Show local agents for roads are having their troubles two new men are cooki looking n g a after ft er the eureka stations of the two rail roads during these trying times and they no doubt wish that the regular agents were back on the job when anything goes wrong in the railroad business the man closest at hand gets the blame he is kept busy listening to the troubles ot of oeners and a thousand questions are put to him every day the mines hae bane been wanting to know when they can have railroad cars tor for their ore and when coal shipments will get through merchants have been howl hol ing because merchandise is tied up at a time when it is needed badly coal dealers have been getting after the railroad company through the agents and traveling men who were tied up in eureka during the week kept the telephone lines hot in an ef tort fort to get information M W lichty has been in charge of the san pedro depot during the absence of agent pike and F L gross is looking after things at the rio grande depot while agent dug gan takes a rest |