Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-30
TRACK AND TRAIN.


w. /. Mcmillan, who recently re
turned from Kansas. is in Ration, but
is expected today in this city.
Thomas MOnahan is the name OF
the new man who has been added
to the local force at the round house
IS engine Waterman.
It is reported from Denver thai
shops that will employ from 1000 t
1900 men will be built in that city
by the Rock Island-Frisco system.
Geo. Meth, J. W. McGovern, F. J
Haley and w. /. Mcmillan, trainmen
have recently come back to Las Veg
as from Kansas where they have beer
doing temporary service for the last
two months.
D. w. Nudge, chief clerk to Super,
intendent Bristol of the Colorado di-
vision Of the Santa Fe. In Pueblo,
Colo, has resigned and has become
chief clerk to Superintendent Nolan
Of the Fort Worth & Denver.
The Baltimore & Ohio Is making
determined efforts to enlarge its ter
minal facilities at Baltimore so as
to accommodate the immense bust
ness which is expected when the re-
construction of the destroyed build
ing begins.
The Santa Fe branch line, recently
completed from Bragg to Saratoga,
Texas, will be extended from the lat
ter place to Batson's Prairie and
Sour Lake, Valuable oil lands in the
Batson's Prairie field have been &C
J quired by the Santa Fe interests.
When the worlds fair opens its
gates In st. Louis, the Southern Pa
cifc sill have perfected an arrange
ment Ter moving its passengers direct
from points in Texas and the west
without e.ange OF cars or stop-over
At the New Orleans gateway.
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The Rock Islands great shop plant
II Aloline, Ill, II now in operation, its
establishment being accomplished in
s{ourteen months at a cost of be.
tween $2,eoO.O0O and $4,000, 600. It
occupies a site Of 900 acres and ulti-
mately 1000 operatives will be given
employment.
On and after Sunday, the I'd in
slant, the running of the passenger
trains Nos. ! and 2 on the Santa Fe
Z Central railway between Santa Fe and
4 Torrance will be discontinued on Sun
days. This will continue until fur
Their notice by the Santa Fe Central
Railway company.
Engineer Manning was quite SER
iously injured the other day at the
round house in Albuquerque BY the
breaking Of a lubricator glass. The
steam struck him in the face and
ayes and his face was quite badly
cut up by the glass. He will be laid
up for some days.
The Socorro Chieftain says: It is
rumored that Socorro is soon to be
blessed with a day train. For sew
eral years all passenger trains have
arrived and departed here In the
night. 1t is pleasant to note that the
Santa Fe officials have now concluded
that there Is passenger traffic enough
to warrant the running Of more trains.
AS soon as the weather will permit
work Is to begin on the extension OF
the Southern Indiana from Terre
Haute to Chicago and from Elmora
TO Evansville. It Is expected that
in two years solid trains will be run
ming between Evansville and Chicago.
About 140 miles of road are to be
built.
Conductor Charles Snyder who left
the employ of the Santa Fe some time
ago and stated that he was going to
Japan to secure work on the Trans
Siberian railway, has changed his
mind, and he and his wife are now in
Ell Paso where he win accept a situa-
ton on the Mexican Central railway.
Albuquerque Journal.
There are all kinds OF JUNIORS afloat
In the city about the adoption and
non-adoption of the m%achinists' wage
scale and the other differences be-
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