Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-15

Il Is reported at Cumberland, Md,
that the eastern extension OF the
Wabash viii pass through the heart
OF the C~onnellsville coke region.
The Evansville 4 Terre Haute Rail.
road company has placed a contract
with a firm al Detroit for 1900 cars.
The road has been short on cars for
the past year,
An effort Is being made to secure
a right of way and bonus for an cleo.
trio railway from Bartlesville, I. T.,
to Dewey, |, T.. for the B~artlesville
I%nterurban Railway company.
The Glover Leaf, or Toledo, st.
Louis & Western, win erect a new
office building for general offices at
SToledo, and Will provide a new
freight terminal at that point.
J. X. Stroufe has been appointed en-
gineer OF maintenance OF way, and
George Dickinson master mechanic OF
the Chicago. Cincinnati Il Louis.
vile, with headquarters at Peru, Ind.
l.. Kingman, chief engineer OF the
Mexican Central. states that about
one fourth of the grading ON the ex.
tension of the Manzanillo branch be-
tween Tuxpan and Colona Is complet.
ed.
Elwood Van Wye, who formerly re-
sided in Deming, and who has been
in the employ OF the Ell Paso & South
western road for the past two years
or more, with headquarters at Doug
las, Ariz.. has been promoted from
brakeman to conductor.
The new express company which has
been organized at Mexico City to OPP
crate over the Vera Cruz railroad, has
secured contracts to also operate over
the Mexican Southern, the Vera Cruz
& Pacific. the National Tehuantenec
and the Pan-American railroads.
The Gulf, Brentwood & Cisco rail-
road is a new line, fifty-five miles In
length, projected to run from Brown
wood on the Santa Fee, to Cisco on
the Texas & Pacific and the Texas
Central. Surveyors are already In the
field and construction will begin this
spring.
Following the decision in the Okla
homa supreme court wherein bonus
notes given by a railroad company
we're held legal. the st. Louis, Ell
Reno & Western Railroad company
has commenced action against per-
0 n who gave notes to the company
as an Involvement for the road to
build into Guthrie.
The Ontario Dispatch and the On
tario and Michigan Central fast freight
lines have been abolished and replac-
ed by the newly organized Ontario
Central Dispatch, operating over the
New Haven, the Ontario & Western.
the New York Central. the New York.
Chicago 4 st. Louis and their con-
nectiOns.
Chief Clerk Cain of the office OF
Superintendent Dean of the Iron
Mountain system. at Van Buren,. re-
signed, and H. c. Powers, chief clerk
in the office OF the superintendent OF
terminals at Little Rock was appoint.
ed to succeed him. W. O. Sileman was
appointed CHIEF clerk to the superin-
tendent of terminals.
A. F. Helm, 0 chief dispatcher
OF the Wabash at Decatur. has been
appointed trainmaster for the 9Th, 7th
and Sth districts, Decatur division. in
place Of J. w. Evans, who resigned
to accept service with the Queen &
Crescent system. G. F. Handshey
has been appointed chief dispatcher at
Decatur, succeeding Mr.. Helm.
In consequence of q threatened
boycott by the railway mail clerks,
the Rock Island has acceded to their
demands, and will hereafter turn all
full length mail cars at Caldwell.
Kss.. 90 as to have the end contain
iug the storage compartments at the
front OF the train. The clerks asked
this as q protection In case Of wrecks.
The delivery OF s~eventy-two new
engines ordered by the Santa Fe OF
the Baldwin Locomotive works OF
Philadelphia. will begin shortly. Or
the engines ordered twenty-four are
of the Atlantic type, eleven of the San
IA re type. eleven Of the compound
Pacific type, which are to have a TO-
tai weight Of 226. 700 pounds, with
Isl, 800 pounds on the drivers. and
twenty-six C.wheei switch engines.
to weigh $4,000 pounds, which are
To he delivered in April.