Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-15
RAILROAD RuMsLlNGs.


the throttle on engine Ola.
A hot-box caused the forty-minuts
delay OF N /. this afternoon.
w. H. Rodss went toywork, this morning,
after la, ing ff a couple oftrips.
Engine N /, 700 came Ii from Ration, this
morning, with az tremendous snow pillow
attached oits nose.
An investigation was held, this morning,
over the rear end COLI ion bot ween Huhsr
and W.bp, at Alameda.
Fireman Middlestate, hurt by the spout
Of a tank, Is again IN the streets. He says
you can't keep a good man down.
KID Hamilton and Chas Huey went out
on No. ], wish Conductor Jim Carlyle. In
place OF Koebls and Cochran who have
changed Of 70 freight.
Charles L Rogers Is the old st conductor
on the Beaver q Rio era dc railroad.
Twenty-Five years ago last Cbr,stmas day,
he entered the railroad service, and during
that time has never been laid If for one
day, for cause.
ahh tpO cuRHulp tCutful hkt0t VI
the ~, q K. g railr ad, with head quarters
at Santa Fe, has returned from a trip to
south IN Colorado. He reports that the
M rcury marked 25o below zero at Alamo
sa. Thursday mo ming.
r. L. Bril-; of wickenburg, Arls, filed
suit against the Santa Fe.Prescott railroad.
He seeks to recover 1920, AID costs Tor six
teen head Of live stock killed by engines
OF the company. Many Of the trains pass
Wtckenburg at night and from the fact
that tho track is not properly fenced, the
night lrowling range cow has suffered
severely.
Recently as a train was pulling out Of
sidiog in a terminal yard engineer did not
wait for brakeman 10 get ahead OF engine
and line up witches, and derail-d a part
of his ensi g on open switch. 1t is peers
sary to nave brak em an go ahead Of engine
at nish and know that witches are right.
Engineer has been held esponsible and
suspended ten days.
Recently en- engine was derailed on ac-
count Of brakt n, who was riding on
freight ft oil oard, and engineer, not mo-
ticia z tia switch was act against them 1t
was showing ard blowing, . md greater care
sh uld have been taken to have known
positively that the switch was right before
u Ing II. The engineer and brakeman have
b en- suspended ten days.
Recently a car was handled In two
diff reat trains as an emp y when Il was
loaded. Conductors in both instancs $
failed to exa nine the car carefully
Agent at 70 warding station als, f.ilsd to
termioal. Both conductors, the forward
Ing agent and TIL seal taker AZ the ter
minal have been suspended fifteen days
The matter OF having the rules govern
ing rail men ami engineers printed 10 book
I rm, is heiag Q nsldered by As istans Su
p-rintenie Il Avery Turner. and other Of
hcials of the .Archison road. Each time q
new time card Is printed, n rules have r
he reprinte 4 and bnnnai- sne Time card
rl-.-a great expense, and as the rnies dc
not change as often as the time cards, II
would he a saving for the company to have
them printed sep i, stely. ass
q. NJ. Taylor, div ision, m aster mechanic
at Ration. has Issued thef5ll wing bulletin +.
Rec I'd builetin No, rs: A fireman on this
division recently undertook to m we an
engine with a vie t, coupling on to a
passenger tram with ut the permission of
the engineer. The fireman struck the
train sufficiently hard TO damage a draw
bar. for which he has been suspended
thi " DAYS. Fir man have no autnori y
whatevsr 70 handle engines.
The tri- W ekiy, iger, as heretofore
stat d. wi be- inangurated at Chicago on
Monday, January II b. n will re .ch Las
Vegas on W1dns,d.y, January 10 h.
Every Mpnd ~, Wetnesds ~ and Friday
thereafter the limited will arrive A. this
citv from the Q It, and every Monday.
Wedne d " and s Saturday from the west.
The dr-t limited from the west, under the
tri weekly arr ,ngpment. will reach L4s
Vegas on Mond ~. Ja,uary 81 tn.
Recently a rna engine, In backing from
yard to rouad b use in a tarminal yard
was struck by switch engine on main line.
Engineer on engine claimed that red light
on rear If tank on engine was not burning
Evidence in the case. however. shows 1T
was. 3 Il ch engineer, had be been keep.
ing a lookout. would not have struck the
road engine, pat cuiarly as the road en-
CINE was runni 6 in the "a ne direction at
the time IT collisi n Ga account Of beng
a newly promoted man aud a new f-eman
the switch engineer has been susp- nded
thirty days aid the fem an reprimanded.