Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-08-14
ALONG THE RAILS.
Interesting information Regarding
Railroad officials and Employees.
NEWS IN ABBREVIATED FORM.

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The Santa Fe is about to enlarge its I
Pacific coast shops located at San Ber- {
nardino, Cal, doubling their capacity
and increasing the force from 500 10
about loo men.
l.. e. Toylor. a brakeman on the A.
a s. NJ, had his right hand BADLY
mashed last Sunday while coupling
cars at High Roll. He is now in the
Alamogoroo hospital.
Two large pieces OF machinery, a
wheel lathe and n planning machine
and pulley attachments arrived at
Alamogoido and are nov being placed
in the lei Paso Il Northeastern shops
there.
A. Daily. the contractor at Nevada,
Mo-, has Just been awarded a big con
tract for the building of the Choctaw,
Oklahoma 4 Gulf railway shops, 70
be erected at Shawnee, o. T. They are
to cost $4,000.
Charles Thomas, stenographer In
Superintendent Creig's office at Ala
mogordo, left for his old home In Red
Oak, Ia, and will be absent for a
month, J. W. Steady will occupy his
position during his absence.
The Santa Fe Railroad company Will
soon begin the erection OF n large
hotel or Harvey eating house at Selig'
man. IL will be two stories high. The
second story will be partitioned into
rooms ana used for lodging.
General Traffic Manager Don A.
Sweet slent two days In Carlsbad
collecting data and cuts FOR use III
some railway advertising literature IN
preparation by the Santa Fe road, set.
ting forth Pecos valley advantages -
homescCkcrs.
The dates of departure, westbound,
from Chicago of the Santa Fes per
sonally conducted California excur
sions have been changed to Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday of each week,
instead Ct Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, az heretofore.
p. l.. I.ujan, who has been ofici
ating as freight clerk for the railway
company at San Marcial for severa
months, has accepted a position a.
stenograrher to a high official of tn
Mexican Central line. Mr.. and Mrs
Lujan will reside in the City OF Mex
leo.
Plans ind specifications are In TN
hands of contractors for a uniqu
24x2S curio building to be erected o.
the ueDO' kIOUuu0 W. NhN al" .
at Williams. The building will be c
concrete and wood, ingeniously COZ
structed and will be an artistic add
ton to that city.
Engineer w. X. Fisher of San Ma
cial is a. Mineral Wells. Tex. He
thankful that the use of the watt
there has a tendency to moderate Il
desire t. partake Of food, for u
boarding house keepers there ha'
made no advancement in the art
cooking since the civil war and tn
event Is still the leading topic OF &C
yersation with them and their a
bitionless neighbors.-Bee.
The Flagstaff Gem says: The RI
road grounds south of the depot
this place would make n nice park
the railroad company would peri
its use. As the ground mentioned
not used in any way by the compa
we don't see why they should not
I'm favor OF improving and beautify.
the same. The town council and
liens OF Flagstaff would greatly apT
ciate an improvement OF the KIND $
gested and would aid In its cons'
nation.
The rapid Increase of the Santa
Pacific coast and export business
npcpSSitaICu COuSlUtfdDle tnldl
ment of the terminal facilities at
Francisco. Plans are on foot 70
new ferry slip for freight of CT
basin. a great deal of reclamal
work is TO be done in China basil
part OF which involves the building
a seawall containing upwards OF
900 cubic yards of masonry. !
track Will be constructed south I
China basin to Eighth avenue for
stockyards service and large addit
made to the freight sheds.
Brakeman Wood found three lta
tramps stealing a ride on train \
of the ~ Paso 4 Northeastern W
left Carr;zozo last Saturday,
brakeman told them that they
get off at the next station, which
Jake Springs. When the station
reached TIE hoboes refused TO !
the train and when the brakeman
to eject them by force one or
drew a knife. Wood borrowed a
gun. with which he succeeded In
ting the Ihen off the train. Whei
cars had pulled oUt a short dist
one of the men shot at WOOD
missed his mark. Wood returne'
fire, the bullet wounding the trai
the arm.