Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-05

uOn dIc dlHOuS luC ihvoiiuo viz az
OF today.
Thomas oDonnell has been added
to the round-house force in the capaci-
ty Of wiper.
No Fires From Oil Burners.
The map of the New York bureau
Of forestry, showing the location Of
forest fires in the Adirondacks in 1903,
indicates that, while there have been
ares along the coal-burning roads.
there have been none in the territory
of the one oil-burning line.
First Tunnel Under Hudson River.
New York and New Jersey which
is completing the old Manhattan tun-
mel from Jersey City to Christopher
street, New York, now has the Jersey
heading within about 300 feet Of the
New York end AMI is working within
the Manhattan pier line. 1t Is expect
ed the tube tunnel will be continuous
by March.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas
will on April "a begin running q new
fast train between st. Louis and Texas
points. 1t Is to reduce the time OF the
Katy Flyer between st. Louis and Gal
weston by three hours, with CORE
spending reductions for intermediate
points. The equipment is to be en-
tirely new, with every detail arranged
for speed and comfort.
More Oil Fields Reached.
By extending its branch line from
Saratoga to Batson and Sour Lake the
Santa Fe obtains a still stronger hold
on the business in the Texas oil fields.
The railroad interests have recently
ACQUIRED valuable oil lands in the Bat
son Prairie field, which promise to
surpass all other Texas fields In pro
ducing territory and production.
File Their Demands.
Through President Wharton Of the
National Machinists' union the de-
mands of the $500 machinists OF the
Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain
railroads has been presented. The
scale now In force is a minimum oil
30 cents an hour and time and one
third for overwork after midnight.
The demand Is for AZ cents an hour
and time and a half for overwork.
Lincoin's Car.
After several years from retirement
from active service in the pulieus OF
the MON Pacific yards. the old LIN
coin car has been taken away from
Omaha. Ii goes to st. Louis to be ex-
hibited at the exposition. Frank D.
Snow has bought 1t from the Union
Pacific and will be the exhibitor. This
famous old steel-plated a was built
especially for the use OF President
Lincoln in 1863.
Will Use the Line.
II has been authoritatively an
nounced that the negotiations be-
tween the Gould and Rock Island
Frisco interests for the use by the lat
Ter or the new extension now under
construction of the Iron Mountain
road from Memphis 10 New Orleans
have been brought to a successful coni
clusion. and the Rock Island VIII use
hat route as soon as the extension IS
Railway Organization in Great britain.
The Amalgamated Society Oh
Railway Servants. which twenty years
ago had 5000 members, now claims
60. 900 members, with a balance IN ,he
OF 100000 pounds. II Is &c.
clared to have brought about a reduc-
lion from twelve to ten hours per
day among the best organized grades.
with payment for Sunday labor. and
the reduction In hours resulted In a
large increase in the number q en-
Reform.
Among the reforms which President
hellin OF the New York. New Haven
and Hartford railroad has been asked
introduce is that OF prescribing
ruIes for table etiquette in dining cars.
- he end that the complainant may
MOI be further disguised by seeing
eat with their knives"
Another complaint was that trainmen
keep toothpicks in their mouths 10 the
presence Of passengers. These out
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