Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-08
NEWS


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George D. McDill, one Of the asso
ciate secretaries OF the Railroad Y
N. c. A., Is making . tour OF thu
southwestern territories.
II Is announced that the Western
Canada Land company has boughl
from the Canadian Pacific railway. n
the Edmonton district, 5000 0 acre
OF land for $2aeO.0O0. SIS
w. =. Tinsman. general superInss
'fendeat Of ths .Choctaw district q
the Rock island. left for the east owe,
the TsxAf = Pacific Sunday sveaiae
Mr.. TInsrnan tand his party spent
three, days In Fl Paso before return,
Ing to his headquarters In the east
.aS.I-E -- 1917
tD6rihk the days precsdidf a1G fol
lowing the Juarez centenary, March
81. the railroads Of Mexico expect IA
handle AN unprecedented smuuut ri
passenger traffic. Celebrations will
be'Nelo. ~ vi ~ chief Niles OF -
Nepuelics SAA speeial srSS6s WIN IN
granted BY the roads to all points.
a sQld straM II tssuky.fIre car.
loads u whlts lead scoataipipg almost
1000. 900 pounds, to be- distributed
among several hundred different
towns OF the New England states.
has bsen shipped from the firm of
Hammar Brothers White Lead com.
pany OF st. Louis, via the LackaWan.
M. i ~, ...c
PENNSYLVANIA railroad stockholders
will vote at the annual meeting next
Tuesday on agreemsnAA gfmTsthegsaes
Spisition Of franchises, corporate
property and rights Of the Allegheny
Valley Railway oompaay.s Southwest
P~ennsylvania Railway company and
NE York Haven and Rowenna Rail.
<oad company.
THE stockholders 0f the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad company hold
special meeting sins sRichmend to-
day to act upon the Recommendation
qf the directors for an Issue Of &c..
Q 5000 of new stock. II Is proposed
y use the proceeds Of the new stock
Issue for additions. improvements and
pew equipment. TIT
Telephone communication be-
tNeen Ell Paso and Douglas is possible
Eer the Southwestern wires. A new
IEstrument has been installed In the
division offices in Ell Paso.
$hich gives greater carrying power
han that formerly In use. Interme-
Hate instruments are located at NAL
lais and milep0st 142 1-2.
X asxs p-H.s sI
1.-THE. Gallup Republican says: The
Of the week the office OF the
.htsf enginesF'a0f We Arlxona &aCOios
ado railroad was established In Gal
up. The rooms to the rear Of the
offices Of nr, Stole, H. the Calsdons
i'm building was selected for the
'ailroad offices and the furniture was
1oved in Wednesday.
mo engineering project of recent
INES has attracted more attention
han the announced plan to build a
across the top Of the famous
loyal Gorge, near Canyon City. The
structure will be the highest railroad
3ridge in the world and will be $500
Get above The hanging bridge of the
Denver & Rio Grande Railroads.&c.
1fgh in the air that the roaring of
lie Arkansas river below will not be
E
The Southern Pacific carpenter
lang was transferred to Stems this
week, where it will erect the rock
,rusher which vim produce the i'm
nense amount of ballast that will be
ised on the road during the next few
ears, says the IArdsburg Liberal.
Oh the completion Or the work It n
expected the outfit win return TO-
where It has the work Of
the round house, the new
stock pens, and the building Of the
iepot before 1t. The shingles for
The new depot have arrived and are
piled up alongside the gingerbread
wood work intended for the %cornice.
The locks and hinges for the doors
are expected daily, while the brick
For the foundations and the lumber
For the floor jointt may not be here
for some weeks.
Lunat.c IN a Santa r. Engine.
James Lindsay. q l%unatic, was drag
ged struggling from . cab Of a Santa
Re passenger train at Guthrie, Okla.
while in the act Of pulling the throttle
ID start the locomotive Tuesday He
was placed in the county jail and viii
ne returned to the asylum at Norman.
Lindsay drove to the city from his
farm IN the morning with his wife