Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-22
TRACK AND TRAIN

: Trainmaster Notgrass went to
Ration last night to bring down the
special train.
The shops present a practically de-
serted aspect today. Every man who
can possibly be spared has been let
off TO attend the picnic.
The shop baseball team is engaged
in a harrassing contest for the cap,
ture of that SIS prize at Reynolds
field this afternoon.
The machinists' committee on ar
engagements worked all day mailing
ready for the dance at Hot Springs
this evening. The affair will be SUI
perb.
The Albuquerque shopmen say that
Engineer G. Z. Stowell made one Of
the geratest local runs on record u
to Gallup this week. They allege that
he made the round trip in exactly sew
en- days.
The work on the new Galveston,
Harrisburg & San Antonio machine
shops in FL Paso has progressed SO
far that a visitor can tell what they
will be like when Finished The
foundation for the floor has been fin
ished and the flooring has been half
laid.
Reports from along the main line
of the Union Pacific show that the
improvements and doubie-tracking
planned for 1908 are progressing
rapidly, and in many instances are
practically completed. Altogether the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
this year will cost the Hartman sys-
tenn many millions.
The first installment Of street cars
will leave the city at $40 this even
ing. There will be seven al in the
bunch. The electric engine will also
be utilized. The second lot of cars
will leave at 7:20. The company has
made adequate arrangements for con
veying the big crowd. The ball is go
ing to be all right.
Engine and train crews follow their
trains instead of their engines. This
Is a recent ruling Of the Santa Fe
general offices, the question arising:
If a passenger engine breaks down
on the road and 1t is found necessary
to take a freight engine from a train,
does the crew of the freight engine
remain with their machine or with
the train?"
The Santa Fe company can never
be accused Of treating its employees
with indifference when accidents oc-
cur. Witness the great promptness
with which they rushed a special and
a physician to the aid of Engineer
Seelinger when he was injured the
other day. Such actions as this on
the part of the company are greatly
appreciated by the employees.
The Southern Pacific is now receiv-
ing a number OF large sixty and eigh-
ty thousand pound capacity fiat, stock
and box cars and about fifty Of these
cars are In the Ell Paso yards, en-
route west. The cars were made by
the Western Steel Car and Foundry
company Of Chicago. The trucks and
stills of these cars are entirely con-
structed Of steel. while the floors,
sides and tops are constructed OF
wood.
You can now dispel all doubt as to
the building OF the new shops at Ra
ton. Work is progressing on the ex-
cavations and material for the con-
struction has been shipped. As stated
in these columns last week the build
ing will be 75x17S feet, located just
north OF the present shops. The con-
tractor was on the ground In person
the frst Of the week and a number
of men are at work with plows and
scrapers. Verify. Ration Is In the lead
on Santa Fe improvements a. In ev-
erything else.--Raton Range.
Frank Dibert, assistant treasurer Of
the Pennsylvania Development COM
pany and c. G. Kaadt, official pho
tographer Of the Santa Fe Central,
have returned from a trip oyer the
territory tributary TO the line Of the
Santa Fe Central and report a fine
trip. They made the whole distance
with teams and travelled over 255
miles. The most notable changes
along the line were the great number
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