Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-03-31
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Boilermaksr K. Kelly writos that he vii
not return TO 8an Marcial.
N. B. Specy, o freight brakeman, bal
gons up to Ration on a visit. IL
Trainmastsr Ayers family will isav,
Trinidad for San Marcial about Apri, t1st
Engineer Al Lane is improving the time,
while his engine is undergoing repairs, b.
gardening.
Engineer Geo. T. Tibbitts, Of Ban Mar.
cial, is out In the Mogollon country, pros.
pecting for mineral.
A. L. Walden has been named as general
yardmasier at Las Vegas, 10 placs Of ID. 4
C"Blonde") Wilcox, resigned.
The practice OF turning passenger equip.
ment 30 the Baker heaters will be on the
head end, has been discontinued.
w. z. Bailey and A. L. Conrad, travel
Ing auditors for the Aschison, reached
town from mp north, last evening.
Chas. Mcdonald, formerly Q conductor
on the Rio Grande division. but now en-
pIoysd on the q. II. at Ell Paso, has been
visiting friends In San Marciai.
Conductor p. G. Carpenter leaves for
Santa Fs, this evening, to resume bis run
On the branch, Conductor Cunningham
transferring to Las Vegas again.
Engineer }. b. Simmons, of San MarcIal,
after a visit Of several weeks with his
mother and friends At Emporia, Kansas,
has reported for duty, down there.
Joe C~haudoin, an engineer on the Mexi.
can Central and we'll known In FL Pass,
Texas, was smashed up In q rear end
freight collision on the Mexican Central
and killed.
Last evenings passenger trains from the
east did not arrive Till $50 O'Clock, the
delay having been caused by . freight en-
CINE and car getting on the track, four
miles east OF Upton.
Among the leading railroad msn Of To-
pska, the belief grows that q rate war Is
imminsnt, owing to the withdrawal from
the associations OF the. railroads, upon the
heels OF the court decision.
(. Hereafter, one white lantern will be 10.
sued 20 each trainman on the New Mexico
division, and his receipt taken for shs
II carelsssly broken. 81 will be de-.
Quoted from the wages Of such trsinman.
Derailing switches have been put in on
the coal chute incline tracks at Ration and
and they must be set for deraiiing,
except when in use. Similar switches have
also been put 10 on the incline to coal chutes
At Rowe and Lamy.
g. A, Whithsad has. b cen appointed an.
watch Inspector at Ration, h to
zet In conjunction with Inspector Geo. b.
Bsringsr; and T. Y. Maynard has been
similarly designated At Albuquerque, to
act IN conjunction with A. Eyeritt.
Now, that railroad aews agents on the
Atchison srs under the Jurisdiction Of Fred
Harvsy ard arc paid fixed salaries. instead
IL ccmmissions, 1t is desirable, when nee.
,ssary to remove them from trains, that
collect. not sonly news agents
rensportation. or commission, but also
,ave goods properly packed In box, have
locked and secure key to the same, be-
ore sjscting the news agent.
A special train on any railroad Is an ex-
luxury, The usual charge for an
and one oar e $3.50 q mills, though
his d reduced for long distances. Tho
rain which recently carried Millionaire
Aayham from Chicago to Denver cost him
a oven $1,000. Ordinarily, the sams train
ould be employed for $3.50. but Msyhsm
wanted u 20 run at nearIy a mills . minute,
Il did. In Kansas. the cost Of a
pocizl train Is figured al the rate Of full
arc for each passenger tho car can com
carry.