Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12
RAILROAD R~uMHLINGs.


Fireman Lee Wright IL on the sick list.
Engineer Dave Sulier 10 on the 81 X list.
Engine 900 IL In the hole for repair Of
steam pip-s.
Engine 600 Is In the slaughter house, for
complete ~overbauIing.
Conductor Murray brought 10 No. 1, and
Conductor Barry took It south.
swi,cbman Fisher 10 laying of, and
Bwitchman Phillips takes his place.
Fireman George Washington SIN has r.
covered from his recent indisposition.
Levi. Frankenberger, OF Ration, N. NJ ,
has been appointed a railway mail clerk
Night Yardmasier Brennan IL laying of
and switchmAn Peters l. filling his place
A. A, Rugg, the Adonis among the rail
road men Of Lamy, is In the city for . few
DAYS.
At Alameda, N. NJ, two fr' lights col
lided, one running into the caboose OF IN,
other. Conductors Charley Webb am
Hugh Hunford had charge Of the trains
Fireman Niddiestate, Of engine SOB, !
confined to his bed. The chain to the Up u
IL a water tank broke aud the spout hi
him across the back. re was taken homs
from the depot, in a carriage.
Conductor r. O. Scott, chairman Of th
general grievance committee Of tn
: brotherhood of railway trainmen on tn
Atchisou, issued a cali for a meeting 0
the committee II Topeka Tuesday after
noon. The committee will meet with th
gen raj grievance Committee OF the orde
Of railway conductors. ,
1t is claimed by members Of the B. of r
T. that 10 many instances the agree men
with the company is broken by divisio
Off Gals in the matter OF assigning r6Dl
and that strict altenti' n is not paid In a
cases TO the seniority rule. The majolit,
OF the grievances TO be considered by tn
commi tee viii be along this line.
WORK PROGRESSING.
J. A. Eddy stated TO the I'll Paso Time
reporter, that tweDt, -seven csr loads Q
cross ties have lately been shipped frur
Beaumont to be used Ia building the Whit
Oaks road.
Sixteen cars | # that point Friday an
the whole consignment will doubtless reac
| Ell Paso next week.
AS the want of cross ties was the onl.
obstacle retardlng the construction Of tn
road, work GU It will mmence very sool
So, ~. t,as a.. uin arriv.nr 1aprary 11tI
Is the date given out wnen the work will
be resumed on the line, and, once begun, |
will he pushed as rapidly as possib ..
The company has fifty miles of 80 pount
steel rails, piled up at El Paso, ready to b.
used in laying th track n now that tn
tits are on the way there is nothing 4
prevent the track being laid.
Mr.. Eddy states hat three 140 000- pount
Bald vim engines have recently been pur,
chased for use on the road.
MRS. PULLMAN's TOUR
Mrs. Gs,rge M. Phi man, widow OF the
late sleeping Car magnate, left Kansa
City Saturday last, in her hadsome privat,
car, on her way to ths Pacific coast ovel
the Santa F.. Mrs. Pullman was accom-
panied by Mrs John A. Logan, Of Wash
ington. Miss Nina Gillette, Of EIkhart, Ind
and Miss M-ggie Enders, OF Chicago
The party will @ to San f. a%ncisco. wher,
Mrs. Pullman will visit her daughter, Mrs
Frank Caroian, and IL Mrs. Pullman
health permits, q tour OF Old Mexico ant
a visit Co the City of Mexico will follnw
The car in which the party is travelling Il
a palace on wheels. II has every con
v%eDiencp known to the art of car building,
and is as beautiful as 1t ia modern. The
interior is upholstered in rich pushes enc
silks, in subdued colors, aud the various
campar ments are lighted with electricity,
The porter in charge Is the one who used
TO accompany Mr.. Pullman on bis trips