Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-12-08
OTHERS COMING lRREGULARLY
SEVERAL TRANscoNTINENTAL
TRAINS HAVE BEEN SENT
OVER THE CUTOFF
HARVEY FED l,4OO PEOPLE
MANAGER COLE OF THE cAsTA-
MEDIA MAKES A GOOD RECORD
DURING BLOCKADE

The first Santa Fe passenger train
to arrive in Las Vegas from the east
since Friday night came in this noon
when Saturdays No. arrived. This
train was just three days late in arriv-
ing. The last train to pass through
was No. 8, which arrived here three
hours late last Friday evening.
The trains which passed through
today were: two sections of Satur-
days No. 8, two sections of Saturdays
No. 8, and No. Z and No. of Satur-
day. According to the report received
in Las Vegas this afternoon all Sun
days trains were detoured by way of
the Belen cutoff, but this informa-
tion cannot be relied upon as authen-
tic.
The eastbound trains, which left
Las Vegas yesterday afternoon at in
tervals Of ten minutes apart, were de-
toured to La Junta by way Of Trini-
day and Pueblo over the Colorado and
Southern Railway company lines. The
Santa Fe tracks from Trinidad to La
Junta being blocked. The trains
which arrived here today also came
to this city BY way Of Pueblo over
the G. and S. lines.
On account of derailment in Kan
sas on the River division, all trains
for today are indefinitely late. This
derailment is that of freight train
which has over 30 cass off, blocking
the track.
All trains from the south have been
on time for the past two days and are
being dispatched out OF Las Vegas on
time. The new time table, which went
into effect yesterday, now governs all
traffic. The first train to pass through
this city on that schedule was No 10I
of yesterday, while al 1.-THE evening
trains arrived heer on the same shced-
ule. The eastbound trains will
be running in accordance with the
new time table within the next 24
hours and will all arrive here on time.
There has been considerable misun-
derstanding concerning the new time
table on account of the recent an
nouncement of the time that the mails
close at the local postofiee. The time
table which went into effect yester-
day is as follows: Eastbound trains
No. 10 at :35 p. M; No. 2 at 7:2O
p M; Noi4 at 1859 p. M; No. at
2:25 a. ms;t No. 20 at 1850 a. M West
bound trains-No. at 1:10 p. m; No
at APO p. M; No. at 6:35 p. M;
No. at 6:S5 a. M, and No. 10 at
3:20 a. m.
Passengers on the trains which
passed through today told great tales
concerning the cold weather at Trini-
dad and the snow on the Ration noun
tain. From one mans story the snow
was about 20 feet in depth, while an
other got the impression the snow
was about an inch deep. The general
opinion Of the passengers, however,
is that it was decidedly cold and dis
agreeable and that the snow was
about four feet in depth.
Coles Good Work
The service rendered by the local
Harvey house has received much fa-
vorable comment by both the citizens
and the passengers who We're delayed
here. On account Of the delay the
Santa Fe was forced to supply all
passengers with food. With the large
number of people held here, this prov
ed no easy task. Manager D. L. Cole
provided the best Of food to all the
passengers and fed them at the rate
Of 100 every As minutes at meal times.
During the stay here nearly 1,4O0
meals were served to the passengers.
Only the best Of management could
provide such service without hitch.
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