Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-02-07
sEORGE L. SANDS.
The senerai nup~rtnt~ndens OF the
santa De Road HesiEns,

principal employees ~ the Atchison, To-
p~kA 4 Santa Re railroad company at
the depot here that George l. Sands, tho
popular and we'll known general superip-
tendent ~ the road, had rendered his
rerlgnatIun 10 Vice President Robinson,
at Topeka, Kan, 10 take effect March
lst. The reason !ur this change is not
positively knuSn, but as he has worked
Faithfully aud hard Tor the Santa 10
company Tor the past thlrte-n years II 10
likely that he Intends 10 take u good
long rest. MIR. Sands IN one Of the most
practical Of all practical railroad men.
lie began rallroadlng IN Name, his ma
tive state, and, though still a young man,
NJ has had all sorts oi railroad eIperi-
"nces, including important work IN Cen
ttRl and South America. lie was supsr-
lnteudent ot the New Mexico DIVISION Of
the Santa Fe IN the hard days OF per-
pctual wGshouts, when he won great
credit as raltuad water tighter. After
n short rest on hls ranch in Texas he was
offered and accepted the general super
lnteudency ~ the entire system Of the
company and has held II until now. The
change 10 bo made following the rsslg.
nation of Mr.. Sands IL that ii. L. Nicksr-
sou will succeed him, Mr.. Nickersou 10
superintendent ~ the middle division OF
the ~ atem with offices at Newton, Kan.
lie IN IA member ~ the NlckersOn family,
which has alWa!s been NJ prominent IN
tn. affairs u the Santa Re, and has an
snNiaule record as u railroad man. A. l..
Tanner will take H.. N,ck.rsons place
on the Chicago llnea. Mr.. Tanner came
from the North Western railroad company
with G.. c. Whceler, the former general
manager. lie vas made the santa fe's
general agent at Leaven worth and then
NJ st. louis. Afterwards he was pro-
noted IN secretary 10 W. r. White, gem
eral passenger and traffic manager. Sub
scquently he was appointed assistant
general freight agent.
RAILROAD NOTES.
Wabash earnings IN the third week OF
January decreased $4,000.
Nos. 7OO and 7U2, new engines, have
been reserved 10y the Santa 10 company
Tor the New Mexico division.
Major J. W. Nichols, local superinten-
dent Of the Wells Fargo EXPRESS, came
down from Santa Fe last night.
Conductor Morser, Oh the ltaton divi-
slon, Ia oil on leave " absence, and Ia
spending hls vacation IN Den ver.
+. j. O'IIren and r. +. Mansfield,
telegraph operators from Colorado City.
on :he Atlantic Il Pacific.
General Manager ltobinson, Of the At
lantic Il Pacific who left the city yestsr-
day in hls special car, will meet Presi-
dent Marvel MUaday morning at Bar
stow. Cal.
This In the time Of year when the row.
ing telegraph operator carefully packs
his collar box and guos south " cline
where overcosts are unknown. Several
have passed through the city In the past
few days.
Macksys rumored purchase Of the
Mobile and Ono IN denied. The road IN
not for sale. Directors Of the Mobile
and Ohio ara perfectly satisfied with the
management, and ON the 18th will rs-
elect all the officers.
The Order oi Hallway Conductors is
making extensive arrangements for q
grand ball which they propose giving ia
| the Grand hotel, Pueblo, cr the 18th VI
this month Several Santa Fs and At
lsntic Il Pacific conductors running into
this city will attend.
President Manvsl, Vice President
linblnson aud other prominent officials
of the Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe
road are now 10 southern California and
| will come east over the Atlantic l. Paci-
tic. The officials are on their regular
tour Of inspection over the entire sys-
tem.
| The Mexican t'inancisr has quite
Il favorable notice of the Mexican Cen
trAl railway, II says the Central has
ceased 10 be u mere extension Of the
American railway system; It IL nov 9
Mexican railway, relying Tor the grsateIt
part of tn revenues on It's domestic busi
nsaa- II has proyed thst a railway man
aged IN the interests ui our merchants,
manufacturers and tArmsrs can bs
made ~ pay.
A ,,c-nt dispatch from President
Ropes Of the Corpus Christi and south
American Railway, who 10 nov in New
York. says = stock company with tlo.-
UD,OOO capital has been formed 10 Boz
on To build the ruad and buy oil nsoes-
sary rolling stock and equipment. The
lins will run from Corpus Christi 10
Brownsville, rsIaA, q distance Of $50
miles, twenty tive OF which have already
bssn graded. A party u capitalists In
tsrested in the road are now there.
The Fort Worth Gazette has not said
anything about the Albuquerque road
for some tlms, but q. Is. Moody, Of
Spfingtown, Texas, writing 10 the Gs-
Gotts under date % Jan. -, tells what
the Albuquerque road missed by not
building To Sprngto-n; "fsu thou
sand bales Of cotton, 10000 bushels of
ootton s.s,d, l,uOO hogs, 10000 bushels ok