Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-04
TRAoK AMI TRAIN.

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the switching In the Las Vegas yards.
The Atchison depot at Nickerson, Kas.,
burned down, this morning, at 10 o'clock
Conductor Richard Hays went over to
ojo Caliente to spend a fow days at that
beauty spot. 81
Mountain engine 2s2 passed through the
Las Vegas yards, yesterday, for the bach
shops at Ration,
Firemen Robinson, Bushnell, Bowen,
Hcudder, Bowman and Parnell are taking
. short vacation.
The rotten ties In front OF the depot are
being replaced by the we'll seasoned ones,
from the picking works.
G. G. wrsy, chief dispatcher at the Lai
Vegas depot, went up the road, this morn.
ing, on an inspection tour.
Brakeman Owen OF the north end ar.
rived at the hospital last evening suffering
with a severely sprainsd knee.
J.F. Blattenburg, of La Junta, q former
dispatcher at that place, came up from the
south, last night, and is visiting friends
here.
Brakeman Joe Carlisle In splitting kindl.
ing wood this morning struck himself with
his ak, disabling himself from making a
trip to-day.
Chief Dispatcher @. II. Bristol, Of Ration,
made a flying business trip down this way,
coming down on No. 1, last evening, and
returning on No. 2, this morning.
An oil burning engine, manufactured
for the Congress Gold company, ARIZONA,
and the first OF It's kind that ever passed
through this place, was seen, to-day.
Postmaster General Wilson has issued an
order to railway mail clerks directing
them not TO take active interest In the DO
litical campaign. He expressly states he
does not desire to control their opinions In
political matters.
The railway water service at San Mar
cial is to be improved and enlarged. "A
pump capable Of handling $40 gallons OF
water q minute will be put in and the
present four-inch main lines will give way
to six.inch piping. This will give about
double the present supply.
Gross earnings of the Atchison system
for June increased $50, 68i; operating ex.
penses decreased s244, 500, and net earnings
increased 1905, 261. Gross earnings for the
year ending June 80 increased s488,6 GA; OPP
Grating expenses decreased 1894, AT, and
net earnings increased S761 ,O81.
To-DAY's NO /, WRECKED.
Owing to a collision on the Chicago
division, between Kansas City and Marco
line, at noon yesterday, No. l, of to-day,
the evening train, win not arrive until
about ~ go tonight, about five and one.
half hours late. The collision occurred be-
tween No. l and q freight train, No. IS,
they meeting between Dean Lake and
Bosworth. The engineer of No. /. John
Headdy was killed, this being the only
fatality.
The eighth statistical report of the in
t~erstate commerce commission, recently
completed, contains much matter of inter-
est to railroad men. The report shows
that the total railway mileage in the
United States on June 80, 1895, was $780,
657.47 miles, an increase of /. 948.92 miles.
The territory aud states in which the in
crease in mileage exceeds 100 miles are
Arizona, 247.41 miles; Illinois, 1888. 20 miles
Pennsylvania, 1900 miles; Maine, 1925
miles; Texas, 110.41 miles; and Montana,
los. 10 miles. The aggregate length of all
tracks in the United States on June both,
1895, was 236, S94.2 20 miles. The number of
men employed by railways shows an in
crease of 5,426, as compared with last year,
the number of employees being 7S5,034 on
June Goth, 1895. The amount of railway
capital on June 30th, 1895, is shown to be
$10,9 1856, 203, 1875, or $6a, $3.50 per mile of line.
The increase during the year was slsS, 729,.
s12.