Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-12
The Railway
Situation
To- win LMoiy
Sec Trains Running Reg
uIarjy. Bad on Lower
Rio Grande Division.


gas. progressed yesterday and last
night to such extent that Il now may
be safe TO inform the public. unoffi
clally. that the line between here and
Albuquerque will be in operation by
the time The Optic goes to press 10
day. A stub train was started from
here at one o'clock this afternoon
and should go through TO Albuquer-
que reaching that place about seven
O'Clock One section of No. ( train
and three sections OF other trains,
which have been held at Albuquerque
since the Rio Grande division went
out OF business last Friday. were
started from Albuquerque to-day at
one o'clock and are expected 10 reach
here for late supper. They will be
here until they can be moved through
Mora canyon, which will be not be-
fore Thursday afternoon.
In the meantime there are three
other passenger trains being held at
Albuquerque, n at Gallup and two
at Winslow where the passengers
may be given meals until leading
trains proceed. They will be moved
into Albuquerque today and come
forward to Las Vegas when the four
to arrive here today are moved east.
ward.
There are seven or eight westbound
passenger trains being held at La
Junta and they will be advanced when
they have fair prospects of getting
through to this point.
The accumulation Of freight all AZ
b%uqaerque for the east and at Ration
and points east of there for the west
Is very heavy and will tax the power
OF the division TO clean 1t up as fast
time cannot be expected at any point
the several damaged portions
Of the track are PUT In thorough re-
pair.
The stub from Santa Fe arrived
here at s O'Clock last evening and
brought In a large consignment OF
mail and express. Postmaster Blood
and his corps OF assistants worked at
the distribution OF the mail most all
night 20 that deliveries were made |
on time this morning. The stock Of
perishables which had dwindled down
almost nothing was replenished
and with the hope of connection with
the east on Thursday, the threatened
In vegetables. butter and egg
may be said to have passed.
Some considerable delay has been
experienced In the driving of the two
In Mora canyon on account Of
.anconntering large b%oulders which
bad been washed down from the
sides Of the river. This and the
lact that II vas found almost impos-
iible 70 get track material to float
o the points wanted has been the
'ause of the officials missing their
previous estimate on the times they
to get trains running.
From San Marcial and other points
N the Rio Grande comes. woeful tales
II woeful destruction by high
from the Rio Grande which
las overlooked Its banks and such
'ther banks and dykes al haa been
brown up to prevent flooding. At
Marcial last night Il was reported
hat several buildings had already
succumbed TO the elements and al
most every other building In the town
vas threatened. Nothing could be
lone toward repairing the tracks as
ne water was running with such
orce as TO prelude the placing OF
material, and II will. therefore. be
days before trains will be
'ble to get through to FL Paso.
The Carnival company and Gen.
rvs dog and pony show, both OF
which had been detoured via the Den.
'er 4 Rio Grande to Santa Fe. We're
moved from there to Albuquerque to
lay and the fair managers at the
City made correspondingly hap.
" In that town OF their chief a~ttrac.
Ions came In time for the rush. The
passengers on the delayed trains, how.
must have made up in mum.
what visitors would have been
n attendance from other places. Las
'egas included.
The weather conditions now seem
o have cleared up and we may look
to a settled condition of af-
airs and for the return of opr urnrf5