Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-04
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Engineer Il. p. Smith is running "Uncle
Dick'' on the Waldo branch during the alb
sence OF G.. 9. Price.
Harry Bartell. the ne~wly-wedded young
man, has resumed his position as night
at the Lat Vegas freight M ticket
offices.
Thos. McGafin, timo-keeper for Il. d.
Gibbons at the Las Vegas shops, is back
from Topska,i In company with his wife and
the latter's sister, Miss Bates.
Gov. Adams, of Colorado, has appointed
Maj. s. X. Hooper, general passenger
agent OF the Denver q RIO Grande rail
road, a member of the Omaha exposition
committee.
Mrs. s. NJ. Saltmarsh and children left
Albuquerque for their future home In Los
Angeles, where Major Saltmarsh holds q
position with the Santa-Fe Pacific rail-
: ad company.
Several changes In the a tchison ticke,
ONCE became effective in Denver, Colo. I.
8. Deveraux, freight solicitor, has resigned
and O.. A. Wilson, who has beer stenog-
rapher for several years. promoted to the
position of street solicitor, vacated by Mr..
Deveraux. Miss Jettle Kinsey, formerly
General Agent Halls stenographer, now
occupies that position In the freight de-
partment. i.
When selling prepaid excess baggage
permits 10 holders OF Pacific coast round
trip ticket, the destination Of the permit
should be the same as that OF the ticket,
except that in the care of a ticket to San
Francisco west-bound via Albuquerque,
In Guiding q side ride to San Diego, it will
be a benefit to the Atchison system II the
destination Of permit be made to San Dfe.
60. This applies to tickets returning via
Ogden or Portland.
The cases of the Denver & Rio Graude
railroad company, plaintiff in error, vs..
the United States, defendant in error,
came before the supreme court. in Santa
Fe, Friday morning. on a motion OF the
government to dismiss the appeals on
account Of defects In the bill Of exceptions,
as filed for the railroad company. A. A.
Jones, special United States attorney,
represented the government, and General
Bartlett and W. M. Field appeared for the
railroad company.
The passenger department Of the Rio
Grande Western railway has just is ued an
up-tordat map, showing all miniug dis
trlcts Of record, together with an outline
sketch of the older districts, and calling
special mention to several partially devel-
oped regions which recently nave shown
important %uncoverings of gold and copper,
now attracting notice of prospectors, In
v~estors and others. For copies OF this val
liable map, address #. A. Wadleigh, q. +.
A., Salt Lake City, Utah.
In October, the railroad men are expect
ing great times at Denver, Colo on account
of the meetings Of the general baggage
agents of all roads 10 the United States,
Canada and Mexico, and the superintend-
ents of bridges and buildings from the
same territories. 1t is expected that fully
500 railroad men, from all parts of the
country, will visit the city at that time
Both meetings are to be held at the Brown
Pslace hotel. the baggage agents October
18th and the others October 10Th.
The mileage OF the Atchison system 10,
substantially equal to half of that Of Great
Britain and Ireland, half that of France.
two ffths that of Germany, half that OF
Russia. twice that of Mexico, and one-six-
teenth that of the United States. The mile
age of the system is distributed In the va
rious states and and territories in which it
is located, very nearly as follows: ILL.,
nois, 295; Missouri, 1 300; Arkansas, 1872
Texas, l,2sS; Nebraska, 8; Colorado, ITO;
Arizona, 400; California, 475; Iowa, 90;
Kansas. 2.97S; Indian Territory, 555; New
Mexico, $50; Sonora (Old Mexico). 1852.
On account of prevalence Of yellow fe-
yer at different points in some OF the south
ern states, quarantine has been established
In various localities; hence, all passengers
desiring to purchase tickets to points In the
states of Mississippi. Louisiana, Alabama,
Georgia and Florida, should be advised
that tickets sold and baggage checked will
be subject to delay on that account, and
passengers should be required to sign a
written statem ent that tickets are accepted
with that understanding, and that the lines
over which they read are thereby relieved
from liability for damages on that account.
There has been much costly and unusual
engineering woEk in the AtchisoD system.
The great elevations 10 Colorado and New
Mexico were reached by remarkably din
cult work, The longest tunnel, that on
aaton mountain at the Colorado-New
Mexico state line, 10 2,011 feet long. There
are five notable bridges. Que crosses the
Illinois river, and Is nearly two miles long.
Others cross the Mississippi river at Fort
Madison, Ia, the Missouri river at Sibley,
Mo-, and the Colorado river at the Needles.
This latter is a cantilever bridge, 800 feet
long, These bridges cost nearly one mil
lion dollars each.
The mountain lines Of the Atchison sys-
tenn are in Colorado and Nsw Mexico,
the work Of construction was as
heavy as almost any in the world. What
may be termed representative attitudes arc
these: Chicago, 5S3 feet; Kansas City, 765
La Junts, 1861 feet; Denver, $40
feet; the Great Divide (Colorado), 1850
feet; Ration tunnely ~7,622feet; Las Vegas,
1893 feet; Gloriets, 7,432 feet; Albuquer-
que, 4,949 feet; Continental Divide (Arizo-
na), 7,257 feet; Winslow, 4,S4S feet; Flag
staff, 6,s86 feet; the Needles, 447 feet; Mo-
2,7S7 feet; Los Angeles, 27O rect; Sag
Diego, IL feet; Ell Paso, SIT feet, and
Galveston, 10 feet.
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