Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-07-20
TRACK AND A

Pat CASTILLO, the yard man, has gone to
| Chicago
Carpio Medina, of Las Vegas, has gone
up to Ration to enter the employ Of the
Atchison company.
G. M. Higginson, assistant to President
Ripley, arrived in Las Vegas in q private
car, Saturday evening.
Geo. W. Powell, who had been switch
man here for the past nine months, left
yesterday for the City OF Mexico.
A. F. Benedict came down from Wagon
Mound, near which place he has been at
work with a force of men repairing a
bridge.
Richmond engine 800, after a general
%oyerhauling in the Topeka shops, was sent
to Ration for service on the New Mexico
division.
The Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix
railroad officials have announced that
hereafter they will pay 81 per head for
cate killed by their trains, and nothing
for horses.
Engineer Charles Jewell, OF Topeka,
went to Emporia, where he was called by
the serious Illness of his wife. Mrs. Jewell
was on her way to her home In Topeka
from Ration, but was taken i'll on the train
and forced to stop at Emporia.
A. S. Rankin, of Topeka, chief clerk to
Gen. Supt. Nudge, Of the Atchison, has
been the guest Of P. G. Carpenter and wife,
last night and to-day, aud leaves for Santa
Fe on the evening train. Mr.. Rankin is a
brother-in-law of Mr.. Carpenter.
S. L. McDonough, who was with the
Atchison passenger department for
thirteen years, with headquarters on the
Pacific coast, has been appointed travelling
passenger agent of the Great Northern,
with headquarters at Philadelphia.
Frank Story, who formerly ran as mail
messenger between Silver City and Rim
con, and who is well known In Deming,
has been obliged to resign his run in the
east, on account of lung trouble, and is
now seeking relief among the pines In
North Carolina.-Heddlight.
Willard Patterson, counsel for the Atchi-
son company, and Attorney Brown, for the
plaintiff, were at San Marcial from Ell
Paso, examining witnesses before jim.
Broyles, as notary public, In the case of
Mrs. Fred. Landgren against the company,
to recover damages for the accidental kill
ing Of her husband in the San Marcial
yards, more than a year ago. The case
will be called soon In the United States
court of Texas, sitting In Ell Paso.
The rumor current among the Atchison
engineers and fremen Of Topeka, to the
effect that a number of the younger engin.
GERS are to be set back to firing, and the
extra firemen relieved from service, has no
foundation, at present. The matter has
been considered by the officials OF the me-
chanical department, and II traffic does
not increase. such a move will uindoubted-
ly be made In the near future. AZ present.
however, nothing debate has been decid-
ed upon.
II RAILROAD MAIL.
E. d. Kenna, general solicitor Of the
Atchison, says there Is a Misunderstanding
concerning the iorder recently issued by
the acknowledgement, In reference to the
carrying Of railroad mail. It has been
generally understood that the order requir-
ed the stamping of all mail handled as rail-
road baggage, hut Mr.. Kenna says this Is
only true Of mail transferred from one line
to another. AT present, there is an inter-
change agreement between railroad COM.
panies, which provides for the transfer
and carriage Of railroad mail on foreign
lines. After the order takes effect, all mail
transferred to another line Will be required
to bear a stamp,bu company mail.on COM
pany lines,will continue to be handled free.