Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-01-24
ALONG THH 3 RAILS.
Items OF Railroad Is,ereSt Gath.
ered from our Exchanges.
wHAr TIE EMPLOYEES ARE DOING.

". W. Hagar, agent Of the Santa fe at
Mesills Park, Is III.
COconino county. Arizona, has one hun.
dred and eighteen mites Of railroad.
The Santa Fe Pacific railroad company
Is erecting q large water tank at Angel
station.
]. L. Mcclure, a machinist from Ration
took employment in the san Marcial
shops recently.
IL is understood that the Santa Fe com
pany will extend Its Lake Valley branch
10 Hlllsboro when the United States court
is located there.
W. d. Hitchcock Is now assistant fore
man At the San MSrcial shops, succeed.
ing Harry Ray. who departed for Calves
ton last Sunday.
Superintendent Dyer's private car, No.
$3.50. Is receiving Its finishing touches In
the shops at La Junta, and will be ready
for service In a few days.
+. B. Sanford. former general passen-
ger and freight agent OF the Maricopa
\ Phoenix rOad is now again connected
with the line, this time In the capacity
Of assistant freight agent.
An employe Of the picking works at
5ellemont, while drunk, was run over BY
a train about midnight the other night
and his head cut of. The name Of the
unfortunate man Ia John Connors.
A meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Maricopa Il Phoenix railroad company
was called for Thursday afternoon at San
francisco. but was postponed on account
Of the absence Of Secretary Kendall at
Phoenix.
The Santa Fe Pacific railroad company
has had a force Of forty OF fifty men at
work on two bridges neal Houck's Tank
for the past two weeks. and IL will re-
quire about one more week TO complete
the work.
u. W. Pynchon, 10 rmerly Of this city
wa hurt at Mcclellan, on the Santa Ne
Pacific last Wednesday. He was switch.
ing cars, when one OF his hands got
caught and was badly squeezed. He will
be of duty for ten days.
The Flagstaff Gem says: The vacant
ground belonging to the Santa Fe Pacific
railroad south OF the depot could be i'm.
proved and would make q beautiful park
Il the railroad company would consent
for II TO be used for that purpose.
Something definite about the building
OF the Grand Canyon railroad will be
known In a few days, says the Flagstaff
Gem. We are still OF the opinion that II
will be built from this point. We base
our opinion upon the cost OF construc-
ton, and the supply OF water and timber
on this route.
The Brotherhood OF Locomotive Fire
men will give a grand ball and supper
Thursday night, the 9th inst, at La
Prade's hall. They have secured the Fort
Wingate string band, which insures the
very best OF music, and have spared no
expense in getting up q supper suitable
to the occasion.
The Junior 0rderoi American Mechan.
les has gotten to be one Of the best fra.
ternal orders Of to-day. For ordinary
vacations the sick or accident benefits
are $l2 per week. For brakemen, fire.
men. conductors and engineers, both
freight and passenger, the weekly bene.
fits are el0, with 1926 funeral benefits
protected by the national organization
j. Il. Hurley, division superintendent
has issued record bulletin No. 92; Re.
Gently a conductor on this division failed
to leave all the way bills for his train al
the terminal points. causing delay t.
another train. He gave az an excuse
that he failed 10 get all the way bills out
OF his o%yercoat pocket. II il necessary
that conductors should be careful In the
handling OF way bills. Conductor In thii
case has been suspended ten days.
The Las Vegas round-hOuse bulletin
board has a letter from Trainmaster FO1
to conductors and engineers, calling at
t%ention 10 rule II, requiring conductors
and engineers to compare watches al
terminals with the company's standard
clock before leaving and register on thu
train book. Conductors are cautioned
not TO enter engineers name and engin,
on the register. which must he done ONLY
by the engineer himself.
G. NJ. Taylor, master mechanic Al
Ration, has issued the following RECORD
bulletin No. %: A fireman on this d.
vision recently undertook TO move an en-,
gine with u view TO coupling on TO h pas
senger train without the permission o.
the engineer. The fireman struck th'
train sufficiently hard TO damage a draw
bar, for which he has been suspended FOL
thirty days. Firemen have no authority
whatever 20 handle engines.