Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-11-08
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a numDcT OF enRlnes IfOm Ou tHe
western division are being over.
hauled at the big local shops.
A new private car, No. 1856. for Su-
perintendcnt McNally Of the Rio
Grande division. was turned out Of
the shops at Ration.
The new electric lighting system at
the local shops will soon be in work.
ing order. n force of men now being
at work stringing wires.
II Is stpteJ upon railroad authority
that. considering the daily increases
at the local shops, there will be over
900 employees on the pay roll OF the
shops by the opening of next spring.
T. A. Rtmsdell. ex.school trustee Of
this city, was here yesterday along
his many friends. Mr.. Ramsdell is
now general foreman OF car repairers
on the Santa Fe and vas here in the
line OF his duties.
Railroad men at Santa Fe a that
the section foremen On the Denver &
Rio Grande have received orders to
prepare for the standard gauging next
spring OF the narrow gauge from An.
tonlto to Santa Fe.
Since the recent cool weather be-
gan the men have been reminded of
the need Of heat for the winter. A
number of radiators and stoves have
been placed at n number OF places
around the shops lately.
II Is rumored that work on the new
railroad from Dawson City will be
resumed shortly. All the work that
has been done at Dawson is substan.
ital and first class. There are oyer
fve hundred men on the pay roll.
Messrs. Arson 4 Holman, the con.
tractors and builders, are pushing all
the little details on the handsome
hotel and depot, and expect to have
these buildings In n condition to be
occupied by the middle OF next month,
The Railway Age says: Work be
gan this week on the construction OF
the Santa Fe extension from Pawnee,
o. T., to Bartlesville, |. T., joining
Oklahoma direct connection with
Kansas City.
Every noon hour next week +. w.
Emerson, pastor of the First Chris.
tian church, will conduct midday
meetings at the Topeka coach shop
That time is to be observed by the
Y. NJ. &. A. all over the country as
a week OF supplication.
Nearly 500 Topeka shop employees
belong to the Railroad Young Mems
Christian association, and many i'm
portant subjects are discussed at ev
cry meeting. Dr. p. Raster, CHIEF
surgeon OF the Santa Fe Hospital as
ISOLATION. at the last meeting present
cd n paper on What DO You Do
When You Are Hurt?"
?, New time tables for Kansas have
been issued by the Santa Fe passen
ger department for the following
/ towns. TOpeka. Lawrence, Atchison
st. Joseph, Wichita, Newton, Ottawa
!. Cherryvale. Winfield and Leaven
a worth. These are printed on heavy
|. sheets of card board and are arranged
r to be hung on the walls of hotels
restaurants and other conspicuous
|. places.
According to a dispatch from Wash
ington. The tax cases of the Santa FL
a. Pacific Railroad company. appealed
, from the supreme court Of New Mex
: leo. came up for a. gument, T.. w
Clancy OF albuquerque representing
' B~ernallllo and Valencia counties ant
I1uDtdln 7ifflN Nlt luliibdu 'bllDdill
in the mater, which involves the liza
bility OF the company to pay certain
taxes in Bernalillo, Valencia and Nc
Kinley counties.
In order TO determine the relativ,
| efficiency of different brands OF mean
descent lamps, the department o
tests mas begun experiments whicl
are expected to continue for abou
two months. The ordinary bulb doe
not last very many months; som,
more than others. Then. besides, on,
may require a stronger current thal
$ others. All these matters are I,
come up for consideration In tn,
trials which the Santa Fe is making
T. The Topeka State journal says
Beginning Wednesday. the Santa Il,
put into effect the nine-hour schedule
throughout the shops. This orde
4 will shorten the hours OF between 30I
and 400 men. The reason for the OF
q der Is the flct that daylight does no
|, last long enough nowadays to permi
I OF ten hours work. Since the earl,
|. part of the summer the nine-hou
schedule has been in effect in man!
parts of tie shops, so the new orde
does not reduce the hours of all tn,
workmen.
Greer Arthur, a clerk in the ofic,
OF auditor Of freight receipts for tn,
Santa Fe al Topeka. left for Wash
: ington. ID. C.. whore he has receive,
= appointment to a government clerk
ship. Mr.. Arthur has been with tn
J railroad company for about four year
and Ia a brother of John Arthur, VIII
|, works in the Topeka store house
He does hot yet know to what d,
y partment he will be assigned, havln