Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-20
Santa Fe Must
Double Track
This Step Necessary Owing Ia
Great Increase In Overland
Traffic

The Chronicle In an editorial says,
THE fact that the directors OF the
Santa Fe railroad have decided To rec
ommend TO the stockholders. who
meet January -, the issuance OF $50,
900, 900 of 4 per cent convertible bonds
and a like amount of common stock
wherewith To take up the Indebted,
ness. indicates an intention 10 put the
system on the most effective basis, It
Is supposed to use the money thus
raised To construct feeders and TO dou.
bio track the main line, Both are
wise In their way.
The double tracking of the main
line will add immensely TO its capaoi.
ty. besides increasing the safety Of
travel. which Is OF immeasureably
more Importance to the public and 10
shippers than any other Improvement
that the company can i%naugurate. All
OF the transcontinental lines are now
carrying a double track business on
a single pair OF rails, and the losses in
rolling stock and the destruction OF
lives and property make enormous in
roads on the revenues and scale down
the profits. They will all have TO
double track their line sat IN early
date, owing to the great increase in
overland traffic created by the grow
ing trade between the Pacific coast
and the Orient and the settlement Of
the u|noccupied lands of the west"
Fireman L~outdenhiser is taking
needed rest from too active recrea-
ton.
Night Caller Ed. Heidel was out
calling half of Sunday night-attend-
ed the gospel meeting, too.
Fireman Busby is on the carpet for
an investigation, Some trouble be-
tween the cabmen. it seems.
Several native citizens have just
beer given good warm Jobs for the
winter in the local railroad shops.
Engineer Denniston and Fireman
Carleton have returned to Las Vegas
from a weeks service on the Glorieta
hill.
Engineer Martin and Fireman
Peeler took the 1000 TO Albuquerque
last night for service on the coast
lines.
Geo. H. Nelson, the local refriger-
ator man, went up to La unta last
night on matters pertaining to his
position.
Richard Davidson, the passenger
conductor, is receiving the congratu-
lations of his friends on his recent
marriage.
Fireman Albert Mellinger of Gallup
passed through for Emporia, Kas., in
esponse to an urgent call on account
Of the very serious illness OF his
mother.
Fireman Brown consumed two
whole days in making a round trip
and called for a rest, which the same
he got and which he Is now enjoying
to the fullest extent.
F. c. Butcher, of the bridges and
buildings department. went across
the way to Santa Fe last night to
make needed and necessary repairs
on the depot in the Capital city.
Engineer Marion Stewart is Q
the cab a trip Or two, arranging for
a trip to the tall timbers after game.
Charley Wolf caught Stewards en-
CINE, the 91S, off the extra board.
No. 2 passenger train was so heavy
and getting heavier when it reached
Las Vegas yesterday afternoon that
it was cut in two here, Conductor
Stevenson and Conductor Clark diyid-
ing honors on the run up to La
Junta.
j. B. Rector. who had been en-
ploved here as a switchman eor the
past two years, left yesterday for bis
home in indianapolis, Ind, taking
With him a burro. which he will feed
in the express car at regular inter
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