El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-11

went out on No. Sunday, in charge Of
engineer f. W. Conner and fireman o.
T. Ward It will go through to San
AtnoniO, where IL will be assigned to
regular passenger service on the HouS-
ton division.
H Biggers, regular passenger con-
ductor for the Southern Pacific, is tax
Ing As days leave of absence and has
left for Louisville, Ky, where he will
visit relatives. Jimmie O'Brien is fill
ing the vacancy during Biggers's abb
sence.
NJ N. Geddes. G. H & S. A. engineer,
headed into Ell PasO to protect the FL
PaSO business W. Barksdale was
placed on the Fl Paso extra list, and
engineer Geddes was used on his Tegu-
lar freight run
A rumor is in circulation in the Ell
Paso railroad circles to the effect that
Sam Lazarus, president of the Quanah
Acme & Pacific railroad system, with
headquarters at San Antonio, Texas, is
intending to extend his road to FL PasO,
through Roswell
Engine 953, a Mallet engine of the
G. H & s. A railway company, is in
the back shops, and is due out in few
days, after general overhauling and
painting. It will be assigned TO-
through freight service out of FL Paso,
after it has been properly broken in.
The. FL Paso & Southwestern system
has recently put on another regular
are A a. Harvey and fireman Morton
The engine is 164 and it is working
between FL PasO and Carrizozo, on the
eastern division
J. c. Green and c. H. Morris, two en-
g1neers for the g. H. & S. a at FL
PasO, who were recently cut off on &C
count OF decrease in business, have
been called back to work J. c. Green
mas been firing passenger out Of Fl
PaSo while he was cut off
r Hepworth, FL Paso & Southwest
ern fireman Of the eastern division, is
laying Of flor a few trips, and extra
fireman James Ross is filling the va
cancy, on the CarrizoZo Sunday layoTer
local. between FL Paso and Carrizozo,
with engineer Ben Winters
FL Paso & Southwestern engineer
Cunningham has reentered the the
company's service. He was given his
the eastern division on a regular
freight run on engine 16S. He made
his first trip Friday night.
E F. Boyle, assistant superintendent
Tor the G. H & S. A.. with headQuar-
tiers at Ell PasO, returned on No.
yesterday from an inspection tour of
the road He will leave today for Chi
cage. accompanied by his family, to at
tend the convention OF the travelling
engineers Of the entire United States.
q. L Ward, regular passenger fire
man Tor the g. H & s A, has recoT-
cred from a short spell of sickness and
on his regular run, with engineer Fred
Conner, lisplacing F. z, Biggers, who
goes back on the FL Paso through
freight chain gang service. between EI
Paso and Valentine.
X b Nash, regular passenger fire
man for the Southern Pacific between
El Paso and LOrdsburg, has reported
for duty and was placed on his regular
placing r. Trimble, who goes back to
flrlng In through freight service. Nash
visited Bonham and Sherman, Texas,
during his vacation, where he was the
guest Of relatives.
Johnnie Drew, night train crew call
er for the G. H & S A dispatcher, is
taking 80 Gay vacation and James
Murray is calling the sIeepers in his
place Jimmie Murray left the COM
panyS employ about a year ago, but
recently secured a position as extra
caller and regular messenger for the
o1spatcher's office at Ell Paso.
W. A. Roberts, day chief dispatcher
Tor the q. H q S. A, at Ell Paso, has
taken months leave of absence and
night chief dispatcher H T. Ttheridge
IS filling his vacancy. L n. Winan,
the trick" dispatcher, is working on
night chief dispatcher H T Etheridge
ridges place Mr.. Roberts left Satur-
day morning, accompanied by his
daughter, Ruth, for Tennessee, where
he will visit relatives
W. NJ. McCreery's name was recently
put up DeIore the local board of ex-
aminerS of the Brotherhood of T,OcOmO-
tive Firemen and Enginemen, and he
received notification Saturday morning
to the effect that he had passed the
preliminary examination and had been
accepted and could come up as soon as
convenient for the initiation lie will
be initiated in a few days. Mr. Nc
Creery has been in the employ Of the
g. II. & S. A Railway compay for the
past year In the capacity of locomotive
fireman.
A new Joint agreement has been
reached between the lodges of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and F1remen and the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Ftremen and Enginemen,
and the management of the Southern
Pacific railway system. It was adopted
at recent conference at Chicago. Cop
les OF the agreement have already
reached Ell PasO and are being distrib-
uted among the engineers of the Tucson
division. They are nicely printed and
are very neat in appearance.
After Aug. 1. AIhnmbra Dairy depot, 1917 /
p Missouri phone acknowledgements