis-
strength very rapidly. He expects to be
able to go to his home in a few days
John Delaney, extra switchman for
the local yards of the G. H, is laying
of for few shifts
T. 0. McCabe, extra switchman for
the G. H. at FL Paso. is working on the
night lead switch engine for few
shifts with engine foreman G. F. John
The G. H. & S. A. transfer department
at FL PasO used an extra switch engine
Thursday night in the local yards. The
engine foreman, T. NJ. George. was IN
charge, and his helpers were G. P.
Williams, II. r. Bean and J. F. Wade
J. T. Wade, extra switchman for the
G. H. at FL Paso, has reported for duty
after a short layOn.
W w Mcmahon, brakeman for the
G. H out OF FL PasO. has been assigned
to passenger service between FL PasO
and SandersOn, with conductor Sea-
monds.
Southwestern passenger train No
from the east arrived about 10 minutes
late Thursday.
s. n Rogers, engineer for the South
ern Pacific between Ell PasO and Lords
burg, arrived in the city Thursday
night from the west on a light engine.
EiEhty-three passengers arrived on
T & P. train No. 3 yesterday for west
ern points and were transferred to the
s P. at FL Paso. Two standards and
tourist car were also delivered to the
s. P at FL PasO.
Twnety-one cars Of bananas arrived
Thursday over the Texas & Pacific and
were transferred to the S ?. at Ell
PasO for Asiatic points by way OF the
Boring Straits from Seattle. Wash
They arrived in two sections on extras
391 and 1874.
J. c. Miller. extra brakeman for the
Southern Pacific at FL PasO. is back on
the slow board after round freight
trip between Ell PasO and Lordsburg.
H F. Provence, brakeman for the S.
P, has been displaced from q freight
turn between FL PasO and LOrdsburg,
and was placed on the local extra list.
z. D. Sibley, extra brakeman for the
s. P at FL PasO, is making a few
freight trips between Ell PasO and
Lordsburg on conductor G. W. Savage's
car.
J J. Hogan, extra brakeman for the
Southern Pacific between FL Paso and
Lordsburg, is back on the slow board
after a round freight trip.
Twenty-Five cars of gold ball freight
arrived during the night over the
Southwestern for California points. and
was transferred to the S. P. at Ell PasO.
Engine 2712s of the Southern Pacific
freight department, between FL PasO
and Lordsburg. is in the local shops for
repairs.
Twenty-one immigrants arrived
Thursday from the east over the South
western in a special coach on train No
Z and were sent to the coast over the
Southern Pacific.
r. z. Plummer. extra brakeman for
the S. P. at FL PasO, is making a few
freight trips between FL PasO and
Lordsburg.
c. A. Withers, extra brakeman for the
S. p. at FL Paso. is back on the local
slow board, after d few freight trips