Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-13

curves Strengthened out and food raw.
ages In Mora and TruXton canyons
repaired by putting tn etrack above
freshet line.
How different the sight OF a hun.
dred.ton. mile.a-minute giant OF tho
rail, drawing a train of luxurious Pull.
mans, In contrast with the creaking,
jolting, snail.pace wagons Of frontier
times! -
Gum Chewing on Trains.
when people travel. why do they
chew more gum than at home? Does
the excessive consumption arise from
a desire to get In training for the
%proverbial railway sandwich? Or to
match the click of the wheels as they
pass from rail to rail? Or Is 1t merely
from a desire to be busy?
Mr.. Mackenzie. who superintends
the gum machines In the Santa Fee
system waiting rooms. declines to go
back OF the returns and ~philosophize.
He Is willing to say, however. that
gum is a popular article in this part
Of the country. It keeps him busy.
very busy supplying the demand at
the 400 stations served. He esti.
mates that In 1904, approximately
1,15O,OO0 pennies were dropped into
these slot machines by travellers who
craved a piece of favored pepsin or
tutti-frutti, and this takes no account
of the sales made on the passing
trains.
II is difficult to compute the aver
age distance travelled by the sturdy
jaws of the gum-chewing passengers.
trip to the moon. "By gum" is the
favorite ejaculation in this part of the
country and the Santa Fe is largely
responsible.
Sunday has been made a day of rest
over the entire st. Paul railroad sys-
TEN, as far as such a rule can be en-
forced without interfering with the
absolute necessities of traffic.
The first step in this reform has
been the discontinuance of Sunday Ak
c%ursions between certain points In the
far west. Further curtailment of these
extra trains will be made as rapidly
as the people can be educated up to
the new order of things.
Freight crews, too, will benefit by
the new rule. Heretofore Sunday has
been regarded as a cleanup" day in
freight traffic. Hereafter all freight
crews will be instructed to reach
headquarters. if possible, Saturday
night, so that they may have Sunday
for rest. No crew will be kept out
unless it be necessary. Regular traf-
hc will, of course, be attended to, but
there will be no extra movement OF
trains with a view to clearing up any
congestion.
Fireman w Waters has sent in. his
resignation as he contemplates going
west.
Engineers Garvin and Selover, and
Firemen Dove and Nelson are new
additions to the long sick list on the
roundhouse roster.
Three new machinists arrived last
night on No Z from Ration. They will
report at the roundhouse for duty in
the course of the day.
The air brake instruction service
has notified the local officials that the
1 instruction car will arrive here on the
18th Of September, and remain until
the 23rd.
Alex. Connell, a former machinist
helper, has been appointed temporary
clerk of the roundhOuse office in the
F, absence of Otto Fell who leaves for
Chicago on the 10th inst.
In yesterdays notice of the pur-
chase of a ranch by a roundhouse en-
pie, the fact that the ranch is to be
solely devoted to chicken raising was
not mentioned, but such is really the
purpose of the owner.
Engineers Lowe, McGrath, ]. w
Cook. Barton and Fishburn: and Fire
men Russell. Deskins. Jack, Picard
and a Johnson, have been cited to APP
: near this afternoon for investigation
at the trainmaster's office. The re-
cent wreck at Lammy is the matter
under investigation.
The Santa Fe company is utterly
unable to handle the cattle traffic OF
the I.ordsburg country this spring
Many cattle that were to have been
shipped from Silver City have been
driven TO Deming, and there are
shipped out over the Southwestern
and Rock Island. The Santa Fe com
many saws that the reason 1t cann0i
handle these cattle is because 1t has
rot enough cars. and cannot get them
TO handle ell the cattle that are OF
fered it.
Genial Jerry Quinn who was lately
transferred from the east to the west
run is having things done to him thai
he surely don't merit.
Here's what the Ration Gazette says
Of the happless .Ierry's transfer:
Jerry Quinn, the popular conductor
who has been running on the Santa
Fee between La Junta and Los Vegas
has been transferred to Alburgne and
will now run between Los Vegas AM