Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-03-03
TRUE. public Office is public
trust,yet it not inirequentIy is the ruin
alton OF man.
TRACK AND TRAIN.

Conductor Jack Langston Is up from
Cerrillos on private business.
Round house employees report lots Of
work, extra time being put in frequently.
Ninety cars OF California fruits made up
six sections Of No. "a, which came up from
Albuquerque during the night.
Engineer usorge Rue and Fireman
Fred Garland are up from Lamy, With
their engine, No. l32. for repairs.
F McGinnis lesern passenger agent
Tor the st. LouiseI1ean Francisco, was q
south bound traveller, last evening.
Two trains OF California oranges, twen-
ty-fiye cars in all, for eastern points,
changed engines here this morning.
A party Of thirty native laborers left.
today, for the north. to lRy stssl rails for
the Atchison, beginning the other side Of
Wagon Mound.
Conductor Bob Moore was out Of bed,
to-day, for the first tims since the night
OF the firemen's ball. 1t is hoped he will
soon be on his pins again.
Supt. J. E. Hurley, Stenographer Etter,
F. G. Fox, the new Las Vega train master,
and Roadmaster Jack Elliott, came in from
Trinidad, last evening, the occupants OF
private car No. 8.
A man passing by the name OF Charles
Morrison made mis-step In climbing on
top OF passenger coach at San Marcial,
the other day, and fell to the ground, frac
turing his left ankle In two places. A
purse was raised and the unlucky fellow
sent to the Santa Fe hospital.
A Chicago general passenger agent, the
other day, recsiyed lstter from the pub
Usher of little paper in Arkansas, which
had the merit OF franknsss, at least. The
Arkansas editor said: nDedr Sir--I wish
you would send me pass from Little Rock
to Chicago and return, as / have got to go
to Chicago, and can't 60 unless you do.
My paper goes almost everywhere In this
section and Pm having mighty hard work
to keep 1t from going to h--l."
L. W. Lewis, of Emporia, well known
railroad contractor OF Kansas, who occa-
sionally visits Las Vegas, has been award
ed the contract for constructing the stone
work and all the masonry on the exten-
sion Of the Kansas City, Pittsburg g. Gulf
out of Kansas City north. 1t will
be extended through Missouri and Iowa
Work will be commenced Immediately.
! BRAKEMAN INJURED.
Last night in the Albuquerque yards
Brakeman J. f. Diamond was struck by |
the switch engine and seriously bruised, |
though not dangerously. He was brought |
up to the Las Vegas hospital on No. 2,
this morning, where his wounds are being |
dressed. The extent of his injuries are not
ret known, as he is so badly bruised that
care must be taken in handling him. He
a son OF Engineer Diamond, Of the A. s.
?. road.
HEIGHT OF. DRAW BARS.
To correct misunderstanding among
Interstate commerce carriers regarding the
aw it is announced that the standard
leight OF draw bars for freight cars meas-
lred perpendicular from the level Of the
ops ofraiIs to;center of drawbars, is thirty
our and one-half inches, with no greater
allowable than three inches;
minimum height, thirty-one and one-half
nches. By center draw bar Is meant the
line through the center Of the
raw bar shank. Thirty four and one
Ialf inches is the standard maximum :
eight from which there can only be a
ariation Of three inches downward.