Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-11
Roads Must Pay
For Slow Trains
Stoekman Gets a Verdict OF
$500 Against Rock Island
For Stock Which Suffered in
Transit

delaying live stock In transit they
must pay the owner for injury result
ing to the stock for such delays, ac-
cording to the verdict Of a jury rem.
dered on Wednesday afternoon in
Judge Johnson's division OF the dis
trict court at Denver.
The plaintiff in the action was John
Hartman, a dealer In live stock, and
the corporation sued vas the Chica-
60, Rock Island 4 Pacific. The
amount claimed was $1,995, and the
jury decided that Mr.. Hartman was
entitled to about half that sum, or
$500.
In September, 1908. Hartman ship
ped twenty-eight head of horses from
Denver to Kingfisher, o. T. The
weather was hot, the car in which the
animals were confined was sid%e-track-
ed several times, so that the trip took
six days instead of about two, n as
the animals had no water or fodder
they suffered greatly, arriving at their
destination decreased in weight n
otherwise injured.
For a stockmen have been
fighting the railroads on the same
points involved in the suit concluded,
bur In most instances the corpora
tons win.
It is understood the present case
will be appealed to a higher court.
Fireman Dove is marked up as sick
today, also Fireman Chopetal.
Engineer Lee Wright has remained
in a trip on account of i'll health.
Engineer Lynch has been assigned
to a switch engine in the local yards
today.
Luis Ortiz, day shipping clerk in
~storekeeper's department, is sick
abed today.
Supt. F. J. Easley has been up the
road for a couple Of days arranging
for a conference with locomotive en-
sineers at La Junta today.
Ralph Oldham and Gene Roberts,
both former residents of Las Vegas,
have been acting as guards at the
Ration tunnel for the Santa FEE COM
pany.
b. l. Coy, cashier at the local
freight office. is acting ticket agent
at the depot in the absence Of r. c.
Larimore, who has been granted a
thirty-day respite from duty and gone
east, accompanied by his wife and
child.
Freight business on the Santa Fe
out of Las Vegas must be rushing at
present, Judging from the fact that
a conductor, recently married, asked
for a lay-off to accompany his bride
OF a few weeks to the street shows,
but was ~cleverly denied the privilege
The Northern Texas Construction
company has been organized for the
purpose Of building $50 miles of rail
road in the western part Of Texas
The main line is projected 10 run
from Amarillo to San Antonio, 45C
miles, with a branch line from Amaril
10 to Ell Paso. 300 miles, c. L. Town.
bridge, Chicago. is named as the pro
moter.
W.. r. Martin May Resign Soon.
Reports are again in circulation in
II, Paso to the effect that w. r. Mar
tin, general manager Of the Ell Pasc
& Northeastern, will resign imme
diately upon the arrival of President
c B. Eddy, who is at present In the
north. 1t is understood that Mr.. Mar
tin intends to engage in private bust
ness.
Brakeman Miller. who has a passen
ger run between FL Paso and Albu
aueroue and who Is interested In the
development of mining properties in
the immediate vicinity OF Las Vegas
is laying off a few trips suffering with
a damaged hand. While out on the
road a rusty nail was run into his
left hand and up to the present time
the medical attendants have been una
Bile to get the pieces all out.
Nav Have Wrecked Engine.
A dispatch from Newton, kans.
saws the Santa Fe Waterman nabbed
a man in the yards here IN he Is be
ing held on suspicion of having wreck