Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-04-08

by the hoard of directors. says the
Denver Times,
The word has gone forth that none
shall expect advancement after ne
shall have reached the age OF fifty
years.
The directors, II Is asserted. have
issued orders that the young
men shall have first call for
honors. This rule is said TO be iron.
clad. Ability and experience count
for nothing II handicapped by years.
Local employees OF the road learned
OF the new ruling Wednesday. 1t be.
came pul lie through the
ment of Tie appointment OF w. A..
Deuel., superintendent at Omaha, as
general manager Of the Moffat road.
Mr.. Deuel. WAS considered by all OF
the officials as the proper man to
succeed to the general superinten.
dency recently. he had the indorse.
ment of Mr.. Hartman himself, but
The board Of directors turned Mr..
Deuel. down for a younger man, Sup
e%rintendent Parks Of Wyoming.
At the meeting at which the d.
rectors took action on Mr.. Deuel. 1t Is
said that the Osler rule was adopted.
As yet there is no official circular on
the age order, but 1t Is being general.
ly made known among the employees
that II they want to get 10 the top in
the employ Of the Union Pacific they
will have to hustle before the gray
comes into their hair.
Fireman Sam Hartley has rendered
his resignation.
Div.Supt. F. ]. Easley returned from
Trinidad and Ration last evening.
The grain famine has been broken
by the arrival of four cars of orn
last night.
Yardmaster Williams of Deming
took the Santa Fe switch engine to
Lake Valley.
H, C. Thompson is proprietor of the
eating house at Kennedy station on
the Santa Fe Central.
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Geo. H. Nelson. the refrigerator man
from La Junta. wen through for Win
slow. Ariz., last evening.
The Las Vegas yards have a capac-
ity of 700 cars and they are full oft
enc than the yardmen are.
Guy Pettey is switching for the
Santa Fe at Deming, N. NJ, during
the absence of Nathan Osmer.
Robert f. Hughes resigned his posi-
zion as baggage master for the
Southern Pacific at Deming and left
for Ell Paso.
Nathan Csmer. switchman in the
Santa Fe yards at Deming. has been
acting as brakeman on the High
Line" Deming to Fierro, Grant coun-
ty.
The local railroad yards we're block
ed this morning, only one track being
open for the passage of all engines
and trains when the day crew began
work.
Davis force of stone masons, who
had been employed in erecting foun-
tains on the Castaneda grounds, re.
turned 10 their headquarters in Ra-
Ion yesterday.
II. ]. Ryan. the tie inspector, went
up to Trinidad this morning, to in
spect several carloads of railroad ties
en- route to the picker" here off the
Colorado & Southern.
F. H. Newlee, resident engineer for
the Santa Fee, went up the road to
Trinidad yesterday on matters con-
nected with the building Of the hand.
some new depot in that city.
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The supply Of coal for use on the
engines out Of Las Vegas had be-
come scant, owing to the rush OF bust
ness on the road, but there is a good
stock Of the black diamonds now on
hand.
Pierce Murphy, the day switchman
sprained his ankle yesterday in get
ting off a car that was standing still
a feat that he couldn't have accom-.
plished purposely. had he tried never
so hard.
For the first time since its inangura
ton train No. 10 was not held at the