Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-04-27
MEXICAN CENTRAL AND COLO-
RADIO & SOUTHERN MERCER
SAID TO HAVE BEEN MADE
invasion OF sister Republic Traffic Agreement
With Rock Island to Ell Paso Would Give Col.
orado Road Connection with Mexican Central.

"uiiloH y btlleYc the Mexican
Central come into the Colorado
4 soullic'e family II Governor Nc,
Donald house bill Us, says the
Denver ~
II Is state that the Frisco, Colora.
dc 4 Southern and Mexican Central
stocks are to be listed together on the
New York stock exchange and this
lends color to The report of the great
Mexican railroad being absorbed by
the Colorado 4 Southern.
II Is acknowledged that should the
blll be signed the Colorado & Southern
proposes al one TO issue $4,000 900
IL bonds aud that the Fort Worth Z,
Denver will toim the link that will
place Galveston in direct communica.
tion with Denver. To do this the
brownsville road has been bought and
100 miles of road will be built. It Is
generally acknowledged that this
much, which has been officially an.
%nounced, is only the beginning and
that Mexico will be invaded.
interests identified with the Colora.
do & Southern are interested in the
Mexican Central and it Is said that
these interests in the Mexican road
are being added to in New York with
an idea of including the Mexican Cen
trail in the big combination.
II such proved to be the east there
IL little doubt but a close traffic agree
ment would be made with the Rock
Island sc that FL Paso, the American
terminus of the Mexican Central,
could be reached by the Colorado &
Southern. 1t is not believed that the
latter has any plans for building
from a point on the Fort Worth & Den
yer to Ell Paso.
1t is said that the owners of the
Colorado & Southern have finished all
their plans and Immediately upon the
signature of It's by the governor Pres
ident Trumbull will publicly announce
these plans. 1t is believed that the
Mexican Central will figure very large
ly in the program of the Colorado road,
which means a great deal for Denver,
opening is it does the ~neighboring re-
public TO that city.
Encounter With Train-Wreckers.
w. f. Smith had an exciting ex-
perience Monday morning in the
n~eighborhood Of Ortiz. The Optic has
already related that a pile OF rocks
was placed on the track near that sta
ton, with the evident intention of
wreckin9 No. s passenger train. A
freight south-bound came along. struck
the rocks and the ponderous weight
OF the big engine crushed them down
far enough into the soft track to pre-
vent the derailing of the train, The
freight had a meet order for No. s AT
that point 1t sent forward the signal
that there was some obstruction on
the rack and Brakeman Smith was
dispatched from the passenger TO learn
the cause OF the difficulty. He found
the rocks and vas in the act Of re-
moving them when a harsh voice just
AT his shoulder asked him what he was
doing. He jumped at least ten feet
and answered that he was removing
those rocks and signaling a passenger
train. Just then the train, in answer
to his signal, hove in sight and the
men took TO the hills. Mr.. Smith firm.
" believes that these were the attemp-
ted train-wreckers and that If the pas
senger train had not approached at
the opportune moment they would
have interfered with his clearing of
the track. The brakeman believes he
could identify one of the men, though
the night was pitch dark.
49,
Enuineer Drowned Under Locomotive
East-bound Santa Fe passenger train
No. s met with an accident this side of
Needles Sunday night which resulted
in the horrible death of the engineer
and painful injuries to the fireman.
No passengers were injured aside