Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-12-23
RAILROAD RuMaLlNos.

RAILROAD RuMHLIN0s.
The sisters Of Mrs. Robbins came in N
II.
Conductor Hugh Hutford Is on the sIok
list.
Fireman Pelter. Of engine o2o, 10 on the
sick list.
Fireman Thomas Evans has resumed
work on engine ylt.
@. @. WATSON reported for work last
night, after . needed vacation.
Ensineer Arthur Lowe has resumed
work, after a short respite from duty.
John F Daries, fireman, VINO has been Ill
for some tins, will shorty repor, FOR duty.
william Garland, the old time railroad
contractor, was . teavslsr for Arizona, this
AFTERNOON.
II 10 probable that the entire Atchison
systsm may be supplied with y new kind Of
cattle guard.
Harry Bartel Is now working - bag.
gasemastsr during the i~ndisposition of
y. A. Knicksrbocker.
General Manager J. J. Frey and party
passed through for Albuquerque In special
car 2l7, this afternoon.
Engineer "T,mbsrllns" Smith 10 laying
of work on engine 7Io. Engineer Pau
W hitting Is substituting.
Engineer Mark Lawlis 10 at the throttle
on passenger engine zss, during the tllnsss
Of regular engineer, A. +. names.
Engineer @. J. Boyd and Fireman
Clarence Roberts are enjoying . much-
needed rest while their engine IL under
going repairs.
ID. Notgrass, secretary and treasurer,
has given notice that the nnual election Of
officers of Division No. 70, o. R. c., will be
held at their hall on Saturday evening.
#. E. Hoffman. . recent arrival from
Los Angeles, has taken q desk Ia the office
Of General Storsksoper Joseph Kuhns, Of
the Santa Fs Pacific in Albuquerque.
The local railway boys Of this placs
made up a Christmas box and sent Ii to
Ex Conductor William Alcost who Is now
employed by tie Rock Island At Caldwell,
Kans., In the capacity Of conductor.
J. D. Sutherland, q train dispatcher for
the Atchison at Marcslins, No., 10 one of
the two patients at the Las Veg IS hospital.
Several patients lave been zen TO the La
Junta hospital while rspAlrs have been ia
progress.
Tho official list OF Officers. stations,
agents. station numbers, ETC., Of the Atch-
ison system il being revised BY tne heads
Of different departments and will bs issued
January lst. The old one, No. 8, Issued In
October, will be in use up to the time Of
the issue Of the new list, and will then DO
void.
A joint circular has been issued by the
Southern Pacific. Santa Re Pacific and Sou.
thern California Railways announcing that
in lieu OF the special rates west Of Ogden,
Utah; Albuquerque and Dsming. N. n
and 81 PAso, Texas, for sub rdinats en-.
ployes OF connecting aud other railway
lines, q uniform special rate of BIS between
points on the east and California
points will be made, with aefsw sxcsp.
lions.
II l. now said that the operations Of the
forger Of Atchison mileage books were not
extensive. Ths work was done by one
man. He used some paint aud . nne
brush and changed the years In the stump
margin of the cover. II 1891 was punch d
and the book had expired the year just be-
low tbs punch would be 1891, just bslow It
1898, etc. By skillfull use Of paint he ou-
liberated the years and painted 1898 just be-
low the punch. This indicated that the
book was good for 1897, az the angers show
Ing the years along the punch margin were
made to run regularly.