Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-11-07
ALONG THE RAILS.

The new railroad well at the Gallup
roundhouse IL 525 feet deep. The wa
ter stands within fifty feet OF the top.
The railroad officials have not sue
ceeded in breaking the freight block.
ade at Pueblo. There are about three
thousand cars tied up.
The Citizen Is informed that the
freight traffic on the Santa Fe Pacific
has increased to such an extent that
the road is short Of motive power.
w. A. Ensign. of Winslow., wishes
to acknowledge receipt of money sub.
scribed by the Santa Fc Pacific rail.
road employees for the purchase OF an
artificial limb. and also to thank all
subscribers for their kindness to him.
c. @. Mason. who has been tempo
rary agent al Holbrook. Is now reliey.
ing the popular agent, w. II. Mann.
OF Navajo Springs, who has taken his
family for a trip to California, where
they have many friends and relatives.
Charles Wiggett, formerly OF the
Gallup depot force and now superin.
tendent of the timber treating plant
at Bellemont, Ariz.. met his parents
and brother at Gallup and returned
with them 20 Bellemont, where they
will visit with him for a month.
IL is reliably reported that the Rock
Island is this side OF the Canadian
and that track is being laid at the
rate OF three miles a day. At that pace
II will not be very long before we will
hear the whistle OF the engine In
close proximity to us.-Santa Rosa
Publica.
OIL Is used for fuel on three nun
dred and twenty-five moro OF the SAN.
Ia Fe Pacific engines than IL was last
winter. This means a decrease in
the demand for Gallup coal. IL is
said that the engines running be-
tween Winslcw and Seligman will be
converted into oil burners as soon as
possible.
AT the preliminary hearing before
Judge Ranney. of Williams. Gorton
q. W. Williams and John
Barnes, charged with breaking the
seal on a ear were bound over to ap-
pear before the grand jury in the sum
OF $1,000 bail. In default OF which they
were taken TO the county Jail at Flag.
star by Deputy sheriff Kennedy.
Aaron Bample. who has been bag.
gage. master at the Las Vegas depot,
passed through this city yesterday for
Prescott, Arizona. where he will take
a position with Grant Bros. contrac.
as timekeeper. His place In the
baggage room will be filled by ]. f.
Seaman, who for some time worked
In the Las Vegas yard office and then
went to Los Angeles.
The Hartman syndicate. now con.
trolling the Central Pacific railroad,
Is about to construct a great tunnel
the Sierra Nevada mountains
shortening the road many
and doing away with the snow
sheds and the interruption OF traffic
on the summit division.
The tunnel will be twenty-one miles
In length and will be tapped by air
at intervals throughout its
A tinnel boring machine will
be used in the work and nearly five |
will be taken to complete II.
Charles \. Fellows, of Topeka. has |
been awarded the contract for build.
ng the new Santa Fe freight house |
md office building at Colorado |
The price at which the con- |
was let is not given out, but 1t
IS understood that the buildings are
at about Sic. 1000. The OF.
ice building will be 36x36 feet, and
-wo stories high. The freight house
will be 36x122 feet, and one story
high. The buildings will be stone. |
Besides the buildings. the contract
includes the construction Of $50 feet
IF platforms adjoining the freight