Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-11-05
ALONG THE RAILS.
Abbreviated Paragraphs Of the Sew
eral Great Railroads.
or INTEREST TO RAILR0ADtRS.

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The Arizona and New Mexico road
has found II necessary to order more
motive power.
Engineer Sulier is now trainmaster.
and will make his headquarters and
home al Ration.
G. NJ. Taylor was over from La Jun.
Ia looking for a house at Ration. He
Is now master mechanic of the New
Mexico division, with headquarters at
Ration.
J. ID. Matthews, who has peen South.
ern Pacific trainmaster at Lordsburg
for some time has resigned. and G. l..
knestrick has been appointed to I'LL
the vacancy.
The Ration shop employees have
ordered n fine diamond ring to be
presented to their ex-foreman. w. b.
Thomson, as a token of their high
esteem for him.
Amos Eaker was in White Oaks
Saturday from the end of the line of
the lei Paso & Northeastern. He re.
ports work being pushed with the
greatest possible dispatch.
A number OF the largest sized
switch engines ever made passed
through Lordsburg for Sacramento,
where they will he put N shape and
then used at various places for switch
ing.
The Arizona and New Mexico road
has added to its equipment some new
dump cars. They are to be used in
removing Stag from the Lordsburg
smelter.. The Stag will be used as
ballast along the road.
The Ration Gazette says: W. b..
Thomson. who was recently general
foreman of the shops here, came
down from Denver, to visit his family
and shake hands with old friends.
He left with his family the next morn
ing for their future home in Denver.
The Pennington Times says: While
at Durango last week, +. NJ. Pierce
had the honor of presenting to the
Gould railroad party the necessity OF
the construction of a line down this
valley. He gave them some facts
that will no doubt bear fruit in the
near future.
Travelling Auditor ]. l.. McQuade of
the Santa Fe has resigned his position
and has left Topeka for Los Angeles
to accept a position as travelling ac-
countant for the Santa Fe Pacific.
Mr.. McQuade has n wide a%ccquaint-
ance and Is unusually popular. Audi
tor Strickland will assume the duties
and position of Mr.. McQuade, with
headquarters at Topeka. Mr.. Strick-
lands place is to be filed by John
Ness. promoted from the statistical
department.
The new time table which went into
effect on the Santa Fe railroad on
November 3, provides for three trips
on the Lnmy branch. the train going
out for No. 2 from the south at $3.50
a. m: for No. / from the east at $3.50
p. m, and for No. s from the south at
s.: 40 p. m. Passengers on No. Z from
the east and the mail will have to lie
over at Lamy until train No. S leaves.
This will bring the mail into Santa
Fe at 10: 40 O'Clock in the evening in.
stead of at $50 O'Clock. as at present
The Roswell Register says: r. ].
Pushard, boss mechanic at the round
house. met with a painful accident.
MIR. Pushard was overseeing the I'M
loading Of some heavy car irons, a 10.
connective was pulling them, when sud
denly the heavy rope broke, a piece
of ii striking Mr.. Pushard, knocking
him down and spraining his ankle
badly, besides bruising him n great
deal. He was laid up for several
days, when he came down to the
shops, but was too sore to do any
thing.
+. ID. Wermeuth Is in tn railroad
hospital at San Francisco, and on
| Tuesday had his eye extracted, says
the LOrdsburg Liberal. His eye was
hurt last summer, so that he lost the
use of il, but the ball was left in the
socket. Recently II has been troubling
him a great deal, and seemed to be
affecting the other eye. The doctors
thought II best To remove the eye
As Is common with all such opera
tions. the patient was sent to the San
Francisco hospital to receive II. His
many friends hope he soon will be
back to work, and have no more trou
BILE.
The bridge across the Canadian
will be quite a wonderful structure
While the stream is not so very
large, 1t Is exceedingly t~reacherous
on account OF quick sand. Where the
Rock Island crosses the canyon Is SOC
feet wide. Instead of bridging the
river, the Rock Island will span the
canyon. The bridge will be high
above the river and will be 500 feet
long. The character of this struc
ture shows that the Rock Island in
tends to have, regardless of expense
a first class roadbed that will stant
the strain of q heavy business.