Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-02-06

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Conductor Joe Burks was at the
punch and bell cord on departing No.
passenger train last evening.
Fireman Fyock Is on duty again,
ai,or Attending all the dances that
have been pulled off recently.
Fireman w, J, Williams, OF Ration,
has hevu laying over here, awaiting
the return of his engine from a trip
down to Albuquerque.
Enslater Billy Holmes is up from
Lamy having been relieved at the
throttlt ou The mountain run by En-.
ginesr Marion Stewart.
FGcuam Montgomery, up from
Laml aad Flpemen Tshburn and
Mayfield vim so TO Topeka and try
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Harry Biser, son of George Biser,
the latter general foreman of the La
Junta shops and next In line of pro-
motion TO c. NJ. Taylor, is reported
very i'll in that place.
On account of the disastrous wash.
outs in California and Arizona No.
2 from the south yesterday, o arriv-
in till this morning, was run up from
Ash Forks as a stub train.
Engineer Ed Sears and Fireman
Will Trainer came up from Glorieta
yesterday afternoon, having been re-
lieved on the mountain run by En-
gineer Sells and Fireman Dove.
Mrs. Albert Childs, whose husband
is a travelling inspector for the Santa
Fee, with a run between Los Angeles
M Albuquerque, died at the Maple
wood flats in Los Angeles, of heart
trouble.
Charles Dyer a former division
superintendent in Las Vegas, thence
going to the Colorado & Southern and
the South Park. is now filling an i'm
portant SUPPLEMENTARY for the Pull
man palace car people in Chicago.
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Engineer Jerry Miller. who had
: been running a switch engine at
Rocky Ford, Colo, during the beet
sugar campaign at the factory, and
living there with his family for sew
eral months. returned to La Junta.
Engineer Barney Archibald was re-
ported sick last evening, Engineer
Bursk occupying the cab of lhe 1850
on No. 8 passenger train last night;
likewise, Engineer Pat Purcell Of the
1883, who was relieved by Engineer
Hammer on No. Z passenger.
Engineer Bert G. Lynch, who rep
r~esentes San Miguel county in the
lower house of the territorial legis-
lature at Santa re, has introduced a
bill. the title of which is an act to
amend section 2132 of the compiled
laws Of 1857. relating to fire insurance
companies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Frisbie of Ration,
passed through Las Vegas yesterday
afternoon for San Bernardino. Cal,
their future home. Mr.. Frisbie had
been a carpenter in the railroad
shops in the Gate City, for the past
three years and both he and Mrs.
Frisbie have during that time made
many friends there.
Leroy Helfrich, local Wells-Fargo
xtAUItco agent. ittui h1n LioHi Aht
bcene of the Glorieta wreck on No.
10 yesterday afternoon, a little worse
for the wear and tear Of the trip. He
didn't sleep a wink all Saturday
night. being busily engaged with as
sistants In looking after express mat
ter In transit. Mr.. Helfrich says
very small damage was done TO goods,
although The railroad equipment was
damaged heavily.
That the southwest is to be more
thoroughly advertised during 1905
than ever before Is evidenced by The
establishment OF an immigration pub
licity bureau for The purpose of at
tracing both tourists and settlers TO
Texas. New Mexico, Oklahoma, Indian
Territory, Kansas and Arkansas. This
bureau Is managed by William X.
Draper. formerly publicity agent OF
the Frisco system. The southwestern
railroads are interested in this new
enterprise financially, and, with their
endorsement, there can be no doubt
as 10 its ultimate great results.