El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-27
Campfires Of Unemployed
Line Railway Route Al
most to Los Angeles.
1GHTLY camp fires Of "hobOes'

7ruTTY camp fires of "hoboes"
~ 1iqbt I'D the line of railways rum
l ming from Ell Paso almost to tho
.4-,-irts of Los Angeles. Cal. While
OuI9io Inns are separated at different
tnS .oas a pedestrian travelling at
az tt could follow the line from e.
I D. to Los Angeles without getting
IoSIt 60 the report that trainmen nr
- -torio11s roads running from here TO
Is Angeles bring. The migratory race
Of +be human species IS headed toward
n PSso being unable for various rea-
-o,s IN secure q resting place at Los
S 3Oiirla1os Trainmen say that even the
doors of mail cars have to be kept
oIOgo5 in order to keep the tramps
fro7n Getting into the mail cars.
Police chief n. DAVIS ana chleI q
5atectives Jesse c. Stansel are making
1900 "a fions TO receive the army Of the
t11arDIOved At present the city is re-
DOrted to be fairly Wen cleaned up as
- ssboboes" as the result of wholesale
during the past several weeks. Persons
who were not able to give a satisfac-
torS- answer as to their occupation or
cou1d NOT display visible means Of sup
mort. were arrested on harges OF va
erancy. These were either fined and
6i1f to work on the rock pile, or given
an oDDortnuity to leave the city. Police
chief Davis states that he intends 10
make FL PasO an unpopular place for
HbOboes p" The members Of the army"
renorted coming to Ell Paso, the chief
saws, will be promptly arrested ana
tried out in the corporation court. af-
fer which they will either be put TO
work on the rock pile or hustled" out
u 6 Washouts Tie Up s. P.
High water in California is seriously
affecting westbOund passenger bust
ness of the Southern Pacific. Trains
M 10 TaT
tied up. One train is reported to ar
rive several hours late, while the
others are all annulled. The Call
fornia situation has also caused
through freight traffics to be dis
turbed. A few orange trains that
had already left southern California
the day before the storm are reported
to arrive tonight and tomorrow. All
Santa Fe passenger and freight traf-
fic is seriously affected.
The mechanical department Of the
G. H. &. S. A. has reinstated extra
fireman James Graves and J. O'Neiu
j. McCombs, passenger fireman on
the Southern Pacific, has gone to Tue
son. He will go from there to Chi
cagO. His vacancy is being filled by
freight fireman J. c. Klingback-
c. z. Doyle, freight brakeman for
the Southern Pacific, has reported for
c. A. Withers brakeman on the Ell
Paso division of the S. P, has reported
for duty, after a layoff
Charlie King, night caller for the G.
H, laid off one night.
J. Bryant, extra brakeman for the
Southern Pacific, is back on the extra
board, after a freight trip between
Ell Paso and Lordsburg.
H G. Clark, brakeman for the G.
H, is back on the extra board, after
several freight trips, between FL PasO
and Valentine.
Poll tax bulletins have been posted
or several railroad boards in the city.
Frank Reese, a former conductor
for the Oregon Short Line at Portland,
is in the city. He expects to take q
position with the Mexico North Vest
ern railroad.
r. Z. Edmonston, clerk for the
mechanical department of the South
ern Pacific, t-EItcson, Is in the city.