Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-10
RAILROAD NEWS

Frank u. Summers, who was con
ductor on the Santa FEES New Mex
leo division, has been appointed train.
master at Ration. vice Dan Coghlin.
Frank A. Murphy. president OF the
Santa Fe. Prescott 4 Phoenix rail.
road, passed through Las Vegas Wei
nesday In his private car, EN- route to
Washington.
II. A. Chamberlain Of Topeka. claim
agent for the Santa Fe. has arrived
IN Albuquerque to look into the kill
Ing by the cars Of j. w. Paxton, an
inquest over whose death VAS held
today.
The Eastern Railway Of New Mexi'
co has decided to 60 deeper with Its
well at Mountainair. The well Is
down now about $50 feet and has q
good deal OF water. but not as much
as the well on the tOwnsite.
Richard Warren, Of FL Paso, has
been appointed travelling freight an!
passenger agent Of the FL Paso 4
Southwestern railway and OF the Chi
cago, Rock Island & New Mexico
, ,lroad. with Office In FL Paso, Tex
as.
Or. John l.. Norris, physician Tor
the Santa Fe Central railway at Els
tancia, has arrived In Santa re anu
will be- there several days on business
and pleasure combined. On his re
:. turn home, he will be accompanied oy
his wife.
The Eastern Railway Of New Mex',
&C will o begin the erection ot
buildings. consisting Of depot, section
house, round house and coal pocKets'
a, Mountainair. It will also put up
a steel tank, which is being Used noW
al along the Santa Fe system.
O ]. Gramley, the Southern Paci'
Ar wardmaster at L%ordsburg, VINO
was taken TO the hospital at FL Paso,
last week. with a badly crushed TOOL
had to have the foot amputated. ne
ports from the hospital say that ne
10 doing we'll, and q speedy recovery
is expected.
A night wreck IN the ella valley
Globe and Northern smashed up a
number of cars and damaged a great
deal Of mining machinery beionsihE
n the ella Valley Copper COMPANY
The wreck occurred In Inc YARDS -
sanford and is the first n OF any
-onseouenc that this road has ex-
nerienced In a long time. says the
Tucson Citizen. The wreck vas
caused either by the failure OF tue
faeman to flag an incoming train or
hecause an engineer failed to observe
the warning signal. A freight was os
ing made mp IN the Stafford yaras
when another one came arouhd =
sharp curve and crashed into a string
ri cars on the main track. Engineer
f,eoree Beatty was IN the engine OF
the incoming freight. He applied th-
brakes and jumped. but was serious
ly injured.
John Trainor. roadmaster OF lhe
Rio Grande division Of the santa -
when at work on the road, uses =
gaso,ine motor railroad yelocipeue' "
81 least he used to, until TWO ua!s
400 Now he uses arnica n Danu'
ages. II happened near Beien' noa'
master Trainor was on his motoo "
,oc;nede and was in a hurry. ~.
,a,ocinede was doing about q tn'r'i
,s : mile a minute, and Trainor had
inst advanced the spark a few no'cnes
IN increase the speed, when son'e'hin
harraned. lust what. Roadmaste.
Tra;nor did not have time 10 nnu
out Al any rate, the velocipede ie''
the track at a tangent. the roada'as.e'
,ast the velocipede, and the eartn con
,ra IN contact with Trainor's RAGS
,att marks thereon. One eye Is !"
mourning, several inches OF SKIN 81.
co~nspicuous by their absence ana DO.
yelocipede and roadmaster are III 'n'
shops for repairs.
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Santa Re In Ditch.
train Of nearly sixty cars WV
~.scs.d saturday at the entrance :
san Bernardino Santa re yasu'