Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-06
RAILROAD RuMsLINcs.

tors will each time turn In the old one.
E. P. Brown, Atcbisoa fuel agent at III
Paso, Texas, passed through for that city.
J b. Cronk. superintendent OF the news
service on the Atchison, was q passenger
for Los Angeles. E
Eugene Grown is temporarily filling the
place Of Pap" Langham, as car Inspector,
In the Las Vegas yard.
v. g. B~iddenham, recently cashier Of the
Depot hotel in this city. but now with the
house in Deming, is shaking hands on our
streets, to-day.
r.. g. Putnam has been name 1 as station
agent OF the Rio Grande roat at Denverl
He takes he place OF e. L. Short, who is
taking a vacation.
K. MacRoberts and M. Kadick, from
Ration and Starkville, respectively, are
very sick men with typhoid fever, out at
the railroad hoapital.
pr. J P. Raster, chief surgeon OF the
Atchison in Topeka, has gone to Albuquer-
que and he will be accompanied on he re-
turn trip by his family.
Trainmaster Fox and Travelling Engineer
Ross, who have been testing the compound
engines at La Junta, reached their Las
Vegas headquarters, last evening.
Jake Shull, who disturbs the dreams Il
workers at the round house, will take an
extended lay-off on the 18th and visit his
parents In Topeka, Kas., afterwards visit
ing Chicago and Michigan points.
Articles OF intention were fled with the
Territorial secretary, at Phoenix, Arizona,
OF the construction Of q narrow guaes
RAILROAD from Guthrie, on the Arizona q
New Mexico railway. TO Morenci, Arizona
George Sandusky, who has been in the
Ar hison hospital at Topeka, Kansas, since
last October, returned to Ration, consider
ably improved. He has been suffering FOR
the past year from a bullet he had carried
In his leg for nearly twenty years. Now
that 1t is removed. he will soon recover.
John Quinn, who has been acting as CHIEF
clerk to Roadmsster Elliott, If the Atchi-
SOD, at Trinidad, has resigned and will m
ter the Mexican Central service as road
master at Saldom, Mexico. Harry VIII
iiams, of Las Vegas, a son Of NJ. r. Viii.
liams, foreman OF bridges and b~uildings
las assumed the position.
G. B. Hamilton, who has been the eff,
Client cashier Of the Depot hotel in thi'
city, has been promoted to relief manage
OF the Harvey house system along the main
line of the Atchison, his labors extending
from Kansas City to Los Angeles. Mr.
Hamilton goes to San Marcial, this even
ing, to take charge Of the San Marcia
house,
A new system has been inaugurated with
the passenger engine crews Of the
Atchison, thereby saving the employment
Of two extra locomotives on the two SEQ
tions. The men at the throttle and on ths
footboard now run from La Junta to Ra.
ton, at which place they lay over a day
then make the trip to Las Vegas. Arriv
ing here in the evening, they start back &c
La Junta on the early train next morning
Atchison officials must hereafter econo'
mize in t~elegraphing. General Manager
J. j. Frey has issued a circular demanding
a reduction in the telegraph OF every de-
partment. 10 this circular, Mr.. Frey state.
that it has been found that a great many
communications are now sent by telegraph
which could just as we'll be sent by train
mail, and that hereafter all communities
lions prepared before 4 O'Clock each day, to
which a rep'y is not absolutely necessary
before 0 O'Clock the next morning, must be
sent by train and not by telegraph. \
The following tailors have been appoint
ed at points on the New Mexico and Rio
Grande divisions of the Atchison by Work
Bros, and those whose James appear
below are authorized to take measurements
OF employees wanting uniforms; also, to
make any change that may be found nsc-
essary with uniforms furnished: Price.
Draper clothing company, La Junta; P. p.
Tanning, Ration; E. B. Booth, Albuquer.
que; N. j. Ray, Ell Paso. There are kept
In the trainmaster's Office sample cloth for
both winter and summer uniforms.
The side door OF a stock car containing
stock, was recently lost from a train. The
location OF the car in the train was q short
distance from the way car, but the con-
ductor failed 10 notice the loss Of the door
until the train had run a distance of twenty.
miles. For this accident, a suspension Of
twenty days has been marked against the
conductor. 1t Is the duty OF freight train
conductors to carefully watch their trains
at all times, and the loss of the do r in
this instance would have been discovered,
had the train received the proper inspec.
tioD.
Freight conductors must keep q con-
tinual lookout for the safety of their
trains. Division superintendent are par
ticular on this point, ana all evidences OF
neglect are visited with punishment to the
men. Several days ago, a freight con.
ductor, on the eastern division, was seen
sitting 10 the cupola of the caboose, when
bis train was passing a station, instead Of
being on the top OF his train, as required
liz tion 5hfs &c .i Vas sc eFys66 q / sa. and. for this viola.
days. A few days ago. a freight som
ductor. on this division, failed to notice
that a car-door had fallen from one of the
cars, until the train had progressedtwenty
miles, and, for this neglect in Inspecting
his train, a similar suspension was marked
up against him.
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