Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-12
TRACK AND TRAIN


struggle for q further lease OF exis-
tence in early manhood's perfect form
and cheerfulness.-San Marcial Bee.
The site of the old Santa Fe pas
senger depot in San Marcial Is being
encircled with a neat fence by rail
way carpenters. and the space be-
tween this point and the city park is
being enclosed also, to the end that
this entire block of land is to serve
the purpose Of a public park. The
railway company is to be commended
for its l~iberality and determination to
assist in the park feature Of the town.
Pullman Exhibit.
An exhibition train Of ten cars built
by the Pullman company, has been
sent to st. Louis. The cars. said 10
be the finest ever made at the works,
will be the company's exhibit at the
Louisiana purchase exposition. All are
Of different styles-private. buffet,
tourist sleeper, chair car, day coach,
compartment sleeper, parlor car, or
binary sleeper, dining, and composite
car. The last contains a smoking
room, buffet, and barber shop. In the
private car is an elaborately furnish
ed bathroom. Instead OF the brilliant
varnish usual in railway cars a dead
finish has been used. IN the buffet car
the woodward is all Of Flemish oak.
The cost of tn etrain was around $780,
900.
Conductor Fred Russell was in town
last evening. He Is enjoying fine
health and reports the work on the
big railway bridge out from Belen go
ing ahead satisfactorily. Fred's obser-
yations up that way are not very flat
tering to duck hunters. He says the
big marshes about La Joya are the
breeding place for thousands upon
thousands OF ducks, and that at this
season of the year when the ducklings
are only a few weeks old, and limo
cent of the protective wiles of the old
birds, pot hunters exercise no discrim.
nation, the result being the wanton
slaughter Of a large per cent Of the
duck crop, their bodies only partially
feathered being left as evidence
against the senseless fellow behind
the gun.-San Marcial Bee.
Panama Railroad Earnings.
The annual report Of the Panama
railroad, covering the year ended De-
eember 81. shows that total earnings
increased 2.2S per cent over those of
the previous year. The increase in
freight earnings was s25,565, In pas
senger earnings s1,574 and In mail
earnings s1,254.
Freight traffic destined TO South Pa
cifc ports increased 1000 tons from
New York and 1000 tons from Europe,
while there was a decrease In traffic
from ports south of Panama to New
York of 10000 tons and to Europe OF
5000 tons, as compared with last ear,
a total of $4,000 tons. In 1902 traffic
from this territory was $4,000 tons
less than In 1901.
Total passenger earnings were &c.,.
421, an increase Of 2.47 per cent.
Total earnings of the Atlantic
Steamship line from all sources
amounted to 1920. $50, an increase Of
2.4s per cent.
or the total tonnage transported
il,26O 0 were carried by the cOm-
steamers and 1903 by char.
tered steamers. In 1902 the former
1O4.Os2 tons and the latter ST.
$40 tons.
Must Meet in Los Angeles.
Third Assistant Chief Eli Stevens
Of the board OF trade Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers Thursday Sc.
cured an Injunction from Judge Dis.
settle Of the common pleas court, tenn
porarily restraining Grand Chief Stone
other officers Of the organization
from holding the annual convention In
Cleveland or any other point aside
from Los Angeles. The latter city
was originally chosen as the place for
holding this years convention, but ow-
Ing to high transportation rates a
movement was started to hold the con.