Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-03
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Engineer Thomas Bourne is on d leave Of
absence and left Ration on a visit to Mis-.
eourI.' .s g.
The Ration round house IL receiving a
coat Of whitewash and presents a hand
some appearance.
Engineer w. W. Barron has been re.
tnstated aud is again at work On the Ration
division of the Atchison.
N. Gonzales, section foreman at Rove,
had his leg broken yesterday and was
brought to the hospital, last night.
Brakeman A. r.. Lindsey OF the Rio
| Grande division, had his finger smashed,
yesterday, while making a coupling,
"A. q. Wells, Of the A. & r., will pass
through On route to Albuquerque 10 epecial
car 100, attached to No. |, this morning.
Ed Sanders. IAN old time brakeman on
this division, passed through Ration, yes
tsrday morning, from Wichita Falls, Tex,
where he wal visiting relatives. J.
Beginning October lst, the Atlantic l.
Pacific employees win work nine hours per
day and six days In the week at Albuquer-
que. Heretofore they worked ten hours
per day and Ave days In the week.
Fremont j. White, OF Ration, after a Sc
we're tussei With rheumatism Of six month";
duration, has reported for duty and has
been placed temporarily in charge OF
the Atchison store room on the night
shift.
The net earnlogs Of the Atchison sys-
tenn for August we're s722, 1852, an Increase
Of $S21, O96 over the same month Of last
year. The net earnings for the two months
Of the fiscal year to August LIST were ST.
235, 942, an increase of $639,1 oyer the
same period Of the preceding fiscal year.
The conditions Of John d. Notgrass at
the hospital have not improved and his
recovery from the accident, yesterday, is
said to be very doubtful. 1t is not known
in whom the fault of the accident lies.
Engineer Sam Smith says that he heard
the brakeman war; Nottgfass not to 20
between the cars and the next thing he
heard was that be was sigualed to stop
and was told that N~ottgrass had been in
jured.
At a special meeting OF the Gulf, Color
ado & Santa Fe stockholders, held at Gall
weston, Tex, l.. J. Polk and F. M. Gil
brough were elected directors. to succeed
B. F. Yoakum and Thomas W. jackson,
resigned. Paul Morton was elected third
vice president, succeeding b. f. Yoakum,
| mbA raai0nad IN taHo sarufoa nth tLo c.
Louis & San Francisco recently. H. O..
Whitehead was elected general auditor,
succeeding w. r. Giliett, resigned.
Engine 100, on the Big Four, on Monday
afternoon hauled the Kuickerbocker ex-
press of six cars from Nation to Indian
apolis, 13S miles, making seven stops at
railroad crossings and stations, in W
hours and forty minutes. The severity
three miles from Terre Haute to Indian
apolis were covered In eighty-fi y minutes,
making two stops. Deducting stops, the
speed was fully fifty min miles an hour
the entire distance, and it Is claimed to be
the fastest run ever made with that mum.
Der Of cars between those points.
Anc ""Ao6ouAcut AOW HdFc Tue
Cstskill branch in complete repair to with
10 eight miles of Catskill, and with the
large force Of workmen now employed
they expect to have the line completed to
that point by October 9th at the latest,
when It Is expected that the citizens Of the
mountain burg will hold a grand jubila-
ton meeting to celebrate the event. The
Gulf now have two grading outfits, a pile
driver and crew, a large bridge gang and
a big forcs of tracklayers, all busily en-
gagged in pushing the work rapidly to It's
completion.-Trinidad Advertiser.
The greatest ssshake-up'' in the history
Of Texas railways occurred at Denison,
Wednesday. All passenger conductors on
the main line Of the Houston e. Texas
Central railway and two on branches were
discharged. The names Of the conductors
discharged are Lasher, Westbrooks, Tel
fair, Mccarthy, Lockwood, Sullivan Lock
hart, Haugh and Hudson. Some of the
discharged men have been in the employ
Of the company for twenty eight years,
none less than ten years. 1t is said the
order for the wholesale change emanated
from the Southern Pacific, which controls
the Houston and Texas Central lines.