Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-14
TRACK AND TRAIN

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Rock Island Shut Out.
According to advices received from
the City Of Mexico. the representatives
* an American company, said to be
the Rock Island! Frisco interests,
made application TO the Mexican gov
eminent for q concession to build a
railroad from Matacoras, Mexico. sit
uated opposite Brownsville. Texas, to
the port OF Tampico, and the applica-
ton was refused. The reason for
the refusal Is said to have been that
under the executive concession held
by the National Railroad company Of
Mexico, no other railroad could be
built across a zone Of land bordering
on the Bio Grande.
Southern Pacific's Training Cars.
The Southern Pacific's travelling
school Of Instruction for trainmen was
In Cotton for a short time yesterday
on its way to Los Angeles, where the
cars will be stationed for a week. vii
liam Nichols, formerly q dispatcher of
the Los Angeles division, Is one Of the
instructors, and associated with him
are an engineer and a conductor. The
train is travelling over the entire Sou
thern Pacific system. stopping at ter
minal points. Trainmen are instruct
ed in practical railroading and the
rule book is their catechism. The
school will remain in Los Angeles for
some time and all train employees will
be given an opportunity to brush up
ON the theory and practice Of railroad
ing.-San Bernardino Sun.
Jap War Causes Change.
The Pacific Mail and the Occiden-
tai and Oriental Steamship companies
have adopted a new joint schedule,
according to which vessels will depart
from this port to the Orient at inter-
walls Of about II days. The schedule
includes seven vessels, four operated
by the Pacific Mail company and three
by tie Occidental and Orient COM
pany, The withdrawal Of the three
steamers Of the Togo Kisen Kaisha
line caused the present schedule to be
irregular and the new schedule makes
no provision for the Japanese steam
ers, The new schedule Of sailings will
be ~inaHgurated with the Coptic, which
will leave here Anril 2, though origin
ally sche luled to leave on March 81.
Under the rev schedule the steamers
will remain in port from IL to IL
days.
Car Shortage Is in Sight.
The Los Angeles Express says:
Conditions In the orange market con.
tinue demoralized, and the big crop
Of 10000 carr is being moved in a
manner that has caused a general in.
quiry by those affected, In order to
place the blame where 1t belongs. Ow-
ing to continued bad weather the fruit
finds no market In the east, and ship.
ment sare scattered. The result has
been to tie up q large part Of the
rolling stock Of both the Southern Pa,
cific and the Santa Fe. and while 200
cars a day are needed to transport the
citrus fruit consignments, not half
that number are available. The fruit
ripened faster this year than ever be.
fore because OF lack of rain; hence
the demand for cars that are not In
sight. About 5000 refrigerators are
due in Los Angeles fro mthe east the
next three months. and as the whole
number In the service Of the Santa
Fe and the Southern Pacific does not
exceed that figure. the indications
point 10 a shortage.
Railroad News Hard 10 Get.
Printers Ink, the leading advertis.
ing magazine Of the country prints the
following communication from a cor.
respondent: HE8
Dover, Ne, Feb. 10, 1904.
Editor Of Printers Ink.
do not know Of 4 large corpora.
tion anywhere which gets before the
public the news about itself which
would be good reading and also have
an advertising value. The railroads.,
for instance, are large spenders Of
money for advertising, but they meg.
lect their news opportunity.
Suppose that a railroad man has
an accident. II would not prejudice
the newspaper reports against 1t II 1t
furnished photographs Of the spot
where the accident took place, and of