Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-01-12

Mrs. ". j. Fugate, who has been at
La Junta assisting Mrs. Boucher in car
ing for her husband at the hospital, has
returned TO the city.
The Santa Fe road has ordered that
hereafter all cars be loaded 10 their
standard capacity, and charges for ship
ments will be made accordingly.
The Santa Fe commenced Monday to
lay seventy one pound steel in their
yards at III Paso. All the old rails will
be removed and this heavy steel put
down.
Lawrence Smith, fireman on the Santa
Fe Pacific, Is a victim OF la grippe.
Night Caller Phillips Is also suffering
with the grip. and Walter Bsndle is act
ing caller protein.
j. ). Greene came in to Roswell over
land by way OF Amarillo from Chicago.
Mr.. Greene has charge OF the water tanks
to be- put In OF the extension OF the
PecOs Valley & Northeastern railway.
Col. h. II. Twitehell, assistant attorney
for the AtchisoD, Topeka II Snta he
Railway company, has arrived at Santa
he from silver City, and will remain sew
eral days there or business. lie il at he
Palace.
Ernest Smythe, while at work nj the
Gulf shops ut Trinidad, met with M ae
cident that will lay him up for some
time. The side rod OF the engine on
which he was working teY, catching his
foot and crushing IL.
The Railway Age reports 30lS miles
of new railroad built in the United
States In 1898. Minnesota stands at the
head of the column OF states with $50 0l
miles of new liae. Texas il second with
1928 miles and New Mexico stands
right up beside these two giants with a
mileage OF i62.SS.
The Roswell Record Gays: o. V, Me
COilum and family, who have been resid-
ing In Eddy for some time, arrived from
Baird, Texas, where they have been
spending tbs holidays. They will make
this their future home, Mr.. McCollum De-
ing in the employ OF the Pecos Valley Il
Northeastern railway.
o. c. Howard, who, while employed as
cashier for the Santa Fe railroad n
Houston, Texas, embtzzled $500 Of TIT
|cCmpany's funds and Had to Europe, az
rived nc Iloboken Tuesday morning ul
steamo. gl.h Deputy Sheriff Ericsson. o
Houston, having surrendered 10 .l-. vi
licer In Stettin, Germany.
The Sacramento Chief says: The X
Paso & Northeastern Railway cOmpan,
has established IA hospital service il
Alsmogordo in the building at the cor
ner OF Tenth and Maryland. The hous
has been neatly fitted up inside and will
be under the supervision OF ID. c. G
Bryan, the company's chief surgeon.
j. l.. Dunley, who has been for som
time past agent for the Santa Fe d
Colorado Springs, Colo, has been pro
noted TO commercial agent OF the freigh
department. Of the same road at Pueblo
MIR. Dunley was at one time chief cler
in the Santa fe offices at Albuquerque
ana has many friends all along the lin,
Word from the Santa Fe hospital at J.
Junta Is to the effect that there has bee
i: little or no change in Conductor BOucl
! er's condition since Sunday morning
Brakeman BOpe continues TO imprOy
A sister OF Mrs Boucher arrived at l.
, Junta Monday from the east and wi
i, remain ut his bedside with the devote
A wife.
! When General Manager Frey, OF til
i Santa fe, was here the other day he d,
T MED emphatically to THE CITIZEN TEL
7 resentatiye the truthfulness OF the repol
that he intended TO resign his position
! and also stated that the report OF IA
forthcoming resignation was almost 1
ridiculous and untrue as the report thu
he aud the other Santa Fe officials had
narrow escape from possible death
Peabody, Kan recently.
: q. W. Smith, superintendent OF mI
chinery, Santa he Pacific, has issued Il
following bulletin TO engineers and liz
: men; DR., v, ". Murphy will probab
u reach Albuquerque, Thursday night, ia
4 uary ~, To begin the work OF makiI
vision and hearing examinations, AZ p
bulletin No 30, dated December 5 A
engineers ana Gremen will be expect
TO call on him at an early date TO Ia
II the required examination.
: As announced in tho Herald a lit
over two months ago, III Paso will, {
IL long, be connected by rail with the s
'oli lsdo coal fields aud cheap fuel is assurr
u Recently President Eddy succeeded
floating 100000 worth OF extensi
wv bonds of the railway, and the contract
TX ready for the building OF the extensI
" Trains will be running by next SUNNI
The l'e to be built extends from La
10 salsdo and will be about eighty mi
long.
Uncle John Roper, rOadmaster Of
q" Denver n Rio Grande, took half a do
men north with him for section We
at and will pick up other men as he <
along, says the New Mexican. He =
for the contractors for the standard ga
extension OF the Denver q Rio Ora
Co. have been given from January 10 TO A