Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-01
TRACK AND TRAIN

NO VIA lioy WoAu uCoiIiccChci
for the past year in the Capital City,
left over the Santa Fe yesterday for
Los Angeles. She was met at Lamy
by her mother, en- route from Des
Noines, Iowa, to join her daughter.
Mrs. z. p. Wood and daughter, Miss
Matilda Wood, Of Trenton. N. j., the
mother and sister of j. Z. Wood Of
Santa Fe. are the house guests of Mr..
and Mrs. j. r. Wood at their resi-
dence, 102 Manhattan avenue. They
arrived in the Capital City Saturday
evening.
Travelling Auditor G. v. Sanford re-
turned to Santa Fe yesterday from a
ten days official visit to the county
seats of Chaves, Eddy and Roosevelt
counties. at which places he made in
spections Of county records. Mr.. SAT-
ford reports everything prosperous
and progressive in the Pecos valley.
Broke His Leg: On Thursday even
ing a brakeman on the train from Car
rizozo, known as Shorty" while max
ing a coupling, slipped and broke his
right leg below the knee. DR.. Fuller
attended to the mans injuries, after
which he was placed on the train
and taken to the hospital at Alamo
gordo.
The new transmitting typewriter
at Topeka which has been introduced
In the telegraph department inthe San
Ia Fe Offices is being examined by the
operators and dispatchers in the dis
~patcher's Office. The work which it
does Is approved BY all but the draw
back is that it will take several weeks
before the manipulation Of the ma
chine can be learned by all.
i
Pierce Goes: Winslow Pierce has
retired as general counsel OF the On
ion Pacific railroad, an office which he
has filed for many yers. He will con
tinue to be general counsel Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific. The report that the re
tirement of Mr., Pierce from the ser
vice Of the Union Pacific signifies
that the Gould interests in that system
have ~lessened, is denied. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Pierce will remain a
member of the executive committee
Of the Union Pacific.
Adjusting Difficulties: Charles W
Maier, third vice grand master of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
from Parsons, Kans., was in Ell Paso
last Friday night on his way to Cali
bernh, where he is going on brother
hood business. Mr.. Maier had been
In A~lamogordo to adjust a little iii.
hculty between the firemen and the 81 /,
Paso & Northeastern officials in which ,
ne was entirely successful. Mr.. Maier
was banqneted Thursday evening BY I
the fremen and their wives. His !
headquarters are at Parsons, Kans. =
Useful Device: j. L. Kise. Santa !,
Fe lineman. has invented an electric !
ical appliance which he calls a doubt !,
local spring jack. SAINT Fe officials J
at Topeka have Examined it and claim I
that II is a very valuable continuance. ,
It Is used on telegraph instruments :
and Is made to put on the local side ,
Of the main line circuit cutting the 4
%resonator sound onto the local circuit
and cuts off the local sounder that
was on the same side to the lneaI
circuit inside Of Office. Z
Yukon Railroad: The frs, SEES lion II
of the tenth parliament Of British :
Columbia was convened Thursday al. =
ternoon by Lieutenant Governor Sir =
Henry Jolly de Lothiniere. The Lieu. 2
Governor said: "As a result q
Of the recent decision In the Alaskan
boundary inquiry a strong feeling Ok. 7
lists in favor OF an ali-Ganadian route y
to the Youkon and northern British .
My government will coop. =
in any reasonable efforts which \
may be made to bring about the con. !
struction of such a railway" The !.
governor also noted the :,
probability Of the early completion q !.
The Grand Trunk Pacific TO the British
Columbia coast. !,
Fire Protection: The railroad com.
pany made the citizens an offer this !,
week to put in a pipe line, a number !,
h%ydrants. and a line Of hose at &C.
.ual cost to the company, amounting
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