Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-10
RuMRLINGs.

Trainmaster It. @. Fox and and M. r.
| Williams came 10 from the north, on last
evenings train. .at5.
VIM. Hughes, q brakeman who had his
leg cut Off two years ago, has gone 20 Rat
On from Albuquerque, to reside.
p. o, Martin, a Gulf conductor, was
killed at Franklin by q cable on the train
pillow breaking, while unloading the train.
John Andrews, foreman Of the car re-
pairing department of the Santa Fe-Pacihc
shops, has returned to Albuquerque from
the east.
j. r. McNeiil, travelling auditor OF the
| Union Pacific, In quest of health, arrived
at Las Vegas hot springs, this morning
accompanied by his family.
John McKeogh, the switchman who was
connected with the shooting affair Of two
| Sundays ago, has been discharged from
the employment Of the Atchiaon at. FL
Paso, Texas.
Dispatcher King, who may yet be held
blamable for the deadly Ateb58s Time a
member of the force Of train dispatchers 10
the Las Vegas office.
A daylight train will be run to the Albu-
querque fair on the Mondays, Wednesdays
and Thursdays OF next week, leaving Las
Vegas at $50 O'Clock In the morning; fare
for the round trip, "a.
Owing to the awful accident In Kansas,
yesterday, there was no through train
from the east till about 8 O'Clock, this
morning, a bob-tail having been made up
at La Junta and run through for the ac-
commodation of local passengers. r
A fatal accident occurred on the Texas
& Pacific, Wednesday morning, about four
miles west of Plateau section house, In
which Uncle Dick Mclean. engineer, lost
bis life, and Fireman W. r. Mabry was Sc
verely, if not fatally scalded. A COW on
the track caused the accident.
Elizabeth A. Jennison has fled suit in
Denver for 5000 damages in the federal
court against the Colorado Midland rail-
road. The ameunt is asked on account Of
the death by asphyxiation of Henry e.
Jennison, who was killed March 26tb, 1897,
In the Busk tunnel from the effects OF IN
haling coal fumes from a passing engine.
Recently, in passing a station on the
New Mexico division, it was observed that
an operator did not turn his signal to
block, after the train had passed, thereby
violating rule No.. 524A of current time
table; also, special instructions governing
the same. 1t was also observed that's
switch light was not burning and the
night operator had not given IL attention.
This operator has been suspended ten
days.
A meeting OF the subcommittee OF the
executive committee of the western pas
association, which has before it the
of an interchangeable mileage
ticket, will be called within a few days.
The Sebastian Tickle ct, which formerly was
to the executive committee,
but objections made that ii was too expen-
sive and complicated, has been simpliied
and can be supplied att moderate
expenditure. The subcommittee will re-
port on 1t and other forms that have been
suggested.
At q meeting OF the passenger agents of
the Trans-M Missouri lines held Ia Denver
iSSOnhy a. WOO --o-s = r.k~ -
one fare for the round trip to Denver npon
the occasion of the coming festival of
mountain and plain. This rate will apply
to the state of Colorado, the western half
Of Nebraska and Kansas and the whole OF
the states of Wyoming and Utah and the
Territory OF New Mexico. Owing to pecu-
liar conditions, the Rock Island was allow
to announce a rate OF 80 per cent. of
one fare.