Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-27

Ter the field % sIesl spring coosirae-
ton In competition WITH the Railway
Steel Spring company o. Plitsbarx
The Iron Are says that the cun-
ssstioa OF the rail- mills 10 growing
more serious and II likely 10 cut the
output % general steel products. -.
Ias 60 the heavy orders of the past
Hwc weeks.
The Southern Pacific An actively
pushing the work on It's new freight
and passenger depot n io<tsil
rnundhouse. M Eprdsburg. which were
burned q fex months ago. They are
being rebuilt ~ brick and will add
materially 10 the city.
The extension Ut the Orange 4
Northwestern railroad has Just been
completed from Bana 10 Newton. Tex.
Il distance Of about thirty miles. II Is
4 Yoakum line ami 10 destined 10 be.
come y part Or the Colorado South
ern. New Orleans 4 Pacific system.
The American Hawaiian Steamship
company announces that In eonnec.
ton with the National Railroad Of
T~ehnantepec IL win establish q thirty
days freight service between New
York and Portland. Ore. The steam.
ships viii call NJ the principal Pa.
'cific ports u Mexico.
The largest shop building In the
United States Is planned by the Penn
sylvania Railroad company to he
erected Mt Altoona. II will be 500
feet long. 120 feet wide and four stor-
les high and will be occupied by the
wheel. Tin. boiler. lathe and other de.
partments OF construction and repair
work.
John q. cady, chief clerk 10 Super.
fntendent George Aver. Of the western
division OF the Santa Fe, with head.
quarters At Dodge City. has quit rail-
road work and bought an interest IN
the leading furniture house In Dodge
City. He IL succeeded In superinten.
dent Ayers office by W. l.. Baron.
OF La Junta. ~~ ~ @$~> ~@
President Hin Of the Great North
"ern says that prosperity prevails In
the agricultural districts Of the west,
but that many farmers are selling
parts Of their land because they a
not get sufficient labor to carry on
extensive operations. He says that
railroads will have TO raise freight
rates. as they have done In the east.
II the cost OF labor continues SO high.
Nearly 100 railroad men, represent.
Ing the engineers, firemen, conaue-
tors and brakemen from points on the
Santa Re proper from Chicago to Al.
buQuerque. are In conference at New.
ton, Kas., for the purpose or forming
a federation Of the employees In these
departments OF the Santa Fe system.
General Chairman Thomas Burke. OF
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Fire.
men. and Myer r. Hurley, Or the
engineers, I In attendance. The
employees Of the Missouri Pacific and
other large systems are federated, but
heretofore the Santa Fe on,a.s nave
never been federated.
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A 1raksman's Ride FOR Life
Brakeman l. N. Carroll OF the ore
train service had q ride for his life
the other might, says the Douglas Iii.
ternational-American:
While q train OF twenty empties
was being pulled Into Bisbee BY en-.
CINE No. 90, McCowen. engineer;
Davidson, conductor, and Russell,
fireman, fifteen OF the cars broke
loose on the steepest part on the
grade, and started on q wild run to.
ward Lowell.
Brakeman Carroll, who was on the
portion OF the train which broke
away, instead Of jumping Off, like
some men would have done. stood his
ground and whistling down brakes,
proceeded to carry out orders Nv but.
ting IN every brake on the train him.
self.
The wild train attained terrible
speed before reaching the Ice plant
at Lowell. but BY jumping from car
to car. Carroll succeeded In getting
all Of the brakes set and In bringing
the train to d standstiil q short dis.
tance below the L. s. & p. shaft.
Without question his brave action not
only saved his own life but also saved
the train from being dashed to pieces
near Don Luis.
Our Lines overmanaoed.
w. w. Hoy, chief traffic manager
of the Central South African railways,
Who was j delegate 10 the interna.
tional railway congress in Washing.
ton. D. G., and took part In the IN.
spection trip over the railroads 81
this country, has submitted an off
cial report Ii which he says. among
other things: There Il much to id
mire and little to condemn In Ameri