Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-02-16
ALONG THE RAILS.
interesting information Regarding
Railroad officials and Employees,
NEWS IN ABBREVIATED FORM.

stock agent for the Santa Fe, with
headquarters at FL Paso, is in the city.
|. L. Hibbard, who was here yester-
day, returned west last night. He Is
The well known division superintendent
NJ the Santa Fe Pacific.
Frank Graham, who arrived at Las
a few days ago with his wife and
three children, has accepted a position
In the office OF Superintendent Fox.
Three passenger crews on the New |
Mexico division have been assigned TO
the western division, running between
City and Ration. going into effect
Immediately.
w. A. Hyde has been appointed train
Of the northern division OF the
Gulf, Colorado Il Santa Fe, with office
at Cleburne, Tex, Ia place OF J. I, |
assigned to other duties.
w. X. Etter, who has been chief
to Superintendent Hurley for the |
past seven years, In Las Vegas, IL Is
understood has accepted a position un-
der the division superintendent at
Needles, California.
The Santa Fe Pacific well borers at
Mannette struck q vein OF natural gas
at u depth Of 400 feet. The machinery
raised nearly to the top Of the well
by the force Of the gas. The drillers
have since worked past the vein.
Contractors j. j. Fox and son j. w.
Fox, have the contract for all the
bridge, stone and culvert work on the
new extension OF the Rock Island, in
Guiding two large bridges, one crossing
the Pecos and the other the Canadian
rivers.
Owing to a large amount OF extra
work, Il night shift started to work last
night at the local railway shops, and
will be materially increased In all the
departments as the work accumulates.
Workmen In the boiler department
worked up till 3 o'clock this morning.
J.. T.. Hurley, general superintendent
OF the Santa Fo Pacific, came in from
the west yesterday and left last night
for Las Vegas, for the purpose OF max
ing arrangements TO remove his family
TO Los Angeles where they will reside
In the future. Mr.. Hurley Is one Of
the best and most popular railroad off,
cials in this section.
The years 1899 and 1900 were pros
porous ones for the Order OF Railway
Conductors. The order had 3sS subor-
dinate divisions and 1850 members
December 3lst, 1898, compared with
4O7 subordinate divisions and 2i,644
members December 3lst, 1900. During
the two years the benefit department
paid insurance claims aggregating Sl,-
O25, 900.
A corps OF Santa Fe railway engi-
neers are at work west of Las Vegas
running lines through Karney's gap
and out by Table mountain, with a view
to Strengthening the line out that way
and cutting of several miles OF haul.
This will do away With Romero hill,
S~ulzbacher hill, Tecolote hill and
Blanchard hill, and the hills between
Fulton and Gise and between Rowe and
Pecos. New stations will be established
and the old track taken up.
Funny things are often seen at a rail.
way eating house when the trains are
in. The other morning two elderly
ladies came %hurriedly In from the
sleeper on II Of the delayed trains to
~SsS~hfoSt. One seemed perfectly un.
conscious that s,Io had In her hurr,
forgotten to put on her dress skirt, anc
most serenely ate her breakfast in 4
short petticoat, much to the amuson,enl
OF the other travellers, while the other
lady had failed to button her waist, thu
displaying Il fine pair OF corsets.
Says the Optic: Rumors have beer
atloat 10 the effect that the new ar
rangement OF the division points woulC
cause several families to leave La
Vegas, the reason being that passenger
crews would run from Ration to Albu
querque. This Is not founded on fact
in tho lanEf lint nVanp tho fa,Y tha
three crews who have been making re
ports to Superintendent Fox here viii
, hereafter make their reports to Super
3 intendent Ayers, It La Junta. Thi
2 will not effect present arrangements
otherwise, in the least.
This week one Of the largest locomc
tives ever built for the Santa Fe system
e will be put into service. 1t will be use,
In the mountains. From end to end tn.
engine measures almost thirty feet, an,
without the tender, 1t weighs $50 pound
] more than n~inety-seven tons. With tn.
r tender and full capacity OF coal an,
water, 1t will weigh in the neighbor
+ hood of 100 tons. The drivers are 8
+ inches in diameter, and the boiler
$ which has an sl-inch shell, contains "a
Pinch tubes and has a resistance OF 20
r pounds steam pressure. Eight NOR
? locomotives like IL are to built by tn
D system at its Topeka shops.
Independent action has been take
by the santa Fe In regard TO reduce
: rates to Texas points February l9tl
n IL Will extend the reduction authorize
|, 10y the Southwestern Passenger burea
A for that date TO the territory OF III
a Western Passenger association.
proposition Is being voted on by III
western roads simply TO use the rat,
rendered by the Southwestern lines
basing rates, but this action OF tn
santa Fe will render the vote nugatorl
as all the lines having Texas connel
lions will have TO meet the Santa Fe
competition, aud the reduced rat,
from the western territory will becoH
general.
The increased coal business whic
p the Santa Fe is doing Is noteworth
Recently about 1900 cars were pu
chased at L%eavenworth for use alor
the lines Of the system. Within Il
last two years the demand for coal hi
increased at least 80 per cent, al
IS there never was 50 much demand for
as now G.. w. ClOssOn, fuel COntracto
says this is due TO the enormous 4
crease OF business done by the roal
The heavy shipments OF fuel westwaI
are caused by the scarcity resultln
u from the strike OF miners In ColoraC
n and New Mexico. At present much
the coal consumed by the Santa Fe
/ the west from Illinois, Nilsson
n and Kansas.
o There is no city in America, perhal
q in the world, says the Railway Journa
9 that has as many separate and distin,
o railroad times as FL Paso, Tex, whic
/ has four. Being situated on the Rock
5 Mountain longitude, the city time an
a hat used by the Santa 70 and otht
lines from the north, Is mountain tim,
! which is onc hour later than centrj
: time. The Texas q Pacific and III
southern Pacific trains from the ca
use central time, while the McXiC
Central trains from Mexico ouly run Z
: Mexico time, which is 80 minut,
slower than central and "a minut,
- faster Than mountain time. The Soutl