Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-01

willing,
Santa Fe Engineer Vincent, of Ea.
ton. drew No. 1898 In the Uin.ah land
drawing.
Brakemen Ed. Flomerfelt and VIM,
German are laying of Just because
they can.
Engineer Bursk Is on the rails Tor
a trip or two, smoking the pipe OF
contentment.
Engineer Martin and Fireman Nal.
Tory are of the cab a couple OF trips,
thinking out plans for the future.
Harry F. Bowman. presumably the
throttle-jerker. registers at the Car.
denas hotel In Trinidad. Colo.
Twenty-one trainmen running in and
ont OF Las Vegas are of duty, enjoy.
ing touches Of city and country life.
There were only the names Of two
extra men on the trainmen's slow
board In the local yard office last
evening.
Frank Cornell. the engine-watcher
and c~rew-caller. has again been put
to work in the shops as a machinists'
helper.
Fireman Means, running companion
CT Engineer Wolf. is of the 1852. in
order to Increase his avoirdupois an :
recruit his strength.
j.. c. Gale, late night cop in the Las
Vegas railroad yards. has been trans.
felred to Trinidad, Colo, in the ca
pacity Of depot master.
F. E. Barnes, clerk to the roaGn,ast-
err here. returned from Roanoke. Va,
yesterday afternoon, accompanied by
his wife and the baby.
John Reutherman. late baker for
John H. York. is now industriously
and proftably employed as. a boiler
makers helper in the local shops.
Conductor George Trip is of the
road, preparing himself to trip the
light fantastic toe at the tiremen's
ball on Monday night, the 4th inst.
Brakeman Tom Fisher has signiied
his readiness and willingness to re-
sumo work. after having been propped
up in bed for several days, sicker than
he cares to be again very soon.
The 1892. Engineer Barney Archi.
bald in the cab. has been put in pas
senger service regularly and much IL
expected Of her and him in the mat.
ter Of speed on the transcontinental
line.
E. E. Hermann. who has been sue
cee1ed as Santa Fe agent at Ration, ".
NJ, by A. J. Bishop. late cashier At.
the depot in Santa Fe, N. M. will
likely be placed in charge of a station
down the road.
The condition of Engineer John r.
Kirk, who is i'll Of typhoid fever, re-
mains about the same and he will per.
haps recover from a disease that is
claiming many victims throughout the
land, these days.
A. D. Thurston. the founder of the
order of railroad telegraphers, will be
retired by the order on September ]
with a handsome lie annuity and i
gift Of a beautiful $4,000 residence at
Glendale park, Kirkwood. Mo.
Engineer Pat Purcell and Fireman
King rode down to Albuquerque We'd
nesday night on softer cushions tina.
they are accustomed to, and will bring
back the 900. which has been under
treatment in the Albuquerque shops.
Mrs. L. N. Beydler, wife of a west
end engineer out of albuquerque,
passed through on a visit to her sis
ter, Mrs. f. A. Devereaux, at Newton,
Kas. Mrs. F.. A. Devereaux Is quite
i'll and her sister was fastening to her
bedside.
c. E. Perry. foreman of the as We.
gas round house. is said to have ten
dered his resignation % the powers
that be, though no successor has been
named in his place and it wouldn't
surprise anybody in the least of there
wouldn't be.
Mrs. F.. A. Boone, wife Of tin mas
senger brakeman, left yesterday af.
ternocn for Ell Paso. accon,earicd b,
her daughter, Miss Yuma Boone. as
for as Mesilla Park. at which place
tie young lady will become Il pupil III
the agricultural college.
Joseph G.. Brown, the depc. and Of
flee porter. left on No. 5 last nigh
for Louisville. KY, to be accompanie:
home by his wife. He is succeeded a
the broom temporarily by James
Garth. who has been there before ant
knows how it is himself.
Conductor p. f. Lynch. of the nortl
end out of Las Vegas. whose affec
lions are set on Ration, the Gate Cit,
Of New Mexico, took a respite from
duty in this city yesterday on accoun
Of not feeling able to tackle the roa,
with a long string of cars.
Fireman J. f. Nassar exerted him
self a little too stre nuorsly while on