Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-07
TRACK AND TRAIN

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Tor, is looked for this evening.
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next spring.
The new foreman Of the round
house, VIM. E. Taylor. began his dut-
les this morning.
The wool of H. Echwald, OF the
Cuba neighborhood, was purchased by
Gross, Kelly & Co.
Business in the local shops is still
far from rushing, though some pick
ing up is looked for soon.
L. Roger, presidentof the Jayhawk
Gold Mining company at E'Town. left
for his home at Waco. Texas. last
Friday.
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The Optic learns that the Denver
4 Rio Grande is to begin at once lay.
ing a third rail on all its narrow
gauge lines.
1t is stated on good authority tina
the Santa Fe railroad has placed an
order with the American Car and
and Foundry company for 100 new
tank ears to be delivered at their ear
Hest possible convenience.
Quite a number Of the train and en-
CINE crews are having time these days
to get acquainted with themselves. It
has been a long time since business on
this division Of the Santa Fe was SO
slack.
]. C. McCollum had a painful acci-
len Monday while helping U. s. Dep
uty Mineral Surveyor VIM Mexican
survey the Great Western group of
mining claims on Black mountain for
q patent He cut his foot with an
axe and will be laid up for two or
three weeks.
IN the associated press reports of
The recent wreck OF Santa Fe train
No. 6 it was stated that spreading
track was the cause Of the wreck.
This is denied by officials Of the road.
Who say that according to reports re-
ceived from Colorado. the wreck was
due to a broken rail.
Ell Fenix, a Spanish newspaper pub
lished at Clayton, Union county, and
the Fenix hotel at the same place,
burned out a week ago. The Clay
ton Enterprise has suspended publica
ton but Ell Fenix will resume as soon
as another outfit Of type and machin-
cry is received.
Mrs.Hunt, the wife OF Frank Q.
Hunt, superintendent Of the Orc :
Dredge company Of Elizabethtown,
has been very low with pneumonia
the past two or three weeks, but the .
latest report is to the effect that she .
is slowly recovering. DR.. Upton OF !
Las Vegas vas called in consultation. :
Red River P%rospector.
After being out nearly twentyfour :
hours the jury in the case of E. A.. !
Tetjen against the Bluewater Land :
and Irrigation company, brought in a :
verdict for the plaintiff assessing dam :
ages against the defendant amounting :
to $3,072 and the cost. This is one :
OF the most important cases on the Z
civil docket Of the present term Of :
court at Albuquerque, and has attract ?
ed wide attention. =
The gross earnings Of forty-five :
roads for the third week Of October y
we're $9.655.O1L against ~$9.146.529 for !,
the third week Of October, 1902, an y
Increase OF $685. S2. Thirtyfour a
roads show increases and eleven de p
creases. Since July /, the roads re-
to above earned $142, 679.S75.
Increase Of s12.417,359 over the :
$3.50, 262 Isis reported for the cores !,
ponding period Of last year. For the !.
longer period thirty-eight roads show .
increases and even decreases. u,
w. II. Hahn, the New Mexican :,
agent for the Colorado Fuel and Iron :.
company, does not expect any serious
over the fuel situation, even
should the threatened strike In the !,
Colorado mines be called. Mr.. Hahn I,
has just returned to Albuquerque from y
/ trip TO Madrid and believes that :.
here will be no strike there. The :.