Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-30
Track and Train

John NJ, Walker, formerly chief
train dispatcher OF the Denver & Rio
Grande, has been decided upon as
superintendent, The appointment, IL
Is said, will become effective October
/, w. b, Glarden. at present super
intendent OF telegraph OF the Rio
Grande, has resigned, II Is said, and
will go to an eastern road,
Isaac NJ. Hutchinson, president OF
the Mexican Car and Foundry com
pany, announces that orders for 1900
freight cars have been so far placed
by various railroads of Mexico, The
initial capacity OF the plant will be
five cars daily. The company is
capitalized at $1,0Oo,O00. gold, and
much of the stock is held by ST. Louis,
Denver and Pittsburg capitalists.
The largest passenger engines ever
built for a railroad in the northwest
will be turned out at the West Mil
waukee shops OF the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul company. The en-
gines will be of the Pacific type and
each will weigh 215,000 pounds, or
one-third more than their big engines
now hauling the Pioneer Limited
trains between Chicago and the twin
cities.
The Egyptian budget for 1904 gives
information bearing upon the pro-
posed railroad between Berber and
Suakin, whose construction mas been
authorized by the Egyptian govern
ment and on which work will begin
at once. 1t will cost 1,77O,OOO. pounds
Sterling Egyptian. The railroad will
be in operation in four years. The
object of the road is to reduce the
cost OF transporting commodities to
and from the Anglo-Egypt!an Soutan
whose only outlet now by steam is
along the Nile.
Robert |. Steen, who for the past
year has acted as manager CT ne
Grand Canyon hotel at Williams, All
n has rendered his res 2nati0n as
of the hotel, and left for
the Pacific coast. Mr.. Steen will re-
main a short time in Los Angeles,
and thence he goes to San Francisco.
Mr.. Steen will fill some good re-
sponsible position in the Palace hotel
San Francisco, but he has no inten-
ton Of taking up anything before
January i. He is a first-class hotel
and a fine hustler for business.
President Harris of the Burlington
met with the traffic officials of the
Santa Fe at Topeka Monday. He re-
fused to state what topic was under
consideration. In the tevening the
traffic officials of the Santa Fe met
with the operating officials. General
Manager Nudge says the conference
was to get the two departments closer
together. Freight and traffic officials
from all points along the line were at
Among the officials in at
tendance from Kansas City are Geo.
T. Nicholson, general passenger traf-
fic manager, and w. B. Biddle, gener-
al freight traffic manager, Chicago.
II is rumored that tho Rock Island
is negotiating for the purchase OF the
Colorado E. Southern. and will secure
possession of the property if it can.
Texas is now the leading railroad
state. The mileage 0 fthat state has
gone up to 1883, which somewhat
tops the 11,517 miles CT Illinois, hith-
erto the holder of the record.
1t is stated that contracts have
been let for the cons rlction of the
first 500 miles of the Kansas City,
& Houston, construction to
begin south of McAlester ani al Hen
ey Grove. The Burlington officials
deny that the Burlington is back of
the venture.
The report of the Atchison. Topeka
& Santa Fe railway company for the
year ended June 80 shows that gross
earnings were s6S ,171, 200, an in
rease of $500, 500, and operating ex-
penses $42.222,012 an increase of
So, 7S4, 1922, leaving net earnings of $685.
949. 1857. an increase of 2,035.SS0. The
report sets forth that the expendi-
during the year c~hargeable TO
account for the construction
and acquisition of additional railways, I
amounted to $14,553.7S0 and that the |
sum of SO. 900, 900 was charged TO prof |
t and loss AL w~itjen off the prop S
,rty accounts, in respect of better {
ments. Improvements. %s1lipCtlt anc