Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-20
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Engine GIG Is on the drop pit.
The Las Vegas railroad shops have been
closed, as usual, to-day.
Relief Agent W. w. Arnold has gone up
to Wagon Mound for a few days.
Brakeman Tom Trainer has been assign.
cd to Conductor Mocre's freight crew.
H. C. Short, the Atchison's travelling au-
ditor, went through for Albuquerque, last
evening.
Frank Harris, of the AtchIson special
service, went down to Albuquerque from
Pueblo, last night.
e. G. Crazy, at the head of the A. & P's
treasury department, was q south bound
passenger. last evening.
J. N. Shirley, a railroad machinfst, won
the graphophone at Mrs. Warnings news
depot ON a throw Of forty -nine.
An Atehison fireman gets 80 cents a
mile and twenty cents an hour for over
time, sitter ten hours work on the foot
board.
Under tho new time-card, the two even.
Ing trains from the east Will probably take
supper here, as now, but the first section
will reach this city an hour earlier.
Brakeman Rugg, Of Charley Moors's
crew, and Brakeman Kenggy, of Notgrass'
crew, now sign themselves az como ctors,
they having recently been promoted.
Charles r. Rudulph drove down from
Azul station, this bright morning, where
he has been wrestling with the mud In an
endeavor to deliver ties and piling to the
Atchison.
Conductors Mulhern is resting easy, to-
day, and he has almost fully regsined the
use of his faculties, Brakeman Leech was
brought down to the hospital from Wagon
Mound, last night, where his bruises will
receive better attention than they could
otherwise.
The California section of No. 2 did not
arrive In Las Vegas this msrning. owing
to extensive washouts along the A. & p,
the Pusrco bridge also being washed away.
The El Paso section of the train was held
at Bernalillo five hours ON account OF
flooded tracks from Rio Grands water.
F. T. O'Dowd. formerly connected with
the Gulf In Trinidad, Col, in the capacity
OF roadmastsr, Is now holding a similar
position with the Gulf, Colorado &c Santa
Fe company. which was recently re-or-
gsnized from the Texas, Louisiana Il East-
ern railway. Mr.. O'Dowd 10 now located |
at Navasota Texas.
A Mexican at Ribera, N. NJ, yalioI
Segura, on Sunday, May 9th. received .
check, covering his services In the late |
war, which were three months, from
December 1861 and January and February
1862. The check was for the sum Of $50, |
his attorney charging him $8.37, leaving
him q balance Of $685. 3.
DR.. J. P. Raster, chief surgeon Of the
Atchison, left for the east this morning,
after . days stop in Las Vegas. He was
accompanied by E. e. Ives and w. II.
Hamilton, OF Topeka, who are trustees Of
the A., T. g. 8. #. hospital association.
The gentlemen will visit Ration and Trini-
lad and then proceed to Topeka.
IL experiments now being made by the
show successful results, and the
present indications are extremely favora-
Die, passenger trains operated by that COM
'any win soon be equipped with a complete
'ystem of electric lights. As usual with
Innovations, the experiments being made
With electricity have been conducted with 4
he greatest secrecy, but under the super. t.
'ision Of some Of the most expert c~Iectri- !
the company could secure.
THE NEW
May S0tb is the date upon which the new
Atchison time card will 60 into effect. To
the card and arrange for the oper-
'tion OF the trains. the following division
u-perintendents have been In session in
w. Q. Nixon. Chicago; W.. H..
'%arnes, Chanute; J.lE. Hurley, Las We
Charles Dyer, Pueblo; A. n. Dolan,
Wichita, w. B. Parker, Newton, and
J. 7. Mcclellan, Topeka. The principal
usiness of the superintendents was to
dust the new card so that the California
Nos. ! and 2 will operate to such an
xtsnt and With such Increased speed and
accommodation that the taking on or the
gers will not interfere with California
Judge A.. L. Morrison, who Al Thought 20