Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-21
RATTLE OF THE RAILS

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s@Assfaamts fuE Mr., keaneAy In his ~
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The s1w Mexar~s geEsteastafy -
thoEisAas shipped over 5ass!@ass brick
yia The Santa " ceaatal 90 Torrance.
frssa sheHse th.y wIIl Dr. Transported
Co n Psso COR use In the ennstrae-
ton Ut The immense r~oandhaatse hsing
hmals I'm that city by she II raso 4
Southwestern railway,
The grading s0sk oa the Marvel 4
SsawisIlgha roaa. sss CA The desert
II progressing ~ fasi A. could es CT.
pecsed. although the past fen days
have retarded tina amount ~ warg b.
ing done each day, q h. hoped that
the road will h. completed Into
searchiight by September !. and IL
probably viii be 10 she ssesl rails q
h. obtained ia time.
The surveying party has eomplea"
I'd the survey u the narrow gauge
line from Silver ciay Ia the properties
Of the Cammanche Mining company IN
the Burro mountains In Grant county.
There In yet considerable preliminary
work ca be done by the company BE-
fore the contract Tor the grading viii
be- let. hut they expect 10 start the
work on the grading In about two
months.
shsefer's Arm Ground 70 . Pulp
J. II .shasfer. the t~sy.sroid son
al Machine Foreman Shaefer Of the
Santa fe shops At Ration. met with
q very serious accident On the after.
noon al last Wednesday. which will
i~ncapaeitaie him from work In the
shop for some time. says the Range.
While n work on q lathe he cankht
his elbow In the gear wheels. and as
he vas pulled into the wheels Of the
rapidly moving machine. the outside
of the arm. from the elbow 10 the
shoulder. Vas ground 10 pulp.
What makes the accident q very
serious one is the fact that the mus
Giles Of the tendons on the arm we're
pulled into the coss and lacerated.
This In the first serious accident
that has occurred u the Santa Fe
shops for some time. The young lad
was taken 10 his home where he was
attended by q surgeon. and he Is nov
resting an easy as could be expected.
Southern Pacific Makes shake-up
One OF the fIfty@five." IL an ex.
preston which Is growing common
among railroad men. says the Tucson
Citizen. Il refers to a big shake-up
which recently took place among
Southern Pacific trainmen. and 10.
cludes brakemen and conductors o "a
both freight and passenger trains.
II was the biggest jar that has been
felt for q long time. Changes are
being made almost continually. but
not Of the proportions OF the recent
one.
Local officials are reticent about
the shakenp. hut Il has come about
as the result Of 'spotting." which has
been carried on for a considerable
time.
There have been frequent reports
made at the general offices here by
parties travelling on freiShts to the
effect that they were compelled to
give up the greater portion OF their
money to ride this division. II is
against the rules Of the company for
any trainmen to carry hobOes or any
others on freight trains unless they
have permits.
The complaints became so numer.
Gus that the company decided to in