Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-03
TRACK AND TRAIN

Fireman Bryan mas reported.
Fireman Tighe is at it again.
Engineer F. W. Wilson is i'll.
Fireman Comstock is still sick.
Fireman Tingley is on duty again.
Fireman Stowe is taking a holiday
Engineer Bursk is obeying the doc
tor.
Engineer Stewart has reported for
duty. - .-Aii
Engineer Uhrig is enjoying a yaca-
ton.
The improvement in Engineer Seel-
myers condition is slight, but appar-
ent. .ai42
No. Z passenger train from the north
was the only one reported on time to-
day. The others were several hours
late.
Cloudcroft, the popular little re-
sort in the clouds, which has been
making business good on the Ell Paso
& Northeastern this summer has been
closed for the season. It became SO
cold in the pine wood at night that
the hotel ran out Of blankets. 1t Is
now planned to hold q Chautauqua
there next season.
The electric fountain in the Alva-
RADIO grounds consumes from three
to five thousand gallons Of water every
night it is in operation. A plan is
now under way to build the drain Of
the fountain so that this water in
stead OF being turned into the sewers
can be turned on the lawn.
William j. Crump, who has been
employed for several months in the
Santa Fe shops in Needles, California,
last week vent to the oficers and
gave himself up declaring that he was
a deserter and desiring to be returned
to the receiving ship Pensacola at
Goat Island. His request was prompt
" complied with. Crump evidently
found the navy better than a summer
in Needles.
During his visit in the east, Secre-
tary P. F. McCanna of the Territorial
Fair association, called on w. B. Bid
die, general freight traffic manager
Of the Santa Fe system, in Chicago,
and secured from that gentleman the
special return rate on race horses en-
tered in the meeting during the fair
week. This rate had been withdrawn,
and is madea special rate for the
fair this fall.
The Santa Fe employees in San Ber-
nardino are to make q determined
fight for a local hospital service. The
campaign is to be started among the
several railway unions In that city and
it is the purpose Of the men to know
no such word as defeat. They are
positive that they are IN a just cause
and is made a special rate for the
power to prevail the Santa Fe Of
icials and Santa Fe Hospital associa-
ton to grant permission for a service
in San Bernardino.
about 500 new refrigerator cars
for southern California lines, WI new
combination cars In place OF those
wrecked zeal Mellen station a few
weeks ago and an order for forty-ive
mountain euSluto lot ehC nii1Nh" VI
vision are among our new equipment
ordered" said J. w. Kendrick Of the
Santa Fe. "The refrigerators are con-
tracted to be delivered by January l.
The Santa Fe does not intend to ex-
pend money for additional expansion
at this time and my impression Is
that for the present. all other rail-
way corporations are in . similar po'
sition. There has been too much
planning for the future nearly every
where and the financial powers IN
New York undoubtedly have decided
to go slow for the present
Vice President Paul Morton Of TIC
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, who Re
Gently returned from Europe, is quot
ed In a newspaper interview as fol
lows: "As to speed Of trains In Eli
ope. it is about the same as ours here