The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-03
RAILROAD NOTES.

Engine No. IA, one of the largest on
this division of the Santa Fe. has ar
rived at Needles and is now in service.
1t is stated that several more of like di-
mansions will soon follow
A large force of Mojaves are engaged
in surfa icing the tracks and cleaning up
the yards and premises Of the Santa Fe
Pacific company at Albuquerque.
C. n. Cotton was busy Quitting a
big gang of Navajoes the other day
who went west to work on the Santa
F'e Pacific, says the Gallup Cleaner.
An order has been received reducing
the working time at the Central Branch
shops at Washington from nine to eight
hours a day, and commencing today
the men will go to work at a. M, and
quit al p. m. There is plenty of work
to run the force full time, but it seems
to be the policy of the company to ad-
just the expenses to the earnings.
The Santa F'e is about to offer induce
ments towards building up the local
passenger traffic on the road. especially
over the Santa Fe Pacific, and to do this
has decided to reduce its passenger
rates between San Bernardino and Bar
stow and all along the Santa F'e Pacific
between Mojave and Albuquerque. The
reduction between San Bernardino and
Barstow will be 16 % per cent, and be-
tween Mojave and Needles SO 1-3 per
cent, and between Needles and Albu-
Querque 16 2-3 per cent.
The deed covering the recent fore
closure sale of the Central Branch west
of Waterville was filed at Beloit a few
days ago and is attracting a good deal
of attention from the number of internal
revenue stamps it contains. The amount
named in the deed is s., OF, 800, and the
instrument contains revenue stamps to
the amount of 81, so. The stamps are
of the following denominations: Twenty
at $50 each: one at $40; one at IS; two
at 81. and one at so cents.
Conductors Brown and Vaughan have
traded runs. Charlie Brown will remain
the NJ & NJ. branch, while Conductor
Vaughan will make his headquarters
in Newton and will run west on the
main line.
The work of building new sidetracks
at the Central Branch shops at Atchi-
son has been employed and the twenty
five extra men employed have been laid
off. Five new sidetracks were put in
west of the shops, and an engine can
now take on coal, empty its cinders,
take on water, and get into the round
house without going on to the main
line The new cinder pit has been COM
pleted. 1t is 120 feet long.
Judge C. N. Sterry, formerly Of Albu-
querque, now of Los Angeles, the solicit
tor of the Santa Fe Pacific and South
ern California, is in Sacramento seeking
the passage of a law to permit the
Santa Fe Pacific-from Albuquerque to
Mojave-to consolidate with the South
ern California road and the Valley road.
This shows the intention of the Santa
Fe to combine all of it's lines west of
Albuquerque into one company with
general headquarters in San Francisco.
The Santa Fe Pacific has turned off
the section hands working on the road
between Needles and Mojave and will
fill their places with Japanese labOrerS
imported by the company for that pur-
pose. This throws many men out of
employment, most of whom are Mexi-
cans. The reason for the change is said
to be economy. The old section hands
were paid from 81 so to $3.50 per day,
while the Japs can be hired for 81 per
day and the men board themselves. So
far there has been no talk OF a change
on this end of the line and it will be
impossible for the company to use Jap
anese labor on the division between
Needles and Albuquerque, as their
charter calls for American or Mexican
Iaborers on that division.-San Bernar-
dino Times-Index.