Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-10-13
THE STEEL RAILS
Latest Items Of Railroad interest Cath.
cred from cur Exchanges.
WHAT TEE EMPLOYEES ARE DOING

Business on the Santa We has been
looking up for a week or two, and nov IL
is as good as IL has been for several years.
Andrew Park. late chief clerk for
Master Mechanic ". S. HancOck, at
Needles, has accepted q position In thus
city.
The Santa Fe. Prescott 4 Phoenix rail.
road has ordered three new locomotives.
They will be equipped with electric head
lights.
IL is said that the new Las Vegas depot
will be the handsOmest on the line Of the
Santa Fe road between Topeka and Los
Angeles.
Percy Scott has severed his connection
with the Williams depot force aud hied
himself hence - NinslOw. where he &C
c pts "A position In the yards.
W 8. Hancock, division master me
clauic ~ Needles, attended a general
m ing Of the mechanical department
Of the Santa Re Pacific az WiuslOw.
Ile air is 6llei with rumors ot rail
80 ds. Los Angeles snd salt Lake City
arp UCnguatulatng themselves that thej
viii soon b. e railroad connections.
Mrs. II. C.. Pratt, wife ot Conductor
| Pratt GA The sauta Fc Pacific, LETT Tor
Humphrey, Npb In response 60 a tple
gam announcing the death Of her
father.
The short run has been extended 60
A D Fork In cons. quencp Of che switch
engine doing the work at Williams. Tn,
Tua Is nov from Ninsi0w 20 Ash Fork
instead OF Williams, a. formerly.
The Needles Bye says: 'jeO. Brown, a
Santa fe Pacific employc, while unload
log steel rail and sustained some quite
severe bruises and broken bones. lie was
taken TO the Albuquerque hospital.
Preliminary matters regarding the
building OF the SAnta Fe & Grand Canyon
railroad have been settled aud arrange
mpnts for actual work are now under
way, which insures the success OF the
enterprise
Fireman Davis, on the Waldo run, who
came up Ia the place Of Fireman Rssmus,
left for his home run, aud Rasmus.
having recovered from his temporary In
disposition, has returned TO his regular
run, says the Optic.
Court Perry WAS the conductor In
charge OF the knights Templar special AZ
far az Williams. Il Is rumOred that Mr..
Perry will adopt the blds cloth with the
coming Of the Limited" running be-
tween LCs Angeles AMI Needles.
The Santa Fe Pacific il putting In
stone bridges In place Of all the wooden
bridges In Johnston canyon. The Santa
Ne Pacific Is getting 10 mat point where
they can commence 90 boast Of as good
road bed as there Is In the United States.
/. Engineer l.. n. CumstOck, OF Williams.
has moved his family TO Ash Fork. as the
lay-Over OF the pusher engines is at the
latter place. The inconvenience OF a
residence In Williams wa too great for
the near approach OF cold weather,
The employees OF the local shops are
about the busiest set OF men In the cOun
try. Every piece Of machinery and
every tool In the shops are brought into
active use, and work Is being turned out
rapidly. The same rush Of work IL seen
In the ear department, where the boy.
are also busily occupied. There il a we'll.
defined rumOr that the shops will sOou
have over 1000 men employed in and
around them.
The other day the articles OF incorpOra
tiOn OF the Sacramento Railway com
pany were hled with the territorial score
tary OF Arizona The i~ncOTpOratOrs srC
Capt. A. b. Connico, DR.. 7. b. Comstocl
Of Los Angeles; Judge W. g. Blakely o
, Kingman; o. II. Keuncer and John ID
Young. with Capt. COnnicO, president
and Judge Blakely, secretary. The com
pany has been capitalized at $4,000 pei
mile in stock and a like amount II
bonds, with English and Scotch capital
b The new road will Join the Santa Ne Pa
ciGc az Hancock station, and opens uI
one d the richest mineral sections O
M1hRye county. Tho line Is now beiul
survived and work will be sOon com
mpuced Temple Bar on the Colorado
r river Is the objective point. July /. 1899
. promises To see the road In operation.