Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
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M. Williams is filling a vacancy in the
day yard force at present.
J. A. McCurdy, n brakey, has been let
out and he left for Chicago on the morn
ing train.
Last evenings No. l passenger train did
not arrive till s:15 and this mornings No.
2, till GAS.
Frank Sopher has arrived in town from
Saiida, Colo, and will engage in twisting
brakes for a livelihood.
J. Il. White, night switchman in the Las
Vegas yard, has resigned, his services be-
ing no longer required.
q. Holterhoff, treasurer OF the California
Southern, was a south bound passenger
through Las Vegas, last evening.
1t is thought that the present running
time of passenger trains down this way
will be chang ed before many moons.
James Collins, night yard master, has
HE'D himself away to Chicago on a lay on
trip, his place being temporarily filed by
Cliff Roberts.
H. b. Bartholomew, night yard fore man
here, has stepped down and cut, he being
succeeded IN the position, by Switchmap
Winkler. OF Palestine, Texas.
Fred FL. Bacon, who has bean down on
the Glorieta mountain as pilot, comes up
to Las Vegas to take charge of a new
train crew, being relieved on the mount
ain run by r. Daley.
Conductor Finuegnn, CT the Central
Branch, residing in Downs, Kansas, is the
inventor Of a scale and truck combination
for use in railroad work. He has secured
a patent on bis Invention, and will en-
deavor to have it introduced in railway
service.
CHANGES IN AGENTS.
A. T. Naugle has been appointed agent
for the Atchison at Whitewater, N. NJ,
ufce O. F. Baldwin.
H. Il. Bard has been appointed agent for
the Atchison at Miami, Tex, rice e. s.
dunn.
l. F. Holton, agent at Derby, Kan, who
has been on a leave Of absence, has re-
sumed his duties, and q. G. Aspey. extra
egent, who was relieving him, has taken
the agency at Hackney, Kan, vice D. O..
Watts, on leave of absence.
A. c. Page has resumed his duties as
agent at Panhandle, Tex, rice Richard
Warren, extra agent, who was relieving
him.
The supreme court of the state of Illinois
has dismissed the petition of the Chicago
ticket sca'pers to expunge from the records
Of the court the opinions previously filed,
whose real scope was to declare the law of
1875 forbidding railroad ticket scalpsrs
from operating in Illinois constitutional.
In 1876 the general assembly of Illinois en-
acted such law. About two years ago,
George Burd;ck was convicted in the cir
cult court upon two indictments of violat-
log this law, and laed $500 upon each
charge. He brought the case to the SUI
rreme court, which affirmed the decision of
the court fellow, thereby holding the law of
1876 constitutional.
The new schedule adopted by the At.
Gibson, May 8rd, which made such radical
changes in the running time of the trains
on the Caldwell and Hunnewell branches
of the Southern Kansas division, eppar-
emily does not improve with acquaintance
in that part Of the state. The latest move
reported under way, for the purpose OF
brin sing the railroad to a realization of
the condition of affairs, is a boy colt by the
merchants 81 ne towns along both lines, in
in the matter of shipments ever the At
Gibson. 1t is understood that the merch-
ants of Belle PLANE have already notified
the wholesale houses with whom they deal
that in the future they will receive no
shipped to them over that
road.
A special freight train of fourteen cars
in Kansas City over the Wabash
at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning,
after making a most remarkable run of
|, 100 miles from Waynesboro, Pa, in GlM
hours. The fourteen cars bore the ma.
for the big Ice plant recently or
dered by the Armour Packing company
from the Prick Manufacturing company at
Waynesboro. 1t will be the largest single
ice machine in the United States |
and weighs about 100000 pounds. The
left Waynesboro at 2:3O o..
q. on. Saturday, over the B. g.
D, and was transferred to the
at st. Louis. During the run, tho
lelay on account Of stops mourte to
lbont six hours, and at times the speed of
he train was above fort, miles an hour.
THE ORDER GROWING.
The A. r. II. is said to be growing sud
lenly and rapidly in Emporia, Kansas.
The order has received nearly 100 Few
members in the past thirty days. 1t il
ttssa: most af the railroad men and tel.
people in town are in 1t. The meet
ngs-if they have any--are secret, and
he railroad managers can find out moth
about the order. 1t is said by the local
\. r. U. men that there will never again
70 a big strike, The A. r. u. apparently
las another scheme for accomplishing its
nds. The railroad managers are puzzled
bout the sudden growth OF the order.
hey don't know how high up to begin
Hiring" and 1t is a queer mess. No one
any serious danger, as the
leaders seem distinctly inclined to