Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-02-22
ALONG THE RAILS.
interesting Information Regarding
Railroad officials and Employees.
NEWS IN ABBREVIATED FORM.

The passenger trains from the east
last night were crowded with California
eXcursionists.
a large number Of Rock Island la
borers are waiting around Las Vegas
for transportation to Santa Rosa.
John Stein, the efficient division SUI
, perintendent Of the Harvey railway
| system Of eating houses, Is in the city.
Engine $50, which was formerly In
| service between Albuquerque aud Las
| Vegas, now runs between Ration and
Las Vegas.
G.. q. Young has about recovered
from a severe attack of the grip. He
is foreman Of the pattern department
Of the local shops.
J James Feeney and Thomas Love
started put Tuesday morning To inspect
all the water service boilert between
Trinidad aud Las Vegas.
Although IL Is Washington's birth
hay a legal holiday-many of the To-
cal railway shop employees are at work.
business is rushing ut the shops.
Dr. Elder, physician and surgeon In
charge Of the Albuquerque railway
hospital, reports about fifteen patients
! n the hospital, and all of them getting
along nicely.
The Las Vegas Record says: Engi-
neer Reed returned from Albuquerque,
where he has been working for some
time as extra engineer out Of that
place. He is laying of sick.
The Ration Gazette says: Engine
500, Engineer Vincent and Fireman
Potsch, Of the Ration Divisioa, left this
morning ON an extra for Albuquerque
on account Of the shortage Of south end
engines.
q. w. Smith, superintendent of mo.
tive power and the division master me-
chanic, returned to the city last night,
after u trip to Topeka and Chicago. He
expects to make his change TO San
B~ernardino, Cal, shortly.
OF. c. webb, fnrmerly superintendent
OF the Trinidad division Of the Colorado
4 Southern, is o temporarily filling
the position Of assistant superintendent
of the Great Northern. His territory
extends from st. Paul to Omaha.
A Colorado q Southern engine
jumped the track at Huerfano hill
south Of Pueblo, tearing up the track
for some distance and delaying traffic
ON the main line for some hours. No
one was hurt and the damage was
slight.
The San Francisco Chronicle says:
The entrance OF the Santa Ee into San
Francisco will call for large expendi-
lures for years To come. The road has
secured terminal property In the city,
and on "A recent visit there, the presi-
dent, r.. l.. Ripley, said that within the
next five years Sl,OO0,OO will lie spent
In improving this property, which lies
around the China Basin.
The Santa Re railway has agreed To
issue u n fare rate plus ~ from all
points ON their line In New Mexico TO
Denver for the meeting OF the Ameri-
can Cattle Growers association To be
held ON March ., tickets 10 he issued on
the certificate plan, which means an
endorsement by the secretary OF this
association that the party holding the
ticket WAS ut the convention. These
tickets to be good going, 50 as To enable
people "a reach Denver for the conven-
ton and for ample time To return.
The Durango Democrat says: Regu-
lar Silyerton bound train was delayed
about four hours at lockwood Tuesday
night. The train ran up about IA mile
above lockwood, where Agent McAtee
was met walking down the track. He
mad covered n distance Of about six
miles from a point where two snow
slides impeded the progress of the Du.
range bound train. One slide Is forty
feet wide and ten feet deep, the other
twenty-five feet wide and seven feet
deep. They are about loo yards apart.