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

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Machinist Krieger is soon to be a
man Of family again.
Although no official announcement
of a successor to George R. Hender-
son. superintendent of motive power,
has yet come over the wires from To
peka, it is safe to guess that Alfred L.
Lowell will be the ma
President Burt, of the Union Pa
ciic, has returned from the iirec-
tors meeting in New York, and has
emphatically denied the report that
he is to be succeeded as head of the
Union Pacific by Governor Odell, OF
New York.
The will of the late P. M. Arthur,
grand chief of the Brotherhood Of Lo'
connective Engineers, has been filed
probate. All the property is left
to his wife, Caroline Arthur, who is
named as executrix. A request in
the will asks that none Of the prop
erty be sold. The will is a very brief
and there is nothing to indicate the
value of the estate.
Cutting Down .Rails-The Santa
Fe has replaced its 60-pound rails on
the western main lines with S5-pound
rails, and the old rails are in the New
ton shops being shortened a foot OF
two, and will be shipped to the Pan
handle line west of Wellington. They
will be used to replace the present
rails. When they are in larger en-
gines are expected on this division
and longer trains will be run.
A director Of the Rock Island is
quoted as saying that his company Is
not after the Des Moines and Fort
Dodge and does not desire to pur
chase it. This authority says further
that the conditions have changed
since the time when the small line
would have been valuable, and thai
O the Rock Island has 1t practically
paralleled. He adds that the ROCK
Island is not interested except in 9
casual way in the future of the Fort
Dodge road.
Contributed by r. r.
How | long to be ar artist, just FOL
one brief hour. l would sketch m,
dear friend Richards just before thu
dinner hour.
But l o know how to cheer hin
Just step up to him and say, TN
from Missouri" and his face viii
clear up right away and ten to on
he. will show me before | get ava!
the picture Of his girl from old X. G
He says he's going back again, bu
by and by. you'll see, he'll start an
other ostrich farm."-He and hi
Girl from X. G.
RidicuIe the story-Omcials of thu
Santa Fe ridicule the report telegraph
ed from New York that the Rock Is
lands new bond issue Of $3.50, 900, OO'
is for the purpose Of securing contro
Of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
sThe majority Of our holdings" sait
an official Of the company, 'are pro
tected and no one interest al sci
control. There are several Thousand
stockholders and the preferred stool
is mostly in the strong boxes Of In
vestors, with little left on the mar
ket. The voting power is vested u
both common and preferred. Tn
only way to acquire control is to bu'
ii in the open market. The DIVIDEND
on common stock is more than earne'
and we are not looking for any re
duction; in fact, there would be n
possible excuse for not paying It."
Central Plans.
Senator w. H. Andrews. preslden
Of the Santa Fe Central railway, &C
companied by Chief Engineer A. G
Kennedy and John H. Harris. super'n
teudent Of construction, left Santa +
Friday evening at 6 O'Clock for Ker
nedy, at which station they took
special train for Torrance, arrivinI
there during the night. They held
conference with General S~uperintend
ent Martin Of the FL Paso & North
eastern railroad, during which 1t wa