Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-25
TRACK AND TRAIN.

Engine 673. the yard goat. Is in for
general overhauling.
The railroad boys are receiving
visits from Tom Bourne. agent for the
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance com
pany.
]. M. Blair, an old time machinist
in the shops here. has been heard
from. He is in Chihuahua. Mexico.
and is doing well.
The road foreman Of engines, whose
strenuous duties keep him on the road
most Of the time, Is enjoying q stay
10 the city for q short time.
a. Santa Fe caboose was burned at
Kennedy Tuesday night. The blaze
10 supposed to have been started by
sparks from q passing engine.
Engine 91S arrived at the shops yes
terday from Albuquerque where she
has undergone repairs. There is q lit
tie mending yet to do before she is in
old-time form.
It Is reported that 600 or 500 car
loads Of Stag from the smelter dump
at Socorro will be used in connec-
ton with the construction Of the
bridge on the cutoff neal Belen.
A cab seat for locomotives mounted
upon springs and levers In a manner
by which it is claimed that all sud
den shocks and vibrations are taken
UP, is the recent invention Of William
Sampson. Mason City. Iowa.
The Michigan Central railroad is
reported to have completed arrange
ments for operating its line between
Ann Arbor and Detroit with electric
ity to meet the competition Of trolley
lines hetWeen those points.
Grant Brothers of California have
secured the contract for the construc-
tion of the new Arizona Southern
railroad, which is to be built from
Tt,oS.p rs tho rrpt1arftae ~ fho Trn- l
perial Copper company, twenty-one
miles.
Work outdoors at the shops for the
last few nights has been conducted
by the gentle light Of the noon. This
has been necessary because the arc
light which is supposed to furnish the
required b~rilliancy is taking a lay CT.
Cause unknown.
The rumor Of the San Diego &
Eastern is again abroad 10 the land.
This time the Rock Island and a com.
pany Of Ohio capitalists are alleged
TO be behind the projected line to
open the once booming California
town.
BENJAMIN Pena. aged As, a Santa
Fe railroad employe. died early yes
terday morning at his rooms on South
Third street Of pneumonia. He has
a wife ami family living at San An
tonic. Texas: and the remains are be-
ing held awaiting advices from them. |
Morning Journal.
John w. Hardy, one OF the best
known engineers on the Arizona di.
vision of the Santa Fe, was married
last week to Miss Kate Jennison. The
ceremony took place In Needles.
where Mr.. and Mrs. Hardy will make
their homo.
All Santa Fe yardmasters on the
Topeka division OF the Santa Fe have
received instructions from T.. G. Fox,
superintendent. to liberate all that
SYSTEMS coal cars ~ rapidly as pos
sible IN order to keep the southern
Kansas coal mines In operation By
furnishing transportation for the
heavy shipments Of the product.
Beginning March 1. the Santa Fe
will have all OF its brass work done
In Chicago by the Hewett Manufac.
turing company. This means that
the brass founieries 10 San Bernar.
dino, Albuquerque and Topeka will
close down and the men now EN-.
ployed in these departments given
their time.
The funeral OF John Butler. the vet.
eran engineer who died in this city
last sunda yafternoon. was held yes.
terday afternoon from the Presby.