El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-31
Bishop Celebrates Twentieth
Anniversary As Station Agent
Has Seen Village Become a
City and Brakeman a
General Manager.
Isl. 20 years ago Saturday morn
ing a Hoosier swung off the G.

list 90 years ago Saturday morn
inc Hoosier swung off the G.
- H. & s. A. train at the Stanton
street station. which was the only one
here then. carried his satchel into the
station, sat down and has been there
He is r. II. Bishop. station agent at
the Stanton street depot, who IS cele-
brating the goth anniversary or ms
arrival in FL. PasO from ShelbyYlIe,
Ind Agent Bishop is one of the vet
Grams of the G. TT. & $. A system anu
has given the friendly high ball 10
a regiment of railroad men who nave
passed his little station WINDOW Oh
the fast flyers and slow freighJs eaSI
and west bound. He has seen u n
Waid rise from a brakeman to be as
sistant general manager OF the - T.
s A. system. He has seen Jay Goulu'
E. H. Hartman and the HunIlnS TONS
come and &c. He was selling uckelS
in the little gray painted once WHSH
w. r. Martin, superintendent OF Ihe
union station. was superintendent O
the FL PasO division and mad MS o.
flee upstairs.
been writing a series Of sketches OF
railroad life for the Railroad maya
zine telling of the trials and troubles
Of the country agent should MI.
PishoD relate his experiences as sta
4ion agent in the southwest, it would
make reading even more 1nIeresLlnB
than the other HOOsler'S history OF Jne
station agents life. Mr. Bishop mas
been active in civic and church aIIairs
since he came to FL PasO from SheIDy
county. Indiana. He was secretary OF
fine First Baptist church for many
years and saw this church grow IIoIu
a mission congregation 70 one OF ~
most Influential church bodies IN tne
Station agent Bishop celebrated ms
20tb anniversary by being on the loo
at the stanton street station SeIllHS
tickets for all of the trains ana re-
,-oi--iy1gr organizations of his old
time friends in the city and on lne
Sunset system
Local traffic managers OF the SCUM IN,
erU Pacific at Ell PasO report that lhs
California flood situation has cIeaIe1
nm. AN the high water has receusQt'
Trains, both passenger ana ,. !e 80 ~
are now running through TO Cd!I 10 a
The fruit trains are again AIRY llis 80. -
This civ from the west BUSINESS Coll
5itfons will be normal 1t IS salus IN q
So DAVIS and the-regular chain gang
crews that have been puAled OIL w. 49,
he uIaced back into service. On accU ulIs
~ f1e sudden opening Of TraIIlc al %
-, r7e1r-e that were at LordsDurs. n
M were rushed light to FL FasOs - ~
first three engines to arrive were NJ
27qR. in charge OF 'eng1ue5I - ~,
et,aToe1ev and fireman T. W. hoL4IieI ~
S4ee in charge Of engineer George w;
TTrfrnb1e and fireman Wade SInlII. 80
engine PIP in charge OF eng
prank EARL and fireman A. CIross. 90.
The first banana speclal 70 , al 80
in ri Paso over the G. H. for CallI IoL+
MIA and Asiatic points, arrived a.
71i-bt about 10 p. m. Engineer anu
Young was at the tnroIIe aLu ~, 80
train was in charge OF cOLiuuStoI -
C3innis. Several more trains are
Dected to arrive in q, rev dts t,,-,
rT-l,e last two coaches OF the HOus toH
q rTe,-as Central railroad, WhlSH
bro,1rbt the Mexican refugees 10 -
Paso from Maria, Texas We're sem
east last night over Ine " n
quarters at Houston. - A., South
.,--1 Eecific at FL PasO, IS now 4iI4Ig
freight turn between p f75S-aIC.
T.or5sb11ra with engineer b j. - - -.
NJ u. Shemeley, extra enSlLleSL =;
49, southern Pacific at Ell PasOs u
fiarl- on the Local slow board aIleI q
fTeieht trim between FL Paso anu
Lo u TT y i Hoffman. extra fireman for
+be Southern Pacific Rio Grande dIVls-
ION is hack on the extra list after a
freight trip between FL Paso anu
Iordsburg, with engineer NJ f. SheIA-
4 T. Hogan. extra brakeman for the
Southern Pacific at Ell PasO, is back on
the local extra list, after freight
trip between Ell -Paso and LordsDurgy
Doyle DLdhGAudn ADA eAAI
Southern Pacific between FL Paso and
T,ordsburg. is row braking regularly
with conductor A. Binkley. c. E. jack
son. extra brakeman, has also bumped
onto this turn
Extra conductor J. AIcMindes Of the
Southern Pacific at FL PasO, is brak-
ing regularly between FL PasO and
T,0rdsburg with conductor h. D. Ash
lev Extra brakeman J. G. Miller IS
making a few freight trips on this run
Conductor G. W Savage, Of the
Southern Pacific, is now braking on
car No. $50, for conductor J. A O'Br1en
between FL PasO and Lordsburg.
Hugh McAIichaeL helper on the day
coach engine Of the G. H, at Ell Paso.
is laying off for few days His va
cancy is being filled BY extra switch
man M. Dyer
7. NJ. George, switchman for the g.
H at FL Paso, is laying off.
G. 7. Hill, switchman for the 6. II.
at FL Paso is laying off.