Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-17
Track and Train.

new brakeman employed on the south
end yesterday.
Trainmaster Merrifield and wife OF
Ration left for the st. Louis expo. ON
belated No. 2 last night.
M. r. Williams. superintendent OF
bridges and buildings, arrived In re-
turn from a trip up to Trinidad last
evening.
Engineer James Sturrock came up
from Lamy last night, throttling en-
CINE TAG to the Las Vegas shops for
light repairs.
]. w. Scott, of the car department
down there, has been a visitor to Las
Vegas from Lamy, returning 10 his
most of duty this afternoon.
Frank Smith, the freight conductor
on the north end, has resumed his
run, after having become better ac-
auainted with his wife and attended
the theater with her.
Jack Uhrig and Fred Schultz, VINO
had been set back to firing during
the lull in business on the road, were
sent UP to Ration last night, to resume
their positions On the f%ootboard.
Chris Wertz, night caller at the Las
Vegas yard office, has gone down to
FL Paso on a visit to friends and rex
atives, being succeeded here tempo
rarily by Vernon Sund.
r. NJ. Spivey, not unknown to fame
and fortune as an inspector In the
Harvey eating house system, is
around this way again with both
eyes wide open and his ears not CLOS
ed.
Gene McElroy, occupying a desk
in the division superintendent Of
flee. was drafted on a U. S. jury sit
ting at the present term Of court, but
he dug up an excuse that held water
nicely.
C. rorarcon nipht ticket
agent at the Las Vegas depot, is as
accommodating to the travelling pub
lie and the newspaper reporters as
the rules and regulations of the CON-
pany will permit of.
On December LIST the Mexican and
the I~nteroceanic roads will stop sell
ing round trip tickets from Mexican
points to the United States. This &C.
ton will be taken on account of the
d%epredations Of ticket scalpers.
Engineer Frank Wilson, who had
been acting engine inspector at the
Las Vegas round house, has gone up
to Ration for temporary service on
the right side of the cab. being sue
ceeded as inspector by Henry Seeing
er.
r. A. Mahan, the locomotive en-
gineer, has emerged from the tempo
rary cloud he was under on account
of a wreck in that awful Shoemaker
canyon and has been re-instated at
the throttle, jerking 1t with his usual
vigor.
The Rock Island railroad has order
ed 5000 new refrigerator cars. An
order for 1000 cars has been placed
with the American Car & Foundry
company and ar order for 1000 cars
has been placed with the Pullman
company. Most OF the new cars arr
to replace refrigerator cars now in
use.
A new railroad reporter on The
Optic was informed this morning tina,
brakemen on the California limited
must cover 1000 miles in order t.
pocket a months pay. and overtime Il
allowed when they travel over $500
miles In a month; also that a freight
brakeman on the Santa Fe Is sup
posed to make ten miles an hour, ex
ira pay being allowed for overtime.
Supt. John Stein of the Harvey
systematic best in the known world
by the way-came in from Newton
Kansas. on No. Z last evening. II
seems to kind o run in the Stein fam
ily to have to do with hostelries, al
a brother of his is fairly coming
monev in similar business at Sapulpa