Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-04
TRACK N TRAIN

duty again.
Engineer Bracket. who has been
resting on his %laurels, has returned to
his toll.
The sessions of the Santa Fe audit
ors in Albuquerque closed yesterday.
Only routine business was transacted.
The back shops at San Bernardino
have turned out fifty engines 80 far
this month. beating all previous rec
ords. Five were turned out on the
Both. clearing up the months work
in fine style.
Reports continue to come in from
the skating party attended BY the
boys night before last. Dad Heeny
says he knows some good ones on the
others, and the Others say that Dad
is within the reach Of gossip.
Eighteen cars were ditched in q
wreck which occurred on the main line
between Alamogordo and Three Rivers
Friday. In consequence two south
bound passenger trains were held At
Carrizozo for Sc hours.
The cement building which was de-
stroyed yesterday by fire will prob
ably be rebuilt at an early date, owing
to the pressing need Of q building to
serve the purposes Of the one which
was burned. The platform In front
will be replaced Immediately.
Man.killer: The San Pernardino
Times-Tndex says: The Santa Fe's big
decapod, No. 988, has turned out to
be a man-killer. Last night at about
7.2S the engine crushed the life from
one Mexican and SO mangled his COM
panion that he died at the county
hospital Of shock and loss Of blood
this morning.
New Engines: The three new en-
gines which the Santa Fe. Prescott &
Phoenix has had ordered for several
months arrived in Ash Fork today and
will be brought to Prescott tomorrow.
They are said to be fine specimens
Of up-to-date locomotives. They are
equipped for burning oil and will be
put into commission at once.-Prescott
JournalMiner.
Beet Sugar Failure: Charles L. Sea-
graves of the Santa Fe passenger de-
partment in Topeka gives it out as his
opinion that the beet sugar crop for
the season just closed was a very I'M
successful one. Mr.. Seagrayes says
that there was too much rain last sum-
mer and as a consequence a very UNI
satisfactory crop was gathered this
fall, even in the districts that are
generally regarded as being we'll
adapted to this industry.
The electric light contract for the
equipment Of the railroad shop which
was made some months ago, Is about
to be carried into effect. Work Is to
be begun at once, and will be prose-
cuted Al rapidly as possible Sixty in
candescents will make the round
house as light as day. An arc light
Is to be placed over the turn table and
all the ofhees will rejoice to be able
to lay aside the kerosene lamps.
Will Weigh Cattle on Cars: The
railroads entering Kansas City have
agreed to return to the old method of
weighing cattle in the ears instead of
charging the freight upon the selling
weights furnished BY the live stock
commission agents. The old way
caused a great deal Of trouble between
the commission Companies and the
stock yards companies owing to the
difference in the freight charges Of
the railroad and the stock Yards com
pany.
AIamogordo Alligator: Division Su.
p~erintendent G. +. Hawkes. Of the Gal.
weston, Harrisburg & San Antonio.
was in the menagerie business in a
small way yesterday, but only long
enough to dispose of his interests 10
General Manager w. r. Martin IL
the FL Paso & Northeastern. at Ala,
mogordo, a y the FL Paso News. The
!. menagerie consisted Of a fye-foot ALI
gator from the swamps around Ia
fayette. La, which had been captured
BY some trainmen at that point an
shipped to him by Chief Dispatche
Comstock, as a reminder Of the forme
lows Of Louisiana life. Superintender