Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-03-23

thirteen feet of her land without her
consent The farmers are an strongly
against the Union Pacific building the
new double track and others threaten
injunction suits.
Frank l., Eames, who has been a
switchman in the local yards for the
past fifteen years. off and ON, will
likely so to Oklahoma city. whero a
job of switching awaits his coming
Fireman Mayfield Is now obeyiug
switchmen's signals on the goat at
night, trying his hand as an engineer
who can bump cars together as hard
as any throttle-jerker in the land,
Thirty men left Santa Fe, n. NJ, for
Watrous TO work in the stone quarry
OF the Lantry Brothers at that point.
The rock from the stone quarry there
is being used for railroad purposes.
ID. W. Parker, an engineer on the III
paso & Northeastern, was In Tucum.
carl several days on railroad business.
Some changes are scheduled 10 take
place in Dawson train service soon.
Several new engines and crews will
probably be put on,
7. J.. McAlpine, an engineer OF the
Ill paso & Northeastern, who has a
claim east of Tucumcari, came up t.
that town from Alamogordo and spent
several days improving his property.
He is preparing to have a well drilled
and will put in a gasoline engine.
II. \. llannam. who has been draw
ing pay checks as night foreman OF a
switch engine in the local yards for
over a year, is now filling a similar
position during the working hours of
the day. w. c. Heidel. who has also
been employed at night. is his right
hand ma in his day duties.
Cars and cars of oranges and lem
ons which were loaded in southern
California points on the 18th inst.
passed through Las Vegas Tuesday
night, the 21st, by which time the
fruit trains ought to have been whis
Ting for Chicago. though the time in
transit is usually from eight to nine
days.
Forged tickets, such as led recently
TO the arrest and trial of i've Denver
ticket brokers. are said To have been
discovered by Colorado & Southern
conductors between Denver and Fort
Worth. The company Is reported to
have placed private detectives on the
case and is determined 10 run down
the forgers.
Under the heading, Fourteen
years ago in El Paso" in the Herald
of that city appears the following item
Of ancient news: Harry Brown. who
has been in charge of the bridges and
buildings department OF the Santa Fe,
resigns after spending eleven years
with the road, He is succeeded by NJ.
K. Williams"
With the opening Of spring freight
traffic has increased wonderfully. On
April /. all the extra men at Ros-
well will he given regular runs. Tues
day night of last week. a train of TWEEN
ty-five ears drawn by two engines
down 10 Pecos for a train load of
sheep. This is the first large ship
ment this spring.
AS a further inducement to settlers,
the western Trunk lines have made
special freight rates on settlers ef
fects. Until May Is west-bound car-lot
rates on agricultural implements. farm
machinery, seed grain. livestock and
other property of settlers for act,u3
use. and not for sale, wiz be half those
which prevail usually. This conces-
sion is having an important effect on
the movement and is resulting In the
shipment of large quantities of equip.
ment with which to begin agricultural
operations.