Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-25
TRACK AND TRAIN.

L. d. Webb who was to have report
ed for duty last week is at the bed
aide of his father in Oxford, Ohio.
Engine S28 has given out in the good
work of pulling the freights and is in
the shops for new flues and rod work.
Engine 1872 which has been in the
hospital for considerable o%yerhauling
is about ready to take her usual place
on the road again.
Owing to the press Of work the full
force Of machinists was on duty yes
terday. This is the first Sunday that
this has occurred since last Septem-
Der.
F. /. Whitney, general passenger
agent of the Great Northern railway,
informed the associated Press that
the announcement last Saturday of
his intended resignation is untrue.
The Rock Island will join the Great
Western in the erection Of a freight
depo and other terminals in Omaha.
The Great Western has bought ground
and is about to begin the work of
constructing terminals.
A. w. Krieger is still on the list Of
Iay-offs. This is through no desire oil
his for rest but owing to the illness
Of his wife who finds the altitude too
high for her here. Mr.. Krieger is on
the hunt for a more favorable place
for her.
Frank Hockett has returned from
Topeka, Kans., where he has been for
two weeks in attendance upon the ma
chinists' convention. He represented
the interests OF the local workmen and
brouht bgack the report that every
thing seemed favorable to the welfare
OF the machinists this year.
Tie rails on the Phoenix & Eastern
railroad have been laid to within
three miles Of Florence, Colo, and It
il expected that the road will be com
pleted 10 the Florence station, q mile
north Of the town, by the 10th inst.
The Florence people have arranged
to properly celebrate the event.
The Southern Pacific railway Will
build a new bridge over the Rle
Grande at Ell Paso. The material To-
the bridge is arriving from Phoenix
vile, Pennsylvania. and as soon as al
the material is at hand the work o.
construction will begin. The new
bridge will be much larger, higher
and more substantial than the old one
An Ell Paso official who Is trouble,
q great deal about passes has MAJ
some cards printed with biblical Proc
that they should not be given. The carr
has printed across the top thes'
words: .'They did not pass."-Num
bers, XXX, IS. Suffer not a man .
pass.n-Judah. None shall eve
pass.s-Mark, VIII, 80. so he pal
the fare and went."-Jonah, /, !.
W. N. Crandall, of the firm OF Brigh
& Crandall, railroad contractors, VII
headquarters in Los Angeles, has r
turned to the latter city after q bus
ness visit to San Be%rnardino. he r
ports his Arm still working on thel
contract with the Santa Fe east 9
Needles. The work Is the rebnlidln
or the track made necessary BY q
damages done by the storm water
last winter.
Effective February 1st, the suns
Limited. eastbound anu Weetp
will stop at the Pecos river bride
from a quarter to half an hour % y
low tourists to view the great bride
and secure photographs, etc. u
bridge is between Ell Paso ana "a
Antonio and the rugged scenery ther
abouts is very interesting ana p'
t~uresque. 1t is the second nigfe
bridge in the world and Is much tai
ed OF by tourists.
Death Of John N. Drummond.
John N. Drummond, former VIC
president Of the Wabash railroad, Oh
Of paralysis at a hotel
Chicago on Tuesday OF last we
Mr.. Drummond was born In Brist'
Me-, in March, 1926. He was q
clerk OF Rochester, n. !, n "
secretary mi treasurer Of the CO.
pany that built the first railroad !
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