Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-04-06

r. 8 Hunt. ~ Dubuque. Iowa, has
been appointed chief engineer OF the
81 Joseph a Grand Island. succeed.
ing w. Fcrnstrom. who has gone to
the New York Central
James Cowborn. formerly In rail.
road service lu Las Vegas. died on
/ Thursday of last week Rt Portland.
/ oregon. Ills family reside in Tacoma.
Wash. Deceased was member u
the Fratornal Union
The ToXas a. paclnc has broken all
records for the amount uf cotton haul.
'd. From september T. 1900. to March
2b. 1901 52O357 bales were carried.
This iH an increase over the Previous
year Of 3ol 1856 bales.
A number uf road engines are at
the local shops being oycrhaulcd. and
q large force nf builcrmnkCrs are kept
busy both day and night New men
are arriving daily and the pay rolls
huCluatos every month
/ Rumors Of the consolidation OF the
Santa Fc aud Rock Island are again
current. No confirmation can be- had
! as President Ripley OF the santa BE-
is in California W e. purdy. prosi.
dent of the Rock island denies the
rumor
g ~ McGraw and j. a. Lloyd are
/ TWO new hremvn on this division trans.
/ Icrrcd from La Junta to Las Vegas
! They are both making their FIRST Trip
! Fireman MCGraw with Engineer Haw.
! ley and Fireman Lloyd with Engineer
! schubert
| Carl 4 Wagner, q maChinist In the
| Las Vegas shops. who resigned has
! position recently, accompanied ay his
/ Wlfr. departed for Salida Colo. where
! Mr. Wagner viii take position as
! foreman uf a gang on the Denver A
Rio Grande.
! ln order to let the shop men have
/ the privilege Of voting az the "cxcit.
! iur non partisan election. the shops
were closed yesterday afternoon at
p O'Clock The election Was so "cX.
citing that only a few awaited them
selves uf the privilege
W e. Dauchy. chief engineer of the
! Rock Island arrived in Las Vegas
! from Topeka. accompanied hy W r.
| Cannon superintendent uf bridges
and buildings. The two will drive
over the proposed line. from Las We
gaa Co Santa Rosa and north % Twist
oXas
A j Blrd a Bro and Craudcll n
Boyd, two grading outfits. are at Las
Vegas r'om SprinEyille Utah with
their outfits. ,ousisting of about nifty
men aud as many work animals. grad
cts. tonting equipment etc The out
hts will start for the Santa Rosa vi
oiuity
- B Robinson former president OF
the 81 Louis q san Francisco rail
road who has hccn seriously ill In
Chicago Ter some months. h. report.
od TO he slightly improved Mr.. Rob.
nsuu is sing from paralysis and
there is little hope ~ his ultimate re-
coycry
| G a. jacques and wife and Thomas
MaGat noted railway cyaugelists, who
ltaFDl Doe their own private car. are
lWakiug 20 tour of the Southern Pacific
lni are now la Arizona They will
top as Phoenix and are headed this
way making II presuwnblc that they
| ..iu ga, uur city visit
| Wutur Fletcher. a mnChlnist In the
local shops. ana Mrs. Edith Miller,
who arrived last uiEAt from Chicago,
were united in marriage a few minutes
Ht.r ut the Lead avenue Methodist
church parsonage by Rev bunker
! Nss Bessie Brooks aui G.. S Munger
1mOiat,d aa bridesmaid and best man
To-day the newly married couple are
receiving the congratulations OF
friends
D. r. Euwood has resigned his po
uiuu as drnughtsmau at the iocaI
railway offices aud was a Los Angeles
passenger last night where he goes
600 accept "a position IN the utiice OF
Chief Engineer 4 H. burns. Mrs Ell
D / tuU In UI N
IuW weeks. until her husband gets
settled in his new position In l.o'
Angeles.
Engineer II Y Amos h said 10 hav,
lmndp the best run with train No. 3
y,t recorded ON the Santa Fe. II,
. | lru Newton thr,a hours and ten min
! lutus latC. ana arrived az Dodge CIT!
one hour and twenty Eve minutes late
= Ius train was composed ~ htttci
. heavy loads. aud he averaged jus
thirty miles an hour between New
I, ton and Dodge City No rs time wa
= loNccedcd Just FIVE minutes.
e. r. II. Morgan, formerly Of the CHI
&, lcago division OF the Santa fo, ha
, boon appointed division supcrintent
n out of roads and bridges ~ the Gull
a. Colorado a santa Re, IN charge q
s. lthp division north OF Temple Supel
a ntondcnt Banker Of roads and bridge
Z has been placed In charge OF IN
i southern division, including the Gul
IS beaumont a. Kansas CITY recently a.
quircd by the Santa Fc.
The Lake shore a Michigan Soutl
~ orn railroad has granted It's freme
d the increase Ia wages demanded som
time ago Freight frcmen will g'
k f22O per 100 miles instead of f2ll
n nrpmpn OF heavy passenger train
81 $50 instead OF fl.S5. and the hrcme
b. Loo smaller passenger trains VIII I
/. lpald 81 9o instead OF fls5 as formorl
\, For overtime the scale has been d
creased from 1919 20 20 cents per hou
IL, The Ei Pnso Times has this abou
"A another shocking railroad acciden
A. This time Il was on this side of q
i. river Ia the santa Fc yard. just art
the crossing 0f Santa Fo street, th
the victim met his death A stranl
"a coincidence is that IL was the san
a' switch engine Of the Mexican &c
W tral with the same crew that KILL
I' MERGED Lara M the depot In Juar
only u few DAYS ago. Two such shoe
"a Ing tragedies In less than a week
OF not a pleasant remembrance for the
IN. even though they are blameless
lt both The deceased was labor
about 20 years OF age named BrauI
ho dc Avlla on Friday he was tOu
la. wandering aimlcssly around I
ir streets of InaroZ in an apparently
.th mputcd condition and stopping eve
AT one he met without any apparent
no ipCt and asking the most absurd qn
ms tiuu tie was taken tu police hel
ig quarters aud detained over night 7
az as he appeared harmless he was
.lil leased yesterday morning and the NJ