Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-11-12
ALONG THE RAILS.

People coming into Las Vegas from
the vicinity of Liberty state that the
Rock Island has crossed the Red river
over there and now runs as far as
Tanques Azules, near Liberty.
Division Master Mechanic C. NJ.
Taylor was in Las Vegas looking
around the local shops en- route to
Albuquerque, from which point he
will go on a tour Of inspection OF the
Rio Grande division.
A. :. Rankin, for many years a
Santa Re man. and up to six months
ago the chief clerk in General Super
intendent Resseguie's office. has been
appointed train inspector for all the
Santa Fe lines between Chicago and
Albuquerque.
Y. r. Dunlap and Or. Hubbard have
accepted positions with the Santa Re
engineering corps at Las Vegas and
VIII, In company with another party.
leave for the hot springs to do some
work on the track between the hot
springs and Las Vegas.
The New Mexican SAYS that Ben
Williams, special officer of the Santa
Fe railroad company, arrived from
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safe the breaking into a freight car
at the Santa Fe railroad depot and
the stealing of ten sacks OF -four.
Engines 500 and 594. the class of
passenger engines on this division,
will arrive IN the city soon from Ar.
e%entine, to he assigned to regular du.
ties In the passenger service between
Albuquerque and Las Vegas. On their
arrival two of the Rhode Island pas
scnger engines will be assigned to the
Ration division.
G. A. Stolpe. chief foreman at the
Topeka shops. has gone to Chicago to
look at an engine hoist In the Chica.
so a. Northwestern shops Plans for
a similar me have been almost com.
pleted. which will probabaly be built
at Topeka for service in the new
shops at Albuquerque. In n general
way II Is stated that the apparatus Is
as indicated for lifting locomotives.
Naturally II is of enormous strength.
lifting n weight Of about 100000
pounds and will be operated by
means of electricity.
Plans are being made by the Santa
Fe to place another large order for
locomotives with an eastern engine
company. 1t is thought that about
lbs vii, be the number. although the
estimates have not yet been 0om.
rleted. About the first of the year
the construction of the large oil burn
ing engine. the first Of its kind to he
built by this company, will be started.
II Is also rumored that as Don as the
new Topeka shop plant is completed
the building of twenty-five locomo.
tlves Will be commenced.
The Topeka journal says: Satur.
day morning the blacksmith shop will
begin on an order Of $4,000 bolts of
all sizes To be used only In repairs
This department has already com.
pleted au order of 10000 bolts of
ranging from five-eighths to an inch
and fve-cighths. This last lot is a
part of the material to be used in the
building of the new tank cars. The
springmakers will also have a chance
to make 2GS locomotive springs for
the Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe. All
this class of work for those lines is
done in Topeka shops.
Not long ago two shop men had an
unusual experience on their way to
California. They are sometimes
known among their friends as the
Doctor and the Judge" While
they were going out somebody's baby
took sick on the train and the porter.
who had overheard the titles by which
the two men were diligent In ad-
dressing one another. asked the doc.
tor" to take the case which had de.
veloped. 1t was then that the shop
man, with much embarrassment. had
to explain himself. telling the porter
that he was unprepared for any such
call.