Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-06
TRACK AND TRAIN.

harvey OIdWiViut pohCiAnhoa a.
the Alamogordo railroad shops. is laid
10 with q badly burned face.
Brakeman Baker of the Captain
branch Of the Ell Paso & Northeast
ern is at the Alamogordo hispital
with q broken right leg.
E. E. Petit, Jr., who base been
threatened with pneumonia, and has
been confined to his bed for about q
week, is reported better.
23SS, the goat that has been laid
up for extensive repairs at Ration, has
returned home and is once more per-
forming her regular duties.
Mechanical Superintendent G. M.
Taylor and General Superintendent
ID. &. Gain arrived in town today on
No. 3 on a tour of inspection.
93S, which was recently assigned to
the third division, has been brought
back again to the second division and
will ply between this city and Ration.
Engineer Hugh Williams OF San
Marcial has been transferred temper
arily to the Silver City branch and
will move his family to that city to
reside several months.
1853, the mountain engine, which has
been on the drop pit for heavy repairs,
viii have the finishing touches put
on today and, il nothing unforeseen
occurs, will leave the shops tomor-
row.
The machinists are making great
preparations for their dance which IS
to take place March "a. Rosenthal
hall has been selected for the occasion
and every effort will be made to give
those that attend a first-class time.
The Mexican government has grant
a new concession to the Chihuahua
and Pacific railway company. under
the terms OF which the time for com
pleting the road is extended three
years from January /. 1904.
The Rio Grande Republican is au
thority for the statement that the
Santa Fe Central will send out q sur
veying corps in about three weeks fol
survey and extension Of that line
from Willard station to FL Paso.
The Midland Valley railroad com
pany announces the opening Of IT
line between Greenwood, Hartford
Ark, and Bokoshe. l. T. for freigh
and passenger business. The balance
OF the line between Bokoshe and Mus
cogee will be completed by May !.
Canadian Pacific railway official
announce that the company has beel
condemned by a British judge In Hon
Kong to pay to the Chinese govern
ment s4.SO,0OO for the sinking Of
gunboat by n of thei
Same, Empress Of Janpan,
ple." thew
.,.auautal stock Of the Moreno
..outhern road has been increase
from $780, 900 to s750,OOO. The peopl
Of Morenci are doing a lot Of guess
ing as to why this was done, an
most of them are spending this none
In extending the road in every dire
ton.
L. w. McKenna has been appoin
ed assistant to President Earring
the st. Paul. He was formerly asst
ciated with d. w. Caldwell on tn
Panhandle ami was later general 81
perintendent Of the Great Northern
At one time he was division superb
tendent Of the st. Paul.
The Santa re railway announces
~colonist rate during March and APR
to California. The one-way rate frol
Chicago and st. Louis is 1913. Fro
Missouri river points, Kansas, Ok
homa and Colorado a fare OF SIS
granted. Stop-off privileges in Cal
fornia will be given.
The Arizona & New Mexico ros
has put d new locomotive into Y
passenger service. It Is lighter tha
the one that has been In use, b
heavy and powerful enough to hand
the passenger train. 1t can be n
more economically and will not
the strain on the roadbed that u
heavier engine was.