Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-03-19
TRACK N TRAIN.
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r. e. Aldredge is now night operator up
at Ration.
C. B. Kilmer, the right way agentsei
the Atchison, 10 In the city,
The household goods of Mrs. NJ. VII.
liams, have arrived andabeen delivered. /.
Engineer VIM. Shaw, who had been lay.
ing OF on account Of sickness, has again
reported for work.
Chief Clerk Dean Is down the road with
Superintendent Hurley, and w. K. Ettsr
is acting chief clerk.
W. M. Arnold, of this city, relief agent
for the Atchison, Is local agent at Rincon,
In the absence Of A. L.. Coats.
Conductor A. l.. Wight has resigned and
left for Old Mexico, leaving a number or
friends to mourn his departure. 1SS
Through freight business is picking up,
AMI cattle shipments are expected to
largely increase In the near future. saNf'd
A large run OF stock from Arizons, Is OK
pected through shortly. Several a loads
went through Friday = Weekly.
Jud Hole, yard master az 81 Paso, was Q
passenger on NOZZLE s evening, returning
from bis mothers funeral 10 st. Joseph,
| Mo. -
Richmond engine 9is has arrived IN. To-
peka from Ration, and will be given q gen.
eral overhaulfng In thesAtchlson shops IN
that city. 81 rsFs
T. F. Gilluly, q former passenger con
ductcr, running out of Afbuqusrques Ii
now associated with the yards there. He
Is living with Conductor Sam White.
Phil Trip, who was a mechanic at the
round house here before the strike, was
killed by the accidental discharge OF q
gun, at Ell Paso, recently. His step-father
now resides at, Raton.
Ticket form S 900. X. T No. I40t. sold
At Denver "An Office, March 10th, to Phoe-
nix and return, via Ash Fork, has been
lost. II presented, conductors will take
up and collect full fare. .ss1
nights.at Trinidad, has been transferred TO
the night operating force at the depot, ar
irving in this city last evening. His place
at Trinidad is taken by J. B. Mcfarland,
of Topeka. sgy
; The cid time passenger engineer of
Ration, Joe Hodgson, Is reported seriously
i'll, at the Fl. Madison, Iowa, hospital,
where he was taken some time ago, in the
hope that the change would be beneficial
to him. He suffers from IN affection Of
the liver, and grave fears are entertained
by his many friends for his life.
Return portion OF San Diego round trip
ticket, issued by c., M.A& st. P. railway,
Sheldon, Iowa, about January 1st, via
Southern California, A. & p, A., 7. & g.,
r. to Kansas City, and connection to Shell,
don, signed By Q. M. Bartlett, form and
number not obtained, has been't lost. II
presented, conductors will take up and
collect full fare.
TO SAVE OIL. = ~
Z The plan OF President e. r. RIPLEY, OF
the Santa Fe, In carrying economy into the
various details Of railroad work, is Illus,
trated by a circular issued by the general
superintendent's Office in regard to the use
Of railroad lanterns, In which seven rules,
are laid down for the consideration Of en-
ployes. The circular states that all en-
ployes are to follow these Instructions,
which, it is believed, will prove bsneficial
to the care Of the lanterns, and the method
OF handling the signal oil which Is burned.
6 The circular also states thatyit has been
arranged for J. s. White, of Pittsburg, Pa,
who is an expert In all matters pertaining
to burning oils, lamps, lanterns, tubes and
wicks, to visit all division points, and con-
fer with the officers, as we'll as any Of the
employees making use Of lanterns or sig
malls, and explain and Instruct with refer
enceto those matters.
The object Of this circular is to inaug-
urate . saving In the use of signal oil.
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