Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-12
TRACK AND TRAIN.
Worthy Of an Older Body.

Worthy Of an Older Body.
Carl Gluck is but thirteen years of
age, but he did a service at the terri
BILE Plainfield railroad wreck that
many a man would never have thought
of, and he performed it with such di-
rect expedition that aid came to the
sufferers at the earliest possible mo-
ment. He heard the whistle of the
express, and, like all boys, he never
tired of seeing the train go by.He
ran to the window. Just hen the big
engine smashed against the train that
was standing on the track. Carl did
not rush out to see the terrible
things that were LING done. He re-
membered that his fathers telephone
was the only one in the immediate
neighbOrhoOd. He rushed for it and
called for the police station. In a mo-
ment all the men on hand were on a
run for the scene of disaster. Then
he called for the fire headquarters,
and the engines we're Immediately I'M
der way. Even then Carl kept his
wits in hand. He searched the tele-
phone book for the hospitals, and
asked them to send help. Then he
called up all the doctors he could find,
n by one, and asked them to come
Immediately. and not until then did
the noble little fellow leave the tel
ephone. When spoken to about his
service after it had been performed,
all the comment he made was: They
came all right."-New York Cores
pondence of Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It is etimated that the increase of
gross earnings of the Rock Island in
January as compared with those of
the same month last year was about
5000, 900, and that of the net was in
the neighborhood of $500, 900. Total
net earnings since June 80, 1902,
amount tx 81, 529, 100, which falls
only $780, 900 short of paying twelve
months fixed charges and the full 4
per cent required on the preferred
stock. All the net earnings of the re-
naming five months, therefore, will
be applicable for the common. This
should noun to about $5,500,000, or
fully Z per cent on the $4,000, 900
common stock.
The purifying plant which was re
Gently put up at Bagdad, CAL, has
proved to be a great success, says the
San Bernardino Sun. The plant erect
ed was simply a test tank, but now a
large and permanent plant, to be
made in the east, will be placed. The
water at Bagdad is about the worst
for locomotive use that can be found
on the entire Santa Fe system. 1t
contains over 800 grains Of solid mat
ter, the largest part of which is salt.
The Topeka State Journal says: c.
H. Gaunt, superintendent of tele- |
graphs for the Santa Fee, has returned |
from a months trip On the Santa Fe
coast lines. where he has been in
specting the telegraph lines and
He brought back with
him George B. Allen of Los Angeles,
who is now at work in the general
Offices on some electrical engineering
matters. Mr.. Allen may be given a
permanent position with the Santa Fe
electrical department.
The Santa Fee gross earnings in
$498, ZIG. which is the largest
months gain but one since December,
1901. January net earnings, however,
only $39, $50, which is about
5000, 900 less than might be expected
under normal conditions. Earnings
for the twelve months ended January
81, 1903, were equivalent to about 6
per cen after the payment of all
charges.
T. H. Sears, lately division superin-
tendent of the Denver district of the
Colorado & Southern, who resigned
and "A succeeded by J. w. Dean
last month, has been appointed
of the Chicago division of
Santa Fe railroad with headouar-
.ers at Marceline, Mo.