Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-08-04
RAILROAD ITEMS.

HI4theef datften MAms % WAlun
IL taklng a thirty days leave VI ab.
aeuce.
W. Taylor. night caller at ths local
shops, will leave In a few days Tor ths
upper Rio Pccos country.
Foreman Proutor. uf the bridge gangs
wcsi Of ths city, after a day ln the ms.
/ tropOiia. returned west last night
q. b. Ayers. assistant division super
iWScudent 0f the santa BE. IL al f,l Paso
on business connected with las onice.
}. n. Thomas. engineer with his wsfc,
came in from Ration Thursday nght
and continued weut 10 the Pacific ooaist
James Fecney and George Council
/ have been selected 10 test all the water
station boiicrA from Albuquerque 10
/ Dodge CITY ami from la Junta 20 Den
yer.
Passenger C0ndnoior Charley oder
| is agsan manipulating the air cord, TAX.
ing out delayed No this afternoon
humping Jerry QUINN back ~ The extra
/ beard
a. q. Nudge. general manager Of the
Santa re. waa IN Denver day bcnoro
yesterda.', tie is expected 10 reach tilia
city ir very few days
Passenger Conductors W. y. Fugste
ana H. n. Hays are figuring on build-
ing new homes Tor their families. 1noy
are away from home ~ m,hch that IL
matters iittle about themselves,
The following fircmen OF the Ration
division have successfully passed the
! examination Tor prOnotion as en0in-
/ GERS, held la Topeka last week: ]. y.
Thompson. a. Bourne. A. h. Gaston,
John iicutt. Andrew Olson and John
Fessien
la the eases ~ the four pernous in
/ lured there has been on settlement. IL
is dlfncult uUw 60 ascertain whether the
| injuries sustained wln be peananent,
90 these cases well hang up for a5ne
time yet.
j. y. Hurley, division superintendent.
IN company with Chief Engineer james
! Dun was here last night. both in their
private cars. They left tAs morning
for the solta. and viii lnspevs the 4m-
provcments recently inaugurated at
silver CITY.
Anent the report emanating from
Houston that the Gulf, Colorado a
Santa Ne company had completed the
pure hase OF the Guaf &iutcistato r.il-
Nay. General Manager Polk. 81 the
santa Re, slid that. as far as he knew.
there was no bass for a.
An extra west left Newton. Kan. the
other night, which wua said to be the
largest train ever sent out Of that cSty.
/. consisted Of 400 cars. three engines
ard way car, Two thousand four hun
dred ami s.xiy-three tons OF freight is
the record on the register.
The Santa Fe railroad has seUtied two
of the cases OF the persons who were
killed az the cIsossang az Hutchinson On
June IS. In each case the company pad
81 Doe 60 the representatives OF the per.
Sons killed. The third dessth case mas
not yet been settled but u probably
viii be on the basis Of the others.
beginning about Octobcr / the Santa
Fc viii run a iimitee train between Chi
cago and san Fanoisco. TITS an
nouncement was masse by H. u. Niudge
general manager OF the santa Re our
train viii cover the distance between
Chicago and san Francesca in about
sevoniy-slX hours. or four hours Aong-
az than By the nhddie route" said Mr.
Nudge our line o. nearly 900 miles
longer ~ that our schedule viii be-
considerably faster. Into southern CAL
ifornia, however. we will be nearly SIX
teen hours ahcasi of The other lines, ana
as the bulk ~ the tIave4 IL to the south
crn part Of the state. we think We have
"a decided advantage over our competi-
tors. Tue fast train win be pat into
service abOut OctOber /. Men are now
~ work on che schedule. We are doing
a much largper business into san FNen
cisco than ! anticipated. and traffic -
growing constantly. Our heavy In
crease in business has been In the
ssHfih. We are building several son
Meeting lines in Oklahoma and Texas.
In Oklahoins they have splendid crops
and there Ia n regular bOOm in that ter
rtOry rexas, too. h attracting -
greaf deal Of Immigration"