Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-23
RAILROAD NEWS
The Mexico Flyers Between 81. Louis and
Mexico City Cost $4,000 Each Exclu>
sive Of Locomotives.

has been In the employ of the Santa
Fe at Needles. Cal, as call boy, died
In Grants. N. NJ. Saturday, while en-
route TO his home az Appleton, Wis.
Notice Of an advance OF % cents
per ton on freight rates on iron from
Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia to
eastern. western and northern points
to take effect March !. has been sent
out.
The contract has been let for the
construction Of the Santa Fe branch
line Of the Pecos Valley, to run from
Canyon City to Plainview. q distance
Of about seventy miles. Construction
work has been commenced.
President Young. Of the d. Il. 4 g.,
announces the appointment OF M.
Worthington % acting superintendent
Of the company. with headquarters In
Enid. O. T. Mi. Worthington has been
chief train dispatcher for the last
year.
Sunday twenty.seven cars OF grad.
ing material. which were In Q 1t
the Belen cutoff. were shipped to the
Grant Bros. Construction company
from that place to Salome. on the
new Wickenburg cutoff Of the Santa
Fe.
Albert Wright, assistant mainten-
ance Of way clerk in the office Of Su-
perintendent J. r.. Hitchcock Of the
coast lines. is quite III at his Cotton
home. He has an abscess at the base
Of the skull which is causing him con.
siderable trouble.
District Attorney F. w. Clancy of
Albuquerque has gone to Washington.
D. c., where he will argue a suit
against the Santa Fe railroad com
pany, brought by Grant county, In
which the cause, one for the collection
Of taxes, has been appealed to the SUI
preme court.
c. B. Glover, a machinist at the
Albuquerque Santa Re shops. who
lives at 705 South Third street, was
taken to the Santa Fe-Pacific hospital
Sunday where he was operated on for
appendicitis. and is reported being In
an excellent condition, the operation
been successful.
Peter Bontz, q freight engineer on
the Rio Grande division Of the Santa
Fe, has returned to his home after
having been in the local Santa Fe
hospital since December Sth for the
treatment Of his right hand, which
was mashed while he was screwing
down the grease cups on n Of the
main driving rods while the engine
was in motion.
The general committee Of the Della
ware, Lackawanna 4 Western firemen
last week canvassed the vote Of the
men of the different lodges on the
question as to whether or not to call
q strike. 1t Is understood that the
vote was in favor Of a strike, but this
does not mean that a strike will be
at once, or at all. The matter
must first be Endorsed by the feder-
board.
Several changes have taken place
among the engineers on the run be-
tween Needles and Seligman. T. r.
who formerly ran between
town and Barstow, has gone on
the east end, taking +. w. Jackson's
passenger run. These engineers we're
both made famous during the Scotty
run. Jackson has taken the
local, and 8. w. Thompson, formerly
there, has taken a freight engine.
Trainmaster O. Meadows Of the San
Ia Re at San Bernardino passed
through the city yesterday on No. 2
for his old home in Virginia. called
there by the serious illness Of his
mother. He received word Friday
morning. but vas unable to arrange
his duties to leave before Saturday
evening. His length Of absence Is
uncertain, 1t depending wholly on the
condition Of his mother when he ar.
rives.
]. r. Farwell, who Is to be chief
engineer Of the Albuquerque Eastern.
with headquarters in Albuquerque, &C
r0m m niod nv his wifo has rotWrnod