Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-12-28
A RAILROAD STORY.
How the Santa Fe Ordered An Engine
by Telephone.


The iutcrostng story Of how the
Santa Fe ordered @ new locomotive
from thv Baldwin locomotive works hy
telephone is told In the last issue of
the Railroad Gazette.
it appears that the santa re had
placed an order for nearly 200 new
locomotives last OCtouCr After the
order had horu sent Goo. 10 fgs decide q
that tuo Santa PEE should have tho NTst
tu zine equipped to burn OH according
tu John Players newly invested 8sH.
tenn ut boilers There WAS uo uWo tu
delay so the baldwin works w,to sim.
ply called up hy long distance tylc.
phone and the nov locomotive orderru
up as one would order plain steak
wel done.
The oil burning locomotive. which
wus ordered ou October -2 wus com
plot,d ON December o. iust th.uys
working days from the time tho order
was gwen. The uuW locomotive sHs
fired tested aud worked iD phIudui
uH'u ull December i3 and 10 ia now
on ita way west Il win ior time boz
racd near Tho NooilCa Cab and htor
viii he given chance to work uu
Tehachapi mountains. between Nuiayo
and Bakersfield
The article iu the Railroad Gazette
Is supplemented with double rngo
'iusct' pivInL % picture ot no new
locomotive. tn"ci.C. u|ta 0ru IusH
plans and Wll apUr.HrltIurH Iha GA,
zottC considers This tuo triumph or art
Boo the building ol fast ircieht loroml-
tiyos.
Commgutua oditorially un the Play
pr typo uI oil burning locomotive. OBJ.
Gazette says.
"ThIs boiler design held 800 much
prom Ho of good results that cngIuH
40. S2i Was built iu quick time Co dr
tcrmIne whether some of tho dcolno 'I
should burn 40 in the Same way Tho
tests 40 Philadelphia wDgo so sntIsfnc
tory tr1t rn doubt rrmaIn' 90 those
WIu are most closely concerned aud
hftv ui thr d"egralE viii therefore ho
cuuipp. Q with three corrugated cylln.
dfcal hrc-bnNes aud combustion
chamber each, adapted 90 the greater
requirements
iVo hundred and fourteen thou.
and sos hundred pounds total UpILut.
Hy scales aud r2tG square feet Ul
hratine surface making about unN
pounds total weight per square foot
of heating surface tor lhe first engine
Of t1 class. with i5 UD pounds tmu
tive effort wurkua mFh UroHsur.
mphc conditions thar require some Ut
tlr time 200 properly settling FOO ,t.
mind after one has watched tha nuu
WIN much ud.usfahiHg tom ht down.
pound Hy pound almost iu lIEhtnr iprl
ruUyc7 nOn meh above rl 90 tho
Nr.ehHorhuUd of .H generally oN pst
mated weights which are exceeded iu
building iu the present soare reu8r.
ab.e work of trHEn THe estimated
figures lUr tho dcr8uudE alIUUl
pounds iUtal wcIeHt. ana o 500 Square
tort of heating surface promise t1 rr
HUro ihp raUo tp ta. perhaps co. end
it Is apparent Chat the COMING uI this
ho.lur marked thD passing oi ecuor
ally accepted idea of what were ,hr
fixed limitations oi .seae factors lu l0
romUtiye design
THE couraeoous design oi the PLAY
en- u.er .a. sitter ulf tno most cnFu
inE ught aud t0 that 500 hlyr given
mos, thton The readiness of Bald
wins ~. hu.li Il ,a Chlwa atorlst.c 10
connective 80 Sat B "a Clolit auRe tU
tho dn .suoI and ihc builder anu
acquaintance with work In tins held ID
ls Icing cent tO gIyD6 O. fair criterion
from which t0 judge wo should aB}
tnai thla typc of locomouyo iB llEo1
10 prove q very good Investment fUi
! tfe aauta 20
Tho luEhet BAH team to IiRy sIth
the unIyCuity elrIa tonight ia mau
tho Territorial Normal school at Silver
city
Special iuwtatics ls extended ta
everybody Go aitrnd the maatne 0'
tho New McEiuo Eoucationul as lg.a
! ti0u.
Mrs n s. Flait lot Tor h.r homo
lu San Frauc.sCo nrt nrht an. "a
pleasant vian ol several weeks WItn
her urotner H A. sleyater
~ g. Leonard the capitalist w1s "a
uas onnor lns niFht f0r loH Angeles
who're Mlf leonard ana 0au.htDr are
suiuUnin Since Nr ieuwri hna
dlanoed Oi cOnE,dewtlr nf Nf Al.u
'QupfQue real Dstutc. a rumlf has rnlu