Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-07
RAILROAD news.

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EnnneeE 9oha r. Klsa il off ausy
III pawsent on &eesaani es sllness.
TAeTe are se.en ragiaexrs sa4i So.
en tareaa@n 90 the ~Atra suata this
uAoFning.
The motherhood ii Locomotive
Frenaan held 'he4r regular msxring
last nighL,
Carpenters arr making offensive
repairs tn ,he city Ire hs,as+ tor the
storage of Ire this NinseY
There are ao~ al aysEage If thirty
trains a day At the lt&-al shops and
employees are k~st 40 The JUMP,
No, | has been three OF four h.,ars
late fur souae time aud the trouble h.
said TO h~. between DHisv Cli> and
la JanIa on Account Of the falling
down of the engines,
Engine. Gorge cs,>a'n and fam.
lily. Wh0 haze h IN WASTING IN kan>.>
and Ohio, are sNsntted Il" t~:uln Vo
Las Vegas 4~'u' The 'i1A "f 'A1s
month,
=. f. Richards n. wh" has tr~ y an
operator for The Santa r.. h his city
for so,ne ni' rs hern transferred
Ia Shoen4ah.r AID las tAtrn up his
duties al that place.
Howard Rrnnagrm. the we'll knnwn
young printer. has decided t" hA
come a locomotive fireman. He %ill
make his first student trip between
this city and Albuquerque possibly
this evening.
4 cabo0Se IN a siding Vas side
swipet by a freight train last night
tn the local Yards and was c"nSidtra'
bly iarred up and one corner rcdu"'
ed TO kindling wood More Nork foT
the carpenters.
There Il a shortage Of coal along
the line and especially in this city.
TWO engires W"re ordered for No. J
this morning. hut only one could he
furnished on account Of tn" shortage
of black diamonds,
RAY Oplrr. clerk for S~t"rek"eptr
J. r. Oliver In the local yards, has re-
ceiyed word that he has been trans
ferred to Point Richmond. California,
and will leave for that place as o
as he Is relieved by his successor
from Topeka.
Trainmen are complaining W the
young boys who are In the habit "t
stealing rides on the trains IN the
wards. Little fellows not out ~ knee
pants are guilty "f the dangerous
practice and 1t will no be long until
there Is a serious accident.
Jimmy Cosgrovc. brakeman We
tween this city and Albuquerque
who was called to the Duke city ny
tho serious illness Of his brother.
Joe, who Is suffering with pn"nmo'
MIA. has returned 10 this city and his
duty on the Santa Fee. The little Eel
low IL considerably improved, but not
yet out Of danger.
The eighth passenger run VIII soon
he put on the third district. Inc run
has been advertised, but has not vet
been assigned, hut probably Will be
bv dav after tomorrow. II is thought
that Engineer Fred Hammer and
Fireman George Bath will get the
berth.
S~torekeeper ], r. Oliver has left
fo~ Oklahoma City on both business
anu pleasure ne VIII ''
friends and at the same time ook
after n law suit in which he is in
volved. He is a Choctaw Indian by
adoption and owns a large tract OF
valuable land which he, in some man
ner, is about to lose.
Firemen Marion Shemeley. Newton
Dove and A. P.Stevens, who were or
dered to La Junta to take the exam
nations for engineers successfully
passed all three, consisting OF physi'
cal, mechanical and time card exam
nations. There were four hundred
questions in the latter examination
On account Of a shortage of ensin-