Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-06

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Iaaok - the hseaa se@nse highway
|ellnglnx IN lis sastaoas course to
gAa ~snamEtaam s44e. wha1e oa the aeft
the barrow stream Is sssn 10 hEpaA
|ea o and thea 90 lakes WITH saeef
wnxAaea sA0Fes~ In taet. the ssath
era Slopes are 10 hagh that in Water
the lake surfaces are not warmed
by the direct rays q The sun. - that
n shaek coat Ut tee In formed. In is
. unique pet fEequenf picture here 10
see skaters aashing On the Ice andeS
the SHADOW ef the ellis while I'm the
warm sunshine on the northern
banks bays are running barefoot
After leaylng these picturesque
lakes the railway terminates N .
large ice house within sight q TIC
Sangre de cEisao range.
Freight Business and Probable On.
tension.
In the Gallinas canon there are
all told nine large dams and IN mani
Ice houses. The sOcaiied Ice harvest
takes place the latter part Of Decem
Der and I'm January and February,
During this lee harvest the company
handles aboHt fifty ears Of Ice per
day. These dams are from six 20
eight miles from the city Of Las
Vegas. and the average grade on the
run IL about three per cent. and 10
some eases. nj the upper end Of the
canon from four per cent To six per
cent. The electric locomotive oper-
ated by the company usually hauls
from fifteen % twenty empty freight
cars per day, During the ice harvest
the company In compelled 10 hire a
steam locomotive from the Atchis0n.
Topeka q Santa Fe railroad to help
bring up the balance Of the empties
needed. Coming down. no assistance
10 needed. the electric locomotive
taking t~hirty-five TO forty cars In one
string, loaded with Ice. The ice In
distributed by the Santa Fe along it,
various icing stations. a. far east as
Dodge City. Kan. and west a. far
~ Phoenix. Arizona.
Another interesting feature Is the
fact that there IL scme very valuable
farm country and timber ~ well as
coal lands from 35 70 40 miles from
Las Vegas, auxiously waiting to be
entered by some railroad. The In
habitants 10 these localities as well
as those OF Las Vegas have been 81
urgent In their demands for a rail
road In that country that the com
pany has practically made up its
mind TO tap this valuable part oI
New Mexico by extending It's electric
Iline some 30 20 so miles. New plans
have not yet been definitely decided
ON. but will be very shortly. The
new line will also cover one Of the
finest scenic routes In the tnltet
States.
The Las Vegas Railway & Power
company has approximately thre.
miles of track In the city limits an'
nine miles outside. Practically nj
of this track Is of recent construc
ton. Sixty ID Trail Ia used through
out, with No. 5000 copper bond
placed between the angle bar and the
rail.
The new rolling stock purchased
consists of three complete a equip
ments, eacl. a being 30 II I ms
over all, Is II. 1 ins. we the corneI
posts and equipped with double
trucks. Each car has two electric
motors Of the CE-s0o type. and
Westinghouse air.brake equipment
The sides are Of long leaf yello"
pine reinforced with steel plates ex
tending the full length Of the car
body. and all the body framing is o.
dry and we'll seasoned white ash
The interiors have space for adver
Using cards, push buttons. sigma
bells, and other features of modern
cars. The cars are equipped with
electric headlights, The Las Vegas
company has also purchased two cars
IS n. 0 ins. long over the platforms