Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-06-20

The Ell Paso Herald says that the
Santa Fe train reported due to arrive
there at ? O'Clock Wednesday after
noon eve did get there. AT 10 O'Clock
that night the passengers were
brought in in box cars. The regular
train had been able to get as far as
Earlham. when it was found that the
track was washed out in a number OF
places between Earlham and Mesquite.
a total distance Of some eight miles.
fardmaster Bnlger Of the Santa Pc,
and Foreman Eaton of the smelter
switch engine took the engine and a
string Of box cars out to the washout
and transferred the passengers across,
which necessitated their walking
about three miles. after which they
were loaded into the box cars and
brought to town.
Rapid Progress.
Satisfactory progress was made
Thursday by the track-laying forces
OF the Santa Fe Central railway.
Twelve hundred feet Of track we're
laid on the section from Kennedy sta
ton south and 1900 feet on the section
from Moriarity station north. An en-
CINE and a construction train have
been ordered from the southern end
OF the line to Santa Fe, and these will
arrive there early during the coming
week. Upon arrival they will be put
to work laying steel tracks in the
Santa Fe yards and switches to be
located there. John S. Harris. in
charge of the track-laying machine,
IS expected Wednesday next and after
looking over the ground it is probable
that the track-laying machine will be
brought to this city and put to work
from this end. A scarcity of men
exists and this fact has interfered
somewhat with the construction work
However, General Manager w. S.
HopewelI is pushing everything along
with his usual untiring energy and
perseverance. Several car loads of
steel rails which have been delayed
by the recent washouts in Kansas are
beginning to arrive at Torrance. There
are more cars loaded with steel rails
still somewhere on the Rock Island
railroad which are being pushed along
as rapidly as the condition of the
road will permit, and are expected 10
arrive right along.
Union Depot for Santa Re.
AS the result of the visit of j. A.
Edison, general manager of the Denver
and Rio Grande railroad system, and
other officials of thath road to this
city yesterday, and their conference
with General Manager w. S. Hopewell
and Chief Engineer A. G.. Kennedy of
the Santa Fee Central railway, it was
not only decided that those two roads
will build a union depot in this city.
but the site vas selected. says the
New Mexican. The general plan for
the depot was agreed upon and today
the work on the detailed plans for
the structure was commenced in the
engineering department of the Santa
Fe Central railway under direction of
Chief Engineer Kennedy.
Ad Union Depot for Santa Fer.
The new passenger depot will be To-
Gated near the corner of Guadalupe
and Garfield emu and will be
about midway between the old Uni
versity building and the present. Santa
Fe railway depot. The. building will
be Of brick, ornamented in design ana
one story high. II will be 100 feet
long by "a feet wide, and around the
0 u sides will be a brick platform %
ieet III width. The platform will not
be entirely covered. but The depot will
have wide ave- which will protect a
portion Of ii in what little inclement
weather Santa Re experiences.
The new freight house win be 10.
Gated between Manhattan and Metro
politan n and will be Of CORFU.
gated iron. 1t will be 100 feet long
and 10 feet wide. and will have a
freight platform 500 feet long. The
car scales will be located alongside
the freight platform. It is these gem
eral plans only that have been agreed
upon. and the detailed plans now be.
ing prepared by the Santa Fe Central
force will be submitted for approval
TO the Denver & Rio Grande officials.
1t was well understood by the repre-
sentatiyes Of the two roads yesterday
what the completed buildings would
be in details, and the ideas will be
embodied in the plans.