Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-06-07
ALONG THE RAILS,
Interesting Information Regarding
Railroad Officials and Employees.
NEWS IN ABBREVIATED FORM.

lns new time CdTu, Us puDilsueu III
The Citizen, will go into effect on
Sunday.
Ben williams. special officer on the
Santa Fe, was a passenger for Las
Vegas yesterday.
ID. ID. Bailey, who was in the railway
hospital at Las Vegas, has returned
to his duties as chief train dispatcher
at Emporia, Kansas.
w. c. Thompson, of Denver, a stem
o~grapher to Division Superintendent
Charles Dyer in Las Vegas ten years
ago, left for Arizona points last night.
ID. A. Swope, general bridge foreman
on the Santa Fe Pacific, with Offices
at winslow, came In from the north
yesterday, and continued west last
night.
l.. II. Waugh, a former master me
chanic at the Las Vegas shops, has
been selected for general foreman Of
the Santa Fe shops at Gainesville,
Texas.
The scraps have been collected from
the wreck on the Glorieta mountain.
The fire from the burning coke and
cars made such a terrific heat that
car wheels were melted like lead.
Traffic on the middle OF the Santa
Fe has dropped OFF greatly within a
few weeks. There is not SO much
stoc kand fruit moving now as there
was a few weeks ago.
j. s. Miller of the field paint track,
is a new member of the Santa Fe
fire department. He takes the place
of Thomas Checksfield, who went to
Albuquerque several weeks ago, says
the Topeka State Journal.
Quite a list OF members of the
Train Dispatchers' Association Of
America, with their families, passed
through the city last night in special
coaches for San Francisco, where
their national convention will be held
On June IL.
Preparations for the proposed cut.
of OF the Rock Island between Belk-
nap. la. and Trenton, Mo-. have been
going on for some time. II Is still de-
MED, however that the road intends
to build across from Platte City, Mo-,
to Topeka by way Of Le~avenworth.
Harvey Wood, for sewers years a
postal clerk or the Santa Fe between
La Junta and Albuquerque, has gone
to New York City. where he will en-
ter the postal service between that
city and Hamburg, Germany. Wood
was In the Topeka hospital during
the greater part of the month OF April.
Chris Hannah, who for the past ten
years mas held the position of bag.
gage. master for the Santa Fe, with
headquarters at Newton, says that
during the month OF May the business
in his department was heavier than
he ever knew OF before. During that
time he handled 3,06G pieces Of bag
gage.
Engineer Edward Jolley and Fire
man Samuel Ash, with the 437 and the
east.bound California limited. made an
exceptionally fast run from Newton to
Topeka the other day. The distance
of l21 miles vas covered In 157 min
utes, including four stops, which IL
an unusually fine run, considering all
the conditions.
Jonn Managan, a boilermaker at the
railroad shops. was found dead In his
room at the Gate City hotel at Ration
with a bullet through his heart. lie
had been on a spree for about q week
and Is supposed to have been suffering
from delirium tremens. He was a ma
tive Of La Junta, Colo, about thirty
years Of age and single.
The Las Vegas Optic says: In the
event that General Kennedy. Of Belle
fontaine, Ohio, is appointed governor
of New Mexico, Passenger Conductor
Charley oder might have a pull with
the administration. as would likely be
the case with Passenger Conductor
Dick Hays II the president saw ut to
select a man for the place from the
old site OF Westport, Mo.
C. ID. Purdon, chief engineer of the
st. Louis and San Francisco, but un-
til recently assistant chief engineer
of the Santa Fe, vas in Topeka Mon
day. Mr.. Purdon has jurisdiction
over about 1000 miles OF line, in
Guiding the lately absorbed Memphis
system, Mr.. Purdon will move his
family at once from Topeka to Arthur,
Texas, where they will spend the sum
mer. Next fall the family will move
to st. Louis. where the headquarters
of the Frisco are located.
The Roswell Register says
D. A. Sweet, traffic manager of the
Pecos system and the Southern Kan
sas railway of Texas, has made quito
a collection of photos OF artesiaD
wells. alfalfa fields, prominent build
ings, street views, etc, In and about
Roswell to send to the Chicago OH
ces of the Santa Fe system. II Is un-
derstood that they are to be used In
illustrating advertising matter call
ing attention to the Pecos valley,
and that Is exactly what Roswell
needs.
Conductor Harry Wilcox, OF the San.
ia Fe, was arrested and tried the
| other day at Newkirk, o. T., on the
| charge Of assault and battery, A few
nights previous a drunken farmer had
boarded the train and while riding
in the day coach had used improper
language. For this he was prompt
ly removed to the smoker, and after
thinking the matter owe decided to
have Wilcox arrested. The triel came
of at Newkirk before a jury OF Ave
men and resulted in a hung jury
four voting for acquittal and one fol-
conviction. IL is not likely that the
case will be tried again.
The practice OF sending little chill
dren alone on long journeys, commit
ted TO the care OF kind-hearted train
men and passengers, is properly de
nounced as "an imposition Oh the
| railroad people and a first-class nut
sance TO the travelling public by the
HAYES Center. (Neb.) Republican,