Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-06-24
TRACK N TRAIN
WANT MORE PAY.
Brotherhood Of Railway Car Men OF
Santa Fe in Conference with
Supt. Henderson.

the employ of the Santa Fe railroad
have been in the city for the last two
weeks in conference with George r.
Henderson, superintendent of motive
power for the Santa Fe, in regard to
a raise in wages and several changes
in the list of rules and regulations
appertaining to the treatment OF the
car repairers all over the system.
by the company. A satisfactory
agreement was reached today. About
q dozen meetings in all have been
held, all of which were attended by
Mr.. Henderson and the twenty men
here from all over the road in the
interest Of the other members of the
Brotherhood. 1t is stated that every
thing went of smoothly and that there
was no quarreling between the off
eials and the men. The committee is
composed Of men from all over the
system. Some came from California
and the Texas lines, others from Colo
RADIO, and still others from Chicago
were here.
In regard to the concessions finally
agreed upon, Mr.. Henderson for the
Santa Fe says: An entire new sched-
ule has been arranged. Wages now
paid to car men by the Santa Fe range
from II cents to 80 cents an hour, ac-
cording to the class of work DONE
Engineer French gets eight hours.
Engineer Kammerer is eff for a bit.
Engineer Steadman is sick.
Engineer Wolfe is under the doctors
care.
Engineer Langston has reported for
duty.
Engineer Hansen is off for a short
spell.
Engineer Seelover is back at the
throttle.
Fireman Parks and Hill are among
the rusticators today.
The delayed passenger trains from
the south came in between $3.50 and
IL o'clock last night.
Fireman Stephens and Fireman Hum
are taking in the town for a day oil
two while others hold the scoop.
Fireman Mckenzie feels the deck Of
the great mogul wandering under his
feet once more after a change to terri
firma.
1t is reported by the Journal-Dem
ocrat that the main shops of the Santa
Fee Central will be located at Estan
cha. The New Mexican says this is
only a rumor.
A. J. Bishop, operator of the Santa
To rai1uov - Conta To hoe faEan Z
vacation and left for Chicago. HI
will spend some time there and a
points in Iowa.
1t is reported at Austin, Tex, tina
the Texas Midland railroad, which Il
owned by Mrs. Hetty Green, has beer
sold to the Rock Island Frisco, and !
is to be extended south from Ennis t
Waco.
ClimacO Trujillo, who is employed
In the shops of the Santa Fe railwa,
at Albuquerque, has gone to Santa Fe
He is suffering from an attack o
rheumatism, and went home to re
main until he is better.
Seven thousand persons visited tn
Grand Canyon of Arizona last year
The number may reach 10, 900 for 1903
This is q hundred times as many a
used TO go annually to the canyon il
the old stage coach days.
The track blocked by the frightfu
wreck near Waldo was cleared las
night. Several of the wrecked car
were so badly damaged that ii wa
necessary to burn them on the ground
The engines are little less than scra
iron.
All the men injured in the wrec'
near Waldo are reported today a
doing as well as possible under th
circumstances. Conductor Kobel /
much more severely injured than wa
at first supposed possible.
A prominent Rock Island of6cis
says: Tucumcari is not centrally Il
ratod for tho chnpc ~ tho n II m