Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-13
ilOEC TIE STEEL RalLS
La'est Items Of Railroad Interest Gath
cred from our Exchanges.
WHAT TIE EMPLOYEES ARE DOING

hattie, OF Las vegas. are contemplating
a trip to Galveston. Texas
Engine SO Is now doing duty on the
Lamy branch. In place Of engine A,
which is laid up for repairs.
Foreman John Record, Of the Needles
shops has returned west from Albuquer.
que, accompanied by his wife.
Ten miles OF the track OF the Big Bug
railroad have been laid. The track layers
are pushing on the heels Of che graders.
Two more engine crews we're taken OF
at Las Vegas and placed on the extra
board, leaving eighteen regular engine
crews in the pool.
Machinist Thomas Boban and family,
formerly Of the Las Vegas shops are now
In this city, and Mr.. BohAn has accepted
a situation In the local shops.
Gus Falk, who ia running the station
airy engine for the C mpany at Gallup,
and his wife are visiting Conductor Dun.
ham and family At Las Vegas.
Engineer James Gray and family Of
Needles left for the coast TO spend a we'll
earned vacation. They will return
about the beginning OF September.
Passenger Conductor Joe Richley, run
ming between this city and La Junta, has
taken a lay-Od. Conductor Tom Coffee Ia
making his run during his absence.
Last spring the Santa Fe handled large
shipments Of cotton from Oklahoma City,
aud next ysar the business Ia expected to
be one Of the principal outputs Of Okla
homa.
above the clouds on a corkscrew
railroad" is the headline to a descriptive
trip over the Alamo Gordo and sacra-
mento mountains railroad, In the Sacra-
mento Chief.
The walls TO the addition OF the Win
slow depot are up n story. This will
be an imposing building when completed
aud the best depot on the line OF the
Santa Fe Pacific.
The tie picker at Las Vegas has been
running for some time at It's full capac-
ity, both day and night, and the pros
poets are favorable for the work to keep
up all through the coming fall aud win
ter.
The Santa Fe has put on between HI
Paso and Kansas City a line OF refriger
ator cars for meats. The cars will be
iced and not opened 90 route. 10 that the
meats will get there fresh and sweet.
This will be a good thing for III Paso.
The Optic says: The railroad yards at
Las Vegas are considered by railroad men
TO be the best arranged on the line. They
have been increased In size nearly double,
and can handle twice as many trains az
they could before the change was made.
The Winslow Mail says: John Pullar,
master mechanic OF the railroad shops at
this point for a number OF years, came
in on No. 2 Wednesday. en- route to Chi
cago. and stopped of for a day to see his
old friends, which means every one who
knew him.
As an instance OF revenue resulting to
the government from the stamp tax the
mortgage given by the PecOs Valley and
Northeastern railway company on that
portion OF the road from the Texas state
line in Amarillo. required stamps 10 the
amount OF S425.
The pile driver, which had been at work
between Albuquerque and Las Vegas for
the past two weeks, arrived ut the latter
town and was put 10 work on the Hot
Springs branch. As soon a. this work
shall be finished, the driver will be
through for the season.
The Denver & Rio Grande station at
Santa Ne was on Thursday transferred
from the care OF II. II. Mcbride, who has
acted in the capacity OF agent for the
company In Santa Fe for several years
past, TO the new agent, W. IL. Collins,
from Chama. Mr.. Mcbride has been
transferred to AntOnitO.
d. Draper, the section foreman at Lynn,
was painfully injured recently at III PasO
by the blowing out Of the cylinder. head
OF Gulf engine No. SO. Mr.. Draper was
standing beside the track and received
nearly the full force Of the blow. His
injuries are very painful. but, strange to
say, do not appear TO be dangerous.
The washout on the Denver Il Rio
Grande road near EspanOls has been
under process Of reconstruction since
Wednesday morning by a large force of
men, and the men on the train which
went north Thursday morning hope 10
get through without mishap or delay.
The train "Wednesday transferred all pas.
sengers and express.
A great deal Of new track il being laid
on the Santa Fe Pacific road from Albu
queTque west, considerably Improving
that part Of the road, enabling heavier
loads to be pulled and better time to be
made. This division Of the Santa Fe Is
also receiving a great deal OF new road
and track between Las Vegas aud this
city. All track used either for new
track or for repairs consist OF the heavy
sixty-one pound steel rails.
Engineer James Christal is running
out Of Albuquerque; Engineer Larry
Trainer out Of WinslOw, Arizona; and
Engineer John j. McMullen il running
out OF Salt Lake City, Utah. The above
men were discharged at this place, dur
ing the American Railway Union strike,
and had not done any railroad work UNI
I'll recently, owing 10 the black list
system which kept them out OF employ
ment. IL is evident from the fact that
these men have received employment