Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-11-27
ALONG THE RAILS.
Paragraphs Of Interest About Rail.
way and Shops,
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

j. w. Francis the storekeeper at tn,
Winslow round house has resumed
his duties again after a serious illness
Engine use, OF the Needles shops
a gone TO San Bernardino to bt
converted into an oil burner. She wal
taken as far as Barstow by Engineei
A. J. Wool.
Master Mechanic Parks of the Wins
low division says he can use to goo
advantage about ten more locomo
tives IL the company would furnish
them to him.
Miss Nav Penny OF Gallup has beer
visiting with Mrs. ]. w. Painter o
Winslow tor several days. Miss Pen
ny Is the daughter OF Conductor Pen
ny. OF the second division.
Torrivlo Corvyun. a Pueblo lndiar
employed by the railroad company al
Williams. was so unfortunate as C
have his foot crushed Thursday. DR.
Tyroler dressed the injury,
Mrs. Rhodes and little daughter
family Of Engineer c. +. Rhodes, have
returned To Needles from Pasadena
where they have spent the past few
months with relatives and friends.
Mrs Ludford, wife of Engineer
Harry Ludford. left Needles for Bis
bee, A. T., where she will spend the
winter with her two sisters. and may
possibly remain there permanently.
l.. +. Erlowine, formerly night op
orator at the Williams depot. before
the lamentable strike. has again re.
sumed mis- duties at the old stand
The company won out but II realizes
that the old men are the best.
Steel is being received for the Pi.
cacho railroad. TO be built between the
California King gold mines near King.
man and the Colorado river. 1t is
said that the Picacho district In liven.
ing up. and this new road will greatly
facilitate mining enterprises there.
about.
James y. Finn. brother of Mayor
Finn, arrived In Winslow from Pitts.
burg, Penn. and has accepted a posi-.
ton with the railway company there
as n painter. The mayor had not
seen him for fifteen years and the
first question he asked him was II he
was a democrat.
Allen Hunt is the new agent at
Winslow. He is well known. having
filled the position of chief clerk to
Superintendent Hubbard for several
years, and needs no introduction to
the people Of that town. Harry Greg
DRY is acting as Mr.. Hibbard's chief
clerk at present
Several new steel bridges are being
put in between Kingman and Mellen,
and several hundred men are engaged
in the work of building abutments and
grading out for the stone work When
these bridges are completed the Santa
Fe Pacific will have a smooth piece Of
track to run over
The st. Johns Ships says: The
length Of the proposed new railroad
from Durango as shown by the recent
survey is ai4 miles. The grade is
much less than vas expected or even
hoped for. The building OF the road
means the opening up of a vast amount
OF valuable new country to settlement,
and this Is an omen that IL will be
built.
The Williams News says: George
Swanthouse, who has been identified
with the Santa Fe Pacific for many
years. and who has been located at
Sellgman since It has been a division
point, has. we are glad to announce,
reached the rung on the ladder which
few attain-passenger conductor; and
there are none who ft the position so
well or with more grace. His many
friends congratulate him.
Three cars were derailed at King
man last Wednesday morning at the
coal chutes, by the spreading OF the
rails. The wreck train was tent from
up the road, but was recalled to Fran.
coma TO aid In clearing up the wreck
Of the flyers. They were the first on
the scene. In the run to Yucca a car
in the train caught fire and was drop
ped off at Signal siding and allowed
to burn up. No damage was done
by Il.