Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-03-09
ALONG THE RAILS.
interesting information Regarding
Railroad officials and Employees.
NEWS IN ABBREVIATED FORM.

Flagstaff ig now furnishing tho
I railroad company with atty thousand
gallons Of waor q day for their loco.
motives
A local railway shops force put "a
sunday time yesterday and the i.aint.
[ rH ~ the shops we're busiiy engaged
changing the numbers on about TWEEN
" engines
/ The business on the El raso \
Northeastern particularly In freignis
I Is the best In its history. which dem.
{ onstratcs the rapid growth and dcvol
opmont of that section 81 New Mexico
Mrs. r. Pyle and two children loft
I Alamugnrdo last week To- loin Mr. Pyle
az Amarillo. Tex Mr. Pyle ia now au.
|porIntondcnt ~ bridges and buildings
on the Prcu7 valley load. with head.
Quart.r7 at Amarillo.
The number of teams on tho El
PDeu A NOfth'aatrfn extension has
been intrt aHod to $50 n. % Nelson's
grading outfit Of rcycntg dive teams
ana 100 men pnh.r dihtough Alnmn-
rordo on their way tn CarflRDaa
Patrick Ryan. Wclltuown santa
I fc rnilruaGar. who runs on the north
end. believes Doe Albuquerque real ~.
tate. AMI WIN soon iuild on his
north Fourth street property corner
~ Nrw Nofk avenue. O. sos room brick
residence
The new foreman fu- M boiler de.
partmcnt az the local railway ahops.
is expected to arrive from California
ON "Wednesday of this wtpk. ur takes
the place made vacant recently by Al
Purhtt who was transferred 10 DO.
sition In the Topeka. Kansas. shops
The railroad from toboggan to
Cluudcroft IN Oteru county, has been
repaired and Eve cars ct building ma
torial went up from Alamugordo Tor
use In th construction at Cloudcroft
lodge Wora viii be carried ON rap.
iuly 10 ensure the completion of the
building hy Nav 3.
Six wells are now being bored along
the line ~ the ~ paEo and Northeast
ern extension 60 furnish wator for the
engines and grading outfits ono Of
the wells lB now down to "a depth Of
over 200 feet Al present water is
being pumped from private wells by
gasoline engines and naulcd to th,
camps.
II the Santa 20 Pacific railroad
company would put up q letter box on
the outside Of the depot nt this place.
% would bp uu accommodation that
would De- appreciated by p.sacngcrs
Ondcr present conditions mo- safe
place tu deposit mail is iu Wow OF the
trains and passengers are sometimes
trouble to mail letters Flagstad
Gem.
The DomiuE Headlight SAYS. Jack
BLACKBOARD who for several years past
has been agent and operator on The
Southern Pacific route aud stationed
ai SppHr has been transferred 10 this
point and has moved with his family.
into the Burnside residence on Silver
avenue. Mr. and Mrs BlackfOrd will
be warmly welcomed Go nomlng by
their many friends
BENJAMIN T. Caldwell. who was Tor.
merly connected with the railroad
shops in las Vegas ln a responsible
capacity has just taken the benefit Of
the bankrupt act up ai La 1uuta. Colo.
a creditor in hat city 10 the amount
OF $40. war SO Informed recently by
an Official letter Il would seem that
a great Iany debts for large accounts
and ~ long standing have been paid
ln this way, these days. not alone La
New McXico. but elsewhere a. we'll
The poor old y. s.. n. railroad.
wrote the editor ~ tho Hickory Ridge
Misaourlnn. declines 20 exchange
courtcsies with us this year. and We
nav" taken ~ at Out ~ our columns.
u "a muth.oaten old concern anyway.
ana we never took a trip over t with. |
ont kissing our wife goodbye twice. !
and takihJ out an extra accident In. |
suraucc policy before we started
Last year we did SiG7 worth Of living |
for the y. ~ q T. aud an We gnt IN 1
return was 500 90 worth Of travelling /
We can stand IL n the darned old road |
can When You fpol ls II you would |
IKE 20 be soasick and don't care par. /
ucularly how YOU get the sensation. !
aud have plenty Of money and no bet /
ter way 10 got rid Of u. and would lust /
as lief risk your life az not. and /
haven't any other way Of spending
your time. go and take ride 81 ave /
uI siA miles ON the y 4. A. r. and
may the Lord have mercy ON yonr /
soul"
u IL understood that the Southern !
racine intends In the near future 20 /
MINIMUM NH' hHf OF tNhl as iutl ON tho Il
Pacific system west 81 ~ Paso and
use oil instead This. together with
the fact that the Mexican Central has
already entered into a contract with
the Mexican Petroleum company. hy
which the latter will supply the for
Nor with fuel for ten years as soon
az things can be gotten into proper
shape for this. mean a complete revo.
luton 10 railroading In this scti0n
and eventually no doubt throughout
the world. The first effect will no
doh be- the choapening at the cost
OF operating and the failing on In tho
demand for coal which should rem.
der u cheaper to other consumers
Another result may be- the doing away
li IN opresent position Of fremen. as
here viii bc little co. nothing for him
10 do. although u may be- necessary
10 sam keep some one tu assist the
engineer Ia his work
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