Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-04
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4 nee record Tor train sped b.
tween Chicago and san FrsneiSco xss
established BY e. X. Hzrrimaa's spe
cal train. which made the trip IN
~siasytxo hours. Or about ten hours
shorter than the previous record
ne Grand Trunk railroad paid In
Il the state treasury OF Michigan
s.-s.7st as back = In compii.
ne with the recent decision OF the
Tinted stateS supreme court declaring
salld The sichIgaa - saiorem lar on
railroad property.
George A Cullen. sho has just been
appointed general passenger agent q
the Delaware. Iackavanna q Western
road. has been the eompanyis general
western passenger agent In Chicago
slnce 1893. he began his railway ca.
reer - q clerk Id the Pullman com.
PANS.
The new rule of the Texas railroad
commission. under which there u To-
be an effective penalty for those
shippers caught underbiiiing. NILS.
Classifying or In other name trying
ID defrand the railroads. has caused
general satisfaction among the freight
men Or the state.
Two Of the Santa Fo.s bis Atlantic
compounds. which have arrived In Al
buouerque fresh from the shops. Will
he put IN commission NJ once. In
fact. the lai5. ONE Of the two 70 ar.
rive, went out Tuesday. pulling the
California limited. The isic " In the
shops. being set up.
Eastern steel mills have booked or.
ders for upward Of $4,000 tons of
standard rails for 1906 shipment. IN.
Guiding $4,000 tons for the Seaboard
Air Line, $500 tons for the Baltimore
4 Ohio. $500 tons for the zanes.
VILE q Western. and small lots for
trolley lines throughout the country.
u. p. Ripley. president Of the Atch.
ison, Topeka q Santa re. who i at
santa Barbara. Cal. hns given tn.
strnctions ID spend the 100000 r..
Gently set aside for the completion
Of the company's China basin termt
nal. In the last two Years the Santa
Fe has spent more than s2.ooo.ooo
lin filling In the basin and preparing
ii for tracks and freight warehouses.
The May meeting or the associa.
ton Or transportation and q account.
ing officers will be held in Denver on
May IA. Reports Of the following conf
mittees will be considered. Executive
committee, committee on per diem.
committee on car service, committee
On Office methods and accounting,
committee on handling railroad ser.
vice mail. committee on conducting
transportation.
The Columbia tMlss.o branch Of
the Gulf 4 ship Island railroad.
about ffty miles In length, has been
completed and Il ready for both pas.
senger and freight traffic. This road
saps 4 magnificent section or timber
and agricultural lands and win prove
4 big factor In the development OF
the yellow pine lumber industry as
well as the truck-growing business OF
southern Mississippi
Al Dallas, Texas. dispatch SAYS:
Work has been commenced On actual
construction Of the Texas. New Mex.
leo q Pacific railroad. This road Is
to extend from Mckinney westward to
Roswell. N. M The shops are to be
located Ia Mckinney. which donated
% acres of land for the purpose. The
road il to he completed AS far as
Denton by October I. and viii be
equipped with rolling stock by that
time. {
M aG@%EB5&f
The passenger department OF the
I'll Paso g. Southwestern nov have In
press 4 most expensive booklet show
ing Cl0udcroft, the summe resort DIT
otero county. this territory. The book
let. including all reading matter. vii
he autographed and will be by far the
most expensive piece Of advertising
this system has ever issued. II will
be ready for distribution about MAY
Is cloudcrcft opens up On the nrsf
" June.
John e. Stubs. traffic director Of
the Hartman lires. has received
much praise AZ the man who made
all the arrangement for getting sup
plies into San FanriSco and for get
ting the people asvay from there
quickly over ne Sonthern Psrinc
road. M. stubbs spent 4 day and =
night establishing communications
With the stricken cttv ans then Is
suing orders to CARR r~sry q
who could encape and who desired to