Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-31
TRACK AND TRAIN

ENuslutCI 1AuAAMN3 heS
Juty and is now making his usual run
ON 748.
Engine S25, which has been in the
shops for some time for repairs on
the side rods and cylinder packing,
went out on the road again today.
The Railroad Gazette is authority
for the statement that there have been
1886 cars built in the United States
during 1903. This includes all cars
buil6kor elevated and steam railroads,
both freight AMI passenger.
The Santa Fe. Prescott and Phoenix
may moi be a very big railroad, but
its employees fare very we'll. President
Murphy telegraphed from New York
Christmas day to give every employe
Of the road q fine turkey.
Harry Brown. who has been with
the Santa Fe. Prescott and Phoenix
in the Phoenix offices for the past
seven years. has resigned and gone
TO Los Angeles, where he has q posi-
ton with the Southern Pacific.
Irving Hartman, son Of S. Hartman,
on Saturday began duty as freight
brakeman on q regular run between
Las Vegas and Albuquerque. He has
been extra brakeman at Glorieta. His
place there is taken by George Moye.
An official circular has been re-
ceived from Fort Worth, the headQuar-
ters OF the Chicago, Rock Island and
Gulf system, containing the informa-
ton that Eugene Fox and Thad Van
Horn have been appointed travelling
freight and passenger agents Of the
read at Ell Paso, Texas.
Thos in charge Of the repair jobs
OF The shops are muttering at the
way they are piling up together. No
less than four extensive pieces OF
wOfk Gse on at present-the installa-
zion Of electric lights, the eonstruc-
ga Of asw ash pit, the putting in
OF D larger tlrnstile, and the building
owe. { the pts in the old part Of the
house. AS a result Of these falling to-
gether, much is progressing BY fits
and starts only.
The addition to the roundhouse will
Increase its capacity by two-thirds
and the immense new decapods when
they hike out this way can be snugly
esconced in the new stalls with plenty
OF room to spare. The turntable is to
Cbe eighty-five feet long, which will
make a whopper. It will be one Of the
finest turntables on the system when
the improvements are completed and
the roundhouse itself will compare
fayorably with any.-Morning Journal.
Mexican Extension: The announce
ment was recently made that Phelps.
Dodge & Co, have obtained a conces.
sion from the Mexican government for
extending the FL Paso and Southwest
ern or, rather, for building a branch
line OF that road from q point on the
Arizona border south to port OF Lobos,
situated about SO miles below the
mouth Of the YaQui river, on the
Pacific coast OF Mexico. 1t ID under
stood that this valuable concession
will also pass into the hands Of the
Rock Island Frisco If the pending deal
for the purchase of the FL Paso and
Southwestern Is made.
Buying More Equipment: General
Manager A. J.. Wells of the Santa Fe
company has returned from a stay in
the east Of some weeks, says the San
Bernardino Times-Index. Il have lit
tie to TELL" he said, a | was occupied
with routine business most of the time
that / have been away. | found plen-
ty of cold weather and am glad TO get
back to where there Is some sunshine
and no sno or Ice. We are buying
considerable equipment. contracted
for fifteen baggage cars and during
the coming year we Will add n hun
bred locomotives to our stock. Then
We have the large order for freight
cars, amounting to $500 Of those
n~ecessaries for a profitable rail.
way business. Each time that
we have made purchase
OF new equipment we have felt that