Show BOCK ISLANDS PLAN Short Line to Connect With Southern Pacific in New Mexico Santa Fe N M Dec 17Jev York Virginia nnd New Mexico capitalists today to-day Incorporated the California Short I Line railway capitalized at 1230000 A line 12fi miles long has been surveyed from Ahimoironjp to Deming crossing the Rio Giandc at Las Cruccs It will connect the Hock Island system at Alamogordo with the Southern Pacific rt Deiving and with the Santa Fe atLas at-Las Ciucos and Doming It still further reduces the Rock Islands mileage from Chicago and Kansas CUy to Loi Angeles and San Francisco ecvcntyllve miles making It by far the shortest tinnscontlnenlul line In connection con-nection with the Southein Paclllc Railroad Notes J The pass matter has been allowed to rest restHates Hates are out for the livestock convention con-vention The merger comes up In New York on December 20th At the Houston Texas shops oC the Southern Puclllc a hospital car is being built The Atlantic Coast line yesterday elected I the boa id of the Louisville Nashville W n Melnncs has boon appointed freight traffic manager oC the Canadian Cana-dian Pacific The Erie and Lackuwanna linen will enter New York by the new tunnel The merger care was up again In St Paul yesterday The Missouri PuclOc has Issued an order that after January 1st no officer of the road shall have In the employ of his department any relative of himself Where such relations now exist they 7 muxt bi i > discontinued before January let Where practicable persons discharged dis-charged by this order w111 bo given employment em-ployment in other departments |