Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-06-15
ALONG n RAILS.
interesting Information Regarding
Railroad officials and Employees.
NEWS IN ABBREVIATED FORM.

county.
Engiua 1854 which was In the ditch
at West and engine 7i2 which went
over the ~embankment at Lynn, have
both beer repaired and are in service
again.
The travel on the El Paso a North.
eastern Is so great that the laborcrs
going to the front have to be accom-.
modated in box cars, fitted for their
comfort and convenience.
A nan named Siegfried. an employc
Of Good 4 Co. on the III Paso & North.
ern extension. was operated upon at
the Alamogordo hospital for cancer
OF the gloin. and is doing nicely.
The plans for the new Alamogordo
shops have been drawn in the chief
engineers office and bids have been
invited by contractors. The bids will
be opened early the coming week and
the contract let.
A new emblem has been adopted
by the Santa Fe railroad. consisting
of a cross in a circle with the legend.
Santa Fe." All railroad cars and
property In the future will be simply
inscribed santa Fe."
The excursion rate from Alamogordo
to C~loudcroft this summer will be 81
for the round trip. Tickets for Satur.
days train TO the breathing spot will
be good returning Monday-or Sunday
II there be a train down on that day.
Engineer Ed. Hawksworth. who
was severely scalded and otherwise
injured in the Shoemaker wreck,
May 3lst. returned to Ration from the
Las Vegas hospital, Saturday. II will
be some time before he will be able
to report for work.
The peace OF the community and
the dignity of the law will be maintain.
ed at Cloudcroft this summer by Aus.
tralian Billy Smith, the former prize
fighter and excl Paso policeman. he
having been chosen by the railroad
to act a. special officer. Billy is full.
ly equal to the task.
The Santa Fc has adopted a new
design fDr trademark use. II Is a plain
Greek cross In n circle. blue on n
white held. lcttered with the name
Santa lie" in white. The origin OF
the idea it traced back to the cross OF
the early Spanish missionaries and ex.
plorers who founded the old city of
Holy Faith' In New Mexico.
At their next meeting directors of
the Pullman sleeping car company
VIII be asked to pass upon plans for
pcnsioning the 10000 or $1,000 employ.
OF tho company. II il not known on
what basis the employees will be cared
for after being retired, but II is umo
that the plan. II adopted. will be
as liberal as that of the Pennsylvania.
Northwestern. or Illinois Central.
M Of the clever booklets OF the
season Is the summer tourist pamphlet
Of the Wabash road. In IL are given
ami arrangements for nearly 300
diferen, tours OF the east. The book.
let IL 10 arranged that a glance will
enable n traveller to ascertain route |
and rate to almost any point east of
In addition to the regular
rates for over 100 side trips are
given.
The new Hotel Alvarado. now build.
Ing In this city for the Harvey system, |
will be completed and ready for oc. |
November |. IL will be con. |
nected with the new Santa Fe depot |
by an arcade 200 feet long and both 1
structures, designed by the same ar
chitect, will be in harmony as to ma. |
used and decoration. Twenty
rooms nave been added to the original
plan of the hotel.
The remarkable business being done |
~ the Santa Fe Is shown by the large
Increase In gross and net earnings, but
llso by the large orders for new equip
nent placed this season. One hundred
twenty-five locomotives and thirty
and electric lighted coaches
Just been ordered, and, following
large orders placed a few
ago, are significant OF the
ieavy demands made on the carrying
of the line.
The Indians of the territory predict
hat more rain will fall the coming
than ut n time for many
ears. These children of the forest
md plan are the best weather proph.
Is In the world. The officials OF the
santa FL railway have so much faith
II their ability In this direction that
advanced orders have been issued
o all bridge gangs, construction and
rack crews, etc, of the road to be
to meet extraordinary emer-
In the way OF repairing the
rack and bridges.
tue phh'h ~, uiNtI a. tnOlouBu ttSt, |
as found the Benson switch lamp
satisfactory, and 1t will become the
switch lamp of the system.
/ will require about 5000 of them
o supply the system. They burn six
avs and nights steadily and consume
My eighteen ounces of oil. about one
bird OF that consumed by the ordi
AIRY switch lamp. Besides by giving
nnfinnatu gARyi.n ~ gauag pn.ah x.,.I |
caring for them. With the common
amps It is an important item, for not
My must they be re-hlled but cleaned
s well. |,
Oscar ~Schoenfield, who has been
CRYING as brakeman on n of the
mountain log trains, met
With a painful accident, as a result of
he may lose his right foot. He
vas stepping from one a t.
When his foot slipped and was
the couplers. the toes
DOT below the ankle being
lie was taken to the
hospital, and it was tho
lrst IL would be necessary &c
ate the foot, but 1t IL now /
/ may he saved, Mr.. SchoenfieIu mas
many friends who hope for his early
eCoyery,
The 'weed.burner" In use on the
Fe is a machine that is still
lore or less an experiment and is an
bject OF curiosity to even the railroad
len. Combustion OF green weeds is
by the distribution of oil on
9th sides Of the track and the weeds {
thoroughly killed until a new crop {
from the roots. One of the I
orst features connected with its op. {
ration is that the fire catches In the c
es and ruins many OF them. Anoth-
difficulty is that the oil smeared on
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