Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-03
Flood Brsvities

iiDbOn was ~ = sSO0
his hand caught In q -
and baby TORN. Conductors Dick Hayes and Con
- .na ,rapo,,e, ductor Ga,cbell are off on a trip
= ~ ,ns,r,c,,or A. around the world. They should have
=. g. : yards this a. arrived in Las Vegas last Friday the
former in charge OF No. I, the other
OF No. !. They We're stopped at La
Brothers will give a con. Junta by the flood. Yesterday their
plaza park on their IA families got messages witch SAID
,rimba from Il 30 to o. 81 "Adios, we're off to California" They
will take their trains to Denver,
thence via Ogden to Northern Cali
Volt. a young man from fornia. Hayes will take No. 7 into
O.. died Of tuberculosis San Fancisco and Gatchell will go
A brother will come for down TO Los Angeles. The gentlemen
mother and sisters live expect TO get back some day over
ton. the Santa Fe coast lines.
ut cannot be authenticated r. NJ. Jones, the Santa Fa civil Ell
that Tito Melendez, sheriff gineer, who was far afield in the
,ty, was killed In political mountains when the heavy rains
ht, has been going the came, reached home this morning. lie
e afternoon. rode part Of the distance and walked
the rest.
1T given by the military
oln park yesterday after. Word comes from Ration this after
attended by a large noon that the track has been repaired
tizens and travellers ID out OF that city and Springer should
~ WIS much ~ be reached by this evening. 5upt
Cain and Division Supt. Easley are
Fort and daughter, Mrs
kpected to reach Springer
to drive from there tothis u og Ios Angeles oriose crew
- !, ,hav roach her, he reached Albuquerque yesterday noon
- ror. Ill % hold and Is now hard at work on the two
mile washout near Alameda. The 300
skilled men from the west have been
oxc or pposprpITy reinforced by helpers until a thous-
- .aam IL ,ha and men are now at work south Of
) Con- dav This fund the city. They have two pile drivers
-. = : rough and and several train loads of material
oaau ~ accoup with some Of which was brought all the
Trust & Savings bank OF way i'o" '"s -
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The gangs building south from Las
noon a committee of cit Vegas have the road In excellent
,eforc the county commits condition 10 Iamy and are now busy
secure their cooperation at the Ortiz gap Below this the most
Of the town and serious trouble Is at Elota, where
mo- steps necessary to re- the Rio Grande left it's channel and
,ninas 10 It's proper chan. cut out four miles OF track. The Bef-
. il there. nalilo bridge liz gone. a bridge over
the Galisteo fs gone and several 9TH
Davis and Waite Davis ers are damaged.
lad message tat their SIS
y~alterhouse had died at An accommodation train carrying
IN Ipsiianti, Mich. Miss a few passengers, and the mail and
TO Santa FEE on the special express, left for Santa Fe at 10 80
to get through either by this morning.
and or the u. Il n. @.
IL Is now thought that the trains
Iheds the force OF pump stalled here will he able to leave the
ICED the eight feet OF water city Wednesday night or Thursday
tent to three inches TINS morning. AS there is trouble both on
expected TO reach the Santa Fe Central and the Rio
A force OF men are Grande. the intention Of sending the
fertile soil from trains over one OF these roads has.
nd other goods that had been given up. and they will 60 TO
in the flooded basement. |Ca,iforuia ove the Santa Fe
srvices over the remains uoaa,,.a ,aa.v ~.
= ihns "ee = report Of the carrying away Of the
'e nome yes'iuas a''' Rock Island bridge at Santa Rosa is
u . = wy" a mistake. Some damage WAS done
en' se' M TO the town and the Rock Island was
urch choir sang beautiful w.shas o, 4, lao -, ~ ,.mamo
y W@ ""s In the plains country is not nearly so
shppeo " o""." re 49, heavy as in the mountains.
Z r. @. TO Pueblo as soon j
eceivtd hat the road IL Il
ductors in town Conductor HUB
bard had the honor of taking out
,keR an. the special to Santa Fe. Conductor.
etves IN NEW work. kipp is busy enough as he operates.
the construction train TO Watrous.
rom Esopus for a several
lsidore Sanders OF Trinidad left
the city yesterday to drive home.
will DO your JOB printing -
possible styie ana at ~. A ] Ioomis. deputy collector OF
J. The badness man VIII the internal revenue. left the CITY for
ause citizens send for
, line To Other cti-~ sn r.
bis own printing to some