Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-08-11
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Latest items u Railroad Interest Gath
cred from our Exchanges.
WHAT THE rmpIoYEs ARE DOING,

WHAT The SMPLoYEs ARE DOING,
George Sutton, a mschinist from Den
yer, who has been here the past few days,
went to work In the local shops yester-
day.
The new operator at 0rava station,
New Mexico. will be V. c. Mead. OF Las
Cruces. lie passed up the road for Onava
last night.
Fred. Hawkins, for years q well known
conductor on the AtchisOn, Topeka "
santa Fe out OF Ration. has been visiting
old time friends At that place.
l.. NJ. Beidler. an employee Of the local
shops. IL laid up for n few days. He
seems to be suffering with some silment
which acts very much like sunstroke.
Conductor q. ". Trontman. who had
his arm smputated last month. resulting
from an accident July ID. IL ont Of the
hospital at La Junts. where he went at
the time.
The Denver Il Rio Grande has com
menced grading for the new branch road
from Cato to Pagosa Springs, Colo. Cato
IL a station Oh the Durango division OF
the road.
q, A. Hancock, assistant superln-
tendent of machinery OF the Atchison.
Topeka and Santa fe, passed through
here the other day on his way to Topeka
from California.
THE CITIZEN stated yesterday that J0hn
s. Beayen had resigned his position az
caller and clerk ut the Santa Re Pacific
shops. II IL unde stood that he will
soon Engage in the coal business here.
Geo. A. Steel, an employee in the Ration
round house. sustained q rupture OF the
urethrs. Monday night, by falling into
one OF the pits. Hts injury Ia very pain
ful and will compel him to take 1t easy
for several weeks.
c. M. Baker, the railroad insurance
man, has patented an improved air re-.
.ainer for use on railroad cars which Ia
a great improvement on those In use. and
his friends believe that IL will soon be put
Ia general use. which means a fortune
TOR Mr.. Baker.
The Ration Gazette says: A little
daughter OF Engineer Tomlinson died
sunday night, aged . months. Funeral
services were conducted by Rev. Lonsdsle
at the family home on Monday afternoon
aud the remains were laid TO rest In
Rsirmont cemetery.
The recent rains washed up part OF th'
remains OF q murdered man near Trini
dad. He had been shot through thu
head. Two letters were found In hi
clothes indicating that his name wa
either A. or D. Peterson or Nels Nelson
The letters were dated Dec. 'gs and Feb
80 te- pectiyely.
when the American Railway UnioI
'trike forced that organic alton to tn,
wall 1t left 10000 OF debts to pay. Flu
: gene v. Debs, the head OF the orgsniza
zion. took upon himself the responsible
ity OF paying of this indie b,edness, al,
, the proceeds of his lecturing tours to
% several years have been applied TO tina
: purpose.
On August l the Rock Island put int
nss the interchangeable mileage cred
system, which IL q new form OF mileage
tina advantage Of which IL In the fac
hat travel over different lines Of raj
roads may be added together and a re
4 bate had on the entire amount. thus ri,
y ing to the traveller a chance TO travel a
reduced rates.
The freight department Of the SAINT
g. 20 rail Dad expects TO handle this seaso'
lOj carloads more Of Rocky Ford wsteI
h melons and csntalonpes than II carrie
Last e 0ter0 county's melon cr,p WI
not at its best last season, and this. vii
additional fields planted along the Al
10 kansas river, leads the railroad to expet
heavy shipments.
j. s. Hobson, signal engineer OF ii
y Santa Fe, IL arranging plans for an ~
N tension OF the block signal system Oy,
u the Santa Fe line between Denver AL
% Pueblo, a distance OF ia miles. Thel
4 Is much traffic over this stretch OF trsc
10 and ths block signal system will be a
additional safeguard against collision.
J The extension will probably be- con
(. nencsd within the next 80 days
a. The Ration Range says: s. K. Bnsse
u superintendent OF the reading room
a ths Atchison, Topeka n Santa Fe railws
ysttm. will give a social IN the lnves
ment Block hall, next Wednesday eve
ing the 10Th inst. An interesting lie
ture on the Grand Canyon, illustrat,
/. with stereoptic0n views. This entertsi
By mont IL free and a large attendance
lie expected. superintendent Busser
working hard In the interest of railwl
ne employees, and In their wi behalf tn
ought to give consideration TO his su
g%es,ions,
IN Many accidents occur In the course
r.. a year to train and yardmen, because
.al defective car ladders. There IL an II
hu proyement OF late years In fastening G
ladders, but there are many roads th.
yet hang to the old lag screw for a Ia
ening. Accidents from broken lsdde
are, ~ n rule. the result OF carelessne
Al ~ tho part OF either bu lder or inspectC
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