Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-07
TRACK AND TRAIN

cab.
A. Peeler, fireman. IS again 81 lis
run.
Engineer a Lowe Is marked VI Tor
duty.
Engineer Wolf is back to his en-
CINE.
Engineer Sears is resting for one
trip.
Engineer Reed, who has had 4 short
lay-off, is at his duty once more.
Fireman Heydt is recapitulating
from his toll.
Fireman Holmes is not at his post
today.
Two new men have been added to
the force and reported for duty this
morning-Chas. Merz, fiue borer. and
John Greer, front end painter.
Shops There: The committee APP
pointed by the Mercantile club of Kan
sas City, Kans., to work for the build
ing OF the Missouri Pacific shops in
that city has been carrying on a quiet
campaign that is expected to influence
the final decision of the road.
The car department in Newton is
fitting up a box car to be used as the
private car of the Santa Fe section
foreman on the Great Bend branch.
This particular foreman has 120 miles
of track to look after between Great
Bend and Scott City, hence the com
pany provides him with a private
car.
Another Santa Fe Line: The Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad has
begun the operation of its new line
from Arkansas City to Shawnee and
Tecumseh, a distance of 125 miles.
The line has just been completed TO
Newkirk, the trains running over the
main line from that point 70 Arkansas
City.
Train Wrecked: The Denver & Rio
Grande train from Denver was wreck
ed Saturday afternoon, near Barranca
A broken rail caused the accident.
Two coaches rolled down a steep EN-
bankment. but the fifteen passengers
on the train escaped with nothing
more than a slight shaking up. The
road was blocked for several hours.
Postmaster Paul A. +. Walter Of
Santa Fe has succeeded in securing
, promise from the postoffice depart
nent that 1t would make arrange
nents with the Atchison, Topeka 4
Santa Fe Railway to have mails ar
irving during the night brought to the
postcnice by s q. m. instead OF 7:l5
q. m. as at present.
The gold watch which the Range
offered to give t the gentleman re-
ceiving the highest number Of votes
as 1.-THE most popular railroad man In
Ration was won on the LIST inst. by
Aubyn w. Allison. one Of the most
poplar and respected engineers en-
ployed on the Santa Fe system. Worth
n Smyar, the genial and goodlookins
conductor, coming in second in the
race. The vote at the final stood:
A. w. Allison, 2.775; w. NJ. Smyar,
946.- Ration Range.
Pass Trading Stopped: The western
pass agreement adopted by the 20
railroads. including many new lines,
which will take effect January /, 1904.
uTdNS lit INK 6o'StuinS the issuance /
Of free transportation more closely
than previous agreements. lis intent
is to prohibit not only annual and
time passes, but also trip passes. trip
tickets, mileage tickets, special trains
and all forms Of free or reduced
transportation. state or interstate. in.
tended to influence or secure freight
or passenger business.
Peculiar Accident: Engineer VIII
Hockett, who brought in the Santa Fe
passenger yesterday from Albuquerque
TO San Marcial. had quite an unusual
and exciting experience with his en-.
CINE just after he left albuquerque.
He was passing a straight piece Of
track at a very lively rate OF speed.
when the tire ON the main driving
ln..l-.S..