Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-02-20
ALONG THE RAILS.
interesting Information Regarding
Railroad officials and Employees,
NEWS IN ABBREVIATED FORM.

Walter Beeson is working with the
Santa Re Pacific railroad bridge gang
west Of Needles.
brakeman Portcocs, Of Las Vega,
has left for ~ paso To work as brake
mar out Of that city.
a railway employe, named William
Nelson, is nursing q fractured leg In
the hospital at Las Vegas.
Machinist Charles Love resigned his
position with the railroad company at
Las Vegas but decided to 90 to work
again the next day,
SwitChman II. A. Hannah and wife,
OF Las Vegas, have been called to Eos
tOria, Ohio, 10y the serious illness Of
the formers mother.
Ed. Lippett, a boilermaker's helper
employed In the Colorado ~ Southern
shops ~ Trinidad, had both feet badly
bruised 10y a large timber falling ON
them from the roOf ~ the building.
Engineer j. %. Girard left for the
Canyon country last Monday. His sur
veying party has been engaged for the
past five weeks surveying mining
claims for interested parties out in that
country.
The Holbrook Argus says: 6. H..
Brown, the new railroad agent at this
point, is comfortably settled with his
family In the Hcnning cottage. We
are glad 10 welcome these good people
among us.
&. L. Clarke and J.. T.. HUT, two ac.
comtants from the Santa Re company
offices at Chicago, arrived az Roswell
to check up the material and supplies
in the Pccos Valley q Northeastern
machine shops aud store.
j.. Il. Deliemer, the railroad contrac.
tor OF Denver, and his wife passed
through Trinidad on the Colorado 4
Southern for Galveston, whence they
sail from New York. They will be alb
sent six weeks on Il pleasure trip.
SuperintendentGe &. Starkweather
of the Pecos system, was in Roswell
last Friday from Amarillo. Mrs. Stark.
weather and the children were visiting
him at Amarillo from Dallas and ex.
pected to return to Fort Worth to sta,
for some time.
The freight traffic over the Southern
Pa-itic Is enormous this season and bid
fair to continue heavy for some time I,
come. The Santa Re Pacific COMPANY
has recently made contracts for movin,
| 5000 cars of California oranges and IL,
900 tons of sugar per month for thu
next three months.
The Captain Progress says: Johl
O'Shca ana Charles Pollock. both pas
senger conductors on the El Paso 4
Northeastern, now M their trains :,
the new town, stopping here alternat,
night. There are no more efficient
railroad men in the country than thes,
two corpulent ticket punchers and they
are always welcome wherever they go
The Kingman Miner says: The San
tn Fe Pacific Railroad company sur
veyors surveyed II site for IA well which
will be sunk for water NJ a point neaI
the railroad south of the coal chute
The well will be sunk To u depth tina
will assure an abundance of water u
this place. We would like To see
well sunk through the volcanic CAP, u,
we fully believe that an artcsian How
can be obtained.
The Santa Fe railway has agreed /,
issue u one fare rate plus ~ from al
points on their line in New Mexico /,
Denver for the meeting Of the Ameri
can Cattle Growers association To b.
held on March 8, tickets to he issued Of
the certificate plan, which means al
endorsement by the secretary of thi
association that the party holding tn
ticket was NJ the convention. Thes
tickets to be good going, SO rs TO enabl
people to reach Denver for the CONVEX
ton and for ample time 10 return.
The Captain Progress says: Harr
Ilidgway, superintendent of machiner
and motive power Of the I'll Paso !
Northeastern railway, was in Capital
over Sunday accompanied 10y VIM
Oliver, master mechanic NJ the shop
at Alamogordo. These gentlemeI
were here looking over the ground
preparatory to putting In additions
side tracks, water tanks, etc, at tn
new town for the accommodation of tn
increasing business of the company a
this place. la addition to the abov,
II new depot is to he constructed soon.