Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-01-21
Railroad Rumblinss
From Track and Train

Fireman Brown, off the l0Ss OF the
second district. is marked up sick,
The boilermakers' second annual
ball at Ration will be held On the
evening OF Feb. 22 at the opera house,
Conductor J. A. Quigley and Brake
men Hamilton and Convey took out the
extra section OF No, s passenger train
yesterday morning,
Engineer Rittdr purchased 7. Il.
rry's beautiful little residence In the
Boulevarn at Ration and at once took
possession Of same,
The brotherhood OF locomotive fire
men will give a dance Thursday, eve
ming, February 9th at the Needles
opera house. Needles.
Geo. Frlsbie Of Ration will soon set
sail for San Bernardlno. Cal, where a
good position with the Santa Fe COM
pany awaits his coming.
Brakeman VIM. German, who had
been off the box cars for three trips,
has returned to the brake beams In
Conductor N. II. Cramer's crew.
r. Y. Maynard, watch inspector
for the Santa Fe on the Rio Grande
division, left Albuquerque for San
Narcial and a trip over his division.
Albuquerque Lodge No. $40. the
brotherhood of railway trainmen, will
give their third annual ball the night
Of February 22nd. at the Elks' opera
house.
Engineer Geo. Rue laid by a trip
yesterday and discussed the current
events Of the day with the friends
and acquaintance whom he CHANGED
to meet
j. w. Dickerson, an extra brake
man, is staying In a trip or two and
making a social call or two that has
been neglected In the rush of traffic
on the road,
Brakeman Umbenhower Of Conduc-
tor J. w. Burks' crew Is laying off,
his place being filled by Charles
Kemp, a former conductor out of En-
poria, Kansas.
A. ]. Bishop, acting agent at Santa
Fe for the Santa Fee company, is on
the sick list, the responsibility of the
office now devolving on G. ], Gil
christ, the cashier.
N. M. Phillips. lately with the Santa
UyM osle pun 'e4 elugS lg lenusO eI
the Rock Island at Tucumacari, has
accepted a position in the train dis.
patcher's office at Albuquerque.
John Mandoulet who was at Ration
visiting his mother a few weeks ago
vent back to Topeka and brought his
family to the Gate City where he will
engage in work for the Santa Fe.
Percy d. Cornell, chief clerk to r,
u. Gibbons, the division brennan here,
left last night for Trinidad where
ne has accepted a "sit" in the c. &
q. division superintendent office.
Thomas G.. Mulhern. superintendent
of tracklaying on the Albuquerque
Eastern, visited the Duke City. He
says that all the force Of men has
been laid off for a few days on ac-
count of the snow.
Otto Bradt. a former employe Of
the coppersmith shop of the Santa
Fe at Ration. who left that town
about a year ago to locate on a farm
in Oklahoma, has returned and ac-
cepted his former position.
By the blowing out of a steam plug
in the boiler Of a locomotive at the
Santa Fe round house in Trinidad
about 6 O'Clock Thursday morning, Fl.
G. Mitchell, a machinist at the round
house. was quite severely scalded by
the escaping steam.
Brakeman w. f, Smith ~deadheaded
down to Albuquerque on No. . last
night to relieve Brakeman Geo. Moye,
the latter going to Albuquerque from
Lamy with Conductor n. b. Hubbard
4, rtaoo 10 bfc brakeman r. +. ElOm.