Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-02-02
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come to the conclusion that the long dis
lance telephone is responsible. Business
men are using 1t more and more, and the
way It Is cutting into our passenger
business is a very serious matter to u.s."
Circular % from Superintendent
Hurley reads: There has been much un.
necessary correspondence In regard To
engine delays on account Of the report
OF conductors and engineers not agree
ing. Commencing at once conductors
must make out delay report and have the
engineer sign the ssme. The delay
must be correct. aud In case the delay is
oecasloned by something wrong with the
engine, the conductor must get the in
formation from the engineer personally.
These reports must be signed BY both
the conductor and engineer before send
ing 10 the train master, and no excuse
will be accepted for failing TO comply
with these instructions. In case the en-.
gineer does not think the conductors re-
port Is correct, he is at liberty to send a
separate report.
The El%lzabethtown Miner has learned.
from a most reliable source, that the
branch road Of the Santa Fe, connecting
Cimarron with the main line, will be
built. Work will commence at an early
date. The report Of all parties as TO the
feasibility Of this route, has been favor.
ahIv roaaIvad he gha dante Ea -au.-.
ment, and all that is needed now for
work 10 be In active operation il an order
from the proper authority to commence
work. This, the Miner learns, will be
given at nee. Parties In EliZabethtOwn,
knowing the status OF affairs, are prepar.
ing an exhaustive report, with the view
OF inducing the company TO extend this
branch 10 ElizabethtOwn.
A bulletin from Trainmaster Fox Is a.
follows: The attention OF train and en-.
CINE men is called to the uperintend.
ent's circular No. 90, dated January "a,
1873, requiring that engineers formally
sign delay reports for all delays 10 their
trains. Hereafter conductors Of all trains
must make report on each and every de.
lay TO their train, and must have the
engineer sign same In person, whether II
Is caused by failure Of the engineer or
from other causes.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
According to President Il. p. Ripley, OF
the Santa Fe, who quotes from advance
sheets Of the interstate commerce COM
mission report, for 1896 there were 1871
passengers killed by the railways OF the
United States during that year. The
number OF passengers carried during the
same time was nearly 5l2,O00,0O0. or
nearly 100000 carried In safety for
every one killed.
The employees killed numbered 1851, or
about n for every 100 miles OF road
operated. This is the general average;
but with the Santa Fe the casualties
numbered about n death for every 1877
miles OF line operated.
OF those killed by railroads, who were
neither employees nor passengers, the
number aggregated last year 4,406. These
we're either killed at stations, at cross
ings, while walking on the tracks, or
while stealing rides. The latter, EN-
bracing the army Oftramps. were largely
In the majority. The showing is greatly
TO the credit Of the railways.
NEW POSTAL CARS.
The last OF the three G0.foOt postal ears
built In the Santa Fe shops at Topeka is
completed, and has been taken out on its
trial trip. Its number Is 1902. The two
other cars, Nos. 1900 and 1901, are now
In service between Kansas City and Chi
cago, where they have given entire salts
faction. These three cars were fitted, &C.
cording TO specifications, with Pintch
gas. Since the third car has bsen built,
an order has been received from the gov
eminent officials, to have 1902 fitted up
with the axle electric light, which is In
use by the Santa Fe, and the car has been
sent to the Sixth street roadhouse, where
the work OF fitting the cars with elec-
tricity has been going on Tor some time.
The other two ears will be sent In from
the Chicago run as soon as they can be
spared, and they. too, will be equipped
with electric lights. These will be the
first postal cars In the United States
fitted with the system Of electric light,
which places each car independent OF any
other connection. and carries its entire
plant with II. The postal cars are fitted
with the latest and most improved Har
rlsOn mail fixtures; they are sixty feet
long, not counting the solid yestibules on
each end, with but one side door; they
are thorough throughout In workman
ship, and second to none built In the
United States.
unTEN AnnIUAIg