Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-10

Conductor Brennan escorted the
wrecker up TO Watrous this morning
at which place the 9OS IL aground.
Roadmaster Dan Elliott has been on
a trip 10 Albuquerque, though 10 for
the first time by several hundred,
Engineer louick, who was taken 10
the company hospital at la Junta
from Ration, is reported much i'm
proved,
The force OF men working on re-
pair work on the Santa Fe at Algo.
dones. n, M,has been cut down to six
men on each section.
Conductor Frank Flomerfelt is pat.
ronizing the prescription case at a
drug store and Conductor Rainey has
charge OF his way car on the north
| end.
At the meeting of the Royal Arch
Chapter last evening, the Mark Mas.
ter degree was conferred on A. G.,
Cranor. a freight conductor running
between Las Vegas and Ration.
The dinner given'by President Il. j
Ripley of the Santa Fe at the Metro
politan club in New York city to the
presidents of the principal railways OF
the United States was something OF
an innovation.
Conductor Shepherd, reported poi
soned from a careless draught. Is OF
the opinion that his illness was
caused by o~verheating himself while
unloading freight at Lamy junction
and then drinking too freely of ice
water.
I. Y. Maynard. the well-known jew
eler and watch inspector on the Rio
Grande division of the Santa Fe road,
returned to Albuquerque from an of
ficial visit to San Marcial, where he
put a number Of watches in good or
der for train service.
Detective Robichaud at Pueblo,
Colo, succeeded in recovering the
overcoat belonging to Chief Dispatch
or McCune, of the Santa Fe, that
was taken from the %latter's office on
the night of Dec. 5, by ]. w. Con-
nors. who claimed TO be a telegraph
er.
Thursday night, the extra freight
train from the west, brought TO Al
buquerque a native laborer, who was
injured near Isleta. The mans right
leg was hanging by the threads or
flesh, and on being taken to the 10.
cal railway hospital DR.. Cutter per-
formed amputation.
A new switchman in the Las Vegas
yard. formerly a call boy at Newton,
Kansas, was caught between two cars
on the hot springs track yesterday
and sustained slight injuries, only. as
the young man was able to walk home
to dinner and it Is said that his appe-
tite didn't seem to be impaired in
the least.
DR.. F. A. Yoakam, physician and
surgeon for the Santa Fe at Cerrillos,
came up to this city yesterday after
noon to meet his wife on the return
trip from Iowa, but missed her and
returned home last night. His wife
undoubtedly had a light in the win.
dow for him at home and a bright
fire burning in the CRATE.
f p. Chapman, who is entitled to
The prefix Hon" to his cognomen,
having served a term in the terrific
rial legislature, may desecrate the
Sabbath. yet turn an honest penny,
by reporting for duty as a passenger
brakeman tomorrow. His wife, who
has been very i'll with pneumonia in
Boston, Is again able to travel and
may return to Las Vegas in a week
or SO. EN-
Leroy Helfrich, local agent for the
Wells-Fargo people, is in receipt OF
a kindly personal letter from H.. 5.
Mitchell, superintendent of the north
ern division of the st. Louis e. San
Francisco railroad at Fort Scott, Kan
sas, who left Las Vegas a year ago
n%oticeably improved in health. Mr.
Mitchell wishes TO be remembered 10
DIR. II. NJ. Smith, Otto G. Schaefer IN
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