Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-29
RAILROAD RuMeLINcs.


The Aichison's pay roll at Dodge city
the past month, amounted to $i1 200.
n. O. Blood, the Atchison storekssper,
passed himself down 10 San MarcIaI, last
evening.
Arthur Lowe will soon be . full-hedged
engineer, he now only awaiting instruc-
tions to report FOR Anal examination.
Gus Sievert, who has been working for
the Atchison people for fifteen years, late
ly running into Dodge City, has resigned.
No "a, last night, was pulled into Las
Vegas BY a freight engine. she passenger
pullers all being taken up with the fast
trains.
r.. O., Mccoy and VIA. KinnsArr
of the Atchison surveying force, stopped
sff 10 the city, last evening, from the north,
continuing ihelr journey south, this morn.
ing.
Monday evening, while switching in the
n nsanola yards, r. y. Taylor, . brake.
man, attempted to make q coupling anu
lost the two middle fingers sof the right
hand.
III Richard, a former employs Of tho
A Gibson company at La Junta, visited
tbat place, looking after business interests
and talking politics. He is now = resident
Of Rocky Ford, where he owns . good
home.
Pat Walsh, general baggage sgsns, and
H. J. Franklin, claim agent, of the Atchi-
son railway, have been In Phoenix, settling
claims for baggage lost in the recent rail-
road wreck at Emporia, Kansas, by Phm-
nix people. ~
Conductor J. H. Brown. Of Kansas City,
who was one OF the last men to be dis
charged by tho Atchison, was dismissed
two years ago for the same offence. His
wife appealed to one Of the higher officials
Of the road, and after several weeks, he
was re- instated on the promise that he
would be absolutely faithful to- the COM
pany.
Engineer of Signals Hobson, of the
Atchison, is now at work on estimates for
now in operation on the eastern and
middle divisions, on the Chicago and
southern divisions of the road. Tn sys-
tenn is working satisfactorily on the por-
ton Of the road now equipped. and it is
probable that the proposed extensions will
be made shortly after the 6rst OF the year.
The Atchison road continues to prosper
under the management of President Rip
ley. The net earnings Of the system for
the month of September were $1,065, Ito,
an increase of 1882, 901 over the same month
last year. For the three months of the is-
cal year, to September 30th, the net earn
Jugs Of the system have been g, 45l pit. an
increase of $3.50, 4s6 over the corresponding
| period of the preceding fiscal yenr.
The Atchison officials are determined to
put a stop to all dishonest practices among
| passenger conductors, and at any
| time in the pasr has ss -irict a watch been
kept on the passenger as is being kept al
the present time. Private detectives are
checking conductors on passenger trains
| daily, and discovery Of dishonest or irregu-
lar practices will be Immediately followed
by the discharge of the conductor impli-
GATED.
Three more Atcbison passenger conduc.
tors have been discharged from the service
of the road as q result OF the
discovery on the part Of the
the company that passengers were being
carried without proper transportation
They are Conductors J. H. Pierce, A. HI
Crumley AMI j. H. Brown, N all held
responsible runs on the Chicago division
This brings the lumber OF conductors dis-
charged for dishonesty up to ten. Atchi-
son officials say that it will be OF no use for
the grievance committee of the o. r. G.to
bring up the case OF the ten men, as none
! will be re- instated.