Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-06

uuuiAui VI TUE Suutd re,
Leslie Mockridge OF Chicago Is a
ley clerk In the office OF w i. Healy,
freight auditor of the Santa Fee.
Walter Leese has taken a position
In the office of J. NJ. Connell, general
ia ;seneer agent Of the Santa Fe.
Lauren Il. Painter Is a new clerk
In the freight claims department OF
the Santa Fe freight auditors office.
Engine No. |, Of the Silver City.
Pinos Altos 4 Mogollon railroad turn.
ed over while switching the Santa Fe
ears In the smelter yards at Silver
CITY Tuesday evening. Damage slight.
A bulletin issued ny the interstate
commerce commission SHOWS that
dr-ing the months OF July. August
AM September last. l.0)3 we're Killed
ard 1896 injured among passe myers
I'D employees Il team r.;;Mays IN
the United States.
The John W. Gates party Of excurs
siOnists, who are travelling In z spec.
ial train and numbers 1873 persons.
has arrived In Mexico City and In .
few days will 60 to FL Paso. A cross.
continent trip Is being made by the
party, and after spending q day in
that city they will 60 on to California.
Suit against the Ell Paso-N Northeast.
ern and Fl Paso & Southwestern rail.
road companies was brought In the
district court at Ell Paso by attorneys
for l.. E. Lumbley. who asks $685.. Is.
for damages which he alleges were
suffered on a carload shipment OF thi".
ty-three horses from Tularosa, N. M,
to Vicksburg. Miss.
The Kansas City Southern has plac.
ed an order with the Western Loco.
motive works at Pittsburg, Pa, for
fifteen locomotives to be delivered by
July l. The engines are of the 1885,
900 pound consolidation type, and the
exact duplicate of the type ordered
several months ago and which were
delivered at Pittsburg. Kas.. last week.
George Kaberlain, a helper, had his
mouth severely injured while working
in the Santa Fe shops at Topeka Fri.
day. He was assisting in removing
an old fire box from an engine with
a pneumatic air gen. The packing
the piston Of the gen blew out,
the piston striking him In the mouth,
seriously cutting both lips and knock
ing out q number Of teeth.
Announcement is made Of the ap.
OF Fl. A. Jones rs passenger
traffic manager Of the Atlantic sys-
TEN OF the Southern Pacific. retaining
his former duties as freight traffic
manager. T. J. Anderson, heretofore
general passenger agent, Is made gen.
eral passenger agent Of the Galveston,
Harrisburg & San Antonio. and Joseph
HELEN is made general passenger
agent of the Texas b New Orleans.
It is expected now that by March
trains will be running over the Santa
Fe cutoff from Belen to Epris, the
Rock Island crossing. Traffic is now
possible as far as bridge No. 4, In
Abo canyon, and there are yet three
bridges to be built in the canyon. but
they are not as large a those already
constructed. The grading Is finished
the entire distance from Belen to
willard, but the completion Is delay
cd BY the lack Of steel, the supply Of
which was cut short by the closing
down Of q steel mill.
The Union Pacific will relay $50
miles Of It's main line between Green
River and Council Bluffs this year
With 9O.pound steel, the same weight
OF rail as is used on most Of the trunk
lines. The announcement was offf'
cially made by Vice President and
General Manager Mohler Of the Union
Pacific Saturday morning. With the
Lane cutoff In course Of construction
the contracts just let for ninety miles
OF double tracking in Wyoming and
the double track being built from
Omaha to Valley. the Union Pacific
is fast becoming q double track road'
Zion !. Arnold, the traction exper.
OF Chicago and New York, has report
cd fsvorabiy for electrifying the Den
yer 4 Rio Grande road. He has spent
several weeks In q careful and ex
haustive study Of the situation, anf
finds that steep grades will not In
terfere. The Colorado Midland Is ser
iously considering electrifying Ito roat
from Colorado Springs up the pass q
Woodland park. using power furnished
Nv the company's plant at Manitou
During the tourist season the who'll
mass a favorable to resort camps, an.
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