Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-10
RAILROAD R~uMaLINes.

ulAd LhIkf leit LOT Atculbou IOr q months
visit in the cast.
The report 10 again In circulation tina
the Silver City accommodation train Will
shortly be put back on the run.
The Southern Pacific company Is putting
a new layer OF crushed rock around its side
Of the depot grounds at Deming, IN. M.
Sign on the depot door at Las Cruces
"Please close this screen. 1t was made T.
keep out flies, the same as other screens"
III. j. Ryan ensconced himself IN the ca
bose OF third 80, this morning, for a TRIP
down to Pecos town, looking after ties and
piling.
W. s. Hollingsworth, formerly In the
employ Of the Santa Fe at Deming, is no y
employed by the Southern Pacific at
LordsLurg, N. M.
Fireman Lawrence Mcconnell, who
m axes steam for engine 7l2, took suddenly
sick Ia Albuquerque, necessitating turning
over his job to an A.. g. P. boy, for a trip.
K. Davidson, Of Ration, will represent
Las Vegas lodge, No. II, B. of r. T., at the
ANNUAL u nv IaAbAiOuf NutCn
will be convened at Toronto, Canada, on
May 14th.
f. f. Nudge, yardmaster for the Atchi-
son at Deming, received the sad intelligence
of the death of his father at St. Joseph,
Mo-, and left at once for that city, to at
tend the funeral.
C%reccncio Apodaca, of the round house
force at San Marcial, who came up to the
Las Vegas hospital with a bad case of cry
sipelas in his foot, left to-day, for OF, Cal
Der.
Quite a scene was created at the Atchi-
son baggage room, this morning, by a
Dago who thought by a bluff he-could get
excess baggage checked free of charge
1t didn't work though, and tina son of
sunny Italy will not know SO much, next
time, probably.
John Hitchcock, who has been for a long
time the faithful stsnographer and private
secretary of A. g. Wells, general superin-
tendent of the A. & p, down at A%lbuquer-
que, has accepted a like position with W.
G. Nevins, the general manager OF the At
lantic & Pacific and California Southern,
at Los Angeles, Cal.
Conductor Doyle has retired from the
Waldo branch and taken a run On the
main line. He was Replaced by Conductor
Leseny, who with Mrs. Leseny occupies
the Branson house, lately vacated by II.
c. Kinsell. Brakeman Murphy will go on
the main line as soon as Mr.. Vradenburg
returns from the Cochiti country.-CerriI-
los Rustler.
According to the Trinidad Chronicle, b.
K. Jones, on Archison brakeman between
La Junta and Ration, was attacked with
delirium tremens, the other day. The train
crew became frightened and telegraphed to
Trinidad for the authorities to arrest the
man, and Marshal Dunning and Policeman
Martin lodged him in the county Jail up
there, where he is under medical treat
ment.
The board of directors OF the Mexican
Central railway company have elected the
following named officers: A. A. Robinson,
president; Robert r. Symon, vice. presi-
dent: e. Rollins Morse, vice president and
chairman finance committee; j.. Tharmer,
clerk and comptroller; c. A. Browne, treas
urer and transfer agent; II. r. Nickerson,
general manager; W. A. Frost, auditor
J. A. Hendry, assistant treasurer.
AS the result of different legislation
adopted by the eastern and western lines
on Christian Endeavor excursion business,
the public is seemingly assured OF low
fares, not only to California and Colorado,
this coming sommer, but between Chicago
and all the eastern cities. On the top of
this, IL the eastern roads don't undo their
agreement to make round trip rates up TO
Chicago and st Louis gateways, the scalp
ers in both cities will reap a harvest.
The Atchison railway company has filed
an answer in the suit brought in the United
circuit court at Topeka, Kansas, a
month ago, by the interstate commerce
commission, to compel 1t to submit reports
Of its business by districts, instead of one
report for the entire system. The answer
up that district reports would necessi-
tate great expense and, even IL made,
would be no more valuable than the single
system report made yearly. The answer
closes with a prayer that the case be dis
The grand officers of the brotherhood of
trainmen nave almost completed
;heir reports to be submitted to the bien-
convention to be held at Toronto, Can
ada, this month. Receipts for two years
lave been ii, 15S, POI and disbursements
81 ,1O9, $50. There is now in the treasury
1854. Dnring two years, forty-two
edges have been added, making a total of
80. The total membership now is % ,532, a
gain 10 two years of 3.2O1. From October
1884, to January LIST, 1897, the sum of
,G67, 904 was paid out for death and total
disability claims.
A Conductors EXCURSION.
The conductors excursion, which was to |
lave been through Las Vegas on Satur-
lay, did not arrive till yesterday about !
$50 o'clock P. ms owing to wesh-outs on /
he road above La Junta. There were two
rains Of ten Pullmans each, carrying 400
conductors and their families. from every =
ection Of the north, east and south, and a 4
most motley crowd it was. This excursion :
over the northern routes, while thej
ne going over those routes will return by 5
be Atchison. They will not arrive In Los
until a day later than booked,
necessitating a delay in the program !
( the convention. ?
A ~railroader at the depot, last evening. /
lqde the remark that it was as good as a
zap Of the United States to watch the
rowd, each section OF the country repre- b
snted being distinctly outlined In the +