Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-07-20
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E gineer II. D. Mapes is q very sick
man
Engine No. 6s4 is having some heavy
work done.
Engine No. 912 is having q new cylinder
head put Ia.
Engine No. 425 Is laid up in the shops
for q new frame.
Trainmaster F. G. Fox will make a trip
to Albuquerque, this evening.
W. W. Arnold. the relief agent, returned
from the south, this morning.
Jno. Torpey, q rheumatic patient at the
hospital, has been discharged.
Engines 500 and 693 are in the shops.
having work done on their drivers.
Compound engine No. 2.427 took No. .
from Albuquerque to Ration, last night.
Chas. Lyons leaves. tonight, for Kansas
City, where he expects to accept employ
ment.
Fireman Lowe Is of duty. to-day, to
participate in the most important event OF
bis lite.
Regular Fireman Sam Bushey. will re-
lieve Lee Wright on engine No. 900, in .
few days.
Engineer Jno. r. Kirk has so far re.
covered that he is able to be up and around
the house.
Machinist Harry Atkins was serenaded
one night last week he hopes they viii
c me again.
Eagine No. Oil. that has been In the
shops for repairs, doubled out on No. 90,
this morning.
fireman Jno. Peeler is laying of OF Nc.
9l4 for a short time. Fireman McQuiddy
taking his place.
Mrs. Jos. Shoupe and son. who have been
visiting Mrs. Jno. II. Lowe expect to leave
for Albuquerque, next week.
Jno Closson, the passenger who fell of
No. "a few days ego, was discharged
from the hospital, last night.
Fireman johnson is on the left side Of
hot springs branch engine No. s45, during
the absence OF Fireman Lowe.
Prof. Sam Jones Is said to have held her
hand too long recently. Albuquerque 10
not a bad town to prolong a visit in.
Some of ths boys in the shops are getting
the gold fever, and declare their intention
of going to Alaska In the near future.
Extra Passenger Engineer C. J.. Boyd is
at the throttle of John Il. loves engine.
while he assists in celebrating the Lowe.
Duncan nuptials.
J. e. Frost, land commissioner of the
Atchison, and W. 81. Davis, industrial
commissioner for same, were 10 the special
car, south bound, last evening.
Engineers Keen and Milroy, Firemen |
Busby and Fitzgerald went to Albuquer-
que, to-day, to bring up two more Of the
A. & P. engines sold to the Frisco line.
Jack Donohue, the popular passenger
conductor, has been promoted from the
Silver City branch to the main line, aud
Is now running between Ell Paso and AL
buqueraue.
CONDUCTOR d. r. cunningham received a
very severe cut In the corner Of the eye by
the bursting Of a glass 10 one OF the engine
cabs recently. At this date IL cannot be !
told how bad the vision will be affected.
A record for trains running on time is
by the Chesapeake & Ohio for its
four limited trains between Washington
and Cincinnati, each train covered . dis !
Of 500 miles l2s times during the
of March. April, May and June,
and the four trains were on time 1853 times
Of 4sS or IS per cent. "a
ramalpiass Mountain railway, which
runs from Mill Valley, California; up 2,So0l
leet in q straight distance o. Two miles,
1t Is eight and three fourth miles
with grades Of five and seven per
,ent. The line Is very winding and com
posed mostly Of curves and loops, the
'harpest Is sevsnty-two feet radius.
William Alcots left last night for a visit
his parents at ChiiIicothe, Mo. From
here he will 90 to Portland, Ore, where
b. will take The steamer for juneau, Alag
"a expecting to operate 10 the Alaskan
gold fields. Mr. Alcott was, for niu years,
, faithful conductor for the Atchison road,
Ind during that time has made many
who wish him all possibls succem
10 his new venture,