Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-03-22

IL Is a matter of much satisfaction
to the employees OF the Santa Fee rail.
road, the citizens of Topeka and of
the state OF Kansas, II not the great
southwest In SO Tar as the territory
touched by the Santa Fe lines Is con.
cerned ,Aal II. L, Nudge, general
manage, OF the Santa Re, declined n
fiatterinG offer from the board of di-
rectors Of the Rock Island railroad
rendering him a similar position with
that railroad, says the Topeka State
Journal.
Mr.. Nudge has been associated with
the Santa Fe railroad nearly his
whole lifetime. He has been with that
company as long as he has been in
railway work, and II is doubtful IL an.
other mar on the system is better
liked or respected than Mr., Nudge. He
began at. tae very bottom of the ladder
and has reached his present position
through persistent and effective hard
work.
Few railway managers have the fac
ulty of gaining the confidence of the
rank and file of the employees on the
system to a degree which Mr., Nudge
possesses. He is personally acquaint-
ed with many of the thousands Of
workers on the system and he has al,
ways a kind word for each whenever
he meets them.
In his dealings with those outside
the railway world, With individuals
and with communities. he has estab-
lished for himself a reputation for be-
ing fair, and for always making 1t a
point to help whenever it was posi-
Bile to do so.
The Santa Fe railroad is, of course
distinctively a Kansas institution, anc
the Santa Fe has been identified with
many of the movements for the up
building of the state. And since Mr.
Nudge has been in a position to do 81
he has beer found in the foremos
ranks in all progressive movements
Mr.. Nudge has proven himself
friend to Topeka and Kansas NOR
than nee and the citizens have Soo'
reason to feel elated at Mr.. Nudge
decision to "stay with the old road.
Mr.. Nudge must have hesitated
long while before deciding to declin
the offer of the Rock Island board c
directors. There were many thing
which eosspired to make the offere
inducements attractive, but 1t seem
his love for the company he ma
served so long was master OF his Zee
ings. and he refused to make tn
change which would necessitate tn
breaking of so many ties and the co
seouent removal to Chicago TO begl
anew among strange surroundings.
Renders Wrecks Impossible.
DR.. T. II. Taylor of Denver, Coli
has invented a railway signaling q
vice TO prevent wrecks. It Will pi
vent many a heartache and ward Q
sorrow from every household, II wh
its inventor claims for it prove tru
For less than 500 a mile eve
railroad in the world may De sal
guarded against collisions, header
or rearend, according TO the claims
DIR. Taylor. Thus the nemesis OF I
railroad man Will be forever doWne'
DIR. Taylor's plan is TO wire I
rails of a road. At stated interVi
along the line-from haif-mile 10 :
or three miles-blocks will be
stalled. On the pilot OF each locoi
tive will be fastened a steel brush
nlaced that they will just touch
hlocks. In the cab of each engine v
he placed an electric alarm bell.
Should the track be clear In iroht
behind an engine for the space
the blocks all will be well.
sbon,d there be two trains wit
the section the alarm bells in b
cabs will ring until the engin
nresses a button which shuts OH
current.
Railroad Men lacked Up
Conductors. engineers and ilref
NJ the Southern Pacific have %
served with the following bulie
from superintendent w. A. MEOW
~ he Tucson division of the >"
ern Pacific:
Many firemen have become '
careless about keeping their eng
~supplied with proper equipment
signaling. This is especially the
with hand lamps. Hereafter II
he the rule that a red n +"