Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-06-22

TRACK crew etc. or the road Co uN
prepared 90 meet extraordinary omor
gencics Boz the way of repairing the
track and bridges.
The Santa Fc. after thorough test
bias found the BENSON switch lamp
satisfactory. and Il win become tie
tandnri switch lamp OF the system
u viii require about 5000 of agm
tI supply thu system They burn tlN
days anl nights steadily and cons sumo
only eighteen ounces uf uil about one.
third Of that consumed by the urdl
nary switch lamp Besides hy giving
continue Is service u save much work
IN caring for them With the common
lamps o. is au important item fur not
only must they br ro filled bat % 1ned
ls we'll
Oscar schocnncld who has been
.uJtiug u4 brakeman ON one Of the
Surram utu mountain log trains INST
with % painful accident. as a result of
which o. may lose his right foot llc
was stopping from one car tu another
when his foot slipped and was caught
between the ouupl,rs the toes and the
loot below the ankle being tnrrIbh
rushed Pc VaH taken to che Alamo
'urdu hospital and 10 was thought at
|r.t b. would br necessary 90 ampu.
uJe the foot bat 10 is now believed
Q may lp saved Mr. Schornholl hat
many friends who hope for bis early
c,uycrl,
Tho Alamururdn Advertiser SAYS.
ST. D. INLAY while riding along the
giIrutd truck above town Wednesday
evening found horse fast ON She
track at the Culvcrt near the park
Not being able 90 remove the animal
Without assistance be sent word down
go the switching crew and an engine
was sent up Tho horse was gotten
lW the track lust rs the DELAYED train
unm the north came up. The train
ruWes down the grade pretty lively
90 that place and had not Mr. INLAY
happened along at the right time the
horse. at least. would have been "a Ca.
tai wreck
Tho 'Wpsd.hurncr in use on tho
Santa fD is machine that is still
more or loss an oNpcrimu and Us au
object W curiosity 90 even the railroad
men Combustion Uf green weeds o.
secured hy the distribution uf oil ou
both sides of the track and tho weeds
are thuroughi, killDd until new crop
sprouts from the roots one ui the
worst features connected with Its op
GRAFTON lg that tho dr, catches in tho
ties and ruins many of them Auoth
CO.. diH nifty is that the uIl mparod ON
The rails is not always burned and
rousoql nifty 10 iR hard work for th,
engines to pull trains over the ruad
where the weed burner has been at
work
Ia 1900 there we're more locomotives
built in the United states than during
any previous year. The total being @.
1913. This is ESQ in excess uf the pre-.
yious year which was also "a record
breaker OF the total number turned
ont. 1i5 were compound engines. or
- per cent uf the total Tho number
pt compounds built in 1895 was 2u
per cent uf the total. apparently indi
eating that the compound has not se.
cured at sure a footing as some cn
ginccrs seem 10 think Tho number
exported reached 500. or about per
cent less than loo 1888 in 1898 80 per
cent uf tho total number wore export
ed. in 1897 81 per cent and in 1886 20
per cent
Way car No. 300. being the one
1Hsigno tn the use of Conductor D.
NJ CLARK being released Of air and
other impodimcnts. got onto the main
track Friday morning az about 2UI
aud started ON an excursion south.
ward 7lI atone The air was brisk
and the littlu runaway concluded 90 |
try and break the record uu the New
Mexico yiyibinn founding the curve /
Ht tho stock yards at AN easy gait she |
commenced gathproluE herself on the /
down grade 90 Dillon. Wh3lIuE past |
the station a. the rate Of % mIly in 90 |
seconds. On on The little runaway /
sped az q rate that would have made !
dizzy Che head OF the oldest runner |
until sh, mot 900 east bound stock /
train. ton miles south of Ration m
drawn lW engine 7aG. Engineer Mont
geometry The shock was terrific aud
proved too much ion Wag car 8ab.
which spread itself an over tho pra
irin boo the shape of NuiIu. wood
Engine 13G escaped with SLIGHT dam
ages, auIDriuE thr loss of Hyr pilot
and o battered front end Natou Rc
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