Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-01
Live Spring Chickens,
Dressed Poultry.
STRAWBERRIES
New Potatoes,
String Beans.
PEAS.
All Kinds Of Vegetables.
Graaf g. BoWles.
A AND TRAIN.

Geo. Geany, late of FIT. Worth, Texas, is
here, and will probably go to work at this
point. .'
Frank Shaffer is In charge of the new
crew that was added between Ration and
Las Vegas, yesterday.
Brakeman kirkpatrick, who has been on
a passenger run, has taken a freight run
with Conductor Fugate.
Arch Bell is again at work, as air inspect
or, in the yards here, after a lay Off of
some time, caused by an attack Of eryesip-
elias.
g. M. Adams has severed his connection
with the company, aud accepted his usual
summers job with the Aqua Pura COM
pany.
General Superintendent H. U. Nudge,
and Superintendent J. E. Hurley, will ar
rive from Albuquerque, on a special, about
9 o'clock,, this evening.
adjoining their station at Waynoka, o. r.,
which will furnish the water supply for q
portion of the Panhandle branch.
Two new freight crews were put on al
this point, to-day, one between here and
albuquerque, in charge Of Conductor C.
H. Bacon,a and one between here and Ration,
in charge of Conductor G. W. Burns.
A new time card will go into effect on
the M, K. g. T., Sunday, May Sd, the
same day on which the new Atchison time
card takes effect. Few changes viii be
made in the running time of the trains.
Probably the smallest locomotive ever
built is owned by the Union Pacific road
and is known as the "Daisy," 1t is little
larger than a handcar, but is complete in
every detail. 1t is used by officials on in
spection trip.
Secretary Notgrass, of the Monteznma
division No. 10, notifies members of that
order that important bushes is to come
before the next regular meeting, on Mon
day afternoon, at 2 p. M, and requests a
full attendance.
William Clark, at one time a we'll known
conductor on the Lincoln branch OF the
Union Pacific, who is now travelling for a
mercantile house, had bis leg fractured by
being thrown from a wagon near Hoxie,
Kansas, a few days ago.
Each of the employees of the Kansas
City, Pittsburg g. Gulf railway company
who stood by their posts during the recent
smallpox scare at Redland, in the Indian
Territory, is to have an increase of wages
during the month of April, and will also
be paid for the time he lost by sickness
and quarantine.
The following transfers of station agents
have been made on the Atchison: The
agency at Rocky Ford, COL, has been
transferred from C. A. Nickels to j.. e.
Lawson. The agency at Derby, Kan, has
been transferred from 1. F.. Holton to Z. G..
Aspey. The agency at RothvilIe, Mo-, has
been transferred from J.. W. Wright to
John Healy.
Edward T. Collins, who for several
years past has held the position of train
master of the Kansas City terminals of the
Atchison, has resigned, and will leave the
service Of the road. His resignation takes
effect May LIST. Fred Russell, up to a short
time ago general yardmaster Of the Atchi-
son at Albuquerque, will succeed Mr..
Collins as trainmaster Of the Kansas City
terminals. Mr.. Russell is at present in
Ell Paso, Texas, as a witness In a damage
suit against the company. 1t is under
stood that a misunderstanding between
Mr.. Collins and one of the higher officials
was the cause Of his resignation. Y