Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-03-04
ALONG THE RAILS.
Interesting Information Regarding
Railroad officials and Employees,
NEWS IN ABBREVIATED FORM.

Flagstaff is 10 furnishing the
railroad company with fifty thousand
gallons Of waer a day for their loco.
motives.
A local railway shops force put In
Sunday time yesterday and the paint.
rs Of the shops were busily engaged
changing the numbers on about TWEEN
~ engines.
The business on the lei Paso g.
Northeastern, particularly in freights.
is the best In It's history, which dem
onstrates the rapid growth and devel.
opment OF that section OF New Mexico.
Mrs. T. j. Pyle and two children left
A~lamagordo last week to join MIR. Pyle
AZ Amarillo. Tex. Mr.. Pyle is now SUI
perlntondent Of bridges and buildings
on the Pccos Valley road, with head
quarters at Amarillo.
The number OF teams on the lei
Paso & Northeastern extension has
been increased to 1880. n. o. Nelson's
grading outfit OF seventy-fve teams
and 100 men passe dthrough Alama.
gordo on their way to Carrizosa.
Patrick Ryan, n w%ell-known Santa
Fc railroader, who runs on the north
end. believes Ia Albuquerque real es.
tate. and will soon build on his
north Fourth street property. corner
Of New York avenue. a six.room brick
residence.
The new foreman for the boiler de-
partmCnt OF the local railway shops,
Is expected to arrive from California
on Wednesday of this week. He takes
the place made vacant recently by Al
poritt. who was transferred to a DO.
sition In the Topeka. Kansas, shops.
The railroad from Ioboggan to
Cloudcroft. In Otero county. has been
repaired and five cars OF building ma.
terial went up from Alamogordo for
use In IN construction OF Cloudcroft
lodge. WOra will be carried on rap
,uly to insure the completion of the
building by May 10.
Six wells are now being bored along
the line of the FL Paso and Northeast.
crn extension to furnish water for the
engines and grading outfits. One OF
the wells Is now down to a depth of
over 200 feet. At present water IL
being pumped from private wells by
gasoline engines and hauled to the
camps.
II the Santa Fe Pacific railroad
company would put up a letter box on
the outside of the depot at this place
Il would be an accommodation that
would be appreciated by passengers
Under present conditions no safe
place TO deposit mail is In view OF the
trains and passengers are sometimes
trouble TO mail letters.-F1agstan
Gem.
The Deming Headlight says: Jacl
| nInpl f,0I YuhA far p.v.r.I ...l
has been agent and operator on tn,
Southern Pacific route and stationed
at Separ. has been transferred to thii
point and has moved. with his family
into the Burnside residence on Silver
avenue. Mr.. and Mrs. Blackford will
be warmly welcomed to Deming by
their many friends.
Benjamin +. Caldwell, who was for
merly connected with the railroad
shops In Las Vegas In a responsible,
capacity. has just taken the benefit o
the bankrupt act up at La Junta. Colo
A creditor In that city to the amount
OF $40. was so informed recently 10y
an Official letter. It would seem tina
a great many debts for large amount,
and OF long standing have been paiC
In this way, these days. not alone II
lNNN NlfNiNOt buN tiDtM htlt IN we'll
The poor old X. Y. z. railroad,
wrote the editor Of the Hickory Ridg,
M%issourlan, declines to exchang,
courtesies with us this year, and W,
have taken its ad. out OF our columns
It's n moth-eaten old concern anyway
and we took a trip W. il with
out kissing our wife goodbye twice
and taking out an extra accident in
| ann "a V.AlfaNH AAVaH. .. .s.-sAl
Last year we did Si67 worth Of lyinJ
for the y. Y. g. H., and all we got II
return was S29.40 worth OF travelling
We can stand IL If the darned old roat
can. When you feel as IL O woul,
like to be seasick and don't care par
ticularly how you get the sensation
and have plenty OF money and no bet
|, ter way 10 get rid of 1t. and would jus
. as lief risk your life as not. an,
haven't any other way of spending
your time, go and take a ride OF nv,
or six miles on the X. Y. a H., ant
may the Lord have mercy on you.
soul"
E II is understood that the Southern
Pacific intends In the near future 4
, abandon the use Of coal as fuel on tn,
Pacific system west OF FL Paso an,
hNA WI lhnA'uhs lnlnt NbktlntI VIII
the fact that the Mexican Central ma
already entered into a contract wit
the Mexican Petroleum company, b
which the latter will supply the fol
mer with fuel for ten year as 500
as things car be gotten into prope
shape for this, mean a complete revC
luton in railroading In this sctio.
and eventually, no doubt. throughou
the world. The first effect will N
dou be the cheapening of the cos
OF operating and the falling of In tn
demand for coal, which should rer
der II cheaper to other consumers
Another result may be the doing ava.
OF tn epresent position OF iremen. a
there will be little oil nothing for hin
to do. although 1t may be necessar
to still keep some n to assist tn
engineer In his work.