Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24


Says It Is Not Practical: With ref
erence to a TimesIndex railroad sto-
~, which the contemporary states
has become the talk of the railroad
world" the Needles Eye has the fol.
lowing to say: There is only n an
swer to that newspaper report Of a
Santa Fe cutoff between Holbrook,
Arizona. and Cadiz, California, and
that is that it is not practical. In
the first place, it is impossible to
shorten the mileage. In the second
place. better grades "a not be To-
Gated. This statement is not idly
made. as q short study of a map will
show that the mileage a not posi-
bly, be shortened, and engineers who
are acquainted with the topography OF
Arizona and California know that there
is no possible chance of reducing the
grades and mileage both. Needles
need not worry, anyway, for the
youngest man in Needles will be
gray-headed and more than probably
IN the grave before any such act on
the part Of the Santa Fe could be &c.
complished, even If practicable"
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Woman Tramp on Santa re: Santa
Fe trainmen bring news over the hill
of a woman tramp who Is travelling
about among the Mojave desert towns
beating her way from place to place
in company with a gang Of hobos. She
was first seen at Barstow last Wed
nesday, where she was hanging about
a saloon, taking free drinks when they
came her way. The same day she and
about seventy tramps we're drummed
out of town by the railroad officers
for having broken into several cars
Saturday she was seen at Orc Grande
nestled away on a fiat car. which was
loaded with rock. The woman dress
es in a pair Of ~overalls, heavy shoes
and a shirtwaist. Her hair is pushed
up under a SLOUGH hat, while her fact
well, the trainmen couldn't tell JUS
what It looked like for the dirt. The
"loidy'' seemed to be moving in this
direction, although UP until midnigh'
she had not been sighted on this side
of the summit.
Engineer Killed: AL 11.30 Frida!
morning William J.. Condor. n g
the best known freight engineers run
ming out Of Winslow on the third di
vision of the Santa Fe coast lines, mo
his death in a shocking manner ninety
eight miles west of Winslow. Mr.. Con
don, with his monstrous engine, wa
assigned as pusher to help an extr;
freight coming east from Ash Forl
to Supai. There is a very steep grad
between these two points, especial.
between the stations of Fairview an,
| Mcclellan, besides which there ar
two high curve trestles, the mi III.
way being neal the mouth Of the tua
mel. AS the train was going througl
the tunnel it broke into two secti1u
and left Condon's engine at a ful
stop on the center of this bridge
Billy" as he was favorably known
being a good-hearted boy II ever Their
was one, seeing what had happened
got of his engine and went to he'll
the train crew to get off the track tn
heavy iron drawhead and couple Il,
the train, having but a few minute
to make the side track at Mcclellan
for a schedule train going west. Thi
done, Condor walked back to the On
CINE. He had made one step on lib
tender Of the engine. when his hand
slipped on the handle bars Of the en-
CINE, causing him to fall over back
ward over the high trestle to a dis
lance Of W 100 feet. His railroal
companions, seeing him fall. rushed I
his assistance, but to no avail, a
poor Billy Condor In his fall la
given up his life to his Makcr-Alhl
querque Daily Citizen.
Stole $1,000 In Santa Fe Tickets
A Los Angeles dispatch says: Furthe
details Of the theft Of Santa Fe pas
senger tickets, valued at about $4,000
from the company's Cotton office tn
night Of December |. have leaked on
from local headquarters. The missin
transportation was bulletined. and on
OF the tickets was taken up yestel
day, according to advices received b
General Passenger Agent Byrne. TIL
transportation was lifted BY q trai