Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-10
TRACK AND TRAIN

Engineer Purcell has his name dec
Grating the lay-off board, for a period
not stated.
Engineer AL Davis is marked up as
one who is in search of a prescription
from the doctor.
Fireman Gray is the only n Of the
large army Of firemen who are employ
ed here, who has his name on the lay
off board.
Engineer F. w. Wilson is another
throttle puller who has had his name
marked up on the sick board for a
short period.
Fireman Brawner and wife left yes
terday for Lamy, after spending sev-
eral days in the city. He will resume
his run on the mountain Immediately
upon his return.
j. f, Brocksmiths, who was employ
ed as a brakeman here several months
ago, but who now halls from Needles,
Calf, where he has been working
since leaving here, is in the city again
and will perhaps remain.
The extra board at the round house
presents a vastly different appearance
just now to what it did a few months
ago as there is not half the number OF
names upon 1t at present. This Is
accounted for by the falling off of bus
mess which necessitated the reduction
of force.
Thirty-ive thousand acres Of rail,
road lands within the San Francisco
mountains forest reserve have been
reconveyed by the Santa Fe Railway
company into the reserve. This il
the first lot Of lands that has been
officially accepted by the government
in this reserve.
It is reported on excellent authority
that the Rock Island interest will
soon be represented on the Atchison
board Of directors, and that the Atch-
ison will mann a couple Of directors
the Rock Island board, says a dis
patch from Chicago. 1t is the under
standing that w. H. Moore and D. G.
Reid will be the Rock Island repre-
in the Atchison company.
The Needles Eye says Frank Field,
who was drowned in the Colorado riv
er while swimming, was % years of
are. He entered the employment of
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway company September 10, 1902,
q boilermaker helper and had near
" completed his first years service
with the company at the time Of his
drowning. He leaves q father living
In San Francisco. also q married sis
ter in the same city, who will mourn
his untimely death.
The round house at this point Is
now undergoing extensive repairs, the
most important OF which is a new
roof. The work Of tearing OF the old
roof was begun this morning and there
Is now q large section where the suns
rays can penetrate without Interrupt
ton. Over 5000 feet Of new pipe will
be installed and new radiators will
be placed throughout the building, to-
with other improvements.
which will 60 to make the house
here one Of the most comfortable !
houses on the system to work in dur
Ing the winter all Of which the en-
ployes are duly grateful for.
The Kingman Miner says: Jesse
Tarr and a young fellow named Diehl
had a narrow escape from serious in
jury by the Arizona & Utah motor car
the track below town. They
were driving along on the straight
track when the a left the rails.
throwing them into the ditch. Diehl
was badly skinned UP and will have
two Of the blacklist eyes for a mum.
Der OF days and 1t will be some time ]
before he grows new skin over the
lacerated parts of his face. Had they
been thrown OF in the riprap work
they could not possibly have escaped
leath.
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