Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-17
Track and Train

Track and Train
Conductor w. S. O'Brien has been
re-instated on the Winslow run.
Conductor George Irwin has return
ed to Winslow from a visit to Ken
lucky. ..
When completed the Santa Fe coast
lines will have a most complete hospi
tai at Albuquerque. Work on the
structure is progressing nicely
The directors of the Minneapolis
& st. Louis railway decided to pass
the dividend on the common stock
and declared the regular ~semi-annual
dividend Of ? IL per cent on the pre-.
ferred stock. .--".
The Southern Pacific system is az
ranging to have ye;:Cy fuses issued
to all the trainmen for use in place
OF the red fuses, when it is neces-
sary to throw out one to cause a fol-
lowing train to slow NJ.
The Winslow Mail says: The strike
breakers are to have a little reading
room of their own. In the center of
their tent outfit will be one large
tent. in which the company will place
books and magazines for the use of
the men. @
G, G. Jones, president Of the Arkan-
sas Valley G. Western railroad, which
is a part of the Frisco system, passed
through El Paso enroute to Cananea,
where he is going to look after some
mining propositions in which he is
interested.
President Davidson of the Frisco
announces, that Mr.. A. d. Lightner is
appointed general agent with head
quarters at Birmingham, vice F. o.
Becker, resigned to accept service
elsewhere.
j. G. Woodwork, for many years
general freight agent Of the Oregon
Railway Navigation company, and we'll
know here, has just been made
assistant to First Vice President d.
Miller Of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad system.
The Santa Fe will soon have the best
water situation on the Grand Canyon
road, A steel tank is being erected
at Anita BY Rickman's gang, and water
will be hauled from Williams and stor-
ed at Anita. The water will be
handled from the cars by a gravity
line.
Topeka Journal: General Solicitor
l.. f. Parker Of the Frisco, announ.
ces with the approval Of First Vice
President Mather, that w. F. Evans
is appointed assistant general solici.
tor 81 the Frisco with headquarters in
st. Louis.
The strike breaker who was struck
over the head with a club at the
Street gate of the Santa Fe
stockade by Watchman Corbett last
Saturday night, is fast recovering
from the shock. Though a staggering
one the blow only served to knock
he man unconscious and did not in
lure the skull as it VAS at first feared
might be the case.
w. II. CARLY has filed suit in lei
paso against the Mexican Central
'hlllbdu IDF 5lJtMNu lbI pei SOMA 1T
Inries received while serving al a
brakeman on that road. He says that
i hand hold on a freight a broke
rear the station at Symon and preeip
him to the ground, injuring him
permanently. He says that he was
SIPS i nor 4. Mexican money.
i the time Of the acc ten'
Tracks for the Kansas City-St. Louis
inc are laid to a point between Lees
and Raytown, seventeen miles
rom Kansas City. Everything is
eady for the remainder of the route
With the exception of a small bridge !
which is building at Leeds. The Rock
sland expects to operating trains over
he entire new line by July LIST. (
Railway Surgeons Will Organize. h
The American Association Of Rail. 4
ray surgeons Is likely soon to be
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