Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-01-20

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ice run.
Fireman James peeler has been dis
charged from the hospital where hc
was under treatment for the "Arkan
saw shakes"
The brotherhood OF locomotive fire
men here announce an importan,
meeting tonight In their hall at 1890
o'clock.
Mrs. q. Selleck, wife Of the sta
ton agent down at Ribera, was In
town yesterday, purchasing household
necessities.
Fireman Eaton has resigned at this
point and left on No 10 yesterday
afternoon for Ration whore he will
take up his former seniority and
work On the extra board.
Engineer Pat Boyle Is enjoying 9
day OF rest and recuperation here
today, his engine having, been sent
south on No. / yesterday afternoon
and he not caring in the least to make
the hilly, tedious trip.
Fireman Tack has tackled the SCOOP
shovel again and will now leave wei
enough alone for a while. He has
roamed over the country pretty large
ly since leaving Las Vegas. visiting
California, Utah. Montana and other
states.
Carlos M. Dreamer, a we'll known
and popular young man OF Santa Fe
who has generally been remembered
with a legislative position, is now EN-
ployed as night clerk In the Santa Fe
railroad depot at Lamy.
Says the Santa Fe New Mexican.
j.. A. Roach, connected with the en-.
cheering department OF the Santa Fe
railway, with headquarters at Las
Vegas, spent yesterday in the city as
a guest OF Civil Engineer Chenille A,
Collins.
A. +. Benedict. a former member
of the Santa FEES bridge gang In Las
Vegas, is reported in a dying condi'
ton at los Angeles. where he has
been employed in a similar capacity.
His wife and son left for that Cali,
fornia city on No. Q last night.
The threatened rate war between
the Colorado & Southern and the Den.
yer & Rio Grande between Denver,
Colorado Springs and Pueblo, has
been averted, and the two roads have
entered into a new tariff agreement,
to which the Santa Fe Is also a party
Division Foreman r. D. Gibbons
and wife returned this morning from
their trip to Needles and Los Angeles,
the same occupying two weeks. Los
Angeles physicians are of opinion that
they can save the left arm of Mr.. Glib.
bons' daughter. wounded by the acct,
dental discharge OF a pistol.
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After fearful suffering, during
which n mar was frozen to death
and another became insane, the sur
viving members of a party that tried
to open up the Bigg Lumber com.
pany's railroad from L%umberton, New
Mexico, to Elvado, have been res
cued.
Tests will be made shortly Of send
ing wireless messages to the TWEEN.
tieth Century Limited train on the
Lake Shore while In motion, In con-
nection with these experiments a trial
will be made OF plans by which the
engineer will be warned of any break
In the track ahead of him by a signal
In the cab.
John II. Majors, who has been a
mail clerk on the Rincon-Silver City
branch for the last year, has been
transferred to the Albuquerque-La
Junta run. Fl. G. French of Silver
City. has been appointed TO take
Majors run between there and Rim
con. Mr.. French passed the civil SER
vice examination last July and has
been %"subbing" since November LIST.
The rush of the orange season has
made Ii necessary to put a man on
the car distributors desk in the dis
p~atcher's office Of the Santa Fee at
San Bernardino During the dull
season this work is always done by
the dispatchers, but this is impossi-
BILE during the busy time. The new
mar on the desk liz +. J. Ward, OF
Butte City.