Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-20
TRACK AND TRAIN.

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Sixteen freight trains were sent cast out
of this city, yesterday, and twelve were
made up for the west.
Frank Barney, a good and faithful. OP1Ic
carrier. has found steady emp,o, ment as
messenger for the Atchison company 10
this city.
family from Newton to Great Bend. He
will run on the Great Bend extension,
when an opening occurs.
A well is being sunk by the Atchison at
Kinsley, Kansas, in hopes Of getting better
water. A preliminary boring shows good
water at the depth of 1855 feet.
The hot springs branch out Of Las We
gas is GOV one Of the preferred run
among passenger conductors, aud Is usu-
ally given to the Oldest men in the service
Of the company.
Thos. r. Gabel, ex-general superintend-
ent for the Atlantic & Pacific, passed
through Albuquerque for Los Angeles, in
| tCoPouru- u tcicStdm uto mug htha Va
the illness of his wife. 4
Switcbman Winkler got amply sufficient
night switching in three nights work in
the Las Vegas yard and took a train fol
his home at Palestine, Texas. His place il
now filled by M. Asher.
The Lskin water service man, VIM
Russell, is anxious for better water Not
likely anything will be done at Lakin soop
The engineering department. has decided
to sink a well at that p%o,ntduring the sum
mer.
Another plsse ,ger train, for night ser
vice, will be put on the Santa Fe, Prescott
g. Phoenix railroad, on or about May Goth
connections will be made with the Atlantic
& Pacific passenger trains at Ash Fork.
William McA. Green, formerly city
ticket agent of the Atchison at st. Joseph
who was recently transferred to a position
in the passenger office in Denver, has &C
cepted the position of rate clerk in tbs
office of General Passenger Agent Bailey
Of the Colorado Midland railway.
The new passenger service over the Den-
yer & Rio Grande between Santa Fe and
Denver, is highly praised by all who have
tried it, says the Ne,o Merican. The re-
duction of nearly three hours in the run
ming time between the two capitals is
particularly pleasing to travellers.
A party of Atchison officials consisting
of First Vice President d. b. Robinson
General Manager j.. j. Frey, General
superintendent II. U. Nudge and Super
intendent of Machinery John Player, left
Chicago, Sunday, in a special train on q
general inspection tour over the system.
The party met President Ripley at Topeka
and his assistant G. NJ. Higginson, who
left Los Angeles. Tuesday, will be met at
some western point. This will be the
second general inspection of the road
since the new company assumed charge.
A new ticket clerk has been added to ].
P. Halls force at Denver, in the person Of
Charles Elwell, who takes E. L. Bostwick's
PAoSCj III * IL
to the position of general manager of the
Rocky Mountain Railroad Guide Mr.. Ell.
we'll was formerly city ticket agent at
Lawrence, Kansas. The retrenchment
policy Of the Atchison, however, i%naugur-
ated May LIST, closed his office, with those
of Wichita and Topeka, throwing the
ticket business to the union depots. This
policy applies hut to the smaller Kan as
towns.
The Burlington railway has secured two
new Pullman compartment cars-the
e'OthellJo and HMercutio"-to run regu.
larly between Kansas City and st. Louis.
The entire car is made up of compartments
and drawing rooms. Each compartment
has separate toilet rooms, and is finished
in a different color, making a most beauti-
full effect with various designs and colors.
The vestibules are large, Of circular form,
with glass, making a comfortable observa-