The Topeka state journal., 1899-08-04
RAILROAD NOTES.

The Rock Island passenger depart
ment has ordered in all its extra Pull
man and tourist sleeperS. to be used to
accommodate the crowds which they
expect will go over their road to Colo
rado to attend the meeting of the Cryp-
tic Masons-
Joe Payton, formerly assistant fore
man of the car department here but
now foreman of the shops at Raton
n. NJ, is visiting friends in the city for
a few days.
A large new flower bed is being laid
out just south Of the rOundhOuse which
will be a very pretty addition to those
already there.
Two new derricks are being con-
structed in the yards just east of the
boiler shop to facilitate the loading and
unloading of cars
The Santa F'e are making the inaugu-
Ia atIOn of a new move of theirs a pernaa-
nent thing. They have been placing
at different locations along their track,
especially where the track is in a cut
or a trif1e lower than the surrounding
country, iron bridges which continue
the roadway up over their tracks and
thus makes a safe crossing for all
teams. These have been put in in a
great many places lately and many
more places are on the list to be fitted
cut with this new Improvement
The Rock Island is making arrange
ments for q large crowd of excursion
lists over its road to the Chautauqua at
Wathena next Sunday.
me new E3d4QW4Q engines WllCn nave
been received at the shops during the
past few weeks have all been tested on
several trial trips and sent to Albu-
Guerque, where they will be put into
the passenger service between there
and Las Vegas The new freight en-
gines which have been ordered of this
same firm will commence coming in
a few days.
Engineer VIM. Robinson has gone to
Stockton, Cal. with two engines to be
used on the San Joaquin Valley road.
The trip will take the greater part of
thirty days and is a fairly pleasant one
s. S MendenhaII, the railroad con-
tractor, came in last Saturday from the
SatadO- He has been at work for sew
eral months on the Ell Paso and North
ers n week ago Tuesday were within
p miles Of the summit, the latter point
being only five miles from the SaladO
coal fields. Ten miles from White Oaks.
near the Carizozo Cattle Co.'s head
quarters ranch, they have put in a sid
ing, with one and a half miles of track.
The graders, by this time, are prob
ably at work on every mile of the un-
graded portion of the road to SaIadO,
and track is being laid at the rate of
one mile a day.-RosWeu Register.
Tt is stated on good authority that the
Santa F'e Railroad company will build
a branch line from Las Cruces by way
of the Black mountain gold camp to the
gypsum bed and copper and galena
claims in the San Andreas mountains
San Marcial Bee.
Effective today, J. H. Stinson has
been appointed rOadmaster in charge of
track south of stockyards at Carlsbad,
on the PecOs Valley & Northeastern. r.
Ii. Young has been appointed general
foreman Of the bridge and building de-
partment.
The Santa Fe Railway company has
thirty teams at work changing the Cirn-
arrOn near Dover, COlfaX county, New
Mexico The old channel is cutting
away the grade, and the course of the
stream will be changed at several
points. r. w Maze of Maxwell City
has the contract for the work
The inside repairing on the Santa F-e
depot at Salina has about been COM
pieted. 1t has been papered and repaint-
ed throughout. and number of needed
changes made. The outside of the
building viii also be treated to a new
coat of paint