Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-03

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Phones-olorad
| RATTLE OF
The Erie u changing IL signsi
lights from white 10 green 70 Indicate
safety. Two months WIN Ne required
10 complete the installation.
oficers Or The philadelphia Y Read
ing road are considering the adopting
II electric service Tor their extensive
suburban train operations ii PhiladsI
pnia.
c. ii. wlnscr. chief clerk 10 the aud
ifor Of disbursements o. the Frisco
has been appointed sfatistIeian Iii the
office Of the president AZ 81 Louis
headquarters.
The Panhandle il now using two Or
three of the gr~asshopper type engines
n French construction between Col
umhns and indianapolis and they
reach an extraordinary speed.
III III reported thar the Michigan
Central Is planning 70 follow the OK.
SIMPLE OF the Erie and Monon In max.
Ing Hammond IL terminal point AMI
sending trains on Into Chicago b.
dummies.
Il Is reported that the Rock Island.
Frisco interests have made 4 PROPOSE.
ton 10 the Mexican National lines for
the purchase OF The Texas. Mexican.
The Texas.Mexican runs from Laredo
10 Corpus cristi and would be q vslua.
Me link In the 81. Louis, Brownsville
q Mexico system.
The Santa ~ Railroad company III
making extensive improvements in
the yard facilities at Iams. New
tracks are being laid. six new coal
tipples have been built. and the water
storage capacity has been increased
skiold BY the building or two large
steel tanks.
w. L. Brown. who resigned as pas
xenger rate clerk on the Southwest
EN- al III Paso has left Tor Fort
Worth. where he has accepted q posi-.
tlon with the Fort Worth & Denveg
City. II. a. Davis. formerly OF ths
Southwestern CITY offices, has sue
ceeded him in the position.
Sunset Route annual pass III favor
Or c. Greene. good between all stl
lions In Texas on account Of the
superintendent pf the Tehauntepec
National railroad has been stolen and
order TO take II up Il presented has
been issued by Superintendent Marks
Of the Gulf. Harrisburg & San Anto
MO.
The Chicago q Indiana railroad has
begun the building of the biggest
Yards in the west on lands 1t recently
purchased on the east edge Of Ham
mond. Work Is progressing 20 rap
idly that the yards will be ready for
use by September 4. The yards will
have q capacity of 1000 cars and wll
contain machine shops. round house
and power house.
The Sun says. With the oncomins
~ the du,l season for freight bust
the force IN the San Bemardino
offices of the Santa re will be some
what reduced. though perhaps not as
much as in former years. The rel
hair clerk. tee Inspector and posi-
bly, one or two switchmen will bel
laid off for the hot weather. This
reduction 81 forces Is customary with
the approach Of the dull season.
The management of the Hartman
tines, after experiments extending
through d long period. has adopted
steel as the material to be used in the
construction Of all passenger equip
ment and 81 All box cars and Of other
cars which viii permit Of such o
strnction. In the case Of the freight
cars. Or box cars. The company u con
ssrncting them almost entirely Of
steel. the floors even bling "a tbs
material.
Railroads ii Minnesota must build
ttnfr ovrs. hrfxess 0ypf streets an