Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-05-13
RAILROAD NOTES.

TIE Union Pacific ~ now doug M
heavy "a bls,ucas through Trinidad IA at
any one time IN the history ot the road
| L. X, Coleman has hs.n app binted su
perln'endent ~ the santa Fe, Prescott
4 PhTuiI road, headquarters at Pre-.
cutt.
The railroad depot at Ration IL being
renovated aud repsinted and will pre-
scot a haudsoms appearance when oom.
p,eted.
Spreading rails caused wreck near
Boulder. Col. Saturday. Several Ter.
sons on their way To- the Worlds Far
were Injured.
The Atlantic a Pacific junction will
soon have a very comfortable depo. 10
be used jointly 10y the Santa Fe and At.
lantic Il Pacific roads,
Z. j. flynn, general passenger agent
of the Rock Island, ls visiting Trinidad.
lie Was the agent for the Santa Re at
Trinidad from 1875 u lss2.
The Santa Fe, Prescott 4 Phuulx an
uouuce Worlds Fair rate Of siOO from
Prescott, for the round trip. Tickets are
good to return until November IL.
Conductor Phil Stimmei, "A brother ~
Conductor Ed. Stunned, 10 down with
the rheumatism at Chama. lie is con.
ductor on the Denver Il RIO 0rande.
Employees OF the Wisconsin Central
railroad have formed syndicate and
will buy 5000 acres Of land in Price
county, Wis, Tor Il recreation ground.
Nhile the tide Of travel IL all east ward,
az 1t IL now, the trains on the overland
roads are compelled TO haul a great
many empty sleeping cars back to the
west.
CHRIS King, u Southern Pacific brake
man. fell on his tram near Lordsburg,
and both limbs were run over by the
wheels. lie died . few hours after the
accident.
There IL rumor that q settlement on
the railroad war will be reached PRIOR TO
May ~, when the Santa Fs's notice VI
withdrawal from the passenger associa.
ton takes effect.
A. X. Eckert has resigned his position
ss claim clerk at the Las Vegas freight
depot, George Lowe being promoted To
his desk and Richard Larimore becom.
ing night ca, sealsr.
There are about COO men employed on
the grade between Prescott aud Iron
springs, aud vt the rate at which work 10
being pushed the grade will be complet.
ed about the lst Of July.
Thomas Wallace, a psuper of TopekA.
has secured = verdict for 81, 3,OC0 against
the Rock Island road for the loss OF both
eyes and two hngers by an explosion in
q stone quarry run by the road.
The people Of southern Arizona have
presented Bve points TO the San Diego 4
Ph@niI railroad peopls for crossing the
Colorado river. The ArizonAns are rail.
road builders, and ssy this road n ust be
built.
The Wabash's new line from Chicago
TO Detroit 10 272 miles in length. which
10 thirteen miles shorter than any exist.
ing line. The road In particularly free
from curves, and the maximum grade 10
~ fest.
President Jeffery u the RIO Grauds
has gone ~ Chicago. II 10 said thst Mr..
Jeffery desirss an interview with Prssi.
dent Rsinhsrt OF the Santa Fs In order
that the differences between the two sys-
TENS may he patched up.
The Rock Island 4 Pacific is suing the
Union Pacific TOR taJ,OOO for rent Of
trackags from L,nooln TO Owsha. The
Union Pacific claims II never used the
line, ~ the tracks had not bean oom.
pleted 10 the time specified.
Employees of the PenssylvsniA railway
system threaten 10 strike because q gen
sral reduction Of wages has been order.
sd by the company aud several hundred
ueu have been discharged. A decrease
in freight traffic 10 given ~ the cause.
The gross earnings Of the Rock Island
railway system for April was nearly si,-
5O0OOO, or an increase Of $4,000 over
April 1882 This record 10 quite remark.
able and proves that the Rock Island 10
making more money than some Of its
compesitora
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