Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-22
A N TRAIN.

M. r. Williams, of the bridge and build
ing department, reached home from tn,
north, last evening.
". c. Proctor is II holding down the rail-
road carpenter shops in San MarciaI, dur.
ing the absence of s. r.. Harlan.
"The Twins" G. g. & D. G. Davis, ex-
pect their father to pass through going
east from Redlands, California.
Station Agent Dunnenbaum and his
brand new wife went through for Lamy
Junction, last evening, from their eastern
bridal trip.
Fred Russell, general yardmaster for the
Atchison, in Albuquerque, has received
notification Of his appointment to be train
master of the Kansas City division.
Pat Walsh, general baggage agent for
the Atchison, was headed for Ell Paso,
Texas, last evening, stopping over here
long enough to run down a newsboy and
buy an evenings Optic.
The taking off by the Atchison Of the
limited trains 3 and 4 will affect four en-.
CINE crews running out of Topeka. On the
west end runs, one eastern division crew
and one middle division will drop pack to
freight service, and on the east end, one
Chicago division crew and one eastern di.
vision crew. The Chicago division crew
will probably be transferred from Topeka,
and take a run on that division.
General Yardmaster Hosmer, down there,
gives the Albuquerque Citizen ths follow
ing list of his crews: Day-John Griffin,
in charge of engine 1928, and Oscar Garrett.
in charge Of engine 1856; Hank Fisher,
Chas. Shelter, Chas. Aukrum, Peter East
man, }. d. Barber and John Hashslinger,
crew. Night-Ed. Slough, yardmaster;
Chas. Arm, foreman; Thos. Doyle, crew,
with two switchmen yet to be named.
Diamond Dick, /" formerly a Las Vegas
depot policeman, and latterly a railroad
detective, down the country, has left the
Mexican Central to accept a similar posi-.
ton with the Southern Pacific, and is now
on duty along the line of the latter COM
pany. He says it was but the matter of a
sAoE. ttlls before he would lave been
killed, down there, and to this his wife and
children naturally and %strenuously OBJ
jected. His run extended from Juarez to
Calera, the second station above Zacatecas.
and he had some very tough gentlemen to
deal with along his division.
SLEEPING CARS DO NOT PAY.
Comparatively few of the Pullman cars
pay even at the present rates. The Pull
man company keeps a credit and debit &C.
count with every car, which is balanced at
the end Of the year, and the auditors can
tell at a glance the earnings and the cost
and the expense Of maintaining every one
in the service. Those cars that are used
on the long journeys usually show a loss.
which is larger or smaller according as the
road upon which it runs is patronized. On
the other hand, the cars on short runs be.
tween large cities and through populous
portions Of the country SHOW large bal
ances to their credit, which Offset the de.
fcits Of the rest. II the proposed bill
should become a law, or tie mileage sys-
tenn as originally proposed should be
adopted, the short hauls would make no
more money than the long hauIs. And il
rates were generally reduced by Iegisla.
tion the sleeping-car companies would un-
doubleday take of the cars that do not psv
and continue to run only such as give them
profits.