Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14


tian 20 this the PennsyIssnIs has Or
den for steel cars which Win brins
the total np 10 $1,000 nox under con,
, ~strnction or under orders. This. 60
Eether with other facts. shoxs thai
The day of The soodfssm@d ear Il
fast passing. q is stated that duriaE
1895 the total orders for steel carr
amounted 10 between $1,000 and 50.
900. and that this number win he
greatly exceeded tbs year.
The Santa fe. the Erie and other
reads have adopted steel ears for he
mail service. and the Santa Re "a also
having fifty steel u~nderframe smok.
Ing a r built. One of the main fsc.
tors In converting the railroads 10 the
nse Of steel In the passenger service
Is the material saving IN loss Of Iife.
The greatest railway fatalities occur
In the smoking cars. bnt with steel
frames tho fatalities are greatly re.
duced and frequently prevented.
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Q. 9 =. e. Liable In Damage Suit.
That dangerous objects outside
their right of way must be consider.
ed In tieir protective plans for the
safety Of their employees. II a ruling
which enlarges the liability OF rail.
road companies In Colorado, says the
Denver News. This conclusion was
reached In o damage case brought
BY Mrs. Belle Warning Of Durango.
against the Denver 4 Rio Grande
railroad for the death OF her husband.
who was q brakeman employed by
the company.
The accident happened In the can.
yon Of the Navajo river In New Mex.
leo In March. 1901. A rock weighing
sixteen tons Tell from the mountains
the track and At n O'Clock At
night the freight engine In which
Warning happened to be riding at
the time. was overturned and he was
His widow obtained a Judgment
for $4,000. and the company appealed.
Justice Steele wrote the opinion, In
which the judgment Is affirmed, and
In discussing the company's liability
:
The rock In the case at bar came
from a point on the slope OF the
mountain outside OF the right Of way
of the company. II was plainly visi.
Bile from the track, however. and the
OF II was, or should have
been. known to the company. We do
rot think the obligation or the COM
'any ends with an inspection OF its
light Of way. Objects beyond its
light OF way may be quite as men.
icing and dangerous as those within.
md the company Is not relieved Of.
ts obligation by showing that the
ock came from a place on the noun.
ain beyond its right OF way" L
Extend Canadian Northern.
The Canadian Northern road Is to
'e extended to the Atlantic tide wa
er, thus making a third t~ranscontin-
ntal route In Canadian territory.
1t y announced that Mackenzie and
lam. builders OF the Canadian
Northern, who obtained a charter for
he purpose some time ago. win con.
truct q road from Moncton to One
II practically will parallel the
QUITE surveyed for the Grand
Pacific new line. It Is fur.
her stated that the dominion gov
rnment will pay a liberal subsidy
) this Atlantic extension of the Can. ]
dian Northern.
In the same connection 1t Is stated
nat the construction OF the Moncton 4,
xtension Of the Grand Trunk Pacific, /,
Ihich was to have been built ~ the
overnment, may be abandoned. TO |,
his Is due the readiness or the
anadian Northern interests to take
p the project. Without substitute, y
iowa Scotia and New Brunswick Il
1ould have raised the cry that their
lterests we're sacrificed by the gov /.
rnment, which had undertaken to
uild the Moncton-Q Quebec extGnsion |,
! the Grand Trunk Pacific.
The Grand Trunk Pacific interests
lemselyes do not appear to be desir-
us to get into the maritime pro
noes. They already have nell AT
mite outlet at Portland andskfe sat
fled with It. The people Of the mari
me provinces do not appear to have
UGH preference between the Cana
Ian Northern and the Grand Trunk
acific. What they want Is proper
facilities irrespective OF
no may provide them, and they will
perfectly satisfied to have the
anadian Northern look after them
that direction.
Mackenzie and Mann have been
seking control or the Intercolonial
lflway. which Is owned by the do