Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-25
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I'd Kramer il the new ticket agent
10 the Ration depot Of inc Santa Re.
Grading for the railroad OF the 81
a0als. Rocky Mountain 4 Pacific rail-,
Nay through cimarron canyon. ~ m
expected. will b. completed by July n
General Master Mechanic Of the
Western Grand Division c. N. Taylor
has been in Ration ths past week
looking after the affairs Of the A. T..
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A bridge II the 81. Louis. Rocky
Mountain q Pacific railway at elf
ten house was destroyed by FIRE Tues.
day night. caused by a spark from an
A. r. & g. r. engine.
Chas. r.. Hunt. manager Of the EiI
paso, Texas. Land Commission
company. fed thirtyiwo cars OF cattle
IN the Ration yards, Wednesday. He
was taking the cattle 10 Fountain, Col
Announcement Is made that the
Southern Steel company is soon to|
build q mammoth steel car plant A.
Gadsden, Ala. and will enter the bust.
ness OF manufacturing pressed steel
carr on a large scale.
/ Philadelphia capitalists are planning
10 make St. Petersburg. Fla. n of
the most important seaports In the
South Atlantic states. The town H. To-
Gated on Tampa Bay. which now has
water twenty-five feet deep. sufficient
for all coastwise vessels.
The Mexican government has APP
proved plans for a union terminal
for railroads on the water front Of
Vera Cruz, TO cost s6.0o0.0o0 The
terminals win be used by the Next
can railway, the Interoceanic railway
aud the Vera Cruz and Pacific rail.
way. g. IL iii i
The New York Central system. to-
gether with the Mobile 4 Ohio and
the New Orleans 4 Northeastern. has
formed a new fast freight line to be
known as the north and south dis
patch line. Two thousand freight
will be put into operation by the
new line.
Agent Larimore announces that the
Santa Fe depot and ticket office at
Ration will hereafter be open all day
and patrons can be waited upon at
any time. Parties desiring the take
n of the early morning trains are
recommended to procure their tickets
the day previous, and thus avoid any
delays which might occur.
According to reports circulating n
railroad circles the Guthrie, Fairview
and Western line is to be sold to the
Missouri, Kansas 4 Texas. Burlington
interests In order that the latter may
get an airline from the northwest to
the gulf. BY acquiring this property
the Burlington system can make a
of three 'undred miles be-
tween Colorado, Montana and the Pa
cific northwest to the gulf
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While the eastern lines are warning
over the differential question and the
Chicago, st. Paul roads badly mixed
up over the steamship business. the
southwestern lines have decided to
step into the limelight themselves and
give a little exhibition Of rate cutting.
Al a result a rate OF SIS from Kansas
city to Chicago and return Is likely
to be announced at any time.
The supreme court of the United
States in deciding against Mugg &
Dryden in their suit against the Tey-
ais q Pacific railroad lays down the
law that d shipper who Is promised
Il rate below the published tariff and
ii then charged the full published
rate, cannot recover the difference as
the action OF the road in giving a
rate below the tariff is contrary 70
the Interstate commerce act.
Railroad Topics from the Northwest.
Al representative from the Del Nor
to-, Colo, Prospector. just from the