Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-10-09
ALONG THE RAILS.
Interestingly Information Regarding
Railroad Officials and Employees.
NEWS IN ABBREVIATED FORM.

Mrs. Sullivan. mother Of George r.
Sullivan. the Santa Re agent at King
man.. returned from n three weeks visit
with relatives in Milwaukee, Wis.
J. J. sturmann. general foreman Of the
fuel department Of the Santa Fe Pacific.
was at Williams the other day renewing
old and making new .acquaintances.
John Irnulm, n tourist" hurt In a
wreck near Captain over four months
ago, has been an inmate Of the Alamo
eordo railway hospital for eighteen
weeks.
The Santa Fe company are putting In
an extra large windmill at Las Cruces,
which will be used M an auxiliary pump
ing plant. The framework IL sixty feet
In height.
The machinery for forcing oil into the
new tank recently built by the Southern
Pacific mas been completed and oil has
commenced to arrive. The tank cars hold
over 600 barrels.
Gus Mulholland. who Is sinking wells
on the ~ Paso n Northeastern. was 1t
~Alamogordo looking after repairs for his
machinery. lie Is out about seventy
miles from Carrlzosa.
The Santa Fe painting outfit were at
Holbrook touching up the water tank.
The work was done by air pressure and
II takes but IA short time to paint every
thing red around the station.
a monster pump Ia being put In the
Needles railroad shops. The big pump
has n capacity OF 400 gallons per minute.
and in case OF Are II capable Of flooding
the entire premises and a greater part OF
the town.
The mother. sister. brother n sister
in-law of a. +. Hunt, chief clerk In Sup
erintcndent Hibbard's office. are at Win
slow from Emporia Kansas. visiting him.
They visited the Gin Dwellers' ruins and
the Grand Canyon Of the Colorado while
at winslow.
The Santa Fc railroad II very energeti-
cally advertising the Territorial fair at
Albuquerque his month. Very neat post
crs printed IN brown and blu are being
distributed In every town along the whole
Santa Fc system. The Santa Pc railroad
Is always alive to the interests of the
country tributary to Its lines.
The Grand Canyon railroad, running
from Williams to the Grand Canyon OF
the Colorado, IL completed. This Is with.
ont exception the most scenic line In the
world. The road was purchased recently
by the Santa Fe Pacific and will be oper-
ated M part Of that system. II IL about
sixty miles long and will be under SUI
pcrintcndcnt Hibbard's Jurisdiction.
Ewing n Holmrod OF Kingman have
commenced action against the Santa Fe
DnaiHs ruiIrnuI for th. .,. - O..
900 for the destruction Of their sampling
works by fire last year. The fire was
started in a car of the Santa Fe Pacific
left standing on the sampling works
track and which was occupied by hoboes.
Il. NJ. Sanford has the case for the plain
tits.
The Lordsburs q Hachita railroad
crosses l.. G. McGrath's homestead entry
which lies to the west OF the Lordsburg
townsite. The company and Mr.. Nc
Grath could not agree as to the value OF
the land. and left II to arbitrators. d. u.
Ownby, II. II. Kedzin and Il. II. Howley
examined the maps and awarded Mr..
McGrath At the rate of SIS an acre for the
land.
T. s. Goddard. a railroader who Is run
'''s NV Nihi pipNh ~ chapman III
their search for oil near White Oaks.
had his leg broken Saturday. While UNI
hitching his team from the wagon they
became frightened and started to run
and before Mr.. Goddard could get out Of
the way the wagon caught one OF his
legs. passing over II and broke one bone
In II.
Work on the construction OF the new
Harvey house ut Seligman has begun
and the large force OF men employed will
push he work to completion as rapidly
as possible. 1t will be much larger than
the one recently destroyed by fire, as II
will be "A two-story structure with eight
cen or twenty rooms overhead. II will be-
entirely firepIoof. when II IL finished
Soligman can boast of having one OF the
finest eating houses in Arizona.
The annual report or President Rip
ley, of the Atchison, Topeka q Santa Fe
railroad, for the fiscal year ended June
30 last, shows total earnings OF s5i,i7i,-
so, an Increase OF $s.2i2. IA over the pre-
vious yea The total operating ex-
penses were So, 80, 9i5. an Increase over
the previous year OF sL,Til, AS. The net
earnings were So, 2il, s77. an increase OF
t3,bOl 29s. After deducting interest
charges OF sS.029, i76 there remained sii,-
1874 applicable for dividend and surplus
purposes.
The Needles lodge, No, 43O, brotherhood
OF Railway Trainmen, will give their
regular annual BAH at the Needles opera
house on Thursday, November 2s. Elab-
crate preparations are already being
made and no expense will be spared to
make this Il grand AFFAIR. Handsome
souvenir programs will be printed and, as
usual, every effort will be made to make
the occasion one OF extreme enjoyment
to all who attend. Eller's orchestra OF
Ave pieces has been engaged and tho
admission will be FOR gents, 81: ladies
free. Don't let the date escape your
memory.
Last Tuesday there was an accident TO
a freight tIain I'm one OF the tunnels on
the Arizona & New Mexico road and sew
eral cars were on the track. The tunnel
was not wide enogh to build a shoony
track around the wreck and 30 traffic
was interrupted, The old narrow gauge
road had gone around the mountain
pierced 10y this tunnel and it's bed made
u good road to transfer passengers and
express The passenger train was on
TINS sid OF the wreck and everything
was transferred Tuesday afternoon and
wednesday morning, when the train
went to Clifton that afternoon II was
able to get MISUNDERSTANDING Liberal.
HOi FOR ALBUQUERQUE.