Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-10-12
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| Daniel r. Snyder has resigned his
position as fireman and gone south.
Travelling Engineer Ross spent las:
night in the city and went north this
morning on engine 94z which he il
testing.
Mr. Robinson of Fort Madison
Iowa, came in today on No. / and will
take position as fireman with the
Santa Fe.
Engineer Brennan returned from q
pleasant visit in the east and will
take his old position on the Las We
gas-Albuquerque division.
Engineer ]. H. Balou of Albuquer
que and his popular wife have gone to
wellington, Ks, to which point Mr.
Balou has been transferred.
| The new air pressure device at the
round house is now in working order
It will be used in pumping sand to
the top of the new sand house. 1t is
also in use at the drop pit for drilling
and corling flues.
Beginning with yesterday all EN-
ployes at the round house will work
from a. m. until p. M; Sundays
from Z a. m. to IL m. Notice to this
effect has been posted up at the usual
place at the round house.
Mr.. John p Whitehead comptrolleF
of the SantaFe system lines FOR the
past eleven years, died recently at his
home in New York City. Mr.. White
head was stricken with paralysis in
his office and his death was the result.
Word comes from Superintendent
Dyer of the western division of the
Santa Fe, that complaints have been
made by the government postal autho-
rites stating that train signal rules
in the railway mail service are not
being complied with, and that unless
they are complied with the company
will suffer a hne. The fault found is
that engineers do not give a signal
at all the stations. The rule requires
that a signal shall sound within 1900
feet of the switch farthest from the
depot, and Mr.. Dyer warns trainmen
that this rule must be kept.
A rumor is aioat to the effect that
extensive and substantial i'm
provements are contemplated by the
Santa Fe railroad company, and in all
probability a very decided change will
be made here in the near future, says
a special dispatch from Albuquerque
to the Topeka Journal. 1t is said that
the company has decided to erect
hotel building 1t is now understood,
when a hotel is erected at Albuquer-
que, it will occupy another site from
the present eating house, and that the
switch yards are to be removed far
ther from the business portion of the
city. A gentleman Of considerable
prominence, who arrived here from
the east few days ago was in conver-
sation with the manager of one of
Harvey's eating houses, and from him;
1t was also learned of the above men
toned contemplated improvements.
During September. orders for 10,369
cars of all kinds have been noted.
OF these cars 1880 were box, stock,
furniture and refrigerator cars; 2,575
were coal and gondola cars; 2,100
were steel cars; 700 were fiat cars, so
were tank cars and ia were for pas
senger and street railroad service.
Of the 10,369 cars noted, about 1900
are to be built by railroads in their
own shops. Orders for 237 locomo-
tives were also noted of which "a
were for export and the approximate
division of types was 48 passenger To-
comotives, 157 freight locomotives
hd 80 switching locomotives. The
number of locomotives noted was eX-.
actly the same ais Tor August. 1t will
be noted, says the Railroad Gazette,
that the car orders fell off by about
1000 from the August record, which
was a very large one for the season,
but the September orders are still al
most double those noted in July 1t
is known that orders are being with
held on account of the high prices, at
least one large order being deferred
and some others reduced in size, on
this account.
The Rio Grande has completed ar
rangements for it's part of the fast
time to be made from Chicago to San
Francisco. The new schedule will
go into effect Sunday morning.
Trains Nos. 1 and will make the
time from Grand Junction to Denver
in running time of eleven hours and
twenty minutes, or an average speed
across the continental divide of one
mile in each one and one-half minutes.
Each will be allowed only twenty min
utes for all stops between Grand juno
ton and Denver, a distance of 74a6
miles. The train will be one eombis
nation baggage and mail car, chair
car, dining car and two Pullman cars.
The Rio Grande Western will put on
new trains. The Southern Pacific
schedule is three hours faster cnan
the present schedule. The Rock Is
land and Burlington are expected to
go from Denver to Chicago in -four
hours less time than at present This
will make the 12-hour reduction in
running time necessary to meet COM
petition on other lines. Rio Grande
trains and will run as usual. The
new trains ID and 15 will continue to
do all local business. Officials went
over the road today to examine all
points and save time wherever possl-
BILE. These men had the new sched-
ule with them and stated thatsthe SER
vice would be started, Sunday from
San Francisco to- Denver Eastern
connection will start ON that. date, if
1t Isl possible to have the roads ready
for service.
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