The Globe-republican., 1900-01-18

transfer of Santa Fe locomotives win
take place as result of the work of the
officials.
Mr.. A. Reinisch, landscape gardener
of the Santa Fe. has resigned, effective
February L. On that date the position of
landscape gardener will be abolished.
Mr. Reinisch-s resignation was re-
quested. The abolishment of the position
Is another step In the retrenchment
which Third President Barr is carrying
out.
MIR. Barr was responsible for the abol-
ishment of the office of general claim
agent and the consolidation of the work
of that department with the work of the
claim attorney some time ago. It was
at his suggestion that the secret service
department. and the office of assistant
general superintendent were recently
abolished. The position of landscape
gardener is the fourth adjustment under
his retrenchmeRt policy. and it is known
that he has the establishments of several
other positions under consideration.
Mr.. Barr seems anxious to make re-
cord fer himself as head of the Santa Fe
operating department, aud just how far
his economy will extend is a question.
The statement that the Santa Fe has
cent. or any other per cent. is not true.
The committee representing the train
men has been in session with our officers
for two weeks, during which many de-
tails of the schedule have been discussed
and amicably arranged. Some of these
details relate to hours of work, and we
have granted some allowances for extra
work, because it seemed just to do SO.
but there is advance in the wage
schedule, which is now and has been as
| high afford to pay. and
high paid by other roads in
ighborh God and competing with us.
| We are trying to get little higher
rates, but it seems impossible to get ad-
vance enough to half make good what
we shall have to pay III the way of u
Glanced prices for material. and there
will be nothing left toward incre asing
the income either of the men or the COM
pany. The men realize this, and they
remember, too, that unlike other labor,
their pay was not reduced in the hard
times from 1898 to 1897. when the owners
of the property got little RETURN
| When the present orders for new To-
comotives, which have been placed with
the locomotive firms of the east have
| been filed and the locomotives which
are to be built at the Topeka shops have
/ been turned out, the motive power OF the
Santa Fe road will probably be adequate
for some time to come.
An order of ten freight locomotives has
| Just been filled. and three have been de-
Iivcred on an order of five new passenger
| locomotives from the Baldwin Locomo-
tine Works. There is, in addition to
these, order for 40 freight locomotives
from the Baldwin people, delivery of
which will be commenced the latter
part of this month, and also 20 Richmond
locomotives for freight service on the
Santa Fe Pacific road, delivery TO be
commenced within the next 60 days.
| These latter locomotives viii be
| eight wheel consolidated, with cylinders
21130 inches. The locomotives now
building at the shops here are known as
pushers, and are very powerful. having
| cylinders 2Ix34- inches. They are for
| use on the Santa Fe Pacific road west of
| Albuquerque.
The new locomotives will be mate
| rial addition to the motive eQui pment of
the road. With the delivery of the GO
! loco olives from the east and the COM
| pletion of the 10 now building at the
shops here, all outstanding orders of the
Santa Fe for locomotives will have been
| filed. and probably no additional orders
| will be placed for some time to come
State Journal.