Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-16

Train Dispatcher Edward II. Smith
and wife will leave about December
81 for Galveston, Texas, to spend al
couple OF weeks with relatives,
Conductor Clark's north-end freight
crew has been employed on the south
end for one trip, thereby assisting in
relieving the slight congestion of
freight at this division point. /
Engineer sam Smith and Fireman
G. Fishburn brought the 7i6 up from
Lamy for repairs at the shops yester-
day afternoon, the latter's wife follow
ing on belated No, 2 in the evening.
The brush artist who has been
touching up the front ends of locomo'
tiyes at the home shops, has been as
signed to assist the bollermakers in
place Of Jim Curry who has preferred
another place
Engineer VIM. Parnell met with a
slight mishap at Alameda on Wednes'
day. He was heading In on a siding
when a draw-bar slipped, showing al
few cars up on the pilot, but doing
no particular damage.
Edward Bowling, night chief opera
tor al the station, Is already begin
ming to reckon up the pleasures he
can crowd into a few weeks of win
tor at his old Canadian home He
will leave about the first Of the year
It is stated that a special meeting
of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Re
Railway company win be held at To
peka. Kan, January "a. TO vote on 4
proposition to create an issue of $50.
100000 in bonds convertible into
stock.
J. Il. Hartman and bride returned
from their wedding trip to Missouri
Wednesday, he resuming his position
as car INSPECTOR in the local railroad
yards yesterday. relieving John Young
who has filled the place in his alb
sence
Roy Gibbons, who has been acting
night hostler here. relieving Wyatt
Johnson, will now have to look else
where for work TO sweat his brow and
earn his bread. Johnson having re
ported for duty from his trip back TO
the Jayhawker commonwealth.
Geo. e. st. Clair stepped down and
out last night as foreman of the Las
Vegas round house and intended leay-
ing for the effete east this afternoon.
The name of his successor in the po-
sition has not yet been announced, if
certainly agreed upon.
f. p. Barnes, division master me-
chanic of the first, second and third
districts. took time Wednesday to
run down to this city from Ration and
make a short visit to friends between
trains. He is invited to come again
and stay longer next time.
John Ransdell, warehouseman at
the local freight depot, has taken his
turn laying off, being In no particular
hurry about it, ard will indulge him
SET in a trip back to "the states" of
indefinite duration and with no par.
ticular object in view.
The new shops Of the Santa Fe
railroad at La Junta Colo, have been
completed. The construction of the
shops was under the direction of c,
A. Fellows Of Topeka, who had the
contract for their erection. The i'm
provements have cost in the neigh
borhood OF a round half million dol
lars.
Conductor Arch Forkner yesterday
conducted the wrecking crew up to
French. where two or three
cars had jumped the track from some
cause. However. no damage worth
mentioning was done, neither was
traffic on the main line delayed by
the accident.
S. A. Cornell, Jr.. a clever. compe
tent and Industrious young man. EN-
ployed in the double capacity OF caller
and desk clerk at the Las Vegas
round house. and not complaining .
particle at the amount Of work thrust
upon him, took old father Time b!
the forelock yesterday afternoon ant
devoted a half hour in lacking a new
cover on his office desk, not Willing
to trust the job to other and perhaps