Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-27
TRACK AND TRAIN

santa Fe, declares that pooling Of in
terests is the solution Of present rail.
way troubles, and that it will be le-
galized in the near fmsIfe.
j. A. Glenn has been appointed
trainmaster of the Santa Fe, with
headquarters at Galveston. Mr.. Glen
succeeds w. Whitman, who has been
made trainmaster at Clebourne. Tex.
Sues for $4,000.
Washington Post: George A Bene-
dict, q railway mail clerk, entered
suit In the supreme court here against
the Chesapeake &Ohio Railway com
pany for s10 5000 damages for personal
injuries. The plaintiff was injured in
a railway accident IN the line Of the
company In November last, and
claims his injuries are permanent.
Negligence on the part Of the railway
Is charged.
The Las Cruces Republican says:
There seems to be no question but
what two more railroads will enter
the valley and city Of Las Cruces dur
ing the year. The Santa Fe Pacific
and the cutoff from Alamogordo to
Deming tapping the Organ mining dis
trict. Latest advices as to the latter
r very encouraging, the engineering
work is all done and the estimates for
the completion Of the road are all in
and nothing stands in the way OF
the early construction Of the line.
Engineer William Buster was re-
Gently injured badly near Williams,
Arizona. The train he was pulling
came to a stop SO that Mr.. Busters
engine was standing M the bridge
just this side of hte whistling post at
Williams. It being dark, Buster did
not notice that he was on the bridge,
and in getting off his engine he step
ped back Of the bridge, falling about
twenty feet. His shoulder blade was
brokesi and other serious injuries
were sustained about the spine.
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Surveyors Start at Once.
Work on the Oklahoma City &
Northwestern railroad, from Oklaho-
ma City to Denver, will commence at
once. This line will be built through
the valley of the North Canadian. 1t
will run directly from Oklahoma City
to Award, Okla. and at a point $50
miles northwest Of that place 1t will
join the Arkansas Valley & Western,
and from there the line will run to
Denver. A corps Of surveyors has
started the work OF construction,
which will be rushed, as It is the in
tention to operate q portion OF the
road in this year.
Engines for Japs.
In consequence OF a rush order
from the Japanese government for To-
comotives, a locomotive plant at Phil.
adelphia has established a new record
by the construction Of seven locomo-
tives in o day.
The engines ordered by the Japan.
ese are for the military railroad that
will connect Fusan, on the southern
coast Of Korea, with Seoul, the CAPT.
tai.
The order, which called for twenty
locomotives to be completed within
thirty days, was received late on jan
uary. Eight Of them have been ship
ped to Fusan. The remaining twelve
will be shipped this week.
Russians Up Against II.
The St. Louis Globe-D Democrat says:
The transportation problem before
Russia is more difficult than the pub
lie realizes. Assuming the problem is
to move 100000 troops mobilized
along the Siberian road, between
Irkutsk and st. Petersburg, the dis
lance from st. Petersburg to the seat
OF war is 5000 miles. It ID safe. there
fore to assume there is an average
train haul Of 5000 miles for this move
ment. Applying the haul TO this
country. Il means moving 100000
troops and supplies from Salt Lake
to southern Florida on q single track
lightly constructed road, with short
passing tracks. limited water supply
and all the limited facilities that 90
with such a road with light tonnage.
The absolute perfection OF train OPP
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