Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-04-24
ALONG THE RAILS.
Interesting Information Regarding
Railroad Officials and Employees.
NEWS IN ABBREVIATED FORM.

or. reached the city last night.
Eugene DeMicr, of Las Cruces, is
now braking on a passenger run be-
tween Albuquerque and Ell Paso.
Eight cases Of smallpox, all serious
are reported ut the new railroad town
of Santa Rosa, in San Miguel county.
The new machinery which was or.
dered last winter for the A~lamogordo
railroad shops has commenced 20 ar
rive.
The Southern Pacific company Is
putting in big oil tanks all along the
line in Arizona and will soon convert
all engines to oil burners.
The No. 2 passenger train from the
west arrived this morning n hour
behind time. II left for the north
from here in two sections.
Judge G. n. Sterry was allowed $685.
600 in fees by the court in the case
OF Basford vs.. the Santa Fe & Grand
Canyon Railroad company.
Mrs. W. l.. Gray, her daughters.
Misses Helen and Ruby, and her son
Robert, family of Chief Dispatcher
Gray. are the lates, additions To San
MarCial society.
Engine No. DIAL was sent to Lamy
TO relieve Oi39. which is doing service
on the Santa Fe branch, and which
will be sent to the shops for repairs
and general o~verhauling.
Col. r. J. Helm, the well known
general agent Of the Denver A Rio
Grandc. with headquarters at Santa
re. is in the city to-day IN business
connected with his company.
A ha%lfrate fare will be made upon
all roads from New Mexico and Ari-
zona for the convention of Roose-
yelt's Rough Riders, which Will be
held in Colorado Springs next June.
There IL a standard weight for fire
men on the Santa Fe railroad. No
, man can be employed In the service
who weighs less than las pounds. or
measures less than 8 feet 8 inches In
I hcighth.
d. Three of the passenger engines
between here and Las Vegas were laid
up In the local shops for repairs. IL
. was necessary to substitute freight
engines in order to get the trains over
the road.
Or. Tyroler. company surgeon for
the Santa Fc Pacific at Ash Fork and
Seligman, was called to vaccinatc all
|, company employees last week on ac-
, count Of the smallpox, now prevalent
, along the line out that way.
3 A report Is current that President
4 u. y Ripley will be promoted To sue
{ ,,cl AldacC +. Walker as chairman
Z OF the board of directors Of the Santa
V Pc. aud that Paul Morton, now vice
{ president. would become president.
/ l. l.. HiuDard. the Santa Fe Pacific
J. division superintendent. after an In
spection here which kept MIN In the
city for a few days, has returned To
5 Winslow. He Is pleased with the pro
& grcss of work on the big railroad i'm
provemcnts here.
, The other morning John Corbett's
ice wagon. while crossing h tract
y in Dcming. was caught In a train tina
was closing together. and. naturally
, smashed in pretty bad shape. Th'
V driver saved himself by jumping on
D. and the horse, by pure luck, escaped
~unscratchcd.
J. +. Elwood, after enjoying a few
days with his wife here. returned las
night to his duties at Los Angeles
le being accompanied by his wife as faI
west as Winslow. Mr.. Elwood IL nov
So one of the draughtsmen In the Office o
s. Chief Engineer II. b.. Burns, OF thu
le Santa Fe Pacific.
"" While a freight train In charge o
Conductor Scudder was side-tracke'
at Thornton, the seal on one OF thu
refrigerator cars was broken by NV
T, hobos. Mr.. Scudder detected the mel
- In the car and locked the door, takinl
- them to Las Vegas, where they wer,
turned over to City Marshal Murphy
~ Mrs. James Thorpe died at her HON
n on Willow creek. Deceased was tn
wife OF James Thorpe. an employe o
the Santa Fe, Prescott a Pacific raj
ol road. She vas l3 years old and leave
or a husband and several children L
mourn her loss. The funeral too
n place from the family residence
le Prescott Journal diner.
IN Lee Wright, who went to La Junt
in some time ago to take the examine
ton Tor engineer, passed the ordea
a successfully and returns to Las Vega
a. as an engineer. After taking the q,
st animation he left for the east an
m spent several days In Kentucky visi
Sc ing relatives, lie will report for dut
in a few days. says the Record.
IN Jack Quinliven. of Alamogordo, ha
az been engaged In closing ~sub-contract
w on his deal with the railroad for fu
AZ nishing $50 600 hewed ties. Anon
u those who have taken sub-contracl
on the work are A. b. Phillips.
ur Cloudcroft, u. A.. Peters and other
IN Some of the contractors left for Il
scene OF operations, the Gallini
tu' mountains.
en- The Optic, in commenting on Il
", delays of trains, says: The powe
Pc that be on the Santa Fe, particular
a In the passenger department, o pr
pose to quit practicing false econon
- In the matter OF running passeng'
trains. The trains will be tighten,
by being run in sections and will
put through on caro- time, II such
Thing be possible.
News has been received here of
fight between a conductor of the $
nora railway and five robbers In a ca
Conductor Willard found the m,
throwing freight ont of n car al
opened fire. The robbers ran into 4
brush and the conductor followed.
a fierce exchange OF shots one OF d
gang was wounded and the others ,
capped. The conductor was uninjure
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