Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-04-06
ALONG THE RAILS,
interesting information Regarding
Railroad officials and Employees,
NEWS IN ABsRtwArtO FORM,

NLNo IN AbbhtNNltU tUhM'
Ten more locomotives have been
recently added To- those already in
s.rtice ont OF Albuquerque. west aud
south
Tho force uf workmcn ON the re-
pair tracks iu the local railway yardg
viii ho largely Increased during tnis
month
There are now more men ON the
pay roll of the Santa Pc railway In
tho local shops than nc any other time
ben tho history OF the road
% is reliably reported that a good
Cow of potrulou muil has been found
ou tho pCCos river near Santa Rosa.
thp new junction with the Rock ~
land
rh, So. 3 passenger train reached
The city from the west this morning
ut % 800. consisting of fourteen
coaches an told. The train went east
Boo two sections.
= now ruling 10y the Denver A. Rio
Guudo railroad provides that ears
kept in Santa be, n NJ, by merchants
longer than forty.ciEht hours must De-
paid Tor az the rate uf 90 cents per
day
Robert BOYLE resigned his position
ar murh.uist boo the Ration shops. and
has accepted position in the grocery
Store .t g. 80. NDm.I,tE q Co Of
that ..uu Nhcr. nr s proving him-
sp'f au energetic unl onNlf Frank
Two Iaburtla8 w. Ncuama were
I.,HuArsr1 The cify this morning aud
rnt t1 lUc railway hospital Une IN
ai.E .HI tho other WAS injured IN
u.NnE uu the coal shutes at WinslOW
Thomas burke. OF st. Joseph. Mo.
general chairman OF the rs ~ l.. g.,
Tor Tho Santa 20 system was here
yesterday and leaves today for Las
Vegas ou business pertaining to the
brotherhood. tie was accompanied by
lhOs Brannin, local chairman Ration
Reporter
m, Denver a Rio Grandc railway
81 distributing very pretty booklet
descriptive of the Pan-Amorican OK.
position, in Bu1alu May ist TO No.
Nemher lst The booklet gives
Compreheusiv" description Of the
buildings Of the exposition and Is
bound iu very attractive manner
Two standard guage engines for the
Arizona A New Mexico road have ar.
rived az L0rdsburg They are Bald
win make. lNX2i inch cylinders, sup
piled with automatic brakes aud
ouUplors one Is a tcu.wheeler with
5b inch drivers and the other OF n
consolidated typc with 90 inch drivers
The Alamogordo Advertiser says
Tho train coming down from Captain
Friday was such a heavy one that Il
STUCK uu the grade between here and
lulgrusa and had 90 come in on the
instailmput plan The coach aud
about twenty freight cars were lcft
until the engine could be- sent back
Tor them
John TORY sweeper iu the Santa
4, hops at Topeka. received word
from Scotland last week that he had
inherited q large fortune 4 check
fur $2.1Dn. accrued interest on the cB.
tate accompanied the pleasing infor
nation Needless 90 say he took the
first train east. en- route for the Land
q Cakes"
The death Of G. u. Sheffield re-.
moves ON" of the old and unusually
popular shop men Of the Santa BE at
Topeka Mr. Sheffield had been with
the company for thirteen years and
iu that time boy his kindly disposition
bad made @ great number OF friends
who We're shocked 10 learn Of his sud.
den death
A Mexican. whose name II unknown
hut Who is an cmployc Of the Santa
lu company at Las Vegas ag a Ia
hnrur I"ll from the top Of a car while
assisting no icing an orange train
there llo received u very hard fall
breaking one of his arms and one OF
his iDE- and is hurt internally tie
was removed 10 the company's hospi
tai for care aad treatment.
q y Hart. of the fuel department
of the Rock Island Route, has been
Boo N'amoEordo Tor several lays He
went ,0 Captain 10 inspect the New
MDNg1 Fuel cumpany's properties
There iu the interest Of his company
when The connection is made by this
company f1r El pnso. the coal mined
ut Captain viii 80 doubt nearly all
b.. consumed hy the Rock Island and
White Oaks routes
Paul Morton and other Santa Re Of
tUiHl arc expected here In few days,
when Hn in company with Division
Agent D. b Houghtun. Will meet and
consult With Albuquerque shippers In
regard 90 freight rates. both south
and west AS stated In The Citizen
few days ago, when Mr. Houghton
Was here. ~ Paso merchants now
have the advantage over Albuquerque
m rchnnts In getting their goods into
southern New Mexico. but these mat
Gers will undoubtedly be righted at
o., conference 20 bee held soon with
NtfsIs Morton and lloughton.
300 connection with what The CHI
2ru has already had on the subject
U learned that during the year 900
UIiHs ut telegraph wire will bc strung
over Santa fC poles. This will be-
principally from Albuquerque west 10
san Francisco and along branch lines,
besides quite distance la Texas
Part of this will be copper wire the
r.sf iron The contract for the wire
faI.H FOR les delivery so that the work !
of etrugnE IL may be- begun al least |
Hy april 10Th The Santa Pc Will be- |
ready uy that time 90 start several |
gangs ai different points aud 60 rush !
thn work at the rate Of about forty |
miles prr day The Increase Of tele. !
graph business ON this part ~ the |
santa fr system has rendered this !
u.Dy sary Besides. a lot uf repairing |
WITT hu done along the Santa Pc telc. /
graph lines in Kansas before the sea.
AuI closes.
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