Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-11
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Joe Nance reported for duty this morn.
ing.
chss. s. Phillips, of Chicago, Is an extra
~switchman.
Sam Jones reported for work to-day
after a weeks lay Off.
c. NJ. Fisher, Of the fuel department OF
the Atchlson, Is In tho city.
Jos KoebIe and N. Q. Cochran, formerly
passenger hrakemen, are going TO run on q
freight next trip.
+. NJ. Arthur, grand chief Of the b. OF Il.
C., who has been sick for some time, IL
pronounced out OF danger.
Fireman McQuiddy has been assigned to
engine 912, humping Fireman Garvin, who
will wait for bis engine from the shops.
Horace @. Burt, the new president of the
Union Pacific railway company, began bis
railroad career in 1867, as a rodman on the
vandalia lines.
Conductor Joe Richley will run tho
flyers, when they On going three
times a week, each way. He will go down
to Albuquerque In the morning and back
the same day.
Lots Of fright 10 being handled Just now.
Five full trains were standing Ia the yards
at one time, to-day-fbree Sos and two ex-
tras. The freight business would be- oven
larger could there be more coal cars got
ten.
A Williams, Arizona, paper tells q story
on Fred Stone, at present visiting relatives
and friends in this city, that he recently
fell asleep in the bath, at that place, aud
was awakened only by the water getting
so cold that it aroused him from his slum-
bers.
Wm. Lowe, an engineer on the Atchison,
was laid off once for neglectipg to whistle
at q crossing. 1t IA now said that be not
only whistles at every crossing, but greets
every farmer by the way and every jack
rabbit that springs out Of the grass, with a
blast Of the whistle.
The circular, officially announcing the
increase In the Santa Fe California service
to three trains a week, has been issued by
Tref Manager White. The first third
train will leave Chica 90 on January 17th,
and after that the trains will be run out OF
chicago on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Saturdays.
1t is said that after the 18th, all p,ssen-
ger crews will change here. One set will
run from here to Albuquerque and back,
and the other from here to La
Junta and back. This Is as
it used to be. and Is satisfactory
alike to the people of this town aGd to the
train mep m their families.
As a means OF %expediting business and
curtailIng expenses, the railroad offices OF
the Atchison and Southern Pacific at
worth, Is the Joint agent q. q Temple,
chief clerk N. B. Bailey, Southern Pacific
agent; ]. H. Black, bill clerk; R. e. Mar.
tin, yardmaster, and g W. LIE fier, mana.
ger Western Uaion telegraph Office.
An unknown tramp, who at the point Of
a revolver roboed W e Meyers, station
az ent on the Kansas Pacific railroad at
Weskan. Kansas, and subsequently set ire
Co the snow sheds near Sharon Springs, was
killed by Section Foreman Forsebsrg. at
Che, enne Wells, Colo. The tramp refused
to surrender, and opened Are upon the SEQ
ton gang before he was shot down.
PRIVATE JARS.
The private cars used by the officials OF
the Atchison are as follows; Gar 2l2, com.
missary department.; car 214. Avery Tur-
ner, assistant general superintendent; car
2l5, Fl. U Nudge, general sup -rintsndent;
car 216, G. NJ. Higginspn, assistant to the
president; car 217, J. J. Frey, general
IN 4Eager; car 21S, Paul Morton, third vice
president; Car 219, e. P. Ripley, president;