Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-05-04
ALONG THE RAILS.
Interesting Information Regarding
Railroad officials and Employees.
NEWS IN ABBREVIATED FORM.

Mrs. Same. Miller and children, fam.
lily Of Fireman Miller. arrived last
night from Rockville, ontario.
w. ID. Hitchcock, the well known
railroad shop foreman Of San Marcial,
is in the city to-day on business.
The local shops are rushed with
work, and newly repaired and reno
waited engines are being turned out
daily.
Louis Roehrig has gone to San Der.
%nardino, Cal, where he will go to work
in the shops there. Mr.. Roehrig is q
boilermaker and halls from Topeka.
The stock yards south OF the city.
which were recently destroyed by fire,
are being rebuilt under the personal
supervision of Foreman Robert Har-
Ian.
After a days stay in the territorial
metropolis, Byron s. Harvey, OF the
Fred. Harvey eating house system,
was a north bound passenger last
night.
The patients at the local railway
hospital are all reported doing nicely.
and discharged as cured" are the
watchwords at the hospital almost
daily these days.
The No. $ passenger train anne In
two section last night, and among the
passengers were a large list Of sol
diers returning to their eastern homes
from the campaign in the Philippines.
The new hotel Is looming up In fine
shape, and railroad officials state pos
itlvely that when the building is com.
pleted 1t will be the most imposing
structure of its kind between Kansas
City and Los Angeles.
Architect Charles +. Whittlesey re-
turned from Chicago last evening and
to-day was in the midst of a large
amount of accumulated business. To-
night he will leave for California on q
brief visit to his family.
Work on the viaduct Is not progress.
sing as rapidly as some people would
like to see; in fact, since a start was
made n few weeks ago nc work what
ever has been done since then. "Un.
avoidable delays" said a r%ailroader,
are the causes for the slack Of work
on the viaduct."
During the month OF March the
Santa Fe railway consumed $4,000 bar
rels OF crude oil petroleum as fuel on
its engines. an increase of about 30
per cent within n few months. The
use of crude petroleum Is to be extend.
ed over lines of this system oustide OF
California, IL Is said.
Owing to the fact that the rolling
stock of the Santa Fe railway is 80
employed in the movement of passen.
ger and freight trains. the New Mex
leo presidential reception committee
was unable to ecu a special train.
In lieu. therefore, a Pullman coach
was chartered, and II will be attached
to the regular south bound passenger
train tomorrow night.
Miss Annie T. Anderson, OF 1101
Broadway, Kansas City, and Fred. c.
Maegley. assistant general freight
agent of the Santa Fe at Topeka, we're
married at the home of the brides sis
ter in New Orleans. G. NJ. Payne, com.
mercial agent of the Cotton Belt, a
nephew OF Miss Anderson, was among
those present at the wedding. Mr..
Maegley Is II of the best known
men in trans-Missouri freight circles.
Previous to accepting the position of
assistant general freight agent Of the
Santa Fe. he was joint agent Of the
western trunk lines at Kansas City.
r. D. ilOuSIton, tut popuidi btntiu al
agent at FL Paso and who was here
the other day, has returned to the
Pass City. He was recently on a visit
with other officials to the Grand Can
yon of the Colorado, where the party
revealed in telling huge fish and snake
stories, and when Mr.. Houghton got
back to FL Paso he had not forgotten
how to talk, as the following from the
I'll Paso Herald would indicate: you
people think you see lots of travel by
rail through Ell Paso," said +. b.
Houghton Of the Santa Fe to some
newspaper men at his Office this after
noon, but you ought to go to Albu-
querque and see the train pass through
that place over the Santa Fe. There
viii be eight long, heavily loaded pas
senger trains through Albuquerque 60
ing west tonight, and this happens
quite often, too"