Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-04-08
NO ROOM FOR OLD MEN
ON UNION PACIFIC ROAD
Officials Of the Road Have Been Given to Under
derstand that After They Get Along in Lite
They Will be Sidetracked for Younger Men.

such an extent that II Is no longer
necessary 10 take this precaution 10
keep the cars well warmed,
Thirty laborers from Santa Fc, n.
NJ, passed through yesterday after.
noon for Trinidad and another party
OF twenty this afternoon. They will
be employed In repairing tracks up
the country.
A. Harvey house girl residing not
a thousand miles from Las Vegas was
overheard to remark to a companion
the other morning that there had been
only six passengers for supper the
evening before-,hree drummers. two
railroad men and a gentleman.
For the past few weeks hardly a
passenger train has passed through
the city north-bound that has moi car.
rled a gang OF workmen for the Wat
rous rock crushers. Jerry Connolly
has charge Of the crusher. and the
crushed rock Is being used as ballast
by the Santa Fe on the New Mexico
division.
Ralph Walker, travelling passenger
agent for the Rock Island and we'll
known in the southwest, died in Den
YER after a long illness from a compli.
cation of ailments. Mr.. Walker was
popular with all who knew him. The
body raj sent east for burial. Mr..
Walker was a single man about thirty
five years of age.
Some time before May / Edward
Chambers, general freight agent Of the
Santa Fe coast lines, will remove his
headquarters from Los Angeles to AL
buquerque, where he will act IS as.
sistant freight traffic manager Of the
Santa Fee system, with sole jurisdic-
ton in the territory west OF that city.
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On last Sunday the new depot Of the
Ell Paso & Northeastern railway al
Roswell was thrown open to the trav.
cling public. 1t is a very handsome
structure and conveniently arranged.
Roswell is highly elated over the CON-
pletion of the station, as they had
been using box cars ever since the
old station burned. more than a year
ago.
John A. Ross, road foreman OF en-
gines, has been off duty a couple OF
days. recuperating his health and re-
storing his equilibrium generally.
His responsible and at this time press
ing duties call him out on the road In
all kinds Of weather and at all hours
of the day and night and he must oc-
casionally have an eye to windward
for his health, if he would live long
and prosper.
Fireman II. Anderson of WinslOw.
! Arizona. who was seriously injured in
the smash-up Tuesday night at Chaves
on the Santa Fe Pacific, sustaining a
broken leg, was brought into Albu-
querque and taken to the Santa Fe
hospital. The man suffered great
pain but gave a splendid exhibition
Of nerve. He is resting easy at the
hospital and is expected to have no
difficulty in recovering from his hurts
Conductor Frank Harrington OF the
Colorado & Southern, who shot Oft
Black Jack Ketcham's arm when the
bandit attempted to hold up Harring'
tons train, will be In charge of Pres
ident Roosevelt's special from Texline
! TO Colorado Springs. The wound Har-
rington gave Black Jack was the
prime cause Of the outlaws capture
and subsequent execution. Harring.
ton was in Trinidad on Wednesday
making arrangements to handle the
special with all dispatch. "A record
run will be attempted.
A clever BIT OF freak advertising has
been sent General Passenger Agent
| Fisher of the Colorado & Southern
road by Iowa Epworth Ieaguers. It Is
a fac smile OLA railroad ticket, on
the back being a reproduction Of the
Georgetown loop. and on the face Of
the ticket is inscribed: II hereby GER
fifty tina, I have the Denver fever and
am endowed with sufficient Iowa spir.
it to join the ranks of good fellowship
to and from which this ticket is Is
sued
Must not Fiirt.
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