Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-08


Conductor D. N. Aber still fingers
on the lay-off board for a short period
The latest railroad rumor is a line
from Needles to Yuma and San Diego
This sounds like Rock Island talk.
brakeman Ben Coles, the tall syca-
more Of the south end, is laying on
to recuperate and to figure the ton
mage of a drag.
Brakeman Geo. Meth is marked up
among those who are laying on TO
recover from a hard trip and to en-
joy life for awhile.
Engineer Rensing, the vocalizlng
engineer, has been assigned to duty
on the Glorietta mountain, where
trains need plenty Of good help.
Conductor T. v. Bryant, the man
who always has a smile for every one,
is laying off to rest up and to take
in a few Of the ter~psichorean events.
The PENNSYLVANIA railroad has d.
gested that ninety millions of new
stock, itself, and thereby proved anew
its claim to be the most healthy octo-
pus in the land.
Conductor A. ]. Aber. n OF the
oldest and ablest conductors on this
division, is marked up on the easy
board for a few days so that he may
have time to enjoy himself.
Engineer Geo. Crossen. better known
as Foxy Grandpa, has tired Of resting
and playing hide and seek with the
call boy, so has announced himself
as ready for duty on the hog once
more.
Fireman Gray is marked up with the
sick and disabled. It is said that he
is troubled with the scoop fever. hay-
ing been exposed to that disease last
trip while on his way from Albuquer-
que here on a long drag.
Fireman Abe Peeler, the injector ex-
pert who has been laying off for sew
eral days enjoying the warm weather,
has announced himself as ready once
more to assume charge Of the scoop
on the windy side Of the cab.
Night Yardmaster Sheppard. who
has held the position for several
months past, has handed in his resig-
nation and will leave for another
cline. He will be succeeded here by
G. e. Newport, a gentleman who has
just arrived here from Newton, Kans.
Brakeman Billy Burks, the small
man with the large voice, who has been
laying off enjoying himself fishing and
shooting ~frecrackers, has tired of the
sport and has reported himself as
ready to once more resume his duties
of passing up high balls to the en-.
gineer.
me wife and daughter of DR.. Sew
ard Webb, the railroad magnate and
close relative Of the vanJerbilts have
gone to London to be at the side Of
their husband and father. Senator
Chauncy Depew is with them. DR.
Webb has been ailing for some time
and his condition is said to be quite
serious.
me railroad Y. M. c. A. coffee
rooms at the Santa Fe shops at TO-
peka have proved a great success.
Inc rooms are located on the second
1oor OF the new machine shop bnild.
ing and in a most convenient place
o~btainable for the employees Of the
SHOPS. In the month OF June 1895
cups of coffee were served.
Katy Changes Kansas Officials.
. The filling Of vacancies caused hv
promotions on the Katy" system,
were announced Saturday at st. Louis
headquarters. Mr.. +. S. Mcdowell Is
appointed superintendent al Parsons.
Kansas for the Parsons, Neosho and
Sedalia divisions and branches. Mr..
]. w. Walton is appointed superinten.
dent at Denison for the Choctaw diyi.
sion and branches.
Preliminary returns for the rail.
ways Of the United Kingdom for the
year 1902 show that Of the 22.147I
miles Of lines open the gross receipts
were f1Os, $4,000 and the working
expenditures e67. 9O7 900, leaving net
receipts Of e41.627.0O0 Compared
with 100 this shove on inoraaae ofI