Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-05-07
ALONG THE RAILS.
Interesting Information Regarding
Railroad officials and Employees.
NEWS IN ABBREVIATED FORM.

man, is SLOWLY recovering AFTER a Sc
| rious illness.
w. A. Hawkins. attorney Of the El
Paso & Northeastern road, passed
through the city for Las Vegas this
morning On business.
A half rate will be made upon all
roads from New Mexico and Arizona
for the convention OF Roosevelt's
Rough Riders. which will be held in
Colorado Springs next June.
Mrs. Harry Miller, who has been
visiting relatives at Flagstaff for some
weeks past, left for Seligman, Art
| iona, where her husband has a posi-.
ton with the Santa Fe Pacific Rail
road company.
There has been a general switch
about of operators and agents Of the
Pecos system recently. G. o. carte
has been moved from Florence to Pc
cos, a Mr.. Gates taking the agency at
Florence. Charley Burns has been
sent from Guadalupe to Canyon City,
and the Malaga station closed.
The Southern Pacific will. II Is said.
enlarge the company's shops at Tue
son and increase the capacity very
materially. Tucson Is a central and
natural point for "a division and the
company is exercising its usual good
judgment in thus charging and in
~creaslng Its facilities in that town.
Last Thursday night an alteration
took place in the Harvey house at
Needles between three trainmen.
When the abused man arose from the
lunch counter to defend himself from
the attack OF the other party he was
shot and almost instantly killed. The
shooter and the other IN who pro-
voked the quarrel are under arrest
In the case OF the Atchison. Topeka
& Santa Fe Railroad company vs.. the
Pueblo OF Santo Domingo. the apprais-
ers. G.. +. Easley. Eduardo +. Otero
and Ireneo l.. Chaves, Of Santa Fe,
to appraise some lands that the rail.
road company desires for a right OF
way. have made their report to the
court. %appraising the land in question
at 1925.
+. .. McCawley. who worked at
L~ordsburg so long for the Morenci
Southern while II was building, came
up from Douglass to ship a few steel
bridges Phelps. Dodge 4 Co. have had
| stored here down to Douglass, where
they will be used ON the Nacozari
road. He reports Douglass to now
have all the requirements OF a from.
Tie city. Inc postohce department
has established an Office there, and an
inhabited graveyard has been opened.
Liberal.
A brakeman, whose name is un-
| known, was caught by the wires OF
the Postal company at Williams and
thrown from the top OF q box car to
the ground fortunately pscaping in
jury. The wires had either been torn
down by something or mad been most
~carelessly strung In the haste to get
the wires into the Cabinet saloon for
a special report OF the McGovern|Gar'
diner hight. II the latter Is true, Sc
we're censure should result for en-
dangering life.
The new depot building, which IL to
be erected Just south OF the Alvaredo.
Is rapidly taking shape since the car
penters began work yesterday morn
ing. and Contractors Arson a Holman
declare there will be no delays what
ever from o on unless something
unforeseen should occur that woul de-
lay the arrival or building material
The stone foundations for the bag
gage rooms on either side OF the de.
pot proper have been completed and
everything appears favorable for
great activity.
L. J.. Helm, general agent OF the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad at San.
tn Fe, says that the work OF substitut.
ing a standard guage for the narrow
guage of the Denver a. Rio Grande
railroad was commenced at Alamosa
yesterday and will be rapidly pushed