Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-01
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j L chsmb~rs sent 10 San Aarcial
mis- naoa ming 10 accept . posiuoa -
Drakeman CO the Rio Grsnde division,
! : Nelson II Needles. xho has
bren ! Fireman On the Santa Fe Tor
ah~ past four years. has been promot.
"a 10 engineer In iha past neck. Mr.
Nelson ms the fireman on the tam
ous scotiy special from Needles 10
selisman last snmme when n made
iii rerordIbresking run.
The supreme court Of the United
States by dismIssIng for want of juris
diciion ! case against the state Of
Georgia. practically upheld the law Of
that state prohibiting the running q
freight trains on Sunday. A superin'
sendent or the sout6ern railway had
been tried and convicted for sioiat.
Inc the law.
Transcontinentai roads have an.
nounced that for the benefit 81 school
teachers Oh the Pacific coast who
mas wish 10 spend their summer
vacations Ia the east. they wiii make
reduced rates from north Pacific
coast common points and Spokane 10
the eastern terminals Of the roads
Chicago. 81. Louis and New Orleans
In effect June 4. - and Is.
The southern Pacific has Just err
ected two new s~tandpipes In front %
the depot at Deming and the result
IL that the trains save several min
utes In time. They can take water
while the baggage express. and pas
niger are being transferred. where
as under the old arrangement. they
had to stop for water below the sta.
ton.
The May meeting of the association
OF transportation and d accounting
oficers VIII be held ut the Adams no.
tel. Denver. on May n. Reports Of
the following committees will be con.
sidered: Executive committee. com.
mittee on per diem. committee on car
service, committee on ONCE methods
All accounting. committee on handling
railroad service mail, committees on
conducting transportation.
The new travelling electric crane
In the Needles roundhouse has been
Installed. This Is q very expensive
piece Of machinery. An elevated track
ON steel frame work had 70 be built
In front Of fifteen stalks Of the round.
house. The crane will carry a load
81 10000 pounds. and will transport y
anywhere beneath the track. 4 Is ar.
ranged so that The heavy pieces Of
machinery and parts OF engines an
be moved to the machine shop. which
aajoins the roundhouse on the back.
The organizations Of railroad en-.
ployes oil Texas are starting . move
ment which viii probably cnlminate
In q request TO the Texas legislature
to pass i law prohibiting corporations
from keeping In reserve q part Of an
employees salary. Under the regnia-
tions now In force. and to which the
applicants give their consent In wris
ing. the railroads keep In their posses.
sions from ten days to two weeks
pay that belongs TO the men. The
companies thus have q large amount
OF none which belongs 10 the men.
On which The interest amounts to a
considerable sum.
The Southern Pacific has Just com.
pleted the work Of Installing an i'm
mense rock crusher q short distance
northwest OF Stein. N. M. and will
crush rocks from an almost solid
mountain OF stone. for ballasting its
roadbed. A p d has been run out to
the crusher. The rock will be used
to ballast the roadbed back towards
Ell Paso, beginning at Stein. It win
also be used west OF there. This
ballast viii do away with a great deal
Of dust. but the oil which was sprink
led along the track almost three years
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