Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-17

The Mexican National abroad has
huilt and equipped a hospital car for
It's lines,
Machinist Frank Sherman has re-
signed his position In the local Santa
Fe shops,
Machinist helper Keys and boiler.
maker helper Clay Harmon laid of
yesterday.
Master Mechanic 8 W M,hlinix OF
the New Mexico division OF the San
Fc with headquarters at Ration was
In the city yesterday o. business.
al s aAs9 --- ssas,
An extension OF the FL Paso limo
q the Rock Island IL. IN contempla'
ZION from Rngwood To Tyropa This
will cross a country now without d
railroad.
" n-~-I a RN sA ~
Arthur I.oe. who has been rnanags
ing the duncan sOperaF .Hoqte M
again entered the-Ssrvlos Of the Santa
Fe as engineer and has been assigned
to engine 1908. /.
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In consequence Of q bonus OF $780,
900 from the town Of Muskogee. I. T.,
to the midland Valley railr6ad,oficials
of that company. they have decided to
to establish shops In that city. :
Service on, the Kansas City, Mexico
& Orient has been ..xtended sixty
three miles north from Sweetwater 20
a new town called Rule, and will go
into Knox City BY the frst OF March.
Engineer John Bowman Of Socorro
IL rapidly recovering from the terrible
burns that he received from escaping
steam q few weeks ago. while taking
4 crippled engine to the shops at San
Marcial.
All but half a dozen OF the persons
who were injured in the Rock Island
wreck near Duran, N. NJ, last Saturi
DAY have left the hospital 1t Ala.
rnogordo, and those who are stil ID
the institution are rapidly convaiescr
ing. %8' Y
Fire destroyed the coal chutes Of
the I'll Paso Il Southwestern at Ha,
chita, NJ M. February 18TH The
cause Of the Are has not been de
terminated. Thirty or forty ton OF
coSf we're consumed %efF@ j y
J. c. vinlng. general supertntend'
emit ,ofs the Colorado. Midland, passed
through I'll Paso Thursday on hty
way to the coast, accompanied by ?
number u guests. Mr.. vining and his
party arrived over the Mexican Cen
trail in the. pfivtte car "ManitonY Tor
California;
A new round house Office VIII pc
built at the local shops Of the Santa
Fe in the near future. probably with
IN a month. Thebuilding will be separ'
ate from the round house and VIII De
larger and much more convenient
than the present cubby hole which
answers that purpose.
A charter has been obtained 10
Texa for the Burr's Ferry, Browdell
and Chetser railroad, to build from,
TYLER county, I distance OF eighty
miles. A capital stock Of $4,000 Is
authorized, the largest holder being
Nathaniel q. Silsbee. Of Boston, Mass
john II. Kirby Is president!
A tract Of land having been pur'
chased BY the city Of PArsUnsysK Kan
sas, for 3is0,aoa, and presented to
the Missouri, Kansas ana Fe1ssl rAtl
way that company has let contracts
for which will cost $1,OO0.oO0 Y The
ground comprises thirty acres, and
will accommodate the second largest
repair plant in KansasIfTOo G Gil
8. F. Moore, who recently resigned
from the trial service Of the Soutls
western, has been offered a position
a. trainmnster tor the eastern Idtvi
sion OF the Kansas City, Mexico 4
Orient out Of Chihuahua. Mr.. Moore
has also received an offer 70 90, II
peru. South America, and Is undecfd
ed which position to accept. med,
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An examination Of the old road
bed prepared some years ago by the
Mexican Central from the Pacific por'
Of San Bias for a distance Of fort,
tilometers east. has been made b.
-southern Pacific engineers. for thu
purpossM U~etertnlaihs its ,atsiaabtlit,
In fthe constrpctiou p the ptpposef
branch Of that road From 0gadaltjer'
have been identified by taking 6os
tettsr's stomach eittsrs during th'
cast 50 years that 1t has long sinc'
been recognized az the best woman
xnatofno hafrysp tha poblfc. n 70,