Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-07-18
RAILROAD RATTLE

abuut eighteen years.
/ The tie preserving works at Las Vegas
have tctumcd operations
There are sixty miles ~ snow sheds On
the Central Pacific road
| Railroad business ~ gtuSlns at Ration.
The yards are to he enlarged.
The cost ~ railroads ~ the United
States has been so,UU,Op,OOO.
The average daily earnings Of ap
American locomotive Is about tiOO
The cost u u palace sleeping ear IN
tlh.OOn, or u "ycstlbuled," sl7,mO.
tine million persons are employed 10y
the railroads Of the United States
The cost Of high class ought wheel
passenger locomotive in about $50.
There are 2ls,7ig railroad brldgee IN
the United States, spanning 1918 mlcs.
The consolidation locomotive weighs
hity to- y, aud Is able to draw ON n Level
over 2in toue.
\ section foreman named burns IL at
the Needles hospital, suffering from lie
mentia.
:. Robinson ~ visiting Santa Fe.
lie promises needed improvements at
Lamy station.
Two engineers sent from Topeka, Nor.
man Martin and G. Is. Baker. will run on
the San Marcial dl,l
The highest railroad bridge IN the
United States ~ the ku2un viaduct on
the Ere rond M icrt hugh
The average coat 1t constructing a
mile ~ railroad IN the United States at
the presout time IA abou; $780,.
The \ fthorn Pacific expects to finish
branch line construction now under way,
and will retire from railroad building.
Rates to Colorado aud Utah have been
elualilcd between New Orleans aud Gal.
weston, which formerly favored the latter
city.
\ dozen cafloadn ~ butcher steers
Eav" been shipped from Euglc within
ia" past mouth Tor local consumption,
and at good prices
Mexican Central earnings for the ith
week % June, were sl7s,Sl7, an lucrease
~ $52,lGi For the month, sji3, los, an
increase Of tlOl,7la
Tom Roche. wealthy railroad con
tractor ~ Fort Worth, Texas, suicided
10y shooting himself ia the mouth lie
leaves an estate valued at sjOO,OOO.
Capt j. = Duncan, an old railroad
contractor, IL NJ FL Paso. 1t IL limited
that ho Ia looking out Tor take ON the
New Mexican road out Of 0emlng.
Illinois hasa larger railroad mileage
than any oth"r state in the union. or, to
bo more oxaci, 1t has lO,lG3 mllas oi
main lIr"s and LOS miles Of sidings
Mr.. and Mira r.. u. Learned are IN the
city from Gua.mas, Mexico. aud will re-
main several weeks, mr Learned holds
u position in the railroad auditors Office
at Guaymas.
rumor says that a grading outfit has
started work at Cstskil,, ON the Union
Pacific, To extend the road ~ miles fur.
thur south, or just about through the
Maxwell land grant.
The freight traffic department OF the
Santa Fe railroad have generously de.
clded to carry all exhibits q fruits aud
vegetables to and from the far at Albu.
querquc, free u charge.
The Atlantic Il Pacific railroad com.
pany ara receiving about ten loads ~
ties per day. The Arizona Lumber and
Timber company AZ Flagstaff are fur.
nshIng most ~ these ties.
On account Of the trouble in the Gal
lup coal mines, orders have been issued
10y the Atlantic 4 Pacific to run only
such trims ~ are absolutely necessary
in order To economic IN fuel.
Engineer A. T.. Hill IL taking lay. or,
and went to Albuquerque Thursday
night, where he will remain four or Ave
days To make arrangements 10 put up
residence. San Marcial Reporter.
II is stated that the money necessary
to complete the first ten miles OF the San
joaquin Valley railroad from Fresno.
Cal, 10 the timber lands has been Nv.
cured, aud that tho construction will be
let at once.
Near Aspen. Colorado, thirteen pas,
senRers were badly scalded on the Colo.
RADIO Midland road The accident was
caused by road engine striking the
check valve on the boiler. The car was
thrown from the track.
The railroad commission issusd u cir |
cular to oil express companies doing bus.
iness in Texas, notifying them that on
July 10 they would begin the work Of
classifying aud subd,viding express
freight and fixing n schedule ~ charges
on tho same
The reduction u sl0,OOO,OOO in the AZ.
seasment Of Kansas railway property, has
brought the public TO regard the action
OF the assossors AZ quite mysterious. /
The explanation, however, shows actual
cost To be less than one-third Of the cap.
italization.
A concession has bssn granted TO jose
Valenquela for building a standard