Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Frank Getchell. formerly q con.
ductor on the Northern Pacific, out
Of Spokane, Wash. has accepted u
position with the Santa Fe. and has
been assigned to SO and "a between
La Junta and Syracuse.
The Santa Fe Is unloading fifty
cars Of coal per day In La Junta and
twenty-five cars per day in Dodge
City for storage purposes. The rail-
road company Is evidently preparing
sor the threatened strike of John
Mitchell's coal miners.
Louis Matteson, foreman Of the San
ia Fe paint crew between La Junta
and Newton. Kas., and Miss Elsie
Weise of Chicago, ILL.,, were married
at La Junta last Sunday at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Griffin, Judge
H. H. Clark officiating.
Business ON the Santa re is still
rushing, and every engine and train
crew Is worked to thelimit, many
of them being unable to secure suffi.
cient rest. February and March
are usually dull months, but there Is
nj indication of a let up either In
freight or passenger traffic.
Engine No. $50, which was recent
ly fired up in the round house at
Dodge City without any water in her
boiler, is In the big shops for new
flues and a general o%verhauling in
the bOilermaking department. En-
gineer r. l.. Davis OF La Junta mas
been assigned to the 529 while his
engine is undergoing repairs.
Recently on an examination for
promotion, a brakeman was asked
the question, what is a fixed signal,
and gave the following answer: "A
fixed signal Is a brakeman on top OF
a freight car running forty miles an
hour on a stormy night, with his
lamp out and a cinder In his eye"
We understand he was promoted.
Three camps have been established
on the Holly and Swink railroad
grade at the Holly end of the line.
They are located five. eight and
twelve miles respectively from Holly
and have over two hundred teams
and a similar number Of men.
The first eighteen miles Of the right
of-way from Holly has now been ve-
cured.
On account of the failure Of N Of
the wells of the Eastern railway OF
New Mexico at Willard Lantry-Sharpe
engines are now taking water at
Mountainair. These engines come
for over thirty miles for water. Noun
tainair has the best water on the cut
of on It's townsite, the well furnish
ing an abundant supply Of good pure
water.
Rock Expert Rack, for the Phelps
Dodge syndicate, has been In this
city from his home at Dawson for
the past week. He came down for
the purpose Of looking over the coun-
try Tor cement rock, with the hopes
Of finding the object Of his search
close TO the line Of the company's
railroad, the n Paso = Northwestern,
and made several trips Into the coun.
try, finally locating his rock. but ~ to-
what quantity there d Of II he did
not ascertain. One thing they found
was that the Springer Cement com
pany owned all the cement rock on
the Maxwell land grant.-Springer
St0ckman.
Torn Coat Found On Brake Beam.
A coat Of ordinary texture. but
chowed full Of holes under the wheels
Of Santa Re local No. a., which ar
rived IN San Bernardlno Monday even.
Ing from Los Angeles by way Of Up
land. IL furnishing mystery for Santa
Re officers. Does = tragedy lie HID
den, or does II signify some fortunate
hobo's narrow escape from IN awful
death beneath the wheels?
These are questions which the off.
cers are trying to solve. The gar.
ment was found twisted on the brake
roads when the train arrived. Special
officer Mulvane was looking for no
hoes under the train when he hap
pened to espy the ragged coat. A
shiver was caused when the discovery
was made, and II was expected that
the search Immediately Instituted
would soon bring to light . corpse.
An day the hunt up and down the
track between San Bernardino end
Los Angeles was made. but no fur
Their evidence o. tragedy was brought
to light.
Connected with the mystery 10 .
strange youns fellow who prow1ed H.
TO Upland The previous day and offer.
I'd . vA)ssSse wssch ssr ssls for Sssse.