Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-09
TRACK AND TRAIN


Tom Bourne, agent for the Pacific
Mutual. is calling OF the railroad men
today.
Mechanical Superintendent c. NJ.
Taylor and General superintendent D.
Cain came in last night on business
car 215 attached to No. So.
F. y. Crazy, formerly the Santa Fe
stationary engineer at Gallup. has been
In Albuquerque, and has left for the
Search mining district of Nevada.
-Four new men have been added to
the firing department. They are Earl
Thompson, James McMichael and w.
Z. Davis Of Ration and VIM. Martin Of
san Marcial.
The grading work on the Union de-
pot grounds In Ell Paso has been COM
pleted, and the grading outfit Of Ca
pies & O'Connor. who had the con-
tract, has gone.
Engineers Quigley, Holmes and
Clevinger, who were last fall assigned
to other duties on account Of general
slackness Of business, are again on
{Ia bnorJ 60, topoipa raru{oa
MI. and Mrs. II. G. Roehl Of Albu-
querque, are rejoicing over the arriv-
al at their house Of a bouncing baby
girl. Mr.. Roehl is the invoice clerk
at the storehouse at the local shops,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas McNallen are
receiving congratulations on the birth
of a twelve-pound boy. The youngs'
ter arrived night before last and i
fast developing those qualities which
will make him an indispensable cal
man in a short time.
s. Following the recommencement Oh
active construction of the San Pedro
b Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad
e to Southern California, the building
Of the Western Pacific road, which
was to run from Salt Lake to Sar
Francisco via the Beckwith pass route
has at last beer temporarily abandon
ed.
Beginning next Monday, the engi
neers and firemen will have their reg
ular engines again. The present poo
system Of first in first out. which ha
been in vogue for nearly three weeks
has not proved sufficiently satisfat
tory to be continued. Hereafter VI
less an engine Is in the shops owe
ave days the men will enjoy whateve
lay-off the engine is getting.
T. E. McMeans, agent OF the SAINT
Fe Central railway at Estancia, VIII
was called to California severa
weeks ago on account Of the seriou
illness OF his mother, has returne
to his duties, and John P. Kenned!
who was in charge Of the Estancia st'
tion during Mr.. McMeans' absence
has resumed his former position a
agent at Kennedy.
Tunnel Four Miles Long.
The great tunnel through which tn
Moffat road in Colorado Is to pen
trate the divide, will be longer tina
at first anticipated. Instead OF bein
two and a half miles In length, IL
now planned to make 1t four mile
The statement was made by q membt
Of a firm OF contractors employed
the road, and according TO him u
tunnel will be cut out OF solid gral
tie. 1t will take three and 2 ma
ears to complete and will cost, II
estimated, In the neighborhood OF y
ooO. 900 or 81 1000. 900 a mile. While
is being constructed a temporary Ton
over the mountains will be used.
The rock in the neighborhood
the proposed tunnel - solid grant
without seam or fissnre, 50 hard, Y
contractors say, that In some place
when the dynamite is placed In q no
and exploded, instead Of acting again
the place Of greatest resistance. as
usually the case. It comes back o
Of the drill hole in the form Of smok
Watched Doctor Cut.
Charles Z. Wellington, traffic ma
AGE 81 the Colorado & Southern, y
derwent an operation at Chicago "a
week that was calculated to test Y
forti,ude Of the reryiest OF men.
has been III for several weeks with
Am The