Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-11
TRACK AND TRAIN.

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Fireman Baker has reported fol
duty.
Fireman Trainer is posted up for q
return to the life of toll.
Fireman Busby has had his rest out
and is back agin ready for work.
Engineer Hawksworth is tired Of
vacation life, and has returned to his
post.
Fireman Razey believes in work.
and has accordingly signified his opin.
ion on the board.
G. E. Ellicott, formerly Of the local
shops, came down from Ration to at
tend the funeral Of Mrs. Webb.
Engineer Finley is one who evident
II believes in the strenuous life. He
has his name written up for duty.
Machinists McIssacs, Roper, koler,
Duske and Avis spent the Day of
Rest in accordance with the command
which bids that no work be done.
Many of the shop men testified 70
their respect for the memory Of the
late Mrs. Julia Webb by attending the
funeral held yesterday afternoon.
Engine 1902 went out today with a
lonely feeling. Both members of her
regular crew, Engineer S. Smith and
Fireman Quigley. were of for n trip.
Machinist DeLong is on leave Of
absence. His brother and q friend
from the east came to town Saturday
night, and belong, joining the twain,
proceeded down the line to Albuquer-
que. He expects to make a visit there
Of a few days..
Announcement has been made that
Former Postmaster F. w. Baumhof
of st. Louis has been appointed mail
Superintendent of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Railroad company, to
take effect on February /.
A report has gained currency that
the Hartman interests have gained
control OF the Erie road. The report
could not be traced to any authorize
tive source. but as it has an air Of
plausipility it is given for what II IS
worth.
Two more freight crews have been
put on at Alamogordo on the FL Paso
& Northeastern railway. This makes
eighteen freight crews at work on the
main line exclusive of the Captain
branch and Sacramento Mountain line.
There are fifty-three engines on the
road and the business is the hest since
II was built. /.
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The tide of employees which has
been ebbing at the shops has reached
the minimum point. The flow in the
other direction will begin in q few
days. New machinists and new labor
ers are to be added and the merry hum
OF renewed business after the holiday
auiescence will soon be heard.
The firm OF Raymond and Whit
comb is to have opposition in the Cal
ifornia tourist business. Mason &
Russell of Boston have notified the
Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific
that they will conduct parties from
the east to California, commencing
with their first excursion next month.
C. r. Handwright, who resigned his
position as machinist at the local
shops a short time ago to go to Mex
leo, has written his friends of his jour
ney. Like the original Man from
Mexico he is not there, but unlike
that individual, he Is within no priso
walls. His letter bears the post-mark
of the Needles, and he is employed
there in the Santa Fe shops.
A new system Of kindling the er-
CINE fires is to be adopted in the near
future. A machine connecting with
the oil tank and with the air pipes
is to be brought into requisition, the
one connection furnishing the fuel, the
other making a spray and draught.
This combination Of elements will play
upon the contents Of the fire box, and
1t is said will fire up an engine IN
twenty minutes, where the old method
If kindlinp took an hour.