Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-06-15
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WHAT TIE EMPLoYEs ARE DOING.

WHAT HE EMPIOYEs ARE DOING.
A bran new track il being laid on the
main line in the yards at Las Vegas.
The railroad boys at Needles are taking
It a little easier since the stacking oil
traffic.
Andrew Dabien, who was laid up in the
La Junts hospital nearly four months, IL
again at his post in the machine shops al
Ration.
There Ia n passenger coach 10 every
six miles Of road, or $4,000 In all. costing
at an average Of 1900 each, tiS2,.
0l2,OO0.
The Santa Ne company are putting IN
a large number OF culyerts for draining
all along the track between Las Vegas
and this city.
The total mileage OF the railroads In
the United States is ls9. 776, but the total
track mileage is 2lO,l2 or more than 81
per cent. additional.
There is in the United States one To-
connective for every Eve miles OF road, or
1880 in all, costing at an average OF
$4,000 each, 1886, 100000.
IL is rumOred that the chief train die.
pateher at Las Vegas, X. II. Smith. has
been promoted TO the position Of train.
master Of the San Marelal division.
The compensation OF general officers
averages 1913 per day and Of trackmen
sl.17 per day. OF the operating force,
engine-men receive the highest pay. viz.
1896 per day.
Owing TO an accident TO one OF the
boilers In the Ration machine shops Fri
day morning the machinists in the rail
way shops there were laid of during the
day.
The Topeka shops are TO be surrounded
by a park. The barren waste OF sand and
cinders is TO be e~xcavated, filled with
good rich soil and sodded with the best
OF blue grass. Flower beds will also be
put in.
The AtchisoD, Topeka & Santa re rail-
way pays in taxes $l.363,532. equal To 9
per cent. Of its gross and 17.8 per cent. OF
its net revenue Query: What other
business pays such a proportion OF Its
receipts In taxesl
Every passenger locomotive hauls 81
al passengers per year an average dis
lance Of twenty-five and a half miles.
Every freight locomotive hauls 1864
tons OF freight per year an average dis
lance OF 1875 miles.
I. G. Mulhern, who for years was the
popular trainmaster on the Santa re
railway, between this city and La Junta,
has been appointed superintendent of the
Mexican Central, vice s. b. styner, as
signed TO other duties.
To take effect June LIST, the Santa Fe
company will check bicycles free between
points in Colorado, Arizona territory and
California. Only one bicycle or tricycle.
will be allowed TO a passenger. This
ruling conforms TO the new laws In force
In the states mentioned.
The pay roll OF the mechanical depart
newt Of the Santa Fe In New Mexico for
the month OF May amounted to over
100000. or this amount $4,000 was
paid TO shopmen, engineers and nremen
residing In Ration. This does not include
the wages OF conductors, brakemen. sta
ton men or dispatchers.
Owing to the promotion Of a number
of lremen to be engineers, a general re-
arrangement OF positions OF aremen will
take place. An entire change OF the FIRE.
men on the passenger runs will be made
a. follows: Fireman George Still will
DO assigned to $40, Denison to 81, Nor
rison to sl3 and Davies TO sl4.
There are nearly thirty-nve freight cars
Ia every five miles Of road, or l,264,646 In
all, costing, at an average Of $500 each.
S632 $4,000. This makes a total cost OF
equipment $~i,223,s95, 900. OF nearly l2
per cent Of the total stock and bonds OF
the railroads. The yearly cost OF main
tanning this equipment is tl25,5l0,49S.
The engineers that were sent to Las
Vegas in the spring from 1T. Madison.
Iowa, and Argentine, Kansas, on account
Of the heavy stock shipments, have been
sent back, owing TO the increased grain
shipments on the eastern division, aud
TO the slight falling of Of business on
this division during the summer and fall
months.