Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-04
TRACK N TRAIN

Engineer Bowen is resting.
Fireman Brown is off for one trip.
Engineer Parnell is taking a lay
81.
Fireman Jessoy has reported for
duty.
Fireman Ward is back at work
again.
The number Of crews on this diyis-
ion just now and the amount Of work
don't agree worth a cent.
The work on the new interlocking
tower in the Santa Fe yards at To
peka is progressing rapidly. The
track connections are almost COM
pleted, and it is stated that the build
ing will be ready for use within two
or three weeks. The old switch
house will then be torn down.
Owing to the infringement OF one
Of the tracks on the enlarged round
house, it Is necessary to nov quite
q length of track back a few feet.
A considerable force is now engaged
on the job. The hose also got itself
in the way and had to be moved out.
Track laying was resumed last
Monday on the Phoenix & Eastern
railroad. Grading, which at one time
was talked OF being stopped owing to
the long distance supplies had to be
hauled, has continued without cessa-
ton, and now that track laying is in
progress. rails will soon be laid to
the end Of the grade.
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Two large passenger engines and
two switch engines have just been
shipped by the American Locomotive
works OF Philadelphia for the Ell Paso
& Southwestern railway. The loco
motives are similar in size and class
to those recently received by the line.
They should reach Ell Paso in about
Two weeks.
The Needles Santa Fe hospital has
q tent annex newly established. 1t Is
for the purpose OF keeping some OF
the ~uncleanly classes away from the
hospital proper until they q be
properly cleansed and disinfected. The
chollo and the white men don't mix
on a basis Of equality as to the mat
ter Of cleanliness.
The Estancia excursion will leave
albuquerque about half-past seven
o'clock Sunday morning, the four
teenth Of November. The train will
70 over the Santa Fe to Kennedy and
thence over the new line to Estancia,
reaching the town at 1890. Those
who wish may have an opportunity
Of making the run down to Torrance,
while the majority Of the excursion
lists enjoy themselves for several hours
at Estancia.
Within less than thirty days the
santa Fe extension Of the Sunset rail-
road to Superior will be completed. It
is announced definitely that not later
than November / the dirt will begin
To move along the line OF the extern
sion. The extension OF the road for
a distance Of about three miles into
the heart Of the Sunset oil fields was
strongly advocated some four months
ago by prominent San francisco on
men.
On November I, according to CON.
tract, the Southern Pacific paid over
to the Reed Crude and San Joaquin
Oil companies s1.56O,0 900 for the hold
ing Of associated stock. The deal
was made some months ago, just be-
fore the Kern Oil and Trading com
pany was organized by E. H. Hartman
to carry on the Southern Pacific oil
business. Work has been commenced
81 the Santa Fe railroad on the ex-
tension Of its line into the west side
oil fields.
A warrant has been Issued for the
arrest Of w. G. Ilette. the Santa Fe
agent at Emporia, Kans., charging
him with discharging from the com.
pans service Lehigh Petit. a member
OF the local Kansas national guard
company. because he left his work to
attend the meneuvers at Fort Riley.