Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-02-07
Publication, Ell
Paso Railway Journal
Dr.. Geo. T. Gould, Formerly
Of Las Vegas and The Optic,
Employed Between Column
Rules.

The FL Paso, Texas, Railway Journal
was launched on the sea OF journalism
In the Pass City some weeks ago, and
In n recent issue the following an.
nouncement Is made by c. w. Van
Loon, the manager OF the new pub
lication that Is newsy. deserving and
has come 10 stay;
I'll Is with unmiyed pleasure the
management Of the Ei Paso Railway
Journal announces that 1t has secured
the services Of Or. Geo. T. Gould in
its editorial and reportorial depart
ments, For more than twenty years
he has been prominently identified
with the daily press Of New Mexico
and 81 paso, either as editor and pro.
prietor. managing editor. or reporter.
Seventeen OF these years were spent
in Now Mexico and more than three
In this city. where his family has
resided for nearly six years.
During this long period Of active
newspaper work the doctor, no mat.
ter what his position was, invariably
had charge of the railroad department
Of the paper with which he was con-
nected. Thus he brings to the Rail.
Nway Journal familiarity with the work
to be done, and a widely extended ac-
rpoiptapnn on,npnut thara . uthAp1
the Railway Journal especially ad.
dresses itself.
"To those who may not be acquaint,
ed with DR.. Gould, we say that he is
a ripe scholar, a pleasant gentleman,
a graceful and forceful writer, an ell.
oQuent speaker. and an accurate re-
porter. While these things are said
Of him by those who know him best,
the doctor makes but n claim for
himself. He says that in his entire
newspaper experience. in which he
has put into print the views and state
ments Of thousands, he has yet to be
charged with blunder, error or mis-.
representation.
ANY courtesies extended to DR.,
Gould as a representative of the Ell
Paso Railway Journal will be greatly
appreciated by the management"
An Automatic Switch.
William X. Smith of Council Bliffs,
Iowa. Is exhibiting in st. Louis the
model of an automatic railroad
switch, which was patented on Jan
uary 7 by Wintherlich, Lundgard &
Smith. The idea worked out by the
three was conceived by Hans J. Win
therlich, a Dane, now residing al
Council Bluffs
The switch is thrown automatically
by the flanges of the car wheels press.
ing Upon an extra rail, about thirty
feet in length, intended to be placed
between the other rails at points con
venient to stations. When the train
is standing, n wheel of a coach is
bound TO rest upon this rail, and II
would hold the tracks so securely
that il would be impossible for the
switch to be thrown so that another
train could come in on that track. The
flanges of the wheels by the same
method would throw a signal showing
that the particular track Is occupied
The invention so far is perfected for
use only a, stations, but Wintherlict
has nearly completed the model OF
an Improvement designed to make
the invention applicable TO the bloch
system on every mile of railway.
Died On a Train.
A young lady passenger, Miss d. Il
Hurst, of Toronto, Canada, died or
No. s, Sunday morning. On the ar
rival of the train at Ration, the bod,
was prepared for shipment by Fry
& Fugate, undertakers. Deceased hat
been in California for her health, bu'
growing gradually worse, decided t
return TO her home. Her sister. Miss
y Blanch Hurst, and her physician, DR.
]. ]. Denton, were with her wher
the end came.
r. w. Zimmerman, the Santa II
claim agent, arrived from Albuquer
que last night and is at the Castaneds
hotel today.
The graders have almost completes
work where the track Is to be changes
below the smelter. says the Silve
City independent This change o
line will put the Santa Fe high an
dry for a few miles at least and ma.
.s0cn1feNa II o are o sha