Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-09-26
! Railroad Rumblings'


ed from San Marcial and will resume
a run on this division.
Frank M. Kissinger, late of Topeka
Kas., has gone to work on the re
Ipair track. He will remove his fam
lily to this city ere long.
Two ladies of the Harvey house en-
lployes at Ash Fork, Ariz., are spend
ing few days in the city as the
guests of Mrs. Schmitt, on Tilden
lstreet.
] sBiliy Holmes went south this morn
ing to learn the idiosyncracies of the
road, preparatory to taking position
ias fireman. Billy has the best wishes
iof many friends for his success.
No. 2 this morning carried number
lof soldiers lately from Manila, going
to their homes in Kentucky. They
were quite unanimous in declaring
that General Otis is incompetent to
manage the campaign in the Philip
Ipines. 4f
No. 2 passenger train was delayed
flor three hours at Glorieta this morn
ling by slight wreck at Waldo, caused
by the draw bars on q freight car
breaking and falling on the track. No.
81 came through on time earlier in the
might.
Sixty-two persons went from this
lplace to Denver last Sunday morning.
Fully 300 people have gone to the fes-
ltival of mountain and plain from
Ipoints south of Trinidad. The num-
ber of trunks carried by the excur-
sionists was a little remarkable and
while they were packed light in going
the probability is that they will be
good and heavy in coming back.
President Murphy of the Santa Fe,
Prescott & Phoenix railroad, says in
his annual report: "The Castle Creek
and Briggs mining districts are at
tracing considerable attention, and
there is good reason to believe that
they will soon develop sufficiently to
warrant the construction of branch
into that section, leaving the main line
at Hot Springs Junction. The main
line should be extended through the
Salt River Valley to Mesa, 1t will be
necessary at an early day to construct
a branch line to Ingleside, and possi-
bly, later extend this branch to Mesa,
via Tempe, instead of building direct
| from Phoenix. The mining districts
seem to justify through line from
Phoenix to Globe" @
A Los Angeles telegram says: The
Santa Fe Pacific having settled it's tax
troubles in the various counties in
Arizona, is now seeking to bring about
a similar result in New Mexico. Judge
G. N. Sterry, the head of the company's
law department, is now in the east ar
ranging the basis of compromise In
the matter. The company will prob
ably offer the counties in New Mexi-
co through which the road passes
valuation of $2,500 mile for the pur
poses of taxation, as was done in Ari-
Zona. Under recent decision of the
United States supreme court, the rail
roads right -of-way is exempt from tax
alton. The concession of $4,000
mile for the purposes of valuation is
conceded as a compromise intended
to be fair to all concerned.
DIR. ]. M. Ford has filed with the sec
retary of Arizona notice of his inten-
ton to build railroad from Phoenix
southwest via Gila Bend and the Ojo
mines to Quitovaquite, on the Mexican
border, 130 miles. The company pro-
poses to extend its line fifty three
miles from QuitovaQuite to small
harbor on the northern end of the
Gulf of Mexico. Another line will COM
mence at Phoenix and run to Jerome,
thence to the Grand Canon. A third
line will start at Phoenix and run to
Globe and Morenci. Attorney General
| G. F. Ainsworth has also filed q dec
laration of intention for the construc-
tion of broad-gauge road from Sen
tinel, on the Southern Pacific via Phoe-
nix to Solomonville and thence to con-
meet with the Southern Pacific line at
Railroad Pass, a distance of over 200
miles.
Train Dispatcher Bristol is waiting
patiently on Storekeeper F. o. Blood
flor the payment of a wager entered
Into between them last Thursday
afternoon. Mr.. Blood it seems, owes
Mr.. Bristol "bottle of the best stuff
that is put up." This is, however, an
elastic term and Mr.. Bristol is in con-
sequence a little in doubt as to what
| it really means.
1t all happened last Thursday
afternoon. Mr.. Blood was about to
take No. 1 train to go to Albuquer-
que. There were eight cars on the
train, all of them being heavily
loaded, and the train was an hour be-
hind time. Just then one of the new
Baldwin locomotives, No. 837, backed
up to the train and hooked on to the
cars. 1t was evident that this engine
was to perform the service usually per-
formed in times past by two engines.
"Oh, say" said Storekeeper Blood to
the train dispatcher, 81 want to get
to Albuquerque tonight. The train is
an hour late now"
WELL" replied Mr. Bristol, "Tll
wager you $40 that you will get to
Albuquerque on~stime."
The two gentlemen bantered each
other on the probability OF getting to
Albuquerque and finally Mr.. Blood
made the wager as stated, "a bottle
of the best stuff that is put up
1t is just possible that the train
dispatcher took more than usual in
terest in the progress made by No. l
that afternoon, for when the train
reached Bernahllo. having made up
all the time that was lost. this tele-
gram was thrust into Mr.. Blood's
hands.
Las Vegas, N. NJ, Sept. 21.
F. o. Blood, Bernalillo.
Send me that bottle on No. tonight
by ------e.t tSigned)
| BRISTOL.
Mr.. Blood is in town today but at
L last accounts hadn't sent the bottle up
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