Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-15
RAILROAD R%uMaLINGs.

Pay day.
e. p. Perry's family are down with the
measles.
Epginea 40, 427 and OF are in the shops
for repairs.
"Big" Murphy, tho brakeman, left for
Topeka, today.
Engine 424 is up from Glorieta for wash
out and repairs.
Ben Myer and Wilbur #. Jones are new
employees at the shops here.
Charley Stevenson went south on No. l
the first trip since the Bird Of The month.
ii. b. Roe, a former conductor on the
Ration division, passed through here on his
way to- Mexico.
Engineer Seelingar has been assigned to
en- line No. 6S4 while his regular engine 10
in the shops for repairs.
d. L. Staplc,, Of Chicago, an expert
enced hotel manager, has taken charge OF
the Harvey house at Ration.
A. f. Hilton, general store keeper for the
Santa Fe system at Topeka, was a passen-
ger for California, yesterday.
The engineers board reads: A. Lowe
and Phillips, sick Crossen, Boyd and
Perry, of duty Seelinser on 6S4.
A. l. Conrad and W. F. Powars, travel
ing auditors for the Santa Fe, were In
Ration Saturday, auditing accounts.
Conductor G. I. Kelly left Ration for the
La Junta hospital to have an operation
performed on his knee, which he injured
recently.
DR.. ]. p. Raster, chief surgeon of the
Santa Fe system, arrived at the Las Vegas
hospital, this afternoon, from his Topeka
headquarters.
The two shortest braAemen on this d.
vision, Messrs. Grant and Purcell, went
east on No. 2, this morning, Conductor
Drury being In charge.
The firemen,s board reads: Evans and
Tallcott, sick Middlestale, Linn, Peeler,
Hansen, Mcdonnell, Roberts, Dennistou
and Moo liddy, off duty.
r. A. Vitlapi cue for the past two years
manager of the Harvey eating house al
Raton, will leave in a few days for the
east where he may conclude to locate.
Record bulletin No. lis: Recently, a
conductor Of a sscond-class freight, ON this
division was slow at terminal and did not
follow the section aheadrof him, as be
should have done. This caused cousidera-
bic delay to his train at a blind siding. HI
did not correctly report his delay. For
this he has been suspended ten days.
Record bulletin NJ. ia: Recently, 6
mig bit operator on this division faiiei tt
answer his call, causing a delay to trains
He gave as an excuse that lie rad beer
looking after switchlights. He did MOI
have permission, however, being lthegdis
patcher, to leave the off :e. Current in
structi9ns require that this should b,
secured. The operator has been suspended
thirty days.
sAmee.ing Of the local directors of tn,
New Mexico s. Southern Pacific, from Tri
nidad to Albuquerque, was held at the of
fee of Judge II. l.. Waldo, yesterday
here being IN attendance Solicitor Waldo
r. J. P4len. of Santa Fe; M. s .!Otsro. o
Albuauerqne; Jafferson R~aynoldsrand F
A. M%anzinares, Of this city. The purpos
of the meeting was to suggest the rohsng'
of its line in Bernalilio county SO as y
avoid wash outs and to provide for nes
stockyards at Watrous. eve
Bulletin No. %, Feb. IA re-appolnt
ment Of watch inspectors for the New
Mexico g. Rio Grande division places tn
FOLLOW ing gentlemen as authorized inspect
ors. Certificates from other welers will
not be accepted: F. G. Felt Trinidad; G
A. Whited, Ration; p. Dbl, Las Vegas
S. Sptz, Santa Fe; I. ". Mayuard, eAibu
querque; w. D, Finney, San Marcial; W
T. Hison, Ell Paso; N P. Trusseh, Deming
J. R. Hicks, Silver City Tue above be
came effective Feb. OH, 1897, There will
hereaf or be only one authorized lnspectol
in each of the cities nam ID. r,s /.