Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-27
TRACK AND TRAIN


NJ. Elsa is the night operator .,
Tslarosa. This is 4 much naadad
sfange on the part Of the railway of
Astals.
vacating: Passenger Conjuc,o,
ciford Of the Rio Grande division. !,
laying of a few days on the sick Il,
and Conductor Donahue ha, been do
ing double duty.
Dispatcher Dead: Ed. Roe third
trick dispatcher for the Santa n ].
san Marcial. passed away at that town
Tuesday morning. Consumption was
me cause of his death.
Gutnrie to Be Headquarters: II is
economically announced that Guthrie
vii De the division headquarters fer
santa Re lines IN Oklahoma. San.
"a Fe trains are nov operated out If
Guthrie IN five directions.
New Agent: De Witt Hammond
mas bee appointed travelling freight
and passenger agent Of the Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe at the CITY If
Mexico He will have charge Of the
territory south Of Agaas Calientes and
San Luis Potosi.
Palace Car Burned: r. Il
Green's private car Lone Star, val.
ued at $4,000, was burned in the Mid.
land yards at Terrell Sunday night.
cotents We're saved. 1t was con-
sidered the finest private car used by
any railroad Official in Texas.
Wants Street Railways: The Santa
is reported to be making strenuous
efforts to secure control of the indie.
pendent street railways at San Fran.
IN order to be able to secure 4
larger patronage for the ferries which
they will operate between their tide
water terminus at Oakland.
Soldiers Now: Albert Robb, &
brakeman, and Lynn Shirk, a fireman.
both employed by the Santa Fe Cen.
RAJ, were unanimously elected active
members of Company F. First regi.
nent Of infantry. national guard If
New Mexico, at Santa re last even.
ng.-New Mexican.
Suit Against Gulf Line: United ,
'tates Attorney Atwell of the north. ,
district of Texas has entered suit :
q the federal court against the Gulf. !,
colorado & Santa Fe Railroad com. !,
any, charging failure to comply with !.
federal automatic coupler law ,
Is said that this Is the FIRST If
lumber Of similar suits 20 ne brought il
gainst other Texas railroads. !
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bikes Done: The engineering de. .
artment of the Santa Fe is praying Z
or a big storm in the upper canyons q
I the San Barbiel river, q storm so !
liz that 1t will wash out the river J
ed and test the banks of the stream,
q fact. the bigger the flood the better
he engineers will like 1t. The cause
or all this is the completion Of the
lew jetties and bikes built for the :
protection of the new bridge at
Calf. i
Moving On: Mr.. and Mrs. ]. 7. !
thorn, who have been residents Of Al /
,uquerque since 1889. left Wednesday i
light for San Bernardino, where Mr.. !
thorn will take a position in the !,
,arta Fe shops. He has been EN- i
in the shops Of Albuquerque ]
or many years and the local railroad
nen ana others will greatly regret !
d see him leave Mrs. Thorn finds a
.hange Of altitude nects sary for her ,
sake. i
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Coming West: Engine No. 93l, one i
the big freight engines that the
santa re Is putting In service or the /
mountain divisions Of the road, has
,een received from the Baldwin works
d Philadelphia and has been set up !,
n the local shop. This engine
vas taken Out on her trial trip Tues.
law. AS soon as she is broken in
The will be sent west.-Topeka Journ.
Mine sale: Sheriff Blair will sell
The Volcano mine, mill and other
property owned by the Wilson Min.
Ing company in Grant county at the