Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-29

ins only four wooden structures OF the
kind. Mr.. Burns plans during the com
ing year TO replace all wooden bridges
between Barstow and Los Angeles
and will leave only four between Los
Angeles and San Diego.
For the Fair: In the studio Of Soup
tor Edward Berge in Baltimore, stand
about 20 curious figures of life and at
tired in the costumes of periods rang
ling from Newton S time, in l60S.to the
present day. When completed these
figures will represent typical train
men, who will man the locomotives,
ancient and modern, that will form
part Of the exhibit of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad at the st. Louis fair
The engineer at his throttle. the fire.
man and his shovel, the oiler and the
brakeman-all will be represented in
realistic and characteristic attitudes.
Pretty Fix: Engine No. 1924, n OF
the big Baldwin passengers, was
brought down from Bernalillo yester-
day in a badly stove up condition. She
was running light and crashed into
the rear of a freight train with dis
astrous results. The headlight, smoke
stack and pilot were knocked off and
the front Of the locomotive generally
looks as If 1t had been out having 9
time with the boys. The caboose Of
the freight was badly damaged and
is also laid up for repairs. No n was
hurt although the accident came very
near being a serious one for the en-
CINE and train crew. The 1924 will
be fixed up in the shops here in short
Understanding Journal.
Bonds Sold: A San Francisco dis
patch says: The North Shore railroad
bonds to the value Of $500, 900 have
, be deposited with the Mercantile Trust
company Of this city. The option or
} time limit expired last Saturday, but
= bofora tho avn;rofinp tho rnnr,irpmant
Of the purchasing syndicate had been
2 complied with. Information, it is said,
derived from several sources Is to the
effect that the negotiations for the
purchase of the bonds are being con
: Quoted on behalf of E. H. Hartman
: a railroad man who is said to be fam
iliar with the inside affairs OF the deaI
! is quoted as follows: 1T is obvious
that one of these companies the South
ern Pacific, the Western Pacific or the
Santa Fe is interested in the trans
action" Positive denial OF any inter
lest in the negotiations, it is alleged
comes from the headquarters Of thy
Santa Fe.
The New Master Mechanic: w. i
:, lBuck is the name of the e maste
!. mechanic at Needles, California, sue
lceeding Hugo Shaefer, whose resig
nation was sent in to headquarters
short time ago. The new official !
! scheduled to take possession Of hi
office at Needles on January /, 1904, a
I which time the present official step
:. out. Mr.. Buck comes from Missoula
!. Montana, where he has been maste
!. mechanic for the Northern Pacific tn
past two years. He has been in tn
!. service OF that road for several year.
being transferred to Missoula to SUI
!. lceed F. P. Barnes when the latter lei
the road to go to the Santa Fe at A
buquerque. Mr.. Buck is said to be
thorough railroad man Of extensly
experience, and, as an official put !
! "just the mar for the place"
viii Get Low Rates: On accom-
of the decision of the Missouri 81
= preme court the Worlds Fair manag'
- ment is now assured Of low rates fc
the exposition. The railroads heret'
fore have declined to take any actio
;. on the application for the low roun
" trip rates for the Worlds fair, for tn
7 alleged reason that the scalpers woul
manipulate those tickets and deprlv
the railroads Of a large share Of the
\, revenues. Hence the suits were ii
stituted by the Worlds Fair Manag
ment in the name of the railroads, an
injunctions were obtained restraint
the scalpers from handling round tri
tickets. The scalpers made a haI