Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-04

Engineer Joseph Clevenger has pur
Vhhsod the former Mcclure place on
Grand avenue,
a car OF alfalfa from II. d. Reinken
AT Waticu' was side,tracked hers ior
I, +. Nolan.
mrs j. A. Qulgley, wife OF the con.
'ouctof, went over the mountain 10
Santa Fe yesterday.
Eight cars OF WOO! were shipped TO
Poston today for Myer Friedman and
I'VE cars of the fleecy stuff for Gross,
Kelly a. Co.
Mrs. Hilario Romero OF the west
sid left yesterday for Barstow, Cal,
where her husband is employed by
the Santa Fe Pacific.
Brakeman Gaines was In charge CT
re inside engine In the local railroad
yards last night, In place OF Foreman
A,cNeilly, who was out on the road.
Brakeman G.. T.. Burks, q member
G" Conductor J. II. Swallows freight
'C'w. is enjoying a brief respite from
read duty.
R"n Young, the car inspector here,
attended the funeral Of the late Isaac
iayior a; Encierro and has o to
work again.
Fireman Geo. A. BRYAN is In high
glee over his assignment to the 1892,
VIII Engineer Barney Archibald on
tie other side Of the cab.
TIE three railroads centering at
Amarillo, Tex. are erecting Jointly at
that place a large building which will
be used for IN eating house.
Fireman Ashbaugh is laid up with
. sprained ankle in Albuquerque in
Cured while stepping off the Sidewalk.
On South Second street.
Mrs. d. 7 Lester and daughter.
family Of Conductor Lester, passed
through from Albuquerque for a visit
to friends at Dodge City. kans.
Ben Alnot has been put on the spe-
cial police department of the Santa
Fe. with headquarters in AlbuQuer-
que.
Conductor Upton Hays is off the
cushions again. Conductor j. H. Null
hern holding down his passenger run
a trip or two between this city and
Albuquerque.
c. E. Cartwright, formerly city mar
. shall of Las Vegas, Is here today on
lmatters connected with his present
position as a special agent Of the San.
ia Fee company.
A. S. Brown has been transferred
as agent at Dillon, to the operating
department at Winslow. W. w.
Laughlin succeeded Mr.. Brown as
agent at Dillon.
Ed C%oddington, who had been earn
ing his salary as hostlers' helper at
the Las Vegas round house, is filling
the place of Hostler ]. H. Barton dur
ing his absence in the east.
Engineer Fred Hammer has been
assigned to engine 1911, in passenger
service, and Engineer Bert G.. Lynch,
who has been her master. is awaiting
another assignment.
The Dile-driving crew in charge OF
Stephen Behringer. has come down
from the scene Of employment in
Shoemaker canyon for some repairs
ION a boiler.
Harlow Hurley, son Of ]. E. Hurley,
general manager Of the Santa re- is
in town, the guest OF Dan Kelly. son
eof Harry w. Kelly, of the Gross-kelly
establishment.
J. A. Ross, road foreman OF en-
,gines. left this city YESTERDAY for
Denver, being an old G. A. r. maj and
having made a good record in the I'M
ion army in the war Of the rebellion.
E. E. Hermann. late agent for the
Santa Fee at Ration. and F. J. Cook,
filling a similar position for the com
pany at Trinidad, will likely quilt rail-
foading for a season.
Mart Hartman and Louis Brown OF,
Springer who had been some time
with a Santa Fe bridge and building
outfit. have accepted a similar pen
ton with the Dawson road.
William Flood. a new man In the
postal service, Is on John she
run in the railway mail service
through Las Vegas during the latter's
absence on the Pacific slope.
Locomotive firemen are pulling
every string possible to get a release
from duty so as to attend the ball az
the opera house tonight. As a con-
sequence extra firemen are In demand
at the local round house.
Engine 1853, Just out OF the Aibu'
auerque shops. will likely be assigned
to Engineer Blevins, who a been
absent from the throttle for thirty
days, he being the oldest man in
point Of service.
Hugh Chappell, bridge inspector,