Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-23
THE RAILROAD.
4 Visit to the Railroad Quarters This
 Morning
WHAT THE COMPANY ARz DOING-LocAL oFFICERs--LABOR EMPLOYED
 ITEMS.

This morning CITIZEN reporter visi ted the railroad shops and buildings tC see what was going on, and to learn all
 information possible about railroad af
 fairs. Superintendent Muir was just
 leaving in special train to DemIng
 and dId not intend to return till to-mOr'
 TOW, and hence had no time to talk
 With him was Len. Harris, the prince of detectives who has kindlier heart
 for reporters than for any other class of
 men, perhaps because he knows more about their occupation than most men, his business being somewhat similar in character, requiring him to look into the business of all classes. If Len has an ''item" in his line that will bear publication, the reporter IS always sure to get it.
 From w. W. Booth, clerk of the Su- perintendent's office, the following list of officials was gathered:
 J. 4. Muir, assistant superintendent. | w. F. Smith, master mechanic.
 W. A. Taylor, agent.
 II. W. Howard, l. c. Showerman and | W. F. Norris train dispatchers.
 George W. Barnhart, division super intendent of bridges and building de- partment.
 Down at the shops, NJ. H. Cornwell is division shop clerk; D. T. Briggs, chief engineer of the division; Michael Nugent | foreman of the round house; F. P. Sar- gent, hostler; W. q. Young, foreman of the boiler shop; F. A. Smith, foreman of | the paint shop.
 To-day there are 6j skilled white | laborers. II Chinamen, F locomotive | engineers, and fl locomotive tiremen on | the pay roll. This makes a total of IFS | labOrers besides officials ill the employ of the railroad company in Tucson, who are paid all the way from S30 to $500 per month, making something near 5000 that is paid out monthly for labor ID this city b. this corporation, an amount not tO be sneeZed at these dull dull times.
 The company paid, this last year, over Sl3,000 in hard gold coin Gs taxes to 1 Piml county.
 The annual amount of expenditures must exceed Sj0,O00. This IS exclusive of repairs oD bed and rolling stock, which amounts to considerable.
 Around through the different shops the sights are interesting. A small army of busy men in their working clo-hes, greasy and dirty, but in- dustrious and honorable, and the peers of any, are too hard at work to notice a visitor, unless they might steal glance at a very interesting young lady. In the machine shop the turning, and blaming machines were in motion. In the boiler shop there was a deafenlng noise of work on hammered rivets. In the round-house the engines were being repaired and polished. There are twenty-five stalls in the round-house.
 The company own the hotel, the build ing ID which ara the ticket, freight and other offices, the freight depot, the resi- dence of Col. Bean, the Longstreet cottage, three cottages by the round house, one large stock corral. one cat tle track, the reading room, the shops, etc.
 THE PORTER HOUSE.
 Mrs. A. A. Porter has ably conducted this hotel ever since sickness incapaci- tated her husband for business, now nearly two years ago, and since his death has continued her popular management. Mrs. A. X. Porter is proprletress; Phillip Crovat, bOOkkeeper; Harry Edwards, steward; Larry Geary, harkeeper. and Peter Berlo is the French cook. The hotel has g rooms and can accommodate SS guests. The dining room can comfortably seat 200 persons. The corridors are large and airy. Ihe lawn has been re-sowed in | grass, which will he up Tn another | month. Some pepper and eucalyptus | trees have been planted around 1t. | Under the new time table twice as many | passengers dine as formerly.
 MISCELLANEOUS.
 At 9:30 o'clock this morning special | train left for Deming to return to-mor- row. Aboard were J. \. Muir, assistant | superintendent; Len Harris, chief of | detective service; W F. Smith, master | mechanic; and Phillip Crovat, of the Porter house. Superintendent Muir | went to inspect the road.
 The first through train will arrive at | 1925 a. ID. CTucson timel tomorrow | from Los Angeles. A passenger train arrived at 3;4O D. m. to-day from Pomo- na. Passengers to San Francisco take the | steamer at San Pedro via Los Angeles, every four days. This enables passen- gers to get to San Francisco in three | days. The next steamer leaves San Pc | dro on Sunday.
 F. P. Sargent Is the "hostler" of the | roundhouse, that is he takes charge of all the engines as soon as they arrive, | takes them into the round house, sees they are cleaned, oiled and coaled, | ready to be turned over to the driver for | a new trip. MT. Sargent is Vice Grand | Master of the National Grand Lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men, and stands very high with all the | employees of the road.
 The reading room of the railroad | boys in the bunk house is liberally | pstronized by the employees. The daily | visits of the CITIZEN are cordially wei cOmed.
 W. W. Booth is tackling shorthand, with splendid chances of success
 J. r. Knapp, assistant train dispatcher, looks natural back at hIs old place after 8 well-earned vacation spent in Calltor- nia.
 The Brotherhood of Locomotive | Engineers held a special meeting to-day | relative to holding a social entertain ment between the list and 10th of April next.
 c. l.. Murphy, who has charge of an engine in the coal bins, IS called the invisible police"
 An eating house is being built at Bowie.
 The railroad men at Gila Bend have petitioned for an eating house to be erected there
 Colonel A. A. Bean is ill San Fran cisco.
 George W. Barnhart, division suDerin- tendent of the bridge and building de- l partment of the s. P. R, R. IS Tn Texas. | He will return Monday.
 THE BRoTHERHooDs.
 The locomotive engineers and loco ! motive fremen each have a secret, be- nevolent, fraternal association which l they style the Brotherhood.
 Tucson Division, No. 2S, Brotherhood l ot Locomotive Engineers, meets in Odd | Fellows ball on the first and third Sun days of each month at ten a. m. ID. T. | Briggs Is chief engineer and W. Handy, | journal agent 1
 Cactus Ledge. No. 94, Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen, have a neat and | beautifully furnished hall on the corner l of Toole avenue and Pennington street l Their regular meetings are on the sec l opd and fourth Sundays of each month at | 1 D. m. F. F. Smith IS master and | Harry Gray secretary. Benevolence, So- | briety and Industry is theA motto of the 1 order.
 These organizations are of great good | to the railroad company, for they furnish l sober, reliable employees; and members get continued employment and assist auce.
 The CITIZEN is indebted to F. P. SBr- gent, Vice Grand Master of the United States. for copy of the "Fireman's Magazine" It is a 67-page periodical, | 6IIsd with matter interesting tO tba