Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-10-05
ALONG THE RAILS.
Interesting Information Regarding
Railroad officials and Employees.
NEWS IN ABBREVIATED FORM.

Passenger traffic Is very heavy
these days through albuquerque.
John Miller, with twelve men, left
Needles for Searchlight to lay steel
for the new railroad.
Storekeeper Rice Of the Santa Fe
Pacific, stationed here, is in San
Francisco on business.
The Santa Fe is sinking a big well
at the lsleta junction. w. III. Cooley
has charge Of the work.
G. o. Young OF the local shops. who
has been on a visit to his old home In
Michigan. Is expected home tonight.
There is a great demand at the big
local railroad shops for skilled work.
men and new men are put on nearly
every day.
New engines built expressly for
mountain service on the Santa Fe are
passing through Albuquerque for the
west every other day.
The big oil tank at blackberry Is
about completed. oil burners are be.
Ing run on passenger trains east to
Seligman from California.
Three more monster freight engines
| from Richmond, Va, have arrived at
Needles and several more will soon be
received. The new engines are mum.
bered al, 772 and IA
Homoseekers' excursions will be run
on the Santa Fe at intervals during
the winter. An excursion train OF
| homeseekers will strike Albuquerque
about Territorial fair time.
w. W. Burke. who held the position
of chief train dispatcher OF the Den
yer a Rio Grandc and Northern Pa
cifc railways. has accepted a position
with the Santa Fe Pacific at Winslow.
Conductor Dascomb. one OF the old.
est and best conductors on the Albu.
querque-El Paso division of the Santa
Fe road, is again troubled with rheu.
matism and left yesterday morning
for Hot Springs, Ark. After a stay
Of n few weeks there he will take in
the an.Amerlcan exposition at Buffalo
Passenger travel ovcr the Santa Fl
is already taxing the capacity OF
equipment. During the week west
bound trains have frequently been
compelled TO use W. big engines Ia
haul them. The limited will be put
on regularly in November and the bust
ness of the road promises to be larger
than evor before.
Engineer Al. erase hurried of Ia
Los Angeles last week without a word
to anybody. But the secret Is out and
the many friends of Mr.. and Mrs
erase are waiting to congratulate then
upon the arrival OF n bouncing baby
boy, which made its advent into theii
family circle last Saturday. Mother
and child arc reported getting alonl
well. says the Eye.
Chief Engineer X. u. Burns OF tbs
Santa Fo Pacific made n tour OF in
spection over the now completed San
Ia Fe & Grand Canyon road recently
and reports everything as being II
irst-class condition. All work has
been completed on the new portion o
the road and the work of reballastin,
that part built over n year & will
be taken up Immediately.
George Fluhr. for years chief clerl
In the Office OF Division Foreman JohI
w. Records at Needles. and the mos
popular clerk on that division, is nov
at the head OF Superintendent Johi
Denair's Office force, w. X. Etter hav
ing been returned to Superintendent
Hurley as stenographer. Honors neve
come singly, and a doubling up al
around would not surprise George
friends the least bit.
Hon. w. II. Andrews OF Pittsbure
Pa, and several capitalists, all inter
ested in the building OF the Albuquel
que Eastern and Santa Fe Contra
railroads, are expected to arrive her
tonight, and Senator Andrews will
come IN advertise for hid
for grading. Hon. w. S. Hopewell o
Sierra county, vice president Of tn,
companies. came In from the soutl
this morning, SO as to be on time L
meet the Pennsylvania party.