Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-05-06
RAILROAD NOTES.

Let all the citizens attend the railroad
meeting vt the opera houss this even.
ing
The RIO Grande Western ia remaining
strictly neutral in the RIO Gtande santa
Re fight
Three crews were put on At San Mar
cal this week. Work IL lively ON the
Santa Fe.
Beginning May the lines between
Drnver aud San Francisco will shorten
their time.
The Chicago 4 Alton railway hauled
fros Chicago 1000 tons OF sIass used IN
the Worlds fair buildings.
railroad contractors are inspecting
the proposed grade 81 the florenoe, Grip.
pls Creek and State Lane road
The Santa Re Ia slaahlnR rates east q
the Missouri, and the round trip Kansas
CITY rate IN reduced To sl3 ~. n sweep-
iDg reduction,
The railways Of Nebrasks Will organize
to light III. Newb-rry maximum freight
blll which was recently signed 10y GoV.
ernor Grouns.
IT." report from Santa Fe that the
lao Grande has bought the Santa ~
! southern 10 denied IN the Rio Grauds
offices Ia Denver.
JEFF y, Miller, general superintendent
of the Pscos Valley railway, has gone to
| LOuIaanA 10 purchase ties Tor the cnu
s,ructiou work on the railway exten
SION
II ~ reported that the Pacific Short
Lane, running from SIOUX CITY toONelil
Neb.. has been sold to the Great North
western, and will form part ~ the latter ;,
hue 10 Denver.
TIE New York Central has gwen the
l.ackAWRnna Iron 4 Steel company al
order Tor lhnn tons % steel rails. IL n
stated the company will require ZOO
. tons more Tor i-tt-rmsnts.
Detective Frank Jacksun, IN the en-
plny ~ the AtchisGG company, hh
brought down 10 Springer from La Jun
ta and lpdg-d IN jail, Perry Ag"r,y
charged with the bOery ~ freight carr
The Huntington tram which carried III,
Duchess II Buckingham's party from
. b-uv-r Ia Chicago U,sd- "a great run br
ts--n Denver and Dmaha. attaining
uHIrmum sp,-d % seventy miles NJ
hour
The M-,irsn National railroad ~ To l.
-Nt"Ld"d from Nu.vo Laredo, along Tia
lirn 6rsnd- river, 10 San Miguel, wher
: II vii connect with the lins already II
operation h., w~sn that place and MatA
mursn.
J Trans on the narrow guage now lsav
, santa r. ut ~ O'Clock noon, and arrive a
} to m, thus shortening up the pres
snt time some three hours, aud max ipI
the time between santa Fe and Denvr
about twenty hours.
The rennsy lvAnia railroad oompau,
have purchased u number Of docks II
the vicinity OF Cortlandt, y. Y, which /
formerly leased, and has Issued $1,000
OoO OF purchase money me rtgage bond
to pay for the property.
La Juntas Santa Fs robbery case tool
place last week, y. Is. Reed being the &C
cused. After Crotty aud Jones had give
their testimony-thes~ being the tw
who turned states evidsnce prose
cution dism, ssed the case.
The Nevada Southern railroad 10 no,
completed 10 Manvsl. . distance o
twenty eight miles from Blake. Cslifor
MIA, on the Atlantic Il Pacific road. Tn,
hns passes up through the beautifu
iiute valley the entire distance.
In the course OF an interesting article
10 u recent issue, the Temps ststss tina
the total length OF railway lines in Flu
rope at the end Of last year was li2,8y
miles, or 1880 miles more than at tn
end Of 1891, this being equivalent to Al
increase Ut l.s5 per cent
The main line Of the Mexican Contra
'e""J SAc"uo tohi ~ nso w meAlC'
city, a distance OF LA mica. IL has
branch from SIlso to Gusnsjuato /
mlIss, and one TO Gusdalsiars 800 mile
and one TO Pachuca, 70 miles, making
total mileage Of ,isA. II is owned chief
ly 10y Englshmen.
There 10 rumor IN railroad circles
that NJ. X. Wade, general manager o
the California Southern, will be trans
ferred TO this point, and will take chare,
Of the Atlantic Il Pacific. Albuquerqu,
IL we'll pleased with the present head OF
ticIals Of the company. and II cannot b,
seen where 40 improvement can be mad,
Official circular In regard 10 the promo
tons on the Santa Fs road mentioned |,
Saturdays CITIZEN, 10 expected 10 a lev
days.