Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-06

ny next summer the santa Fe Will
have a lOw.grade line across the con.
tinent, And while 1t will accomplish
this, 1t will also have opened up this
hitherto untouched section Of New
Mexico, 200 miles In length, highly
mineralized and with thousands Of
acres Of range for cattle and sheep.
Santa Fe Into New Orleans.
II was announced from reliable
sources that the Santa Fee has decided
to enter New Orleans. During the
past two weeks representatives of
the line have been here inspecting
available terminal sites. The Santa
Fe could reach New Orleans in about
one years time, as at present 1t has
a branch into Beaumont, and to the
Sabine river. The report says nego-
tiations are on for the purchase Of a
number OF small roads In Western
Louisiana that would be important
links.
RAILROAD NOTES.
Meals at all hours. Chill con carne.
l0c. Railroadmen's Rest. 11.103
G. l.. Davis, Of Belen, special Off
Ger Of the Santa Fee, Is spending q
few days In Albuquerque.
Dewitt Hammett, travelling freight
agent for the Santa Fe, with head.
quarters in Mexico City, is in Ell Paso.
The new Southern Pacific station
at Nogales, Arizona, is nearly com.
plete. The building is a handsome
structure Of stone, with a tile roof.
Operator J. ". Phillips Of the San.
ia Fee is In Los Angeles for a few
days, relieving Operator Beckwith
there because Of. the serious illness Of
the latter's wife.
M. r. Burgess of Needles. CAL,
who will succeed w. j.. Dixon as cash
Ter at the Hotel Alvarado, has arrived
in Albuquerque Mr.. Dixon, resigned
his position to 90 in a similar capac'
ity at the Fl Tovar hotel, Grand Can
yon.
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Special Santa Fe Officer Benjamin
j.. Peyster. OF. albuquerque has been
transferred to Belen, C. L. Davis has
been moved from Belen to Las Vegas,
while G.. H. Gray, formerly special Of
ficer in Albuquerque, will go from this
city to Albuquerque.
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David Narvaex, q machinist helper
at the Santa Fee shops in Albuquer-
que. had the misfortune Friday to fall
from q locomotive on which he was
working. He sustained a sprained left
wrist and was removed to. the Santa
Fee hospital for treatment.
Brakeman Fred Kendall of the G.
G. Is in the hospital at San Antonio
as the result Of the wreck of freight
train No. 244 at Juihi station, between
Hondo and San Antonio, a few days
ago. Fourteen cars are ditched as the
result Of a broken flange.
The directors of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railroad company
have authorized the purchase Of fifty
engines for that road and the direct
ors Of tile St. Louis and San Fran
cisco have authorized the purchase of
forty-five engines 900 freight cars
and five postal cars. and the directors
of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
railroad company have authorized the
purchase Of thirty engines and $500
coal cars the contracts for these
various new equipments have not yet
been awarded to anyone.
After his recent inspection Of the
Santa Fee shops, Vice President Ken
drick says: Our shops and motive
power we're never in better condition
than they are now. I have found
things universally satisfactory to me.
The premium system is working well
In Albuquerque. Eventually I expect
to introduce a, In all the shops Of the
system, but 1t takes time, for I have
to send men to the points to intro