El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-17
CAR DERATLhTENTs
DELAY PASSENGERS
Traction Car Is Twice Ditehed, Block
lag Traffic Following; Many
Walk Into the City.

Walk Into the City.
Two derailments Of car No. 2 Of the
RIO Grande Traction Railway company,
early Wednesday, caused many school
children, telephone girls and office
men TO be late in getting to their va
rious duties The first occurred at the
curve about half a. block this side of
the Midway Inn, which caused a delay
Of 80 minutes. The Wrecker finally
came and pulled the big red car back
upon the track. The Wrecker then re-
turned to the city and the car proceed
Cd towards town with couple of
Washington Park cars in the rear.
After going a few blocks from the
scene OF the first derailment, the car
struck soft track" which gave wsv
under its heavy burden. Four Park
cars were behind the derailed car. An
other Wrecker was sent from the car
barns. Officials say that the damaged
track viii be taken out shortly and
replaced with new rails The cars be
hind the soft track were backed to the
place where the double track starts,
Ond then came into the city on the out
going track. Many Of the passengers,
growing impatient. walked into the
city as far as Cotton avenue, caught
the Myrtle avenue car and came the
rest Of the way. All cars behind the
derailment were unusually filled with
passengers
The safety department Of the Joint
G. H & S. A. and Southern Pacific rail-
roads at FL PasO, of which superinten-
dent r. NJ Hoover is chief, are plan
ming many safety devices in the local
shops and round house All machines
in the FL PasO shops, boiler and black
smiths shops are being equipped with
safety guards to prevent accidents. All
tracks leading to and from the turn
table al the round house are now pro-
tected by filler tracks.
The electric department OF the G. II.
4 s A at FL PaSO IS planning and
constructing many improvements On
January work on new smoke stack
on the local power plant will be com
menced. and also the construction Of
new motor driven bending rolls The
material has already arrived and IS in
the shop being tempered A new light
ing system is being installed. It viii
better the system Of lights throughout
the back shops round house. black
smiths shops and yards The estimated
cost Of this work is more than $4,000
according TO men in charge Of the
work It will be completed as soon as
possible.
Orange train No. 50. Of the Southern
Pacific. arrived in this city at a very
early hour this morning with % cars
Of oranges for the Texas q Pacific. one
car for the Rock island by way Of the
FL Paso & Southwestern system, and
three for local merchants for the holt
day trade Orange car No So arrived
a little later with a train of 25 cars Of
oranges for the Texas < Pacific, two
for the Rock Island by way Of the
Southwestern. and six loads for local
merchants
Southern Pacific between FL Paso and
Lordsburg, is laying off for few
trips.
J. F. Weathered. extra brakeman for
the Southern Pacific between Ell PasO
and LOrdsbUrg. has reported for duty,
after short layOff, and was placed on
the local slow board
D. CaTanaugh, regular brakeman for
the Southern Pacific, has been placed
on the local slow board and viii work
between FL PasO and Lordsburg. This
change was caused by a decrease which
caused the removal Of two crews from
service Conductor H. A Dooley and
crew and conductor G. F. JasksOn and
crew met the ak" They were all
placed on the local slow board.
F J. Brennemon, brakeman for the
s. P between FL PasO and LOrdsburg.
is back on the extra list, after several
round freight trips
T. Il BinkIev, regular conductor for
the G. Fl & s A. out Of FL Paso, is
laying off for few trips.
Passenger engine No 924, Mikado
type, of the C. II. & s A.. has been
traded to the Southern Pacific for con-
sOndated type engine No. 2755 for a
few test trips. 1t went out on helper