Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-06-29
ALONG THE STEEL RAILS.
Items Of Railroad Interest Gath
ered from our Exchanges.
WHAT TEE EbrIoYEs ARE DOING,

Beginning July 1. the pool system will
be enforced on all freight engines on this
division.
Engine 100. (which was disabled between
Las Vegas and Ration. will be repaired at
the Las Vegas shops.
Machinist Mike Smith, after an absence
OF two months on the sick list, reported
for duty at Las Vegas.
Nearly all the great railroads Of the
country show an increase Of earnings
during the past month.
The families OF Flremen Mart Bursh
and W. II. Sharp have arrived at Las
Vegas from Fort Madison, Iowa.
Fireman James Adams has returned TO
Las Vegas from q months lay off, visiting
relatives and friends In Chicago.
Considerable ice IL being shipped by
the Santa Fe company TO southern Ter
r%itorial, Arizona and Old Mexico points.
From June 10 to September 1 OF each
year il considered the slackest time
during the year on this division OF the
Santa Ne.
-Four engine crews have been assigned
10 the passenger runs between Albu
QuerQue and N Paso. Formerly there
were but three.
Engineer Sheer OF Ration, has been as
signed TO passenger engine No. 500 In the
stead OF Engineer 0'Day. who left the
service Of the company.
Engineer Peter Lynn has been regu-
larry assigned TO the switch engine In
the yards at Las Vegas. Her former en-
gineer, Cook, has been assigned TO engine
No. 922 a. her regular fireman.
The Optic says: During the dull season
on this division Foreman Gibbons will
have all the engines touched up with
paint and all the details OF the engines
carefully gone over by the machinists,
making ready for the fall and winter
rush.
The San Marcial Bee says: A whole
sale discharge OF 1remen and brakemen
took place Monday, partially caused by
the introduction OF the six large l0comO-
tiyes and In part by a falling OF In the
freight traffic. Several OF the newborn
engineers we're set back TO become ma.
%nipulators Of the coal shovel In conse'
quence.
Six large engines operate out OF San
Marcial in the freight business, at pres
ent, and two others are expected. One OF
these machines will easily do the work OF
two dwarfs, but their strength reduces
the train service force about one half
What proves 70 be economy for the com.
pany means industrial defeat 10 many OF
the employees.
The new grade on the Santa Fe branch
between Silver City and Whitewater has
been completed and accepted by the rail-
road company. The extension OF the
Whitauatar branch Ia alao naarino com.
pletiOn and a straight daily passenger
service IL expected TO be inaugurated as
soon rs put In active operation, 80 says
the Silver City Independent.
The Needles Eye says: The fever Of
improvement has struck the Santa Fe
Pacific in earnest. Work is progressing
rapidly on the additions 20 the depot;
new walks are building; the coal chutes
will be enlarged and improved; add.
tiOnal shop facilities are a probability OF
the near future; reading and bath rooms
are on the list. and taken altogether the
spirit OF a healthy life IL rapidly mate
rlalizing and u thriving future Is being
mapped out for the desert city.
The Optic says: Ella Gibbons, daughter
OF Round House Foreman X. ID. Gibbons,
was among the picnicers at the Springs
! Wednesday, and In trying TO catch the
train which she saw pulling out for home,
In her haste sprained her ankle, after
wards falling and fracturing her leg just
above the ankle. She was picked up by
strangers, who took her TO the Hot Springs
hospital, where medical aid was called,
and she is resting comfortably, at this
writing the doctor advising that she re.
main at the hospital for a few days.