Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-20

Everybody wondered why the round
whistle didn't blow today. The ex-
PLANTATION is that q change in boilers
was being made at the shops and
steam couldn't be turned into the
whistle which usually sets the time
for the town.
A mile and a half Of track was laid
Thursday on the Santa Fe Central
railway, and Friday the gap between
Kennedy and Torrance was closed,
when the Harris ~tracklaying machine
was brough to Santa Fee to close the
gap between Santa Fe and Kennedy.
On Saturday daily train service was
begun between Torrance and Kenne
dy.
Superintendent Tice. Of the Santa
Fe railway, Is In Oklahoma City in
company with other Santa Fee off,
cials, and inspected the site for the
Santa FEES new passenger depot,
which has been cleared, and Is now
ready for the foundations. This depot
will be modern in every respect and
will cost $4,000. Work on the foun-
dations commenced today.
The Mexican Central has in Juarez
probably the best pulling switch en-
CINE in the city. The engine is No.
1043 and for a long time the switch
crew has been anxious to be able to
try the new engine and see how it
could pull. A few days ago they had
a chance to give the engine a fair
trial, when they had a transfer of 81
cars to make from Ell Paso to Juarez.
Each car was loaded, and allowing
sixty thousand pounds to each car,
together with the weight Of the car.
the engine pulled over five million
pounds.
Financier A. Stewart Appleton Of
Wall street and London, who is au-
thority on international investment
properties, made the statement to a
coterie of railroad men in Chicago
that influences In London and New
York are at work to transfer B. F.
Yoakum from the presidency Of the
Frisco railroad system to a posi-
ton Of greater executive Importance
covering all the Frisco. Pere Mar
quette, Eastern Illinois and Rock Is
land interests, and that Passenger
Traffic Manager Bryan Snyder, Of the
Frisco system, is to be made vice.
president and general manager.
The track laying gangs on the San
ia Fe Central railway between Stan
ley and Clark stations met at 3
O'Clock Saturday afternoon and joined
steel tracks. There are now actually
completed and in operation on the
Santa Fe Central SO miles between
Torrance and Kennedy. The Harris
track laying machine and the con-
struction forces will be Immediately
moved to Santa Fe and expect to
reach there Wednesday when track
laying from the capital to Kennedy
will commence. General Francis J..
Torrance, Senator w. H. Andrews
and General Manager w. S. Hopewell
passed over the new track from Tor
rance to Kennedy in General Tor
RANGES private car yesterday.
One Of the local shopmen, who was
at Albuquerque Saturday tells Of the
heroic treatment administered to q
"scab'" by several hundred railroad
men down there. The fellow gave
the name Of ]. Mcdonald. He was
spotted by q man who mad known his
record In Colorado and Wyoming and
ordered to leave. The man insisted
he wal no spotter and said he would
remains as long a. he wished. The
railroaders thereupoh beat him with
in an inch Of his life. The police
happened along and took the chap OF
to jail for safe-keeping. A memoran-
dunn book was found which the man
dropped and their story was support
ed. The shopmen here say the
"scab" worked n day here, but was
20 poor Z machinist that the foreman
discharged him. It is claimed he
scabbej in Ration In Cheyenne, Hep
lar and at other places.
Shops w. etars.-At Reynolds field
yesterday the shpprnen and All Stars
crossed bats for the second time. The
shopmen say they o all right, but
the umpire was afiicted with deletra-
bariaciapetcosia Of the visual orb and
behold It their way. The teams had