Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-13
Santa Fe Claims
Attorney Reads Paper

''o'ioH, 'h''''Vu, iHt NoHlpWHy Iton'
pital System; Its Relation and Val
ne to the Claims Department It
speaks highly of Mr., Hamilton ms an
authority on the subject and also
commended his thought. Speaking
OF the paper It says In part:
1T Is SD full OF practical and yalu,
able points that In commenting edi-
torially upon II one finds II difficult
to do justice 10 the authors master
ful effort. For the paper Is indeed
a masterpiece and we feel inclined to
ask the reader To take time and 20
over 1t with care, noting the liberal
and practical points made by This
great m~edico.legal teacher
Hamilton strongly urges legislation
In order TO secure physical examina.
ton OF railway employees and further
says: There Is too much forgetting
and overlooking Of orders. Let The
brain be as well cultured as the mus.
Giles. Let u law Of protection be en-.
acted and enforced, When this Is
done the annals OF accidents will be
minimized."
"HamilIon's paper Is full OF the
strongest argument ever written In
favor Of the railway hospital system
with a chief surgeon at Its head. and
shows the great value and close re
lation OF the man to claims depart
ment. No one u read his article
without feeling stronger and that he
has been instructed. May the Off
Gals Of our eastern lines soon be able
to see the value Of such a complete
service, and may they he wise enough
to adopt and put 1t into operation"
The magazine prints the entire pa
per by Mr.. Hamilton.
James +. Hurley. The new genera
manager Of the Santa Fe railroad, en-
joys a. distinction that no other maj
IN the employ of the company car
claim. He has had charge Of and
has been in control of every mile OF
the road from Chicago to Los Angeles
and San Francisco, aggregating more
than seven thousand miles or about
seven-eighths of the total mileage OF
The system, either once, twice OF
three times In various capacities
either as trainmaster, division super
intendent, general superintendent Oh
general manager in charge Of tht
various portions of The line. at differ
ent. times.
Brakeman Il. S. Jennings has quit
the road and gone TO switching in the
local yards.
Two new firemen from Ration
Messsrs. Young and Goodman, have
been employed here.
Sol Harmon has returned to towi
from Madrid, N. NJ, where the baby o
Irving Harmon, the brakeman. Is no
expected TO live.
John Floyd's name vas chalked OF
the firemen's extra board yesterday
he having acquitted himself well OF
the trip out as a student.
John Murphy, who had been firm,
a switch engine for many months, ha,
been transferred To the road service
in that capacity permanently.
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Jimmy Young Is now night caller a
the round house. in place Of Franz
Connell. who has taken a position a
machinists' helper in the local shops
~
Engineer H~awksworth, off the "A
employed on the work train, is unabl
for duty on account of Illness. an
engineer VIM. McGrath is pulling III
throttle in his place.
Brakeman G. J.. Meth Is taking
breathing spell for the first time II
many months. He is a member Il
good standing of Conductor A. S
Murray's freight crew.
Jesse Putnam is in charge of tn
gang employed In shipping the cor
gealed luxury from the burned hous
here up TO La Junta till a halt is cal
ed IN any more shipments.
Conductor Roy Carmen caught tn
local north-bound freight this morn
ing and will reach Ration wheneve
he can after making stops at all plat
es for which he has freight aboard.
A. G. Moher is a new timekeeper a
the Santa Fee shops in Albuquerque
succeeding A. Goodrich, who resigne
to become cashier for the Washing
ton Life Insurance company in tina
city.
The Santa Fe, on all of its excursio
west and southwest, offers the holder
thereof the privilege of a side tri
from Lamy to Santa Fe without e,
ira charge.
Thomas Quinn, who Is employed |
a responsible capacity in the Wabas
railroad shops at Decatur, Ill. is In La
Vegas to spend a couple of week
visiting his brother Jerry Quinn, tn
passenger conductor. p
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Four ~first-class. experienced M
chinists, Ed. Mccormick, J. J. Gille
pie. II. B. Davis and Charles PondicI
arrived in Las Vegas from st. Lou
last evening, and will accept respons
BILE jobs in the local railroad shops.
Fireman viii Trainer, who has ju
taken the time card examination
be an engineer. has reported for dut
fulI of rome and ambition for IL