Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-04
NtwSY RAILROAD NOTES
PICKED UP HASTILY

local freight depot Just u yea Satur'
day, consequently he gave n battle that
night AT his home on upper Railroad
avenue. In remembrance OF the fact,
Mrs, u. Hayes. wife of Conductor
Hayes, who Is employed on the Belen
cutoff, spent n day with Miss Sadie
Murphy at the Park house In Socorro,
y. NJ, Mrs, Hayes was on her way to
her home In San Marcial. ". NJ.
John Fisher OF the railway mail SER
vice between La Junta and Albuquer.
cue, left for the Portland exposition.
He will return home by way OF the
Puget sound country and California,
and will be absent for a month,
J, A. Heath, Familiarity known as
passenger Jack" has laid off to as
sist in the decorations for the fire.
mems ball at the opera house to.
night. a cleverness on his part that
Is appreciated by the committee In
charge Of that artistic work.
John Mcintosh has filed suit against
the Santa Fe Railway company at
Pueblo, Colo. TO recover $4,000 dam
ages for injuries which he says he re-
ceived while alighting from n Of
the company's trains. He claims they
will disable him for life.
The FL Paso and Southwestern has
settled another strike" In its Doug.
las. Ariz. shops in the same nan
ner that a former strike" was set
tled--the dissatisfied men have been
replaced by others and all is serene
and quiet again.
Two ballast III ins pulled on. Cor
Glorieta from Las Vegas this morn
ing. The ballast pillow. which had
been employed in Shoemaker canyon
and which was badly damaged up
there by a switch being thrown be-
tween the trucks, is again In service.
having been under repairs AT the local
shops for some days.
G.. H. Gray has resigned as special
officer of the Santa Fe and left Al
buquerque for Globe, Ariz.. where he
will enter the employ Of the ella Val
ley, Globe & Northern railway. He
was accompanied by mis- niece, Miss
Wilkerson, while Mrs. Gray will be
the guest of friends at Tucumcari,
for a couple of weeks.
Nj. l.. Lewis of the tailoring depart
ment of the Harvey system. Is in
7 as Vegas for a day or two from
the main office in New York. Mr..
Lewis c%irculates freely without let or
h%indrance among the employees Of the
Harvey eating houses and measures
them for such garments as they may
need and have the money in pocket or
due them to pay for.
At an early hour yesterday morning,
the -31, he night switch engine In the
Las Vegas yards. met with a mishap
that didn't amount to much. though it
might have hurt somebody badly. II
not fatally. 1t ran off the derail on
the rip track at the shops. turning
the tank and shaking up Engin-
eer Morris and Firemen Edwards
lively for a moment or two.
A. l.. Conrad, traffic manager Of the
Pecos Valley road, considers Amarillo,
where he and family reside,
as a great summer resort, and in con-
sequence. seldom goes away to seek
other resorts during the warm days.
The Conrads formerly resided in this
city, but their home and headquar-
tiers have been at Amarillo for the
past five years.-Albuquerque Citizen.
At Texico, on the line between
New Mexico and Texas, a large force
of track layers are at work laying
rails on the Belen cutoff Of the Santa
Fe. 1t is understood at Texico that
work will be pushed with vigor from
now on, and that track layers will
soon be put to work on the Belen end,
meeting the force from Texico on the
plains a hundred miles southwest
from that town.