Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-17
TRACK AND TRAIN

Fireman Bryan is on the sick list
Fireman J. Lynn is getting a lay
Of.
Fireman Snyder is resting for n
run.
Fireman Morris will not be on his
engine for mi trip.
Engineer Bloomer, for n trip, will
retire from the throttle.
Engineer Purcell went out on No. .
today for a vacation. He goes to Chi
cago with his brother, who has been
in town for the Dearborn Drug and
Chemical company.
Fred Freinz, hostler helper, is TAX
ing a lay-off beginning with this morn
ing. He will take a run back to Chi
cago and make a visit Of a couple OF
weeks In that city.
N. M. Rice, Santa Fe storekeeper,
went out on No. s last night. Mr..
Rice paid a visit to the Montezuma
hotel, where an inventory OF such
furnishings was taken as can be used
in his department.
The office of the chief clerk of
the mechanical department lacked Its
regular occupant today. Percy Cor
nell. who tends to that department,
is off for his vacation. Mrs. Cornell
goes with him, and they will spend
the time until after the holidays Wis
iting her people in Colorado.
Electric Line: The Southwest Mis-.
souri, Electric railway has purchased
the Mineral Cities electric line. which
is partially constructed, between Jop-
lin and Pittsburg, Kans. This will
give the Southwest Missouri a through |
line from Carthage to Pittsburg, a dis
lance Of forty-fye miles.
Mules a Great Factor: Mules may
bring a railroad to Highland, Kans.
The town has wanted a road for years,
but has been unable to secure one.
Now. however. the shipments Of mules
from theer have grown SO large that
the prospect is very good for the build
ing of a railroad to secure the bust
ness.
The Rock Island passenger arriy.
ing here this morning was the first
Of the season to bring snow into
the city. The roof of the Pullman
car on this train had a good heavy
coating Of snow when I. arrived in
ri Paso, which, however. soon melted
under the rays Of the sun. as the car
stood at the Southern Pacific depot.
The snow was encountered north Of
Alamogordo.-El Paso Herald.
The FL Paso, Mountain Peak & St
Louis railway, to be constructed from
Wichita Falls. Tex. to st. Louis, has
secured yard facilities in Oklahoma
city and has engineers in the field sur
into the city from the south
vest.
A long line of cheerful faces greet
ID the visitor to the round house this
morning. Some said the sun would
shine twenty-four. hours today and
,thers said the would not set
i'll late. The cause Of all these as
economical observations was the hand
ng out of the checks which arrived .
IN the late No. ] last night. T.
Pennsie Gets Left: Instead Of the
e, 00O, 900 to 100000 asked by the
Pennsylvania Railroad company, a
ury In Judge Smiths court awarded !,
he sum Of s~S96,67O.72 for the strip Of :
and on the west bank of the Chicago
liver, between Madison and Van Blu J
streets, which the sanitary dis
riot board thus a%ppropriates by con
.emnation for the purpose Of widening /,
nd improving the river at this point. .
he strip Of land under condemnation .
Includes about 5000 square feet, and :
ow forms a portion Of the Penn's
reight terminals. and holds a number
{ freight houses. l.,
rock island Plan: The Rock Island ).
under consideration the construc- !.
of a line between Kansas City and !
40 anwnr a distance of twenty.six =