El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-22
Every Hour 900 People Cross Bridges
Foot Passengers Many uarez
fol Hunting

FL Paso over the Santa Fe bridge and
80 cases of soap over the Stanton
street bridge Tuesday. This was all
carried in wagons.
Some of the other things exported
from FL PasO by wagon to Juarez on
Tuesday were 20 panes of window
glass. 40 live plants, 100 leather
saddles, II cases Of shoes, -FOUR cases Of
trimmed hats, 20 dozen spOols Of
thread 1000 paper bags, bird seed,
candy, cotton suspenders, one dozen
mems felt hats, IL sacks Of coal, 10
barrels Of beer, a complete telegraph
apparatus. six moving picture reels,
numberless sacks Of coal and plumb
ing fixtures
On the big exports. about IS to 80
manifestS are handled BY the customs
men every day at the Stanton street
bridge. and from 80 to 200 at the Santa
Fe bridge. These are almost altogether
exports from FL PasO into Juarez. The
larger loads seem to be taken across
the Santa Fe bridge, and as there may
be many wagons carrying the articles
for which there has been but one
manifest, the Santa Fe bridge is buster
than its mate
As an insight into human nature.
particularly of the Latin brand, the
bridge presents wide variety OF
human types. The bridge men, being
so continuously on duty, get to know
the run of Juarez citizens who come to
Ell PasO to shop or work, and know
whom to watch
On the watch for DRINKS.
One too frequent class of Juarez
visitors has Deen nlcknameo by the
bridge officials, the p D's-' CPerpet-
ual druuks). After this sObriQuet has
once been tackled onto a JuareZ hOmbre,
it is difficult for him to pass the i'm
migration inspectors and set safe
footing on L. 5. soil, being classed as
''undesirables"
TequiIa is one of the articles the
customs men have to watch for, as It's
with the near P DIS The place for
the secretion of teQuiIlG TASKS most
often selected is in the tops Of the
hombre's shoes
Many Attempts at Smuggling.
Blankets are also a lure to the
smUggler. the women pinnius these
around their bodies under their outer
skirts, and are sometimes hard to de-
tect- Attempts to smuggle drawn
work and silks in this manner are also
frequent
The Mexicans are not the only ones
to do the smuggling stunt, however
Many a tourist. and also the FL PasO
residents, are frequently caught at
tempting to Smuggle some drawn Work
or curiOs across One very well dressed
American woman attempted to smuggle
over a silver souvenir spoon by con-
cealfng it in her muf- The joke was
really on the woman, because the spoon
was an American made article sent
over to Juarez to be sold as curlo-
service at the bridges, know the faces
of the Mexican population of both
Juarez and FL PaSO pretty well The
FL PasO MeXlcanS the imui grafton men
say invariably show an increased
amount of human intelligence In their
faces after even a few months spent
in Ell PasO, and have a more pros
porous appearance than their kln1olN
across the expanse Of the river so the
newcomers are easily detected
To watch over the eternal thrOnE of
human beings passing and returning
there are two customs officers, and
immigration officers at each bridge
At the Santa Fe bridge, in addition
there is a woman inspector, for cases
where searching Of women is required
and during the rush hours the force
is increased as needed
On the bridge guard are % army
men, is privates. six non commissioned
Omicers and two HeUtenants. This
guard works in three shifts Of eight
men each. in shifts of two hours duty
at a time The guard is kept at the
bridges every hour in the "a