Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-04-12
ALONG THE STEEL RAILS.
Latest Items Of Railroad Interest Cath
ered from our Exchanges.
WHAT THE EMPLOYEES ARR DOING.

lively Ourg OF Nlnsi0W, IN IN the city.
n. II. Sheppard, general passenger
agent Of the Chicago Il Alton, was here
last Saturday
The special car, "Esmeralds." OF Mrs.
Il. s. Newhall passed through from Phoe-
nix 10 Chicago.
Division Superintendent Hubbard and
Tralnmaster Allen were passengers west
bound this morning.
W.. J. Biddell, general freight and traf.
dc manager OF the Santa Ne. came in on
No. II, In his special ar.
R. B. Burns and @. b. Cash, two Santa
Fe Pacific officials, we're at Sturges'
European yesterday returning west last
night.
A. l.. Conrad, the travelling auditor Of
the Santa Ne railway. is making his
usual rounds. He stops at the Hotel
Highland.
C. Il. Frink il the new clerk 10 the d..
vision foreman in the Las Vegas shops.
His wife and little daughter arrived Ia
the city afew days ago from Battle Creek,
Mich.
The main line in the Las Vegas yard is
being laid with lib. steel rails, which ia
only the beginning OF the general re-
modelling OF the whole yard at that
place.
The Santa Fe Pacific railroad company
IL putting in a Y at Kingman. The com
psny is also surveying for a round. house
and a Harvey eating house at the same
point.
Trainmaster Aver. Of thu San Marclal
division. was here for n few hours last
night. He returned south last night;
likewise, Y. B. Houghton. the general
agent. to ri Paso.
G. b. Dodge. OF the mechanical depart
ment. aud Dennis Sullivan, OF the pas.
senger department OF the Denver Il Rio
Grande, passed through the other day on
their way to Denver.
Charles NJ. Fisher, a prominent gentle
mar connected In official way with the
Santa Ne railway, came In from the north
last night, and Is registered at the Hotel
Highland from Topeka.
B. A. Workman. the Santa Fe Pacific
engineer who looked along the Win
chester barrels OF several OF the Grants
station train robbers recently. brought
in No. 2 from the west last night.
The Santa Fe railway Is prepared TO
meet the cattle and orange rush OF
through freight trains. aud. In conse-
quence, a number Of new employees has
been added 70 the list Of trainmen.
President Ripley, OF the Santa Fe, does
not intend to let his work kill him. as II
has many Of his predecessors who have
given all their strength TO the herculean
task OF trying TO make the great system
h money maker.
The Las Vegas freight depot Is being
raised. before putting new platforms
around It. The purpose is to ali In the
surrounding land and thus get rid Of the
water holes which form during the rainy
season between the depot and Railroad
avenue.
T. Y. Farnsworth. the Silver City cat
tie raiser, who vas up north on business,
came in Sunday night, and stopped over
at the Hotel Highland, continuing south
this morning. Mr.. Farnsworth, for
years, wa a passenger conductor on the
santa Fe railway.
Yardmaster j. II. Fisher has resigned
his position In the Las Vegas yard and
has accepted = position as brakeman on
the south end. ThOs. ]. Peters has been
appointed In his place. Mr.. Peters has
been day foreman and night yardmaster
since his arrival at Las Vegas.
II. G.. Adams, who has heretofore been
freight clerk at the Santa Fe depot In
Phoenix, has accepted the position Of
agent at Jerome junction for both the
Santa Fe-Prescott and the United Verde
railway. G. NJ. Nave, OF Indianapolis,
Ind, has taken Mr., Adams old job.
Agent Learned, at Las Cruces, has
adopted the following rules relative to
receiving and delivering freight: All
freight will be received and delivered
from $3.50 q. IN. to o .. m. No freight
will be received at dinner hours-that is,
between the hours OF ~ and l o'clock.
r. d. Gibbons, division foreman on the
Santa he, has issued the following notice
10 engineers: "Please call at the office
for supplies Of form 1905. 10 be used for
making delay reports. Do not use form
ITS. except In case Of accident, engine
failure or damage TO rolling stock or
property"
A very painful accident occurred at
Las Vegas 10 Switehman Morgan. While
making a coupling he failed to remove
his hand In time, and was caught be-
tween the bumpers, MASKING his hand
and necessitating the amputation Of a
thumb and probably the nrst finger OF
his right hand.
j. Il. Hurley, division superintendent,
has Issued the following orders to all en-
gineers at Albuquerque, Las Vegas and
Ration: I'VE have had two hres recently
on account Of Gallup coal put on A., 7. &
8. Y. engines. Engineers must return to
round house and have coal removed from
tanks II Gallup coal is furnished"
Preparations are making to get all the
engines out OF the rOund.hOuss in order
to place ths new turn-table, says the Las
Vegas Optic. 1t will require a general
tearing up Of the old foundations and
track now used by the old turn.table and
the replacing Of new, necessitating at
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