Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-10-30
ALONG THE RAILS.
Abbreviated Paragraphs Of the Sew.
eraI Great Railroads.
or INTEREST TO RAlLR0ADtRS.

IN tne ttailup yards, anu MISS Belle
Will is were married on Wednesday
night by Judge j. II. Brown of that
town.
The Santa Fe and Southern Pacific
railroad companies are anticipating
hauling between $4,000 and 10000
carloads Of oranges. that being the
estimate OF the prospective orange
crop up to date.
Brakeman Morris. who had been
out OF the service Of the company for
four weeks. was reinstated at Las
Vegas AMI has been assigned to reg.
ular duty on his former run, with
Conductor Forkner.
The New Mexico division h%eadquar.
ters OF the Santa Fe will be changed
after the first of November from La
Junta to III Paso. c. NJ. Taylor. who
now resides at La Junta. will move
TO his former home in Ration.
Complete plans for the proposed
now Grand Canyon hotel are being
solicited by the Santa Fe. The struc.
turo So 20 be unlike any similar build.
ing now In use. President T.. +.
Ripley Of the Santa Fc has assumed
personal charge OF the proposed i'm.
provoment
The postal linemen were working
in Las Vegas yesterday 'stringing
wire. They have been at work three
weeks s~tringing n wire from La Junta
to that city. Their final destination
Is Albuquerque. They calculate max
ing the trip from Las Vegas to this
city In about two weeks.
RI. NxTa..t-.. sF.at 80
sage received Sunday appraised Mr..
$. 4. Park. division master mechanic,
of the fact that he Is the father of
a bouncing baby boy. The message
stated that the mother and son are
doing nicely. Here's to the health Of
the master mechanic junior.
j. II. Banker has taken charge of
the bridge. building and water ser.
vice work on the Colorado division
Of the Santa Fe. under Superinten-
dent X. j. Parker, having resigned a
similar position on the q. G. a. y. +.
He will not 20 his family from
Topeka to Pueblo before Christmas.
The employment of Navajo Indians
on the Santa Fe q Pacific railroad.
as section men. has not proved much
Of a success and their places have
been taken by white men or by Jap.
anese. The Navajo Indian does not
seem steady enough and wants too
many holidays and vacations for all
sorts of purposes.
The Topeka Journal says: James
Thompson, father Of George Thomp-
son. who has arrived from Albuquer.
que, n. NJ, will spend several weeks
visiting IN Topeka and Kansas City.
tie Is a blacksmith and for n long
time had a fire In the boiler shop at
this place. although he has not been
here for about three years.
Rating IN engines between Las We.
gas and Albuquerque have been re
duccd a. follows: The II class en-
gines will carry only 525 tons; rs
class engines, single header. SIS: Is
class engines. double header, $50
tons To each engine: 10 class engines,
single header. 600 tons. and 10 class
engines, double header. 575 tons to
each engine.
At the annual meeting of the Rio
Grande Southern railroad stockhold-
ets In Denver the following directors
were elected: George J. Gould, How
ard Gould. Arthur Coppell, OF New
York; Clarence Buckingham, Chica-
go; Edward T. Jefiery. S. N. Wood,
Denver; otto Mears, Washington.
George Gould is chairman Of the
board.
s. III. Barnes, superintendent Of the
South McAlester division of the Chloe.
taw. Oklahoma q Gulf railroad, was
in Oklahoma City making arrange
ments for increasing the force OF
employees on this division. The traf.
hc OF the road has increased so rap
idly that the company will have to
make arrangements almost to double
the force.
The Topeka Journal says: Napol-
con Tulip, formerly saw filler in the
mill, was In town Saturday packing
up to go to Albuquerque. N. NJ Some
weeks ago Tulips lungs became af.
tected as a result OF inhaling the dust
from the emery wheel owe which he
worked. He went out west to try the
climate, with the hope of being ben
ehted. lie has been helped by the
change and has since been trans.
fcrred to Albuquerque, for which
place he left today,
Trainmaster c III. Bristol has is
sued n bulletin stating that since the
line between Rosario and Thornton
has somewhat heightened the dis.
lance on the Las Vegas-Albuqueraue
division, II has been decided by the
general manager that train crews will
be given 1873 miles between Las We
gas and Albuquerque, instead of
miles. The change Is effective from
October /. Tickets showing 1872 miles
for this month will be changed to
read 1888 miles.
The rating on all engines running
north Of Las Vegas viii at once be
reduced and from the present date
VIII be as follows. II class engines
To 200 tons; is class engines to IT'S
tons. and 10 class engines 10 500 tons.
viii be no double headers run
trains containing n great many
empties, and trains will not be made
mp containing more than fifty cars.
Tonnage on trains No. -, pulled by
a double header, will not exceed 1000
tons; they had been carrying 1850
tons.
Thomas Kearney, section foreman,
has taken a section west of Holbrook.
l." H. Grimm, who has been a fire
man on the road and later night caller
at the Santa Fe round house, Las We.
gas, left five days ago on a Ave days
leave Of absence, His time was up
Monday, but nothing was seer of him
and all int. ested expect nothing will
be seen. lie has been living with
Mr.. Wright and had borrowed money
from him TO the sum of $3.50. Mr..
Wright Is an old man and can III af-
ford 10 lose the money. He leaves a
wifc and child.