Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-11

rOadbed being femedied WIN. the
slightest possible delay.
o. II. Nichols, A, c. H.ll and J. G,
Wright are new men who have recent
ly enlisted as extra brakemen.
Conductor Purcell has received Il
tw~enty-day lay OF, and has gone to
Kansas City to rest and visit with
relatives,
Firemen Bryan. Mckenzie. Swank
and Carleton took an examination to-
day for engineers at the tralnmast'
er's office.
Passenger Brakeman T..J. Leech IS
laying OF for a run for a much need
ed rest. Brakeman Reckham Is per-
forming his duties
James Jenorte has taken the place
of Porter Il. McLem0re, who was
kille Saturday by being thrown from
a train near Trinidad.
Friday is pay day on the Santa Fe,
and the days are beginning to drag at
the shops. Plans have already been
made to dispose Of the money.
Brakeman George Flaherty was tax.
en- suddenly i'll at Albuquerque. and.
although he has returned to this
city. is not able to perform his
duties. A~.
Passenger Conductor r. F. Hayes,
who came. in on one Of Sundays de.
layed trains Is laying of for a rest.
Conductor Hook has taken his train.
Although the directors Of the Sap
have held repeated meetings. no presi'
dent has yet been appointed to sue
coed C. r. Hudson, who Is with the
Mexican Central.
Fireman Puttoff, who dead-headed
to, Topeka on ar, engine being taken
to the shops. has returned to this
city. He looked after the engine and
kept It oiled during the trip.
@. H. Hanson, auditor for the Daw-
son Coal company. has been In Ala
mogordo most Of this week, transact
ing business for the Phelps-Dodge
Mrs. Hanson has been with
him.
Engine S1s left the track IN the
yards near the round house this morn
Ing on account Of a broken rail. 1t
was running slow and did not turn
and was soon back IN the track
again.
70 the person who suggests the
most appropriate name for the new
Santa. Re, Prescott & Phoenix train
between Ash Fork and Phoenix. the
road will give a free trip to any point
on the A. T. & s. F. system.
William Sproule, traffic manager OF
the Southern Pacific company, was
married in San Francisco Tuesday to
Mrs. Marie Baird Baldwin, who Is
prominent in society circles. The
was quietly performed at
the Palace hotel.
A. C. Spencer has been granted a
concession for the construction OF a
railroad in the tate Of Queretaro,
Mexico, from FL Pueblito to San Isl
dro, standard gauge, 30 kilometres N
It will be in operation In six
months, Mr.. Spencer says.
The Canadian Pacific is making
great preparations to improve the
grades in the Rocky mountains. Seen
cry Is to be sacrificed for commercial
interests, in order that heavier trains
might be hauled; enabling them to
compete with the railroad lines across
the international boundary.
Il Is said that the West Is honey. |
with all sorts Of railroad
projects, the sole purpose Of the pro.
motors Of which IL to sell them to
the big railroads, voluntarily or under
compulsion. There are probably al
dozen such lines and as many more
In Iowa and Nebraska. The Pacific
coas Is a hotbed for them.
A foreclosure sale Of the Texas
Southern has been postponed pend.
Ing the result Of q suit, brought BY
Mrs. Julia Harie, Of New York, to
establish her alleged ownership Of
10 miles of the road out Of Marshall. |
Texas. In the meantime President
Marshall hopes to ~re-nnance the prop.
erty and prevent its sale. II sold,
however, It IL likely to be bought BY
the Missouri, Kansas 4 Texas.