Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-05-19
ALONG THE STEEL RAILS.
Latest Items OF Railroad Interest Gath
cred from our Exchanges.
WHAT THE EMrIoYrs ARR DOING,

Santa Fe.
Mrs. ". J.. Fdgste and son, family OF
Conductor Fugate, spent several days OF
last week In Ration.
Albert Schwartz. a machinist from
Fort Madison, Iowa, shops. has secured
work in the local shops.
william Eckhard left last night on a
visit to his hons at Westport, Mo. He
was employed at the local shops.
With the close OF the season Tor run
ming the California limited. May 81. a
new time schedule for passenger trains
Is expected.
Santa Fe Agent W. A. Barnwell has
returned to Williams from California,
where he has been visiting his family
the past month.
Nine hundred ears we're handled In
the Las Vegas yards Wednesday. This
can rightfully be taken TO mean that
business is good.
The III Paso u Northeastern have
ordered 1900 cars for their line. They
will be divided up into box cars, coal
cars and fiat cars.
Traffic on the Denver n Rio 6rande
railway IL 80 heavy at present that both
the outgoing aud incoming trains III
Santa Fe need two engines.
John Fisher. Postal clerk on the Santa
Fe betwee Rincon and Silver City, was
In the city yesterday. lie secured u ten
days lay-off and will visit Colorado
cities.
During the month OF April there were
handled In the Ration roundbouse M
passenger engines, 3i3 freight engines.
1863 mountain engines aud thirty. three
switch engines.
Thomas Lane, one OF the most popular
throttle pullers on the Santa Fe Pacific
road, is In the city for u few days visit
ing his brother, Engineer W. A. Lane
and family .-Optic.
The Williams News has almost positive
information that the Santa Re " urand
Canyon railroad will BE- constructed
sometime this year. and that work will
be ordered commenced at all early date.
Anselmo Elkins, OF Buena Vista, and
who on account OF i'll health resigned his
position ~ agent for the Santa Fe at
Ration, has been suffering with a severe
attack OF rheumatism the past few days.
Contractor Carson, who has many
bridge contracts on the Santa fe Pacific,
WAS q hurried business visitor in Will
liams on Tuesday last In conference
with Chief Engineer Burns. says the
News.
The statement made the other day to
the effect that south bound freight traf.
Ac IL In excess OF that OF north bound 10
said TO have been founded on u misap-
p%rehension. All the train crew are
kept busy but the traffic IL we'll balanced,
II Is said.
The Ration Range says: Fireman Lee
Body came In of his run early Monday
morning, and while washing up la the
round. house preparatory to going home,
some contemplate thief stole his vest
containing $50 In money, his watch and
some papers. He had had his check
csshed. The viiiainous thief, II caught,
ought to be sUmmarily dealt with.
The new Santa Fe water tank at La
Junta Is sixty feet In height and holds
nearly 10000 gallons OF water. One
day last week II contained ttly five feet
of water, and 1t being necessary to
empty II In order 10 clean It out and
nut In q concrete bottom, II wa drained
with Q two.inch pipe. II took seven
teen hours to let the water out through
the pipe.
Railroads are not always soulless cor
pOratiOns. When Hugh Boner. u SAINTS
fe brakeman, was badly hurt near Long
ton, Kansas, a few days ago, the c0in
pany ordered the crew 10 take of the en-
CINE and caboose and take the injured
man to Chanute AZ quickly M possible
There q special tram was made up, and
with ROner aboard. was started to the
main hospital at Topeka at extra fast
time, after ChRnute physicians had tenn
p~0rarily dressed the wound. Boner dice
, Just a. the train reached Lawrence, buI
the Santa Fe had done everything in III
, power 10 get the man TO the best medica
aid in the state before death won tn
race.