Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-06-09
ALONG THE STEEL RAILS.
Latest Items OF Railroad Interest Gath
cred from u Exchanges.
WHAT THE EMPLoYEs ARE DOING.

huuAhtNs
Engineers Boyd, Whiting, Bames and
Keen, Of Las Vegas, are of duty, on &C
count Of sickness.
A. X. Fraser, who wa at the Albuquer
que hospital for some time. is again II
the service Of the railroad.
The rush on the road IL still keeping
up, owing TO the heavy shipments Of
cattle, sheep and general traffic.
Machinlst Lon Webb acted az drum
major for the newly organized band IN
the Decoration day parade at Las Vegas,
Night roundsman J. K. Allen and fam.
lily, OF Las Vegas, will leave soon for
Fort Wayne, Ind. on a visit to relatives.
Firemen SchOck and Buck had their
preliminary examination on time card
by Trainmaster y. G. Fox at Las Vegas
for promotion.
TX Conductor Fred. Bacon has returned
to the territory from the Klondike, where
he spent the winter and got a good deal
OF experience.
The family OF y, G. Nash came up from
Albuquerque yesterday and hereafter he
will not be 30 lonesome OF evenings, says
the Ration Gazette.
Engine 922, which was in the collision
ear Albuquerque a few days ago, Is hay.
ing the necessary repairs made at the
shops atlas Vegas.
John Dundas, OF Ration, ia now In the
Santa Fe hospital at Las Vegas. He
found the bicycle even more dangerous
than the bucking bronchO.
Machinist Mike Smith, formerly OF
Albuquerque, who has been under treat.
ment at the Las Vegas hospital for q few
weeks, is rapidly improving.
The railroad shops at Albuquerque and
San Bernardino have fOated the stars and
stripes TO the breeze. What's the matter
with Needless asks the Eye.
A railroad mar remarked Saturday
that he wa willing TO bet half his life
that division headquarters would be re-
established at williams within thirty
days, says the News.
James Sweeney got back from Albu-
querque Saturday aud on Monday re-
sumed his old place az yard foreman.
He thinks Ration is much the better place
to live, says the Gazette.
A fireman In a terminal yard has been
suspended twenty days for careleJsness
in allowing u car to be switched In a side
track that failed to have a rider 10 con-
troll II. which caused nominal damage.
John Patterson, in charge OF ten labor
ers. left for nj Rito the other day, where
they will be employed on the building Of
new bridges OIL the Santa Fe Pacific rail-
road for contractors b. Langtry Il Sons.
Charles Todd, a civil engineer, who was
formerly on the Santa Ne Pacific, and
who has recently returned from a Next.
can trip, haJ again accepted a position
with the railroad company at Williams.
The boiler washers at this point are
having a semi-rest, owing TO the fact
that the engines running south will be
washed at Albuquerque until after tina
completion Of the new turn-table, says
the Optic.
j. II. Herman, Of Ration, has been
appointed general inspector Of car cleo
trio light batteries, and hereafter will
travel all along the santa Re lines. Mr..
Herman Ia a skilled electrician aud IA
worthy OF his promotion.
An engineer Of this division has been
suspended fifteen days for carrying ex-
cessiye air pressure which caused wheels
under train to slide fiat. Engineers are
responsible for carrying over seventy.
1--we pounds on freight, and eighty pounds
on passenger engines.
Fireman George Still, who is firing en-
CINE 746, n Of the Lamy pushers, has
been granted a fifteen = days lay-off,
which he expects TO put In In an outing
In the mountains, accompanied by his
family. Fireman George has been as
signed to Stills engine during his alb
sence.
I, II. Underwood has been appointed
master mechanic at Winslow for the
Santa Ne Pacific; George W. Smith has
been appointed superintendent OF ma
ehinery, and John Record, who has been
In the cOmpany's service at Topeka, has
been placed in charge OF the shops at the
Needles.
The Marlcopa Il Phoenix railroad COM
pany, under the management OF b. II.
Porter, is doing valuable work on their
road bed and bridges. which will be kept
In the best possible condition. Already
new piles have been placed under every
bridge between Phoenix and Tempe and
the bridges repaired. and the work OF
driving new piles for all the bridges be-
tween Tempe and Maricopa has been
completed.
The AtchisOn, Topeka q Santa Pe hos
pital Gospel wagon" with six patients,
went up to Trout springs Friday, fishing,
says the Optic. They brought home nine
nice speckled trout and one dead oyster.
The oyster looked like 1t had been
drugged. The patients were all on special
diet at the hospital and could not eat
Dish, 30 the doctors got the fish, with the
compliments OF the patients. p. s.
This Oyster is a conductor and he runs
on the Lamy branch OF the Santa Fe.
The railroad employees of San Marcial
have been following the news OF flag
raising by the patriotic sections OF the
Santa FEES train and shop forces at the
chief points on the system quite care
fully. Now they are planning TO Guido
all efforts In this line, and the arrange.
ments are we'll advanced TO raise the tall.
est staff and give to the breeze the big.
gest banner OF all. Somewhere near
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