Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-07
NEWS
Months Tonnage on American Roads
Beats the Record and Railroads Are
Hauling More Cars Than
Ever Before.

The tonnage wnich Is being shipped
over the railroads Of this country to-
day surpasses all preceding records.
Iaere never has been a time In the
story of the railroads that they have
hauled so many cars in one month
as they have during November.
Every car has been pressed into SER
vice and still the roads are far behind
in their orders,
1t Is the movement of the enormous
crops that has done the most to clog
the railroads. SO hard Is 1t for the
railroads to fill the orders for cars
taat grain merchants are afraid to
I Q orders for delivery within a spec
flied time, because there is no certain.
ty that they will be able to get the
cars, This is especially true OF the
export business, 1t is said. But 1t Is
not alone the movement Of grain that
Is exceptionally heavy, for there has
Zen a marked increase in all classes
o. tonnage.
The record Of the New York Cen.
trail lines west Of Buffalo can be tax.
EN- as a fair indication Of the amount
OF business that Is being done by, the
railroads. The records have been made
up Tor t%wenty-eight days, which show
that over the entire New York Cen.
trail system. west OF Buffalo, there
have been moved $4,000 loaded cars
In excess of the number which were
moved during the corresponding
month Of last year, taking the full
thirty days Of November, 1904, as q
basis.
1t Is said in the freight offices Of
the system that solicitors after new
business have been withdrawn en-
tirely from that field, and they have
been put to work trying to find more
cars. This shortage OF ars is in
spite Of the fact that orders for equip
ment have never been SO heavy as
they we're this year. and every build.
er Of cars is working his plant over.
time turning out orders. y The condi.
lions which prevail on the Wander
bilt system are repeated on every 9th.
er line In the country.
Seriously injured on Santa F. Central.
While beating his way on passenger
train No. i Of the Santa ge Central
last Saturday evening. q young mar
of refined appearance. who said his
name was Richard G. Wilson. fell
from the water tank Of the tender
Where he was riding, to the track be-
low, and was U over. One arm
was mutilated so badly that amputa.
ton was necessary. and n leg was
crushed. The man may die. He Is
now in st. vincent's hospital in Santa
Ve. Wilson is twenty-five years OF
age. Circumstances surrounding the
accident promise a mystery, as to the
young mans identity. According to
the reports OF the accident received
by S. B. Grimshaw, assistant to the
president and general manager of the
Santa Fe Central railway, Wilson and
three companions, all Of whom were
employed as laborers by the Lantry-
Sharp Construction company. at camp
No. 80 on the Belen cutoff, boarded
the pilot of the passenger engine at
willard under cover Of the darkness.
intending to ride to Torrance to spend
Sunday.
A short distance out of willard the
engineer saw them and stopped the
engine, while the fireman put them
of. When the train started again,
however, -...ison again boarded 1t and
found a hiding place on the tender.
Before the train mad gone far he
became cold, and having money In his
pocket, decided to climb back to the
coach and pay his fare in preference
to hoboing. In doing SO he slipped
and fell.
When the news Of Wilson's injury
reached Santa Fe, engine No. 4 was
run to Willard, carrying DR.. J. L. Nor
ris,, who ordered the injured man
brought to the hospital.
DR.. Norris and Frank link, super
intendent Of motive power, then
boarded engine No. 4 to ride to Es-
tncia from Willard. While backing
up, the tender of the engine sudden.
" jumped the track. Both men and
the engine crew had narrow escapes,
but nobody was seriously injured.
Wilson has a sister living In But.
falo, who was notified Of the acct.
dent.