Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-18

HaI1alluA 70 AI1Aduef4lt. IN 1st1t-
III there he was taken 10 III Josephis
hospitai. where hin wounds xere
dressed.
The Southern Pacific experienced
a run OF hard luck the other ven
ing in the vicinity Of wi,cox and
Benson. says tine Tombstone Prospec
tor Late In the afternoon d freight
train s-sideswiped" another on y sid.
ing near Wilcox and deraiIed m en-
CINE. When the engine was again
placed on the track everything ran
smoothly as far a. Benson There
the engine was aincoupIed and ran
'iight." intending to 70 10 Mescal
Summit. Two miles out OF Benson
the engine jumped the track and top
pied over q steep emhankment. H
Y. Elliott. the engineer. escaped
death by jumping. as did also his
fireman. Mr.. Elliott. however. sus.
tanned two spraIned ankles. =.
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The Topeka Capital says: The San.
"a re has equipped an instruction
car with q sectional cut Of the cyiin-
ders OF q tandem compound engine,
for the instruction OF the engineers
and firemen. who do not thoroughly
understand the circulation Of the
steam through the cylinders OF an en-
CINE OF this class. l. wellman, who
Is road foreman Of engines. Is In
strncting the men In the work, who
are receiving much benefit. This
class on engines have been In the
service OF the Santa Fe for q num-
Der OF years and this is the first
time that the engineers and ffremen
have had an opportunity 10 study the
tandem compound and the circulation
Of the steam through the cylinders.
The Ei Paso Union Depot company
has issued a neat and attractive fold
er In celebration OF the completion
and opening Of the union depot, In
which its many advantages and AZ.
tractiye features are set forth, the
names OF the Rock Island lines. FL
paso & Southwestern and Southern
Pacific company appearing on the
folder. There are time tables OF
these routes showing that twenty-five
passenger trains pass In and out
daily. handsome engrayings of the In
terror and exterior OF the new build.
ing and an account OF Its opening,
clipped from an FL Paso paper. show.
Ing among other things that the
building cost $4,000: that It took q
year to build. n was built Jointly by
six roads and liz constructed by Tex.
as labor OF Texas materials.
! Spending Fortune In Locomotives.
One hundred locomotives win be
put to work hauling Santa Fe trains
within the next four months. This
addition to It's power equipment req
resents an outlay OF nearly se.o0,.
900. #.
That seems TO be a big sum Of
money for one railroad to spend at
one time for one item. And Il Is Q
large sum, any way Won look at It
Al residence property In the average
western community. costing $4,000,
Is town talk for many weeks while
building. It impresses one n cost
ing q lot OF money. Yet when the
Santa re pays from $4,000 for one
Of It's best passenger engines down
to $4,000 for 1 switch engine, no
one comments on the fact-even the
buying OF one hundred such engines
only means brief comment IN the
news columns.
The new locomotives comprise the
following classes-some Ok which
were made famous BY the record
breaking Of the scotty Special
last July:
Twenty-four Atlantic type bal
anced compound. Three times thai
number Or this type are already run
ming between Chicago and IA Junta
pulling the Santa Fe's heaviest ant
most speedy passenger trains AZ
compared with the Pacific type, tn,
Atlantic has four drive wheels in
stead Of six. and Of greater d
ameter.
Fifteen Pacific type balanced com
pound. There are now thirty 81 THU
class In heavy passenger service o.
the coast lines.
Twelve Santa Fe type tandem CON
pound. These are intended for yer.
heavy freight traffic In the noun
~fains or New Mexico and Arizona
SIX are coalbuning and six oil-burr
Inc.
Fortysnine sixswheel connecte,
switching. Ten OF these are beinI
constructed at the Topeka shops an,
the others at the Baldwin works.
ii ii claimed that the maximum
sneed Of the atlantic type has neve
been reached. because the enxineer
hesitate TO let em ont to full e.
pacity. The large number ordered Q
this class of engines would seem I
!. Indicate that the Santa re cCnten
plates sending IT. regular train